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  1. SSE Riga Paintball Tournament is almost here! It will be the biggest sport event this spring, don't you dare to miss it!

    The event will take place at Salaspils, on 12th of May (Saturday). The tournament starts at 10:00 in the morning and will continue for about 4-5 hours.

    In order to participate in the tournament you have to register your team of 5 people following this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtCm6LMrlPgudGdGeG02bGRZWDMzb3BmeHk2N041X2c

    The team should consist of 5 students with no limits for boys or girls. The teams with at least one girl will receive a bonus! So girls are WELCOME!

    The participation fee is 6 LVL including all equipment, snacks & drinks.
    The payment has to be given either to Karolis Montvila or Kristers Kalnins. You can transfer the money as well, please contact Karolis or Kristers for details.

    The deadline for registration and payments is 4th of May.

    More info about the playground and how to get there:
    http://www.paintball.lv/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6

    That's that, folks, see you there!

  2. Dear friends, let's show how sportive we are and win the Carting championship of Latvian universities! All information about the championship is availiable here: http://mehi.rtu.lv/index.php/studentu-kartinga-kauss/apraksts

     

    Brief explanation:

     

    Each Team consists of 6 students.  (There is no limited amount of teams)

     

    The first round is qualification, when each team comes at the direct time and has their first race.

     

    If the team reaches great time, it will be invited in the Final on May 16th in Bikernieki.

     

    Participation fee per is 7 LVL per person (the payments may be done on the spot, when you come on your for your qualification time)

     

    Prize: a cruise from Tallink.

     

    Here is the registration link: http://mehi.rtu.lv/index.php/studentu-kartinga-kauss/pieteiksanas-anketa (You should choose 'Rigas ekonomikas augstskola' to apply as an SSE Team). 

     

    DEADLINE for registration: 18th. of April. 


    Qualification starts from April 23rd. 
    If you have any questions, don't hesitate to approach our sports.com Karolis Montvila
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yMIF5RVfaxE

     

  3. Unleash your potential. It’s your time to win – that’s how the 15th annual Investment Game greets its players this year. The biggest and oldest online stock market simulation in the Baltic States starts on the 19th of March. The game allows participants to build up and improve their investing skills and
    gives them a chance to compete for superb prizes.

    The Investment Game is organized by the Investment Fund of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, in cooperation with Rietumu Banka. The purpose of the game is to boost young people’s interest in finance and economics and to provide them with an opportunity to test their investing knowledge with no risk in the real market environment.

    The game will consist of two rounds, where only the top 500 performers in the first round will be able to compete for the grand prize in the second round. Each registered player will be given an opportunity to manage up to three portfolios, each worth 10,000,000 EUR. Contestants will be allowed to trade in more than 15 different stock exchanges and trade not only stocks but ETFs and financial derivatives as well.

    The organizers of the Investment Game would also like to invite university and business school students to participate in a new team-based competition called the 49ers’ Challenge. The rules and conditions are the same as for the Investment Game. Teams of up to 5 will compete for the distinction of their represented organizations as well as the chance to win a valuable and prestigious prize — a pure gold coin.

    Both the Investment Game and the 49ers’ Challenge are completely free of charge. Those who manage to achieve the highest portfolio return in both the first and second rounds will be rewarded not only with esteem and additional knowledge, but also with monetary prizes. Top performers will share a prize pool of 2500 EUR. Furthermore, weekly winners will be rewarded with books about finance generously provided to us by NASDAQ OMX.

    For more detailed information and registration please visit www.invest-game.com

  4. Citizenship Award 2012: Have you made our world a better place?

    International consulting alliance – Civitta and Innopolis – is launching a joint Citizenship Scholarship project. A worthy candidate from each of the Baltic States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - will be rewarded a scholarship for his/her contribution to society.

    An ideal candidate

    ·     Is an outstanding citizen: has contributed to the society at a local, national or global level (by volunteering, community or civic service, extraordinary contribution in arts, sciences, sports, entrepreneurship or other fields); only contribution, exceeding regular scope of extracurricular activities, will be rewarded

    ·       Demonstrates strong academic performance

    ·       Graduates in 2013

    Application procedure

    1.     Describe how you have contributed to the society (up to 300 words)

    2.     Attach your grade transcript and CV

    3.     Send the package to adventure@civitta.lt

    Application deadline – March 26. The organizers reserve the right to ask for references or any other assurance about the applicants’ experience.

