On Saturday, July 2, more than 500 guests attended a picnic to celebrate the 246th Anniversary of U.S. Independence. The event was fulfilled with American traditions, food, music and various activities. Although there was sweltering heat, the positive energy of guests kept it buzzing all day long. The event kicked off with opening remarks by John Carwile, U.S. Ambassador John Carwile, AmCham Vice President Pauls Miklasevics and Citadele representative Anna Fisere-Kalke.

On June 27, members held a brainstorming session with an aim to update the AmCham position "Latvia - a career destination" on employment matters at Riga Graduate School of Law. Members also touched upon topics of employment policy and labor force availability to be addressed during two upcoming events the pre-election debate scheduled for September 12 and the Pan-Baltic AmChams conference planned for September 15-16.

The 7th annual Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit and Business Forum concluded in Riga on June 21, bringing together more than 500 participants from across the Three Seas region, the U.S., Germany, Ukraine and other countries. AmChams from the Three Seas region presented a joint statement expressing full support to the region's mission to invest in the areas of energy, transport and digital infrastructure. In addition, AmChams invited stakeholders to establish a joint Executive office to raise awareness of S3I and accelerate tangible cross-country projects. 

On June 17, Corporate Contributing and Corporate members joined the Thought Leaders Series event with Roberts Zīle, Vice-President of the European Parliament. In addition to discussing the topic of geopolitical security, VP Zile engaged in an open discussion about energy independence, supply chain challenges and the investment environment in Latvia and in the EU.