Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum – MIT Connection Science High-level Dialogue
2023-09-27 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | MIT Media Lab, Building E14, 75 Amherst Street Wiesner Building (E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Reinventing Silicon Valley: Establishing Enlightenment Tech Economy Alliance between the US and India

Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST, September 27, 2023
Venue: MIT Media Lab, Wiesner Building (E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Moderator: Professor John Quelch, Co-founder and Member of the Boston Global Forum (BGF)
Speakers: Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder of ISPIRT Foundations and MIT Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
Event Director: Quynh Nham

Agenda
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM: Welcome and Introduction by Professor John Quelch, Co-founder and Member of the Boston Global Forum (BGF)
10:05 – 10:15 AM: India as a Pillar in Enlightenment Tech Economy Alliance, by Quynh Nham, Event Director
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: How to foster and reinforce Tech Economy Alliance between the US and India by Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder of ISPIRT Foundations
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: How the US and India can collaborate to build Data Economy, by MIT Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
10:45 AM – 11:25 AM: Q&A and Open Discussion
11:25 – 11:30 AM: Closing remarks by Nguyen Anh Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Boston Global Forum
Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder of ISPIRT Foundations

"Building Vietnam's National Data Center and Data Economy"
2023-09-22 10:30 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | MIT Connection Science, MIT Media Lab
Co-hosts:
Co-hosted by MIT Connection Science and Boston Global Forum

Speakers:
Professor Alex Pentland, Faculty Director, MIT Connection Science, and Board Member of Boston Global Forum
Thomas Hardjono, Technology Officer, MIT Connection Science
Huynh Quang Liem, CEO of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)

Venue:
MIT Connection Science, MIT Media Lab
Date and Time:
September 22, 2023
10:30 am – 11:45 am, EST

Agenda:
10:30 am: Introduction
MIT Connection Science and MIT TRUST::DATA CONSORTIUM, Thomas Hardjono, Technology Officer, MIT Connection Science
10:45 am: Keynote
“Building a New Economy: Data as Capital” – Professor Alex Pentland, MIT
11:00 am: Presentation
“Building a National Data Center and Data Economy for Vietnam” – VNPT’s CEO Huynh Quang Liem
11:15 am: Discussion
11:45 am: Conclusion
Professor Alex Pentland speaking at the Boston Global Forum Conference at Loeb House, Harvard University

VNPT CEO Huynh Quang Liem

Civil20 – G20 Summit India 2023
2023-07-29 - 2023-07-31 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, India, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Time: July 29-31, 2023
Venue: Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, India
https://civil20.net/civil20-india-summit-2023-to-shall-be-held-in-jaipur-rajasthan-from-29-31st-july-2023/
The full agenda PDF can be downloaded here.
C20 India 2023 is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G20 that provides a platform for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) around the world to voice people’s aspirations to the world leaders in G20. It gives CSOs a forum to protect the agency of this sector, reflect the primary and common concerns affecting the people of the world, and to promote social and economic development with the vision of leaving no one behind.
The logo of C20 India 2023 symbolises the flame of hope, self-motivation, and selfless service. The tagline #YouAreTheLight is a call to every member of civil society to come together, make their own path, find solutions and resolve issues through collective effort.
The Chair of C20 India 2023 is Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma). Amma is a world-renowned spiritual leader and humanitarian and has dedicated her life to the spiritual upliftment of humankind and to helping the poor fulfill their five basic needs: food and water, shelter, healthcare, education and livelihood. As the founder of Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM), a charitable organization focused on bringing humanitarian relief to people of all walks of life, Amma has also been particularly focused on meeting the needs of those surviving the aftermaths of major disasters.