    Prizes

    1st place winners in each country will receive 500 EUR each. Winners of 2nd and 3rd places will be rewarded as well.

    For further information visit http://www.civitta.lt/scholarship

  5. Days of Opportunities 2012

  6. As we are working on a new website for Student Association, you will not find any noticeable changes here for a short while. However, here's how the new board looks.

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    Shape the Baltic future!


    Apply now here! 


    Baltic Economic Forum for Students is an unprecedent event for the three Baltic countries. Students agree – there has long been a need for a unifying forum for students to come together and discuss the topical issues on the economic development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Our aspiration is to gather the most inquisitive students from the Baltic region as well as prominent and experienced speakers in order to bring forth creative ideas on and analysis of ways to boost the Baltic economies.

    This year the forum will concentrate on the four problematic sectors: Electricity, Gas, Oil and Nuclear Energy.

     

    BEFS team reminds you the deadline for submitting the required documents is January 22, 2012. 


    Follow news & Share inspirations:

     

    On Facebook

    On Twitter

     

    Respectfully, 

    BEFS team

     

  9. Can't wait to know all the candidates for the Student Association board 2012? Then check this out ;] 

  10. International week has already started!

  11. Don't miss a great opportunity to meet all SA board members in one place!

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    Get insight into real world of trading and investment!


     Invest nothing, win everything – you might think this is not possible. With Finasta Investment Game it is. Finasta Investment Game’11  (www.invest-game.com) not only allows students to build and improve their investing skills for free but also gives them a chance to compete for superb prizes. Former players remember the Game as a very good experience before stepping into real-life investing markets.


     The Game starts on March 7, 2011. The registration is free of charge. This year the Game is rather different from what players used to see in previous years. The first round, which lasts for 4 weeks, is traditional: students will be able develop their skills by trading on six European markets (Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian). However, the second round, which also lasts for 4 weeks, is more amazing – Investment Game ‘11 offers an opportunity to exercise all available knowledge and polish one’s skill by investing into biggest world stock markets using real life trading platform, which allows trading on 18 international markets with stocks, FOREX, commodities and other financial instruments!


     The prize pool this year is very promising – 2000 EUR. Also you have a chance to win classy investment books for showing the best weekly performance.


     More detailed information can be found on Finasta Investment Game’s website www.invest-game.com. Don’t forget to join us on Facebook too.

     

     Yours financially,

     Finasta Investment Game organizers


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  15. Application process for International Student Business Competition Peak Time 2011 has already started!
    Already for 12 years Peak Time gathers more than 2000 students from all over the world who compete with each other in online business simulation game Cesim and solve real life business cases.
    If you are a bachelor student interested in business then gain the experience and win valuable prizes in Peak Time 2011.
    You just need to gather a team of 4 or challenge yourself individually. Participate in preliminary round and be among the top 20 teams that go to the finals in Riga, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga from 28th of April till 1st of May.
    Application deadline is 6th of February. More detailed info -  www.peaktime.org


  16.  

    Dear all!

    The Elections committee would like to announce the dates and times for the SA Elections 2011:

    7th of December, 19:00-21:30 Soros - presentations of Presidential couples (8 min Powerpoint presentation and 15 minutes for questions), Business.com and PR.com (5 min presentations WITHOUT Powerpoint and 8 min for questions).

    8th of December, 17:00 - 19:30 W32 - presentations of Edu.com, Party.com, Info.com, IT.com and Sports.com (5 min presentations WITHOUT Powerpoint and 8 minutes for questions for each candidate).

    7.12.10. 21:30 - 9.12.10. 23:59 - Voting - on e-learning and at SSE Riga

    10th of December - results for Presidential couples, two of the couples are selected to participate in the Presidential debate

    13th of December, 17:00-19:00 Soros - presidential debate

    17th of December during the Christmas event - results for SA Elections 2011

    All motivation letters of all candidates can be found in the ELECTION section.

