by Editor | Nov 20, 2022 | News
Harvard University, Loeb House
November 22, 2022
I am pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Boston Global Forum’s World Leader in AI World Society Award is Amandeep Gill, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology.
Amandeep Gill joined the India foreign service in 1992, serving with distinction in Iran, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland before being appointed Head of the Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division of India’s Ministry of External Affairs in 2013. Four years later, he was appointed India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
In 2017, Ambassador Gill helped establish India’s National Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and subsequently contributed to the drafting of UNESCO’s Al ethics guidelines.
His entry into the UN came as Executive Director of the Secretariat of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, which led to his appointment as Envoy. Upon naming him as Envoy, the UN described Ambassador Gill as “A thought leader on digital technology, [who] brings to the position a deep knowledge of digital technologies coupled with a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.”
He has brought to the position insights he has gained as the Project Director and CEO of the International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. That initiative seeks to promote responsible AI research and accountable use of digital technology.
Ambassador Gill holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications, an Advanced Diploma in French History and Language, and a PhD in Nuclear Learning in Multilateral Forums from King’s College London.
Ambassador Gill embodies the commitment to the responsible use of AI and digital technology that has defined the Boston Global Forum’s work. It gives me great pleasure to be honoring him today with the Boston Global Forum’s World Leader in AI World Society Award.
by Editor | Nov 20, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
Professor Alex Pentland highlights at the Conference on November 17, at Stanford Digital Economy Lab:
“New technologies such as Blockchain, AI, and Smart Contracts, which together are often called “Web3” present new digital means of production and an opportunity to rebalance the relationships between all stakeholders of the economy. As humans continue to develop brilliant new applications of emerging technologies, we need to reimagine the ways our society is organized so that data serves all communities. It especially important that we ensure that collective citizen organizations manage the way data is controlled, that we build more resilient and inclusive systems that spread financial and health benefits more widely, and that we ensure that systems are interoperable so that knowledge, trade, and interaction can flow across company and national boundaries.”
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance supports Professor Pentland and Stanford Digital Economy Lab in this strategy through the Manifesto “AIWS Actions to create an Age of Global Enlightenment.” In this Manifesto, Boston Global Forum (BGF) create the model “Global Enlightenment Economy” and will work with the United Nations and the governments of US, European Commission, Japan, and India. On November 22, 2022, professor Pentland will speak at the BGF 10th Anniversary Conference at Harvard University Loeb House with speakers such as UN Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill, Japanese Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada, Governor Michael Dukakis, former US Acting Secretary of Commerce Cameron Kerry, and more.
by Editor | Nov 14, 2022 | News
On November 18, 2022, Boston Global Forum CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, will discuss with professor Edward Feingenbaum, the father of Expert Systems, Board Member of History of AI, at Stanford University. Topics include:
- Historical stories, objects and documents in development expert systems at Stanford University: DENDRAL, MYCIN and historical achievements
- The Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University
- Next generations of Stanford University, influenced by Edward Feigenbaum
- How to apply expert systems to innovate politics and society to create the Global Enlightenment Age
- AI: today and future, AI World Society
- Select AI historical events, figures and achievements of 2022
by Editor | Nov 13, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
MIT Professor Sandy Pentland, Board Members of Michael Dukakis Institute and Distinguished Contributor of the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” will present Keynote “Building the New Economy: What We Need and How to Get There” on Day “Building the New Economy: Data as Capital” in Stanford Digital Assets Week.
To support a world with billions of data owners, producers, and consumers, governed by digital data and AI, we need to build infrastructure that enables interoperability across company and national boundaries. This infrastructure will determine the future of finance and money, civic engagement, and factors that contribute to human flourishing. This panel discussion explores the opportunities and challenges of designing ecosystems of trusted data and AI that provide safe, secure, and human-centered services for everyone.
Read more about the event here.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance supports this idea, and add requirements of respecting the standards of the Social Contract for the AI Age.
by Editor | Nov 11, 2022 | Statements, News
November 22 event draws world leaders, thinkers and diplomats for exchange on AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age
Cambridge, MA Nov 11, 2022 – The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is pleased to announce that the Technology Envoy to the United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Amandeep Gill, will accept the World Leader in AIWS Award and present the keynote address at the BGF’s 10th anniversary Forum on November 22 at Harvard University’s Loeb House.
Ambassador Gill is a pioneer of international cooperation on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI), a passionate advocate of inclusive, responsible and collaborative applications of data and AI to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology.
The United Nations is championing a Global Digital Compact and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation under the leadership of Mr. Gill. These will be important areas of discussion at the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024.
The Boston Global Forum has been actively involved in global discussions with high impact organizations with pioneering initiatives in AI and Digital Governance. Its recent book, “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” captures the best thinking about the need to coordinate actions and policies to guarantee rights and privacy. BGF established Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources for this mission: create the Global Enlightenment Age.
WHAT: UN Technology Envoy Amandeep Gill to deliver keynote address at Boston Global Forum 10 Anniversary Forum
WHEN: Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 2:30p.m.-5:30 pm,
WHERE: Harvard University’s Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
WHO: Mr. Gill, Former Governor Michael Dukakis, Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Boston Global Forum. For full agenda and list of distinguished speakers, please visit: https://bostonglobalforum.org/bgf-events/
About Boston Global Forum and AI World Society
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) offers a venue for world leaders, strategists, thinkers, and innovators to contribute to the process of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment. The BGF introduced core concepts that are shaping groundbreaking international initiatives, most notably, the Social Contract for the AI Age, AI International Law and Accord, the Global Alliance for Digital Governance, the AI World Society (AIWS) Ecosystem, and the AIWS City.
Co-founders of the Boston Global Forum are Governor Michael Dukakis, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of VietNamNet (1997-2011), Harvard Professors Thomas Patterson, and John Quelch.
The evolution of Artificial Intelligence holds great promise in a wide variety of sectors but can also be used in damaging ways, including political manipulation and unwarranted surveillance. For this reason, Michael Dukakis Institute has created the Artificial Intelligence World Society Initiative (AIWS) as a means of counteracting harmful and unethical uses of AI, and building the 7-layer AI model, including ethics, to achieve a peaceful and secure world.
The mission of AIWS is to develop recommendations for the development and implementation of AI in ways that promote the public interest. This includes:
- Develop an ethical framework for the use of AI.
- Create Social Contract for the AI Age, AI International Accord, and Global Alliance for Digital Governance
- Innovate technical protocols to enhance cybersecurity and protect privacy.
- Building AI-Government, the AIWS City, and AI Initiatives in Politics and Society.
Contacts:
Tuan Nguyen, CEO of the Boston Global Forum:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617 286 6589
Jim McManus:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617-413-9232
PDF of the PR AIWS Award Amandeep, November 22.