Boston Global Forum CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan Speaks at Civil20 (C20) Global Internet Governance, Digital Empowerment, and Security Alliance (GLIDES)
2023-07-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Time: July 5, 2023, at 10:00 am EST (Boston time), 4:00 pm PST (San Francisco time), 7:30 pm IST (New Delhi time).
Zoom link: amrita.link/c20tst
Speaker: Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum (BGF)
Topic: “Global Enlightenment Community: From Words to Actions – The Urgency for Governmental and Civic Action”
Introduction to Civil20 (C20) Global Internet Governance, Digital Empowerment, and Security Alliance (GLIDES):
We are delighted to have a distinguished speaker, Mr. Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Boston Global Forum (BGF), addressing the GLIDES July 2023 monthly meeting. Mr. Nguyen will present on the topic “Global Enlightenment Community: From Words to Actions – The Urgency for Governmental and Civic Action.” His insights will greatly benefit our CSO members.
Mr. Nguyen is not only the CEO of Boston Global Forum but also the director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI). He is a co-founder of the AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net), co-founder of AIWS City (AIWS.city), and co-author of the books “Social Contract for the AI Age” and “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.”
Zoom link: amrita.link/c20tst
We eagerly anticipate your participation in this monthly meeting to engage in thoughtful deliberations and policy dialogues.
For more information about C20 GLIDES, please visit their website: https://c20.amma.org/tst-wg/global-internet-governance-digital-empowerment-and-security-alliance-glides/
Best regards,
Civil20 (C20) Working Group on Technology, Security, & Transparency (TST)
Website: https://c20.amma.org/tst-wg/

BGF High-level Conference "AI Assistant Regulation Summit: Fostering a Tech Enlightenment Economy Alliance" - Celebrate 90th Birthday of Governor Michael Dukakis
2023-04-26 08:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Time: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm EST, April 26, 2023,
Venue: Harvard University Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/cnv-esbw-nuy

Concept Note:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already changed the way we interact with technology and the impact is expected to grow exponentially. This development raises important questions, among others, of responsibility, regulation, and democratic governance.
In response to the challenge, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) is hosting
“BGF High-Level Conference:
AI Assistant Regulation Summit: Fostering a Tech Enlightenment Economy Alliance”
The conference serves as the closing event of the BGF High-level Dialog on Regulation Framework on AI Assistants and ChatGPT initiated on February 28, 2023.
The Dialog has brought together public leaders, thinkers, strategists, scholars, and innovators committed to developing an effective and sustainable framework for responsible democratic governance of AI. Based on the AI International Accord (AIIA), the goal is to protect fundamental democratic rights while managing the potential risks in this new era of human-digital interface. The Dialogue has articulated key pillars for transformative technology, economy, and society in four major democracies (US, Europe, Japan, and India) by advancing a new Silicon Valley-type model, the Global Enlightenment Mountain Program.
This event will discuss new AI assistants, such as T-Lead, T-Kindness, and Enligh-T, designed to promote the responsible development and deployment of AI as the first contribution to the Global Enlightenment Mountain Program.
The conference will also recognize the 90th birthday year of Governor Michael Dukakis. To commemorate it, a Liber Amicorum book initiative titled From the Massachusetts Miracle to the Age of Global Enlightenment will be announced.
In addition, the BGF and Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation will present the World Leader in AIWS Award 2023 to the Japanese Minister of Economic Security Sanae Takaichi. She will deliver a speech at the Conference
Agenda
8:30 am:
Opening Remarks, Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum
Honoring Japanese Minister of Economic Security Sanae Takaichi World Leader in AIWS Award 2023, Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum
Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech 2023, Sanae Takaichi, Recipient of World Leader in AIWS Award 2023
9:00 am:
Keynote Speech “Building Global Enlightenment Mountain and tech economic alliance between US, Japan, India and Europe”, Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy
How to compete with China in the Age of AI and Data, John Quelch, Emeritus Harvard professor, former Dean of three leading business schools, Co-founder of the Boston Global Forum
A framework for human-centered AI based on nature’s laws and AI Assistants: T-Lead, T-Kindness, Enligh-T, Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum and Harvard professor David Silbersweig, Thomas Kehler, Chief Scientist of CrowdSmart
AI Assistants and AI International Accord: Framework for Managing AI Assistants, ChatGPT, GPT4, MIT professor Nazli Choucri and Brandeis Scholar Shyamal Sharma
9:45 am
Panel “Building Global Enlightenment Mountain and Tech Economy Alliance: US, Europe, Japan, India”
Alex Pentland, MIT professor, Data as Capital, how Global Enlightenment Mountain should support this
Yasuhide Nakayama, former Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Views from Japanese community
Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy, Dialogue with leaders of governments and religions
Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Views from Southern Europe
James Ferrari, CEO of Citizen 007 Media, Finance concepts for GEM
Sanjay Jain, Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, India, Views from India community
Krishnashree Achuthan, Amrita University professor, India, CC SIG 20, and dialogue with G20
Damon Cox, Head of Next Practice and Inclusive Growth – MassChallenge, Experiences from Massachusetts
John Clippinger, Co-founder of BioForm Labs, Biotic AI
Discussion, moderator Governor Michael Dukakis
11:30 am:
Celebrate and honor 90th birthday of Governor Michael Dukakis:

Announcing the Liber Amicorum Book “From the Massachusetts Miracle to the Age of Global Enlightenment”, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson
Launching of the Global Enlightenment Community, Governor Michael Dukakis, Nham Duong Truc Quynh, and Nguyen Anh Tuan
Global Enlightenment Community Statement: From Words to Actions: The Urgency for Government Action, Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Songs for Global Enlightenment, Renowned Singer Bui Thuy
12:00 pm: Concluding Remarks, Nguyen Anh Tuan

Keynote speaker: former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta

The Shinzo Abe Initiative 2nd Conference – Make the Economy of Japan Great in the Age of Global Enlightenment
2023-04-05 09:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Okura Salon at The Okura Tokyo, 6 F, 2-10-4 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Time: April 5th, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Tokyo time (UTC+9)
Venue: Okura Salon at The Okura Tokyo
6 F, 2-10-4 Toranomon Minato-ku Tokyo Japan
Live streaming here:

Online attend here: https://meet.google.com/gxf-ctca-hgk

9:00
Introduction, Nobue Mita, Representative of Boston Global Forum in Japan
Opening Remarks, Kotaro Suzuki Consul General of Japan in Boston
Honoring and Memorializing Prime Minister Abe as a Global Enlightenment Leader, Governor Michael Dukakis and Professor Thomas Patterson
A Song Honoring and Memorializing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
Renowned Singer Bui Thi Thuy
Japan’s Revitalization in the New Age of Global Enlightenment, Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum, Co-founder of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security
Moderator: Ichiro Fujisaki,Former Japanese Ambassador to the USA,
The president of Nakasone Peace Institute
Key Speakers:
Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for international Economics
Cameron Kerry, Former US Acting Secretary of Commerce
Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
Taro Kono, Japanese Minister of Digital Affairs
Panel “Make the Economy of Japan Great in the Age of Global Enlightenment”
Part 1: Building Japan as a pillar of AI and digital economy alliance between Japan, US, India, Europe
Moderator: Jesper Koll, Senior Advisor, WisdomTree Investments Inc.
Founding Member and Head of Policy Committee, Asia Society Japan Center
Panelists of the panel 1:
Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum
Alex Pentland, MIT Professor, Board Member of Michael Dukakis Institute, Distinguished Contributor to the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor
David Silbersweig, Harvard professor
Nazli Choucri, MIT professor
James Ferrari, Co-founder of the Global Enlightenment Mountain
Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for international Economics
Etsuro Honda, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, former Special Advisor to the Abe
Cabinet for “Abenomics”, former Staff Member of the MOF, Japan,
Masazumi Wakatabe, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (3/20~) Waseda professor
Tatsuo Hatta, Executive Board Chair, Asian Growth Research Institute
Former president of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
“Mr. Abenomics”
Koichi Hamada, Yale professor, Special Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Shiro Armstrong, Professor of Australian National University
Waichi Sekiguchi, President of MM Research Institute, Former Editorial Writer of Nikkei
Newspaper
John Henry Clippinger, Co-Director of the Law Lab at Harvard University
Thomas Kehler, Technology pioneer in AI (Chief Scientist, CrowdSmart, CEO, IntelliCorp) and eCommerce (CEO Connect)
Shyamal Sharma, Brandeis Scholar
Quynh Nham, Manager for Development of the Global Enlightenment Community
Part 1: How to build economic security and protect against China’s economic threat
Speakers:
Etsuro Honda, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, former Special Advisor to the Abe
Cabinet for “Abenomics”, former Staff Member of the MOF, Japan,
“Mr. Abenomics”
Masazumi Wakatabe, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (3/20~) Waseda professor
Tatsuo Hatta, Executive Board Chair, Asian Growth Research Institute
Former president of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Sanjay Anandatam, iSPIRT Foundation, India
Panel 2: How to build economic security and protect against China’s economic threat
Moderator: Ichiro Fujisaki,Former Japanese Ambassador to the USA,
The president of Nakasone Peace Institute
Panelists of the panel2:
Yasuhide Nakayama, Former State Minister, Ministry of Defense and Foreign Affairs
John Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Tsuneo Watanabe, Fellow of Sasakawa Peace Foundation/CSIS
Etsuro Honda, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, former Special Advisor to the Abe
Cabinet for “Abenomics”, former Staff Member of the MOF, Japan,
Masazumi Wakatabe, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (3/20~) Waseda professor
Tatsuo Hatta, Executive Board Chair, Asian Growth Research Institute
Former president of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
“Mr. Abenomics”
Kazuto Suzuki, Professor of Tokyo University
Shiro Armstrong, Professor of Australian National University
Jesper Koll, Senior Advisor, WisdomTree Investments Inc.
Founding Member and Head of Policy Committee, Asia Society Japan Center
Noburu Okabe, Sankei editorial writer, Former London Bureau Chief
Peter landers, Wall Street Journal Tokyo Bureau Chief
Akiko Yoshida, Former Director General, MLIT, a member of America Japan Society
Yuji Ukai, President, FFRI Inc.
Hiroshi Ito, the former captain of the Ministry of Defense, the first cyber unit of the Self-Defense Forces
Toshio Nawa, a Cybersecurity Expert
11:30:
Q&A　by Audience to Speakers & Panelists
11:55
Concluding Remarks, Nguyen Anh Tuan
Thank you, Nobue Mita