     

     

  17. General Meeting 2010 presentation

    For those of you, who missed the chance to see our General Meeting presentation, we would like to share some scenes of it here on the website. Enjoy!

    Source: SA General Meeting


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  19. What we are, what each of us is - what you might be.

    The Student Association is happy to announce the SSE Riga Student Association video.  On the behalf of the Student Association we want to particularly thank Simona Tijunaityte, Andris Aizpurietis, Emils Kreislers and the whole SSE Riga community for making this possible. You will be able to permanently access the video in the section videos. This video is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license. 

    SSE Riga Student Association

     

  20. Fancy a chat, Thursday, November 11, SA Room

    SA Board would like to invite you all to "Fancy a chat?", a traditional pre-elections meeting with the current SA Board. Meeting will take place on Thursday, November 11, at 11:00 in the SA Room. Since this meeting occurs in the lunch break for the many of you, we will have some tea and snacks for you to enjoy, whilst chatting with the Board members about the topics of your interest. To remind you, this is an opportunity for the potential Board member candidates to find out the positions in the Board, as well as to explore why Student Association has attracted so many people thorough its 15 years of existence.See you at the meeting!

    Source: SA

  21. SSE Riga Alumni: E-ship Sucess Stories

    Date/Time: November 8th, 17.00-19.00
    Venue: SSE Riga, Soros Auditorium

    You are invited to the first seminar on November 8th, 2010.

    Aigars Kesenfelds, SSE Riga Graduate of Class 2006 will talk about very successful projects like SMS Credit, Zeltapaka.lv, Mobipaka.lv and others, but Aigars Zelmenis, SSE Riga Graduate of Class 2003 will present concept of interior salon Krassky. Get inspired!

    Please sign up here.

    Forthcoming E-ship seminars will be held on Novemebr 15th and November 22nd.

    Source: sseriga.edu.lv

  22. SA General Meeting

    The time of the year has arrived when Student Association of SSER would like to illustrate what we have managed to accomplish during this year. Due to this reason we invite you all to the SA General Meeting on November 23, at 18:30 in Soros auditorium.

    More information about the agenda coming soon.

    SA

  23. Homecoming 2010

    • SSE Riga Research Paper presentations on November 12, 2010
      Strelnieku 4a, Room W32, 11.00-12.30
      Conference Program
    • Social Entrepreneurship Forum on November 12-13, 2010
      Strelnieku 4a
      Day 1, November 12
      Day 2, November 13 
    • SSE Riga Choir Concert on November 12, 2010
      St. Savior’s Church, Anglikāņu iela 2, 19:00 - 20:30 
    • Homecoming Party on November 13, 2010
      Strelnieku 4a, 22.00 - 02.00

    Source: sseriga.edu.lv

  24. SSE Riga Choir Concert: Sacred and Profane

    November 12, 2010, 19:00

    The Anglican Church
    Anglikāņu iela 2, Rīga

    Conductors:
    Lauris Goss
    Elīna Karaseva

    Organist:
    Kristīne Adamaite

    Guests:
    The Ancient Music Ansamble Trakula

    Programme:
    E. Rautavāra
    R. Dubra
    A. Pērts
    I. Ramiņš
    K. Nīsteds
    F. Puleks
    and others 

    Entrance: FREE

    Source: SSE Riga Choir

  25. Friday, 05.11.2010. 18:00,
    JVLMA Wind Orchestra concert 6PM at JVLMA Great Hall

    VLMA Wind Orchestra Conducting Class – 15! Participating: JVLMA Wind Orchestra.
    Conductors: Jānis Puriņš and JVLMA Wind Orchestra Conducting Class graduates Aleksandrs Kreišmanis, Atvars Lakstīgala, Guntis Kumačevs, Viesturs Ozols, Andris Poga. Soloist Andis Karelis /euphonium/. Programme: Alfred Reed, John Breakstad, Gunārs Ordelovskis, Thomas Doss, Alvils Altmanis, Nick Gotham.
    Admission free, donations are welcome.

