On December 13, members were honored to meet Christopher Robinson, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia who shared his insights on the U.S.-Latvia bilateral relations and the future of transatlantic partnership and security in these challenging times. According to the Ambassador, areas of improvement include accessibility to banking services, energy security, investment in education, R&D, and a skillful workforce as well as continuing the fight against corruption.

Over 60 members joined this year's annual Christmas Charity reception to kick-off the holiday season and raised €2600 to charities benefitting Latvia's children's health and well-being: Children’s Hospital Foundation, Latvian Foster Family Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities in Latvija, Pink Train Foundation and SOS Children's Villages. It was also a great opportunity to look back at this year and award the most active members: BluOr Bank, Cognizant, McDonald’s and Novartis.

On November 29, the AmCham Labor Force work group met to discuss the recent conference on Human Capital, STEM education support activities, and the group’s priorities for 2024. The group also had an opportunity to learn more about Forte, a potential pilot project promoting digital skills as part of life-long learning. 

On November 15, BluOr Bank invited members to the Business After Hours with an inspiring keynote presentation by Pauls Miklasevics, Chief Investment Officer at BluOr Bank on the topic "The Supercycle – How to profit from the biggest investment cycle in the history of humankind" that was followed by numerous questions from the audience and underground safe tour.