by Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | News
The theme of this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, which fell on July 30, “focuses on the role of technology as a tool that can both enable and impede human trafficking. With the global expansion in the use of technology – intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of our everyday life to online platforms — the crime of human trafficking has conquered cyber space. The internet and digital platforms offer traffickers numerous tools to recruit, exploit, and control victims; organize their transport and accommodation; advertise victims and reach out to potential clients; communicate among perpetrators; and hide criminal proceeds – and all that with greater speed, cost-effectiveness and anonymity.”
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/endht/index.html
AIWS.net includes news reports, analysis and reflections by distinguished thinkers and innovators supporting innovations and solutions for “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” and the United Nations Centennial initiative, looking at how the world might be in 2045 when the global organization completes a hundred years.
by Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | News
On August 6, 2022, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Chief of the Vietnamese Communist Party at Ho Chi Minh City, warmly welcomed and discussed with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Here are some photos of the event:
by Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Event Updates
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak arrived in Vietnam on August 2, 2022. He then spoke to leaders of the top 50 prestigious and effective public companies and the top 10 prestigious companies in banking/insurance/technology of 2022 in Vietnam, presenting his distinguished speech at the Independent Palace, Ho Chi Minh City on August 3, 2022.
Here are some photos of the event:
by Editor | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Publications
Tri Thuc Publishing House officially published the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment, bilingual Vietnamese and English edition, on June 13, 2022. The Vietnamese National Assembly presented 499 copies to all 499 of its members on June 16. Constitutionally, the National Assembly of Vietnam is the highest government organization and the highest-level representative body of the people. It has the power to draw up, adopt, and amend the constitution and to make and amend laws.
Vietnamese National Assembly Members are highest level and most important leaders of Vietnam.
All the top leaders of Vietnam are members of Vietnamese National Assembly:
Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Secretary General of the Vietnam Communist Party
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, President of Vietnam
Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister of Vietnam
Vương Đình Huệ, Chairman of Vietnamese National Assembly
Võ Văn Thưởng, Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat
Trương Thị Mai, Politburo Member
Phạm Bình Minh, Deputy Prime Minister
Tô Lâm, Minister, Ministry of Public Security
Phan Văn Giang, Minister, Ministry of Defense
Nguyễn Hòa Bình, Chief, The Supreme Court of Vietnam
The 499 Vietnamese National Assembly members includes 17 politburo members of the Party, many ministers, governors of Vietnam, and 101 Central Committee Members of the Party.
The National Assembly Library of Vietnam also has 30 copies of the book to serve its readers and researchers.
https://www.rigaconference.lv/wp-content/uploads/Book-UN-Centennial-Offical-December62021.pdf
Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
by Editor | Jun 19, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News
President Zelenskyy, Boston Global Forum World Leader for Peace and Security Award’s recipient, welcomed France’s President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Four European leaders expressed their support for Ukraine on Thursday while meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing to back Kyiv’s candidacy to eventually join the European Union and offering more weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion.
French President Emmanuel Macron promised Ukraine six more truck-mounted artillery guns, the latest in a new round of Western arms pledges as the war grinds on in the Donbas region in the east.
France, Germany, Italy and Romania “are doing everything so that Ukraine alone can decide its fate,” Macron said at a news conference with Zelenskyy and the others.
“My colleagues and I have come here to Kyiv today with a clear message: Ukraine belongs to the European family,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Amid Ukrainian fears that Western resolve could wane, the visit carried heavy symbolism. France, Germany and Italy have all faced criticism for continuing to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin — and failing to give Kyiv the weaponry it says its needs.
Zelenskyy said it was important for him to hear that European leaders “agree the end of the war and peace for Ukraine should be as Ukraine sees them.” He said Ukrainians will continue to fight for all of their land.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-german-italian-leaders-on-their-way-to-kyiv/2022/06/16/deee6362-ed3b-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html
by Editor | Jun 19, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
Less than eight years from the 2030 deadline to realize the United Nations sustainable development goals, authors of this paper published this week by the Brookings Institution suggest that “a holistic approach to broadening digital access while building robust institutions, fostering data governance regimes, and encouraging participatory processes could help drive much faster rates of sustainable development progress.”
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2022/06/15/digital-public-technology-can-help-drive-sustainable-development-progress/
AIWS.net includes distinguished thinkers, innovators, think tanks, and labs supporting initiatives, innovations, and solutions for Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment, a core of the United Nations Centennial Initiative.
by Editor | Jun 19, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, Papers & Reports, News
With the UK professing a global digital outlook, its strength in artificial intelligence (AI) reflects its ability to compete confidently on the world stage, so it is important to analyze whether the fundamentals are in place for the UK to go even further and take a leading position.
The National AI Strategy was unveiled in September 2021, six months after the AI Council published its AI roadmap report that outlined 16 recommendations to help develop the UK’s strategic direction for AI. The AI Council, an independent expert committee, has members from industry, the public sector and academia, and works to support the growth of AI in the UK.
