On June 10th at 12.30 PM, Riga Business School joins the Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia initiative and joins the conversation festival LAMPA on the "Constellation of Social Entrepreneurs" (“Sociālo uzņēmēju Zvaigznājs”) stage in the discussion "When education is innovated in Latvia, we reach Harvard, Buffalo and MIT". If there were no inspiring visionaries and bold doers, Harvard, MIT and Buffalo would never be part of the agenda of the Latvian education system. In 2019, RBS decided to take university faculty to the University of [...]

On June 2, the gala event of the second season of the RBS business acceleration program “Innovation Academy” – Demo day – will take place as part of the Tech Picnic at the art centre Noass. 33 teams from the “Innovation Academy” will pitch. During the Demo day, teams will present the projects that they grew during the pre-acceleration program. For 16 weeks, 40 teams – authors of business ideas and new entrepreneurs worked to develop their solutions in the start-up ecosystem of experienced mentors [...]

On May 19, Education Innovation Laboratory, led by Riga Business School as a structural unit of Riga Technical University in cooperation with MIT J-WEL, welcomed more than a hundred representatives of the Latvian higher education sector and organizations at the National Library of Latvia to give a green light for the further development of two education innovation Leader programs and six education innovation projects. Both initiatives are aimed at creating contemporary education processes, governance, and effective changes in Latvia, with solutions developed in cooperation with [...]

In order to express recognition for the projects developed by high school students in their high school course Programming I and II, as well as to introduce a broader audience to the solutions students created within the course, this spring, Riga Business School as a structural unit of Riga Technical University in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as with the technology companies Tet and LMT, announced the programming competition. 27 project applications were received from 22 Latvian schools. In total, [...]

Riga Business School Alumni Association in collaboration with global digital business services firm Emergn announces four workshops framework dedicated to managers and leaders digital excellency - Transforming Your Business: The Essential Building Blocks of Digital Innovation -, and available only for RBS Alumni and current students. Led by industry experts and practitioners, workshops are designed to gain theoretical and practical experience in digital innovation. 1️st WORKSHOP From Projects to Product (How to Build Excellent Digital Products) 📅 6th of June https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7064953542343557120/ * Projects to Products [...]

Anna Vieglina is a second-year Bachelor of Business Administration student at Riga Business School (RBS). Anna sees herself as a creative creature who is always ready to seize opportunities. Anna likes to relax by developing new skills, like learning Japanese phrases or mastering graphic design and Adobe. In her interview, Anna talked about her term as the Student Union Vice President, her desire to gain an international perspective, and the professional network she has built through her studies at RBS. How did you decide to [...]

The progress of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evoked public concern about the role humans will play in the future labor market. Computers have mechanical thinking, but only humans possess the metacognitive capacity. AI will not eliminate humans from the labor market but will alter the skills necessary for a successful career. We must provide youth with an education that will prepare them for the future labor market and help them to acquire the capacity to solve problems, make decisions and use their human nature. Capacity [...]

Following the selection of candidates by the Nomination Committee and the approval of the Rector of the Riga Technical University, Claudio Rivera will become the Director of Riga Business School as a unit of Riga Technical University as of June 26. Claudio Rivera will succeed Jānis Grēviņš, the long-standing Director of Riga Business School. The selection of the Director of Riga Business School takes place every five years. The Nomination Committee started its work on January 5th this year. It consisted of nine members with [...]

Education Innovation Laboratory invites everyone interested in the development of higher education in Latvia to attend the 2023 program opening event “Light Up Education” on May 19 at Latvian National Library. It will start with keynote speeches from renowned guests from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and continue with the opportunity to network with like-minded people committed to innovating higher education in Latvia. Agenda: 11:00 Registration, coffee and networking 12:00 Opening remarks 12:20 Educational institutions as hubs for the regional development – [...]

The Humans & Machines course recently wrapped up with a bang with a thought-provoking screening of a documentary film, Coded Bias (2020), directed by Shalini Kantayya at Forum Cinema.  Conversations were at the heart of this classroom community. Week after week, students vigorously engaged in student-led discussions and debates, covering topics ranging from nineteenth-century literature to AI ethics to design justice. Together, they shaped the course. It was only fitting that the screening began with a brief introduction and finished with a stimulating discussion led [...]