This year's World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum focused on the economic development of the capital of Latvia - Riga - and its prospects of growth. The program was divided into three thematic blocks devoted to entrepreneurship, talent attraction and real estate development. It featured numerous speakers including AmCham President John Tully and AmCham members Maksims Jegorovs of Accenture Baltics and Zane Culkstena of ERDA. To revisit the WLEIF!

AmCham raised €2600 at its Virtual Christmas Charity event for five charities: Bezvests.lv, Pink Train Foundation, RMHC Latvija, SOS Children Villages and Latvian Foster Families this year. Over 40 members joined to celebrate the season of giving, award AmCham Members of Year, introduce new members and look back at some of the past year's highlights and enjoy virtual networking.

The second annual Health Data Summit Riga highlighted the importance of healthcare data and the necessity to invest in digital health strategy by various stakeholders: patients, policy-makers, industry and society-at-large. At the summit leading international experts explored how public-private partnerships can accelerate innovation and acceptance of digital solutions. The summit was watched by over 3000 participants across the globe. It was hosted by AmCham, the Ministry of Health in Latvia, the National Health Service in cooperation with Novartis Baltics, Microsoft Latvia and Roche Latvija. Partners: Janssen and Medtronic, and supporters AbbVie and Amgen. Revisit the summit!

Our latest Connect with AmCham series was devoted to the topic of sustainable investments in healthcare. Joining as a guest speaker was Uldis Mitenbergs, Head of Country Office Latvia at WHO. The discussion was led by Alise Krumina and Irena Teterina, representatives of the AmCham Healthcare Work Group.