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SUMMARY:Creating an Age of Global Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Time: November 22-23\, 2022 \nVenue: Harvard University Loeb House\, 17 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nThe United Nations is championing a Global Digital Compact and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation under the leadership of the Technology Envoy of Secretary General of United Nations and his office. The UN initiative will be addressed at the   UN Summit of the Future in 2024. The BGF is a strong supporter of this effort. \nThe Boston Global Forum framing of The United Nations Centennial Initiative as well as its publication entitled Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment (with the AI World Society (AIWS)\, the AI International Accord\, and the Social Contract for the AI Age) capture the urgent need for consolidate action.  Toward this end\, the BGF has established Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources to buttress the creation of an Age of Global Enlightenment. \nOn the first day of the Conference\, distinguished leaders and thinkers will honor the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill with the World Leader in AIWS Award. Ambassador Gill will present the “Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech”.  This first will also include a discussion of ways in which the BGF can contribute to the development of an Age of Global Enlightenment as indicated in its Manifesto\, entitled AIWS Actions to create an Age of Global Enlightenment.   \nOn second day\, the Conference will focus on the many contributions of\, and lessons learned from\, the lives of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the late Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet that helped to build critical pillars for world peace and security. \nModerators and Speakers: \nAmbassador Amandeep Gill\, Under Secretary General and United Nations Envoy on Technology \nGovernor Michael Dukakis\, former Governor of Massachusetts\, US Presidential \nDemocratic Candidate 1988\, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) \nCameron Kerry\, former US  and Acting Secretary of Commerce \nYasukazu Hamada\, Japanese Minister of Defense \nShinsuke J. Sugiyama\, former Japan Ambassador to the US \nThomas Patterson\, Harvard professor\, BGF Board Member \nNazli Choucri\, MIT professor\, BGF Board Member \nAlex Sandy Pentland\, MIT professor\, BGF Board Member \nRamu Damodaran\, Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative\, the first Chief of United Nations Academic Impact \nDr. Joan Donovan\, Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy’s Research Director\, Harvard University \nZlatko Lagumdzija\, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Representative of the Boston Global Forum in Balkan \n Lana Cook\, PhD\, Assistant Director\, Strategic Initiatives\, MIT Open Learning \nKoichi Hamada\, Yale Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe \nTomohiko Taniguchi\, Professor\, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe \nIchiro Fujisaki\, former Japanese Ambassador to the US \nNguyen Anh Tuan\, CEO\, Boston Global Forum \nMats Karlsson\, former Vice President of the World Bank\, Representative of BGF in Sweden \nFrancesco Lapenta\, the Founding Director of the John Cabot University Institute of Future and Innovation Studies
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SUMMARY:Boston Global Forum 10th Anniversary Conference
DESCRIPTION:Manifesto “Actions to Create the Age of Global Enlightenment” \nConcept notes: \nThe United Nations is championing a Global Digital Compact\, and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation\, under the leadership of the Technology Envoy of Secretary General of United Nations and his office. These will be important areas of discussion at the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024. \nThe Boston Global Forum’s “The United Nations Centennial Initiative” and its publication “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” (AIWS\, AI International Accord\, the Social Contract for the AI Age) capture the need of consolidate actions urgently. BGF established Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources for this mission: create the Global Enlightenment Age. \nIt will support Global Digital Compact\, Roadmap for Digital Cooperation and Summit of the Future of United Nations through the United Nations Centennial Initiative and GADG\, creating actions for a peaceful\, secure and prosperous world. \nAt this BGF conference\, distinguished leaders and thinkers will honor United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill with the World Leader in AIWS Award. We will hear the Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech by Ambassador Amandeep Gill and then proceed to a discussion on the Manifesto “AIWS Actions to create the Age of Global Enlightenment” \nAgenda \n2:00 pm – 5:30 pm\, EST\, November 22\, 2022 \nVenue: Loeb House\, Harvard University \n17 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nHonor Amandeep Gill as World Leader in AI World Society (AIWS) \nDistinguished Global Enlightenment Speech \n“AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age” \n2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Welcome guests \n2:30 pm: Opening Remarks\, Professor Thomas Patterson \nHonor Amandeep Gill World Leader in AI World Society Award\, Remarks by Governor Michael Dukakis \nThe Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech\, Amandeep Gill \nDiscussion with Amandeep Gill \nManifesto “AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age” \n\nAIWS – Global Alliance for Digital Governance\, Innovation Program for the Global Enlightenment Age\, Global Accord on AI and Digital to support the United Nations’ Global Digital Compact and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation\nNazli Choucri\, Cameron Kerry\, Nguyen Anh Tuan\n\nThe Global Enlightenment Economy: build infrastructure that enables interoperability across company and national boundaries\, Alex Sandy Pentland \nThe Global Enlightenment Age: solve misinformation and disinformation\, Joan Donovan\, Research Director\, Shorenstein Center\, Harvard\, Professor Thomas Patterson\, Harvard Kennedy School \nTech for Global Enlightenment Education and helping Ukraine\, Lana Cook\, MIT Opening Learning\, Assistant Director \nDiscussion\, Moderator Governor Michael Dukakis \nTenth anniversary of BGF: “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” and Manifesto “AIWS actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age” and grateful to contributors\, dedicators to BGF \n5:30 pm: Concluding\, Governor Michael Dukakis
URL:https://bostonglobalforum.org/event/boston-global-forum-10th-anniversary-conference/
LOCATION:Loeb House\, Harvard University\, 17 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA 02138\, United States\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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