On May 27, members of the American and Norwegian Chambers of Commerce had an opportunity to engage in the interactive workshop around innovation with guest speaker Prof. Vijay Kumar, Executive Director of J-WEL and Associate Dean for Open Learning at MIT. Members representing various industries were matched based on their topic of interest: human capital development, health, digital transition and green economy.

Around 50 members and guests from the American and Norwegian Chambers of Commerce joined the online meeting with Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defense of Latvia to discuss topics related to the current and emerging geopolitical challenges and Latvia's readiness in facing them. The discussion was moderated by Martins Vargulis, Researcher of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and supported by the Riga Graduate School of Law.

On May 20, members of the healthcare work group had an opportunity to meet Olegs Krasnopjorovs, Economist at the Bank of Latvia who gave a presentation on impact of healthcare on the macroeconomy. The presentation initiated a discussion on public health funding which will be continued at the next meeting. Members also discussed latest developments of the five healthcare pilot projects of 2021.