The Second BGF High Level Dialogue on Regulation Framework for ChatGPT, GPT4 and AI Assistants
2023-03-22 08:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Online, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
The second Dialogue:
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., EDT, March 22, 2023 (Online)
Link: meet.google.com/cbq-qwsc-uti
Live stream here:

Agenda
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction by Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson
Regulations for ChatGPT, GPT4 and AI Assistant, Keynote Speech by Cameron Kerry, Former US Acting Secretary of Commerce
Perspective from Japan and Taiwan, Yasuhide Nakayama, Former Japanese State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense
The first version of Regulation Framework for AI Assistants, GPT4, and ChatGPT, Shyamal Sharma, Visiting Research Scholar, Founder and PI, Relational Society Project, Heller School for Health Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Panel Discussion on the Regulation Framework for AI Assistants, GPT4, and ChatGPT
Panelists:
Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum
Nazli Choucri, MIT professor
Ruth L. Okediji, Professor at Harvard Law School, Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center
John Clippinger, Founder of Bioform Labs, Co-Director of The Law Lab at Harvard University
Margaret Hagan, Executive Director of the Legal Design Lab and a lecturer at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Institute of Design
Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yasuhide Nakayama, Former Japanese State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense
Prof. Dr. Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam
David Silbersweig, professor of Harvard Medical School
Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor, BGF’s Board Member
Tom Kehler, Chief Scientist, and Co-founder of CrowdSmart
Nam Pham, Former Assistant Secretary, Massachusetts Government
Francesco Lapenta, Representative of BGF in Rome
Shyamal Sharma, Visiting Research Scholar, Brandeis University
Moderator: Michael Dukakis, Chair of the BGF, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the BGF

10:30 a.m. Closing Remarks by Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the BGF