    Sunday, 07.11.2010. 18:00,
    Claudio Monteverdi "Vespro della Beata Vergine" 1610 - 2010

    Participants: JVLMA Mixed Choir and Baroque Orchestra,
    Renaissance Wind Instruments Group Artistic Director: Charles Toet /The Netherlands/ Conductor: Māris Kupčs. Consultant: Marek Rzepka /Poland – Germany/. Tickets available at Biļešu Paradīze offices, www.bilesuparadize.lv or one hour before the event at the venue.
    Ticket price - 3Ls Supported by Erasmus, VKKF

    Tuesday, 16.11.2010. 19:00,
    New Hall of LNO IT’S TIME FOR JAZZ!

    Concert of JVLMA Choreography Department and Jazz Music Department students 16.11.2010, 7PM at LNO New Hall Participants - dancers Gabija Bīriņa, Natālija Korotja, Gunda Ģēģere, Kaiva Lipiņa , Guna Mangusa, Reinis Rešetins, Anastasija Šņakina, Māris Sprinģis, Ieva Kemlere, Jekaterina Horoveca, Veronika Sardiko, Paula Jēgere, Alisa Košeļeva, Ruslans Kurlovičs, and Rūdolfs Dankfelds /percussions/, Toms Poišs /double bass/, Marika Šaripo /piano/, Dāvis Jurka, Valters Šmits /saxophone/, Oskars Ozoliņš /trumpet/ Chief Choreographer – Markus Zmolnig (Italy). Programme: choreographic interpretations of jazz music. Supported by VKKF Tickets available at LNO ticket offices and Biļešu paradīze offices.
    Ticket price - 4 Ls and 5Ls

    Source: http://www.jvlma.lv/

  26. INSEAD - Sharing the Experience on Prezi

     

    Master Studies Project team would like to thank SSE Riga alumni Inna Sirota for giving a terrific presentation on Friday, October 15. The presentation took place as part of MSP and was the first one this academic year. Inna generously shared her experience of MBA studies at INSEAD and work in the US and at Google Dublin. The students liked the lecture a lot and said it was great fun and very inspiring. We would also like to thank all those 35 students who attended the presentation.

    We hope we will be able to keep up the good work and provide SSE Riga students with more events like this in the future.

    Best regards,

    Master Studies Project team

     

  27. Internship opportunities at Ernst&Young

    There are two intern positions available at E&Y - one in Advisory, another in Assurance department.
    Those are full-time positions, so unfortunately it wouldn't be possible to combine it with studies.
    For more information about the positions and application procedure please check the attachments here and here.

  28. JUNIOR PEAK TIME 2010
    LIST OF SELECTED HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS

    Congratulations!

    The competition was tough – over 800 high-school students from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were taking part in the preliminary round. The jury has selected the 40 best participants, who are invited to Junior Peak Time 2010 final in Riga on November 6, 2010.

    More information here.

    Source: juniorpeaktime.org

  29. SSE Riga IV 2010 - Registration starts today!

    Dear ladies and gentlemen,

    we are happy to announce that registration for the annual SSE Riga IV, the oldest and one of the most prestigious debate tournaments in Central and Eastern Europe, is officially open! Please proceed to the following link to find out more about the requirements or go straight to the registration form.

    registration form

     

    See you soon!

    The convening team

    http://sserdc.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/sse-riga-iv-2010-registration-starts-today/

     

  30. Master Studies Project team is happy to announce that Master Studies Project continues, and we're having our first guest lecture this study year on Friday, October 15, at 12:05, in room 303. SSE Riga alumni Inna Sirota will share her experience about her MBA studies at INSEAD in Singapore and her work at Google (!).

    Inna Sirota graduated from SSE Riga in 2001 and afterwards started working as an associate at CIBC World Markets and as a CMBS Transaction Manager. In December 2009 Inna Sirota proudly received her MBA at INSEAD in Singapore. Currently Inna resides in Dublin and is a Senior Financial Analyst at Google, as well as a passionate photographer. She is willing to share her experience and answer questions.

    Hope to see you all there ;)

    Master Studies Project team

  31. Italian Week at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music

    From October 11 to October 14 Latvia will for the first time be visited by two renowned Italian musicians – pianist, violinist and conductor Marco Tezza from the Conservatoire of Vincenza and the Head of Guitar Performance Department of Padua Academy of Music – Giovanni Grano. Both artists will give recitals at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and give masterclasses throughout the week.

