We are very pleased to be part of AmCham and are looking forward to driving innovation forward in Latvia.
Mikko Fernström, General Manager, Biogen Latvia
On April 4, Healthcare work group members discussed three ongoing healthcare projects: Secondary data framework, Value based healthcare approach and sustainable healthcare funding. In addition, members touched upon the recent meeting with a group of experts from the EU Technical support project “Improving cancer care coordination and screening in Latvia and Slovakia".
Read all >On April 3, the Latvian American Chamber of Commerce and Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) organized a special LIAA representative office opening event in Boston. Reinis Nikolajs Sīpols will be heading the new office. The office was opened by Janis Vitenbergs, Minister of Economy and Kaspars Rozkalns, LIAA Director. On April 5, LIAA opened another representative office in North America, based in Toronto, Canada.
Read all >The business conference Spotlight Latvia on April 1 in Los Angeles gathered many companies from Latvia including our members SAF Tehnika, Slokenbergs PLLC and Vigo Health, more than 150 participants, officials from Latvia and the United States. This year's agenda included topics related to entertainment, multimedia and technology and numerous panel discussions on Latvian technology and startups, virtual reality and gaming projects, opportunities and assistance for filmmaking as well as production and postproduction.
Read all >On March 30, members kicked-off the spring season with the first Business After Hours of 2022 at co-working space Workland. The event was kindly hosted by AmCham members Strategic Staffing Solutions International and Nordwoc in collaboration with the Digital Health Cluster Latvia. The program included networking, presentations on new ways of working, introduction of AmCham members who are based in Workland and pitches of startups Asya, Knop Knop and Rehabing.
Read all >On March 23, members were invited to the Connect with AmCham webinar to discuss how to manage Ukraine-Russia crisis within organizations, lessen tensions between employees and ways to support employees at this critical time. Our experts and members Pārsla Baško, ERDA and Toms Šulmanis of COBALT gave practical examples for employers who experience tensions and conflicts between different views and are concerned about the wellbeing of their employees.
Read all >We are very pleased to be part of AmCham and are looking forward to driving innovation forward in Latvia.
Mikko Fernström, General Manager, Biogen Latvia