In partnership with Tatarklubben, AmCham held another educational virtual event: The end of the Experience Economy? with Harvard Business Review author Joe Pine, Co-Founder of Strategic Horizons who explained how the book helps companies create personal, dramatic, and even transformative experiences, offering the script from which managers can generate value in ways aligned with a strong customer-centric strategy.

On June 11, AmCham held an informative webinar on the U.S. tax landscape in cooperation with the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and our member SORAINEN. It included an overview of the main provisions of the bilateral tax treaty, latest changes in the tax regimes and various legal structures to consider when entering the U.S. market. Thank you to our experts Janis Taukacs of Sorainen and Douglas Stransky of Sullivan & Worcester for a very informative presentation and for engaging in an interactive disussion with the participants! View the presentation & revisit the event!

Our Connect with AmCham webinar speakers Normunds Bergs (SAF Tehnika), Roberts Melbardis (Encompass Digital Media Latvia) and Ieva Tetere (SEB) discussed how businesses are preparing for easing of emergency restrictions and how they are coping with current restrictions in their offices and while working remotely. Revisit this event!

On June 4th, we held our first pan-Baltic Women’s Leadership Forum, in cooperation with AmCham Estonia and Lithuania with 3 female leaders: Kerli Gabrilovica from Luminor Group, Ingrida Šimonyte, Economist & Politician, Ingrid Toonekurg from Microsoft Estonia and moderator Kathleen Naglee from the International School in Helsinki. It was such an inspiring and interactive discussion with speakers sharing their experience in light of the current crisis and highlighting key takeaways: authentic leadership, the necessity of taking care of others, the importance of compassion, managing not only time but also energy, readiness to adapt to changes, and the importance of finding connections with others and communication.

At its last meeting the AmCham healthcare work group discussed issues to be addressed in the meeting with the Minister of Health next week, AmCham’s participation in the work groups of the Ministry of Health and the next steps related to the Conference on Data Health and Oncology data project.