    The first recital will be given by Marco Tezza at JVLMA Great Hall on October 11 at 6PM - Sonata in B flat major by F. Schubert and Volume I of Debussy’s preludes will be performed. The second recital ‘Music for Guitar’ on October 14 at the New Chamber Hall of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music will conclude the masterclass of Giovanni Grano and will feature works by D. Kellner, N. Paganini, M. Giuliani, K. Mertz, M. de Falla and J. Turina. Admission to masterclasses and concerts will be free, donations will be accepted.

    Source: jvlma.lv

     

  32. News from Debate Society

    Last Saturday, on October 9, SSE Riga Debate Society organized a practice tournament in the school's premises. The tournament gathered around 50 debaters from all across the Baltics; Martin Küüsmaa, one of SSE Riga graduates, acted as the Chief Adjudicator, while several other graduates assisted as judges. The teams competed in 4 rounds, debating various topics from capping prices for vitally important goods to establishing a visa-free regime with Russia. The tournament was very successful for SSE Riga teams: two of them broke into the final round, and one was announced as the winner of the tournament.

    SSE Riga Debate Society continues to host 4 sessions a week, every Monday and Thursday at 17:00 and 19:00 in 303. As regards the upcoming tournaments, we're getting ready to host SSE Riga IV 2010, one of the most prestigious debating championships in Central and Eastern Europe. The event will take place on December 10-12; for more information please visit http://www.sserigads.com/.

    Source: theinsider.lv 

  33. OPEN DOORS DAY at SSE Riga

    SSE Riga invites prospective students to the seminar Choosing a Career Path organized by the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) in cooperation with the SSE Riga Alumni Association on October 25, 2010 at SSE Riga,

    Strēlnieku iela 4a, Riga, Soros Auditorium

    PROGRAMME >>>

    You can sign up for the Open Doors Day by October 20 using the form here

    Source: sseriga.edu.lv

  34. INSIDER MEETING

    More than a week has passed since our September issue was released, and we really want to hear your feedback and suggestions for the next Insider! So please don't hesitate and come to our meeting:
    When: Monday, October 11, 12:15-13:00
    Where: 407

    Yours Sincerely,

    The Insider team

  35. Global Competitiveness Report

    For a number of years, the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga has been one of the World Economic Forum’s partner institutions and has participated in conducting the Executive Opinion Survey for the prestigious publication the Global Competitiveness Report. This year the SSE Riga team led by the Rector Dr. Anders Paalzow and Executive MBA programme director Dr. Karlis Kreslins surveyed more than 100 senior executives from large and medium size companies representing different industries in Latvia and Lithuania.

    Out of 139 countries, Latvia was ranked as 70th this year (compared with 68th place last year) but Lithuania was ranked in 47th place (last year – 53rd). The most problematic factors for doing business both in Latvia and Lithuania are: inefficient government bureaucracy, tax regulations, access to financing, tax rates and corruption. If comparing different indicators both Latvia and Lithuania have high rank ings for trade tariffs concerning goods market efficiency (4th place). Latvia also received a high rank for legal rights index regarding financial market development (ranked in 6th place) whereas Lithuania is in the 9th place for flexibility of wage determination concerning labour market efficiency.

    For additional information please contact Dr. Karlis Kreslins, Executive MBA programme director:

    E-mail: Karlis.Kreslins@sseriga.edu.lv

    Tel: +371 67015816, +371 29460502

    Source: sseriga.edu.lv

     

  36. Peak Time IT Coordinator needed

    Peak Time 2011 organizing team is announcing a new position - Peak Time IT Coordinator.

    The opportunity is open for a Year2 student, who has a good Photoshop and MS Excel user experience. Competence using other programs will be counted as a plus.

    Being Peak Time IT Coordinator means dealing with design and statistical data issues: working with and creating Peak Time and Junior Peak Time design materials, working with statistical data and making tables, graphs, etc.
    Position responsibilities will not be time demanding on daily basis.

    Send your CV and a statement of purpose to thepeaktime@gmail.com till next Friday, October 15, 19:00.

    Best regards,

     Aija Novicka

    Junior Peak Time 2010

    Peak Time 2011
    aija@juniorpeaktime.org