by Editor BGF | Jun 14, 2025 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
Today, more than one billion people of African descent live across the globe—most of them women. Despite their resilience, creativity, and proven potential, African and African-descendant women continue to face deeply rooted, interconnected challenges. These include limited access to quality education and capital, underrepresentation in leadership and decision-making roles, persistent digital divides, and the marginalization of their cultural and historical heritage.
In response to these systemic disparities, the ADWIN Foundation—African and African-Descendant Women Impact Network—was established as the first global initiative of its kind. ADWIN is dedicated to empowering African and African-descendant women through solidarity, technology, and social innovation. The foundation aims to build an inclusive and sustainable future by connecting women across the African continent and the global diaspora with the knowledge, tools, networks, and opportunities they need to thrive.
This mission took a major step forward in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, a vibrant nation championing gender equity. On June 5th and 6th, the prestigious Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire hosted women leaders from Africa, the African Diaspora, and around the world for two transformative days of connection, inspiration, and empowerment.
The event focused on five key pillars: WinSkills, WinWell, WinCapital, WinConfidence, and WinHeritage—each representing an essential domain of growth and empowerment. It brought together an extraordinary gathering of dignitaries, including ministers, queens, and first ladies, all united in their commitment to gender equity and the advancement of African and African-descendant women.
During the event, Elisabeth Moreno, former French Minister and Executive Board Member of the Boston Global Forum, officially launched the ADWIN network.
With this launch, ADWIN emerges as a powerful, united community committed to advancing growth, leadership, and solidarity among women of African descent. Its mission is to honor their rich and diverse backgrounds while equipping them with the resources and support systems needed to flourish both personally and professionally.
Together, we are building a global movement that celebrates shared heritage, champions achievement, and forges a stronger, more united future.
Opening Ceremony
Moreno and ministers and first ladies
Gala dinner with Nigerian Qeen
The General Conference
by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | News, Shaping Futures
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is pleased to introduce a groundbreaking new paper by BGF Board Member Professor Alex Pentland and BGF Contributor Thomas Kehler, titled:
“Amplifying Human Creativity and Problem Solving with AI Through Generative Collective Intelligence”
This insightful work explores how AI—when designed as a facilitator of Generative Collective Intelligence—can significantly enhance human creativity, collaboration, and complex problem-solving. The paper offers a powerful framework for building systems that combine human insight and machine learning to support democratic governance, innovation, and ethical decision-making in the Age of AI.
As part of BGF’s continued mission to shape a human-centered future with AI, we encourage scholars, technologists, and policymakers to engage with this important contribution.
📄 Read the full paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.19167
📧 For media or academic inquiries: [email protected]
Please see full here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.19167
by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
On June 6 in Tokyo, the immense potential for deeper bilateral cooperation between India and Japan, that is driven by shared values and economic opportunities, was discussed in detail during the inaugural edition of ‘Rising India, i.e., Bharat’ in Tokyo.
The conclave, organised with the support of the Indian Embassy in Tokyo and the Japan-India Association, was one of the first major India-Japan events organised in Japan by Connect India Japan — an initiative pioneering new paths in bilateral engagement by blending cultural diplomacy with business and policy dialogue.
The programme brought together policymakers, diplomats, corporate leaders, and thought influencers from both India and Japan to explore new frontiers of collaboration in diplomacy, business, technology, and cultural exchange.
Please full here:
news9live.com/world/india-japan-explore-deeper-ties-at-rising-india-conclave-in-tokyo-2864194
socialnews.xyz/2025/06/06/india-and-japan-explore-new-frontiers-of-collaboration-during-rising-india-conclave-in-tokyo/
Minister Taro Kono
by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | World Leader for Peace and Security, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates
French President Emmanuel Macron, 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award Recipient, will travel to Greenland next weekend, the Danish prime minister’s office said Saturday — a visit by a high-profile European Union leader in the wake of U.S. expressions of interest in taking over the mineral-rich Arctic island.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the French leader said they will meet in the semiautonomous Danish territory on June 15, hosted by Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
In the statement Saturday, Frederiksen acknowledged the “difficult foreign policy situation in recent months” but praised “great international support” for Greenland and Denmark.
“President Macron’s upcoming visit to Greenland is yet another concrete testament to European unity,” she said, alluding to the membership of France and Denmark in the 27-member-country EU.
The three leaders were expected to discuss security in the North Atlantic and the Arctic, as well as issues of economic development, climate change and energy during the visit, her office said.
Please see full here:
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/frances-president-visit-greenland-show-eu-unity-danish-122605556
by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | News
As part of honoring pioneering efforts that shaped the global development of Artificial Intelligence, the AIWS History of AI House proudly features the seminal work of Professor Edward Feigenbaum, a distinguished member of the AIWS History of AI.
📘 Featured Work:
“The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan’s Computer Challenge to the World”
By Edward Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck
This landmark book chronicles Japan’s bold vision in the early 1980s to lead the world into a new era of intelligent computing. It captures the ambition, innovation, and global ripple effects of Japan’s Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) project—a national initiative launched in 1982 by Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
🧠 Research Contribution:
“A Japanese National Fifth Generation Project: Introduction, Survey, and Evaluation”
By Edward Feigenbaum and Howard Shrobe
Published from the Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University and MIT’s AI Lab, this academic paper provides a detailed technical and strategic overview of the FGCS project.
Key Highlights:
- The FGCS project aimed to build intelligent systems for societal and economic use, supported by advanced hardware and logic programming.
- It focused on developing Sequential (PSI) and Parallel (PIM) Inference Machines, capable of achieving 150 million logical inferences per second.
- The project championed Prolog-based logic programming, culminating in the construction of a high-performance logic system (XLI).
- However, the initiative faced challenges in adoption due to limited real-world application deployment and reliance on non-mainstream programming approaches.
Despite its eventual limitations, the FGCS project remains a historically significant milestone—representing one of the first nationally coordinated efforts to industrialize AI. It laid critical groundwork for the rise of knowledge systems, logic-based inference machines, and AI’s integration into economic strategy.
Professor Edward Feigenbaum and Nguyen Anh Tuan
