On December 12, the Healthcare Work Group convened to review its activities from the past year and discuss priorities for the upcoming year. Over the past year, the group has held more than 40 meetings, produced 5 opinion letters and articles, hosted 5 events, and conducted 10 meetings with stakeholders.

The Digital Affairs & AI work group met on December 10 to review its activities of 2024 and discuss the priorities for the next year. The group will meet the new National Center for AI to continue advancing key digital initiatives. A special shoutout to Cognizant, Cobalt, Ellex, Mitigate and RTU Riga Business School for promoting the AI topic throughout the year!

 

On December 10, AmCham Health and Digital & AI Work Groups met with with Aris Kasparans, Director of the National Health Service to learn about the new E-health patient portal, including its development process and timeline.

Our annual Christmas Charity reception was a heartwarming event, graced by the holiday greetings of the U.S. Ambassador and the delightful performance by students of the International School of Latvia, spreading cheer and festive spirit all around. Over 70 members gathered to kick-off the holiday season and raised €2720 to charities supporting the health and well-being of Latvia's children. It was a night of celebration, giving and holiday magic.

On November 27, AmCham members had a unique chance to go behind the scenes of TV and radio stations of TV3, and meet Rihards Snikus, Latvian Paralympic equestrian who won 2 gold medals in the Paralympic Games in Paris earlier this year. The Business After Hours, hosted by leading media and telecoms companies in the Baltics were warmly welcomed by Mindaugas Rakauskas, CEO of TV3 and Arunas Mickevicius, CEO of Bite Latvija. We experienced a truly inspiring evening full of positive emotions.