UAV Factory was announced the winner of the Latvian-American Innovation Award 2021 for their long-endurance aircraft “Penguin C Mk2 VTOL” designed for demanding operations to support missions in more restrictive environments. Vigo Health was announced the runner-up for their remote rehabilitation software "Vigo". The winner received 10,000 Euro and the runner-up 5,000 Euro and a custom made award.

All three Baltic AmChams held yet another webinar on a topical theme on the current challengee faced by the EU and Baltic energy market including a panel discussion featuring experts from Baltic States representing such companies as Valmiera Glass, Augstsprieguma tikls, Fermi Energia, Klaipedos Nafta and Eastman Specialties led by Pauls Miklasevics, AmCham Vice President. Joining as a guest speaker was Thor-Sten Vertmann Member of Cabinet of EU, Commissioner for Energy. 

This year's World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum focused on the economic development of the capital of Latvia - Riga - and its prospects of growth. The program was divided into three thematic blocks devoted to entrepreneurship, talent attraction and real estate development. It featured numerous speakers including AmCham President John Tully and AmCham members Maksims Jegorovs of Accenture Baltics and Zane Culkstena of ERDA. To revisit the WLEIF!

AmCham raised €2600 at its Virtual Christmas Charity event for five charities: Bezvests.lv, Pink Train Foundation, RMHC Latvija, SOS Children Villages and Latvian Foster Families this year. Over 40 members joined to celebrate the season of giving, award AmCham Members of Year, introduce new members and look back at some of the past year's highlights and enjoy virtual networking.