Our September Business After Hours was indeed an exclusive opportunity to hear a truly amazing story of Roche's historic home located at Miera 25. The program included a tour by the Lead Architect at Didrihsons Arhitekti and two inspiring presentations by Dr. Rauls Veliņš, Director of Roche Latvija and Prof. Juris Salaks, Director of RSU Institute of Medical History.

The first luncheon after the summer break featured Juris Pūce, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development who shared timeline for administrative territorial reform and offered the future vision for Latvia's digital transformation.

Members of the healthcare industry came together after the summer break to discuss the latest developments of initiatives & projects: Design Thinking Workshop on improvement of the Oncology data registry and Conference on data-driven health. Members also had on opportunity to learn more about the Genomics Data Network and ways companies can connect to GDN from John Tully, MikroTik. The current challenges of secondary use of health data were presented by Agris Bitāns of Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns.

The AmCham Board and staff met to discuss the Chamber's current strategy and future priorities during the pandemic period: enhancement of trade and investment between Latvia and the US, ensuring safe business and investment climate in Latvia, attracting international talent - Latvia as a career destination and improving health outcomes of Latvia's society.

In order to improve the oncology patient registry in Latvia, AmCham together with the Ministry of Health, National Health Service, Center for Disease Prevention and Control, healthcare professionals and doctors from the largest hospitals of Latvia held a design thinking workshop to define business needs of key stakeholders.