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 Buffalo, New York State, USA, to learn digital skills. Additionally, in 2022, the MIT Leaders Program was launched, which allows high-level managers in education, public administration and companies to learn the best practices for effective implementation of educational innovations. RBS also drove the introduction of Harvard University professor David J. Malan’s renown computer science training course CS50x in Latvia, by localizing and offering it to local schools.
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This discussion will be moderated by Claudio Rivera, Director of the RTU RBS MIT J-WEL project, Deputy Dean, and incoming director of Riga Business School.

In the discussion, the innovative education programs will be represented by:

• by Anita Gaile (Bufalo program), Change architect, lecturer at Riga Business School and LU, business management trainer and coach
• by Māra Ozola (Harvard CS50x program), Computer and programming teacher at Valmiera Pārgauja State Gymnasium and Rūjiena Secondary School
• by Claudio Rivera (MIT program).

The “Constellation of Social Entrepreneurs” stage offers a diverse and exciting program with more than 10 different events during the festival, which will inspire, inform, and provide practical knowledge not only about the daily life of social entrepreneurs, but will focus on 3 main topics – social entrepreneurship, inclusive society and innovations in education.

The Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia, involving its members – social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship support organizations – offers an engaging platform for stimulating discussion about the changes created by social entrepreneurs in promoting an inclusive society and creating educational innovations.

Between the events, anyone interested will be able to participate in the creative and musical activities of the social enterprise “Zvaigznāja komanda”.

More information about the discussion: https://festivalslampa.lv/lv/programma/pasakumi/2188