The National AI Strategy outlines a 10-year plan that represents a step-change for AI in the UK. It recognizes that maximizing AI’s potential will increase resilience, productivity, growth and innovation in the private and public sectors
Boston Global Forum (BGF), Club de Madrid and AI World Society (AIWS) propose an initiative: establishing a Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG). This is a part of Social Contract for the AI Age, Framework for AI International Accord, BGF Conference of July 1st, 2020, and the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Governance-and-progression-of-AI-in-the-UK
by Editor | Jun 13, 2022 | Event Updates
27 June 2022 | MIT Media Lab | Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Dear Madam/Sir,
You are cordially invited to the Symposium “A New Foundation for the Global Digital Economy” to be held on 27 June 2022 at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Symposium convenes leaders from government, private sector, civil society, and academia to discuss how societies can build new foundations for the global digital economy.
Countries around the world are grappling with multiple, concurrent crises: a global pandemic that has battered health systems and economies; lower economic growth trajectories; supply chain dislocations; increasing technological and political complexity; and a trend of rising nationalism, diminished global institutions, and reduced international cooperation. At the same time, many economies are undergoing profound transformation fueled by innovative digital technologies and data systems, ecosystems, and business models.
The challenges and opportunities in the digital economy are international in nature. We believe the moment calls for stronger dialogue among policymakers, technologists, and economists from the public and private sector, civil society, and academia to accelerate investments in global digital public infrastructure, promote the secure exchange of information across networks, and articulate a new economic paradigm. The event features moderated discussions covering four themes of reinvention:
- Growth Strategies in the Digital Economy. Develop a vision for the role of government and other stakeholders in the digital economy and actions that are needed to increase societal prosperity.
- Investing in Foundational Digital Public Infrastructure. Discuss the underlying technologies that can underpin transformation journeys – such as innovative taxation and trade systems, digital currencies, and digital identity – to improve how services are delivered to their citizens and enable the creation of new markets, technology platforms, and ecosystems in which private-sector firms and other stakeholders can collaborate for additional societal value.
- Disruptive Technologies to Accelerate Growth. Debate the role that advanced technologies – such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, Internet of Things, and Web 3.0 / Metaverse – should play in digital transformation. Analyze opportunities and risks, and how these innovations can impact critical infrastructure, transform industries, and redefine the way in which governments interact with their citizens.
- Governance of Multistakeholder Systems. Propose new frameworks to oversee the development and operation of digital systems that are used across borders and stakeholder groups, to guide technology design and implementation, and facilitate collaboration that is transparent, equitable, and responsible.
This Symposium will be held in-person June 27th at the MIT Media Lab. Attendees may arrive June 26th for pre-event networking and informal introductory comments. A detailed agenda will be sent to confirmed attendees. In addition, confirmed participants are invited to attend a Web 3.0 event taking place on June 30th, also at MIT.
This event is hosted by the Prosperity Collaborative, a multistakeholder collaboration including the World Bank, MIT, Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, and EY. We came together in recognition of the power of diverse stakeholder groups to improve public finance and societies in general through new digital technologies. We believe these technologies should be open, transparent, and inclusive, and if responsibly developed and implemented at scale can lead to increased prosperity and wellbeing for societies and all their citizens.
The topics discussed also reinforce the work of the Boston Global Forum Artificial Intelligence World Society Network (AIWS) Government for Ukraine and City for Ukraine, as parts of the Rebuilding Ukraine Program, including pilot projects.
We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium.
To promote free discussion, the Chatham House rule will be observed.
If you would like to join the event, please send an email to [email protected]
by Editor | Jun 13, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, News
Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed student Ukrainian societies across the UK pledging that he would not give up or “concede”. territory to Russia.
Ukraine’s president spoke to student societies at Birmingham University, Coventry, London School of Economics, UCL, City of London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Glasgow and Manchester over video-link and urged them to help rebuild his country once victory was assured.
Moderator Matt Frei, from Channel 4 News, asked President Zelensky whether there was a stage of the invasion where he would need to cede territory to the Russians given the loss of life in the eastern Donbas region.
He added: “Throughout my presidentship, I clearly understand and understood that every war has to finish at the table of negotiations and I understand that diplomacy can save lives, I understand this. But unfortunately the president of Russian Federation doesn’t understand this, and that’s it.
On April 29, the Boston Global Forum (BGF), together with the Latvian Transatlantic Organization, organized the “Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine” Conference honoring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and all Ukrainian people as 2022 BGF World Leader for Peace and Security. At the event, which took place at Loeb House, Harvard University, Governor Michael Dukakis presented the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and all Ukrainian People as World Leaders for Peace and Security 2022. Governor Dukakis stated that President Zelenskyy and all Ukrainian people have received the 2022 award for “their courage and sacrifice for freedom and independence.” During the conference, Boston Global Forum announced the Rebuilding Ukraine Program. The Rebuilding Ukraine Program has been conceived as an award for President Zelenskyy and all Ukrainian people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jylna8P7Tw
