Pictures of BGF High Level Discussion at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and discussion with Edward Feigenbaum, November 15-18, 2022
Remarks of Governor Dukakis honoring Ambassador Amandeep Gill with the 2022 World Leader in AI World Society Award
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.
Conference at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab – “Building the New Economy: Data as Capital”
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.
A conversation with Edward Feigenbaum, father of Expert Systems in AI
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
Professor Pentland is the keynote speaker for Building the New Economy: Data as Capital at Stanford University
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.