Keynote Speakers

Alex Saltonstall
CEO at Printful

Dr. Kristaps Zariņš
Founder, HeartFlow, Inc. & Chidester Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Stanford University

Nils Melngailis
Chairman of Luminor Bank

 

Confirmed Speakers

Additional speakers being added every week. Make sure to check back!

Edgars Rinkēvičs (President of Latvia)
Krišjānis Kariņš, PhD (Foreign Minister of Latvia)
Christopher Robinson (U.S. Ambassador to Latvia)
Mārtiņš Andersons (President, The American Latvian Association)
Peteris Blumbergs (Chair, World Federation of Free Latvians)
Lauris Lambergs, CIMA, GFP (Co-President, Latvian American Chamber of Commerce)

Kaspars Rožkalns (Director, Latvian Investment and Development Agency)
Mārtiņš Andersons (President, The American Latvian Association)
Fredis Bikovs (Executive Director, Riga Investment and Tourism Agency)
Samanta Budrecka (Senior Expert, Latvian Ministry of Economics)

Dean Ramos (Economist, Applied Materials)
Mārīte Seile (Council Member, University of Latvia)
Artūrs Zeps, PhD (Vice Rector, Riga Technical University)
Anjali Sastry, PhD (Director of J-WEL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Paul Pedini (Senior Vice President, Skanska USA)
Marcis Auziņš, PhD (Professor, University of Latvia)

Claudio Rivera (Director of the RTU RBS MIT J-WEL Project, Riga Business School)
Agrita Kiopa, PhD (Vice Rector, Riga’s Stradiņi University)
Dr. Valts Ābols (Chief Executive Officer, Clinical University Children’s Hospital/BKUS)
Tālis Juhna (Professor, Riga Technical University) 
Dr. Andrejs Erglis (Chief of Latvian Centre of Cardiology at Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital) 
John Tully (President, AmCham; CEO, MikroTik)

Kristine Vainovska Twidwell (Latvian American Chamber of Commerce)
Sandis Kondrats (Exonicus R&D)
Agnis Jakubovics (Chairman of the Board, Apply IT)
Aiga Balode (Deputy State Secretary, Latvian Health Ministry)

Līga Rozentāle (Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and Energy)
Jānis Bergs (President, SAF Tehnika North America)
Paul Seitz (Chief Executive Officer, Skaal)
Edgars Kerijs (President, Riga Wood North America)
Mikus Kins (Founding Partner, Confluence Cannabis) 
Aigars Laizāns, PhD (Supervisory Board Member, Latvenergo)

Linda Litina (Director of Business Development, JSC Olainfarm) 
Vadims Ķīsis (Head of Medicine and Clinical Research Department, Olainfarm AS)
Gvido Cebers, PhD (Global Head of Drug Safety & Evaluation, Takeda)
Brian Toohey (Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Illumina)
Kristaps Jaudzems (Professor, University of Latvia)

Linda Helmane (Executive Director, Foreign Investors Council in Latvia)
Fredis Bikovs (Executive Director, Invest Riga)
Zanda Arnava (Talent Studio Lead, Accenture Baltics)
Kaspars Losāns (Medical Director, Roche)

Karina Sotnik (Founder, CEO World Upstart)
Zane Čulkstena (Founder, ERDA)
Anna Andersone (Riga Tech Girls)
Raimonds Kulbergs (BADideas)
Raimonds Lapiņš (Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Economics)