23 delegates from Latvian companies and institutes attended an international space industry conference “Broadening the Base of Europe’s Space Community” that took place in Tallinn, on February 1–3. The conference was organised within the “NordicBaltSat” project.

October 12, 2011 from 16:00 to 18:00

School of Economics in Riga, Strēlnieku Street 4a

The aim of event: to inform businessmen about the alternative financing instruments for the development of business, and to provide opportunity to meet specialists and entrepreneurs with experience in attraction of alternative financing.

Finance company Capitalia has developed new product – start-up loan. It is friendly opportunity for new entrepreneurs to loan up to LVL 1000 without additional collateral requirements and an initial interest rate on the loan is 0%.

It has become a good tradition for Ventspils High Technology Park (VATP), Kurzeme Business incubator (KBI) and SEB bank (SEB) to organize together the contest „Brave ideas support program”, for the third time already.

Within the framework of Brave Ideas Support Program the authors of business ideas in 2 months time, till November, the 1^st, 2011, have the opportunity to apply for necessary financial support and advice for the development of business.

On June 30, the last Endless opportunity day for business people will be held in Saldus, during this day the visitors will be able not only to give their opinion about Latvian organizations that support innovations, this opinion will be afterwards collected and presented in the Ministry of Economics of Republic of Latvia and European Commission, but also to take part in discussions with business people and experts representing different fields, in order to discore more about the development of successful business and to ask questions.