THE 2ND WORLD LATVIAN ECONOMICS AND INNOVATIONS FORUM

THE 2ND WORLD LATVIAN ECONOMICS AND INNOVATIONS FORUM

We invite all Latvian expatriates and friends of Latvia who are interested in Latvia’s economic development to register participation at the 2nd World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum, which will take place in Riga, Latvia on July 10, 2015. A separate Pre-Forum Meeting for international participants will be held on July 9, 2015 featuring discussions between Latvian government officials and international participants on topics that are at the forefront of Latvia’s economic agenda. WLEIF is the largest Forum of its kind in Latvia and it will build on the foundations of the first WLEIF that took place in July 2013 and that brought together more than 350 participants from 21 countries.

The 2nd World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum is organized by the World Federation of Free Latvians (WFFL) in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Taking into consideration current geopolitical developments and Latvia’s export diversification efforts, one session of the Forum’s program on July 10, 2015 will be dedicated to rethinking strategies for Latvia’s development of new export markets. Participants will include Karlis Smits – World Bank Senior Economist in China, Andris Piebalgs – European and Economic Affairs Adviser to the President of Latvia and former European Commissioner for Energy and for Development, and Artis Pabriks – Member of the European Parliament, Chief reporter on the Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

In another session questions about Latvia’s opportunities in attracting foreign investment and promoting innovation will be discussed by Dr Imants Lauks (Canada) – Founder of Epocal Inc., whose work lead to the world’s first commercial scale biochips and who has authored over 50 patents in the field of biosensors, Girts Cimermans (Netherlands) – Executive Officer of a global med-tech company HOYA Corporation, and Janis Krums (USA) – founder and CEO of OPPRTUNITY and private investor in various startups. Separate working groups will be organized on how to promote business with two biggest economic powerhouses in the world, namely – North America and China.

In order to receive additional information and register your participation at the 2nd World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum, please visit: www.ieguldilatvija.lv. In case of questions, suggestions or concerns, please e-mail us at: forums@ieguldilatvija.lv

The 2nd World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum is organized in cooperation with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia, the Latvian Institute, the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
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