BGF High Level Dialogues on Regulation Framework for AI Assistants and ChatGPT
2023-02-28 08:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
In the Social Contract for the AI Age, Boston Global Forum considered AI Assistants as a center of power of AI World Society – the Age of Global Enlightenment. On November 30, 2022, birth of ChatGPT, it realized AI Assistants.
The Boston Global Forum and the Global Alliance for Digital Governance are delighted to host a series of High Level Dialogues on ChatGPT as an AI Assistant and the policies for AI Assistants in the AI World Society. The purpose of these dialogues is to bring together renowned leaders, experts, and policymakers in the fields of artificial intelligence and governance, such as Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), MIT professors Alex Pentland, Nazli Choucri, Harvard professors Thomas Patterson, David Silbersweig, father of the Internet Vint Cerf, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija, leaders of OpenAI, Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of BGF, Bao Tran, Representative of BGF in Silicon Valley, and representatives from the governments of the US, Japan, India, Europe, Canada, Australia, and South Korea, to engage in a critical and thought-provoking discussion about ChatGPT and AI Assistants and their impact on society.
These High Level Dialogues will delve into the benefits and challenges of AI Assistants, and how to ensure their deployment is responsible, ethical, and transparent. The discussions will also focus on the development of policies that promote privacy, accountability, and the responsible use of AI technology. This important event will provide a platform for meaningful discourse on the crucial issues at the intersection of AI and society and help shape a sustainable future for AI technology. We invite you to join us for this exciting and timely event.
These Dialogues are one in the series of BGF events “90th birthday of Michael Dukakis: From the Massachusetts Miracle to the Age of Global Enlightenment.”

The first Dialogue: February 28, 2023 (Online)

Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/xtv-zfhf-vrt
Agenda
8:30 AM: Welcome and Introduction by Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum (BGF)
Keynote Speech by Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet
About ChatGPT and AI Assistant, MIT professor Alex Pentland
Q&A
The first version of Regulation Framework for AI Assistants and ChatGPT, MIT professor Nazli Choucri, and Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Panel Discussion on the Regulation Framework for AI Assistants and ChatGPT
Panelists:
Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum
Martha Minow, Harvard professor, former Dean of Harvard Law School
Ruth L. Okediji, Professor at Harvard Law School, Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center.
Margaret Hagan, Executive Director of the Legal Design Lab and a lecturer at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Institute of Design
Prof. dr. Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam
David Silbersweig, professor of Harvard Medical School
Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor, BGF’s Board Member
Nam Pham, Former Assistant Secretary, Massachusetts Government
Francesco Lapenta, Representative of BGF in Rome
Shyamal Sharma, Visiting Research Scholar at Brandeis University and Founder of Relational Society
Bao Tran, Founder of PowerPatent, a generative AI legaltech company
John Clippinger, AI Activist
Moderator: Michael Dukakis, Chair of the BGF and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the BGF
Closing Remarks by Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the BGF

Infrastructure for a Data Economy – Fundamental of the Global Enlightenment Economy
2023-01-27 08:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Online, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Time: 08:30 a.m. EST, January 27, 2023
Venue: Online
Speakers:
Michael Dukakis, Co-chair of Boston Global Forum
Alex Pentland, MIT Professor
Thomas Patterson, Harvard Professor
Nazli Choucri, MIT Professor
Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum
David Silbersweig, Harvard University
Ramu Damodaran, Co-chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative

This BGF High Level Meeting will discuss the AIWS Economy as the infrastructure for a data economy and pillar of the Global Enlightenment Economy, including:

Data storage and management systems: These systems are used to store and manage data in a way that makes it easily accessible and usable. This can include traditional databases, as well as newer technologies such as data lakes and data warehouses.
Data exchange platforms: These platforms facilitate the exchange of data between different parties, and may include marketplaces, data brokers, or other types of data exchange systems.
Data analytics tools: These tools are used to extract insights and value from data, and can include statistical analysis software, machine learning algorithms, and visualization tools.
Data governance and security systems: These systems are used to ensure that data is used ethically, securely, and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This can include data privacy and security protocols, as well as data governance frameworks and policies.

The AIWS Economy infrastructure is designed to support the creation and exchange of data as a valuable resource, and to ensure that data is used in a way that is ethical, secure, and compliant with relevant laws and regulations.

Global Enlightenment Economy: platforms for evaluating and exchanging data
2023-01-27
On January 27, 2023, the BGF High Level Meeting will discuss “Infrastructure for a Data Economy – Fundamental of the Global Enlightenment Economy.”
Before this special meeting, BGF invited distinguished scholars and innovators to discuss about Data exchange platforms and evaluating data.
AIWS Global Enlightenment Economy is a proposed economic system in which data and artificial intelligence is the backbone of the economy, and human-AI cooperation is the key driver of economic growth and development. In an AIWS economy, AI would be used to optimize production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, leading to increased efficiency and productivity. AI could also be used to address issues such as unemployment, income inequality, and environmental sustainability. Human workers would be trained to work alongside AI systems and would be able to perform tasks that require creativity, empathy, and other uniquely human abilities, becoming innovators in the process. The goal of an AIWS economy would be to improve the overall well-being of society while also addressing the challenges posed by rapid technological advancements and increasing automation.
There are many platforms available for exchanging data, depending on the type of data and the purpose of the exchange. BGF will work with stakeholders to develop Global Enlightenment Economy on their platforms for every citizen can become an innovator:

Cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive, which allow users to store and share files in the cloud.
Data marketplaces, such as Data.gov and Kaggle, which provide access to publicly available datasets for research and analysis.
Data integration and management platforms, such as Talend and Informatica, which allow organizations to integrate and manage data from multiple sources.
Collaboration and project management tools, such as Asana and Trello, which allow teams to share and track data related to specific projects.
Data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI, which allow users to create interactive visualizations of data.

The Global Alliance for Digital Governance will work to evaluate data in a data economy to ensure the quality and integrity of the data being exchanged. There are several factors to consider when evaluating data, including:

Completeness: Are all the necessary data elements present and accounted for?
Accuracy: Are the data elements correct and free of errors?
Timeliness: Is the data up-to-date and relevant?
Consistency: Are the data elements consistent across different sources and datasets?
Validity: Does the data conform to the established rules and constraints?
Uniqueness: Are the data elements distinct and not duplicated in other datasets?
Accessibility: Is the data in a format that can be easily accessed and used by the intended audience?
Trustworthiness: Is the data reliable, credible, and from a reputable source?

It is important to evaluate data as a part of data governance to ensure that it meets the required standards of the Social Contract for the AI Age and can be used for decision making and other purposes. Additionally, companies and organizations should have a data management plan in place to handle the data, which includes data quality and data governance.

Building Pillars for World Peace and Security – Heritages of Shinzo Abe and Vo Van Kiet
2022-11-23 07:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Loeb House, Harvard University, 17 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Venue: Loeb House, Harvard University
7:30 am – 11:30 am EST, Nov. 23, 2022

Boston Global Forum contributes the initiative to build pillars for world peace and security, which was discussed at Boston Global Forum leaders meeting on October 13, 2022 and at the session “Exploring Multilateralism for World Peace and Security: Contributions of US – India – Japan” of the Riga Conference 2022.
This event will receive contributions of distinguished leaders and thinkers from Japan who had worked closely with and advised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and are Board Members of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, to select heritage of Shinzo Abe for world peace and security.
This event will also will celebrate the 100 years anniversary of the birthday of Vietnamese preeminent Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, and learn his heritage in reconciliation, reformation, and innovation to solve issues of the world today.
Moderator: Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum 10th Anniversary Conference
2022-11-22 14:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Loeb House, Harvard University, 17 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Manifesto “Actions to Create the Age of Global Enlightenment”
Concept notes:
The 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.
The 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.
It 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.
At 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”
Agenda
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm, EST, November 22, 2022
Venue: Loeb House, Harvard University
17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Honor Amandeep Gill as World Leader in AI World Society (AIWS)
Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech
“AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age”
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Welcome guests
2:30 pm: Opening Remarks, Professor Thomas Patterson
Honor Amandeep Gill World Leader in AI World Society Award, Remarks by Governor Michael Dukakis
The Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech, Amandeep Gill
Discussion with Amandeep Gill
Manifesto “AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age”

AIWS – 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
Nazli Choucri, Cameron Kerry, Nguyen Anh Tuan

The Global Enlightenment Economy: build infrastructure that enables interoperability across company and national boundaries, Alex Sandy Pentland
The Global Enlightenment Age: solve misinformation and disinformation, Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard, Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School
Tech for Global Enlightenment Education and helping Ukraine, Lana Cook, MIT Opening Learning, Assistant Director
Discussion, Moderator Governor Michael Dukakis
Tenth 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
5:30 pm: Concluding, Governor Michael Dukakis

Creating an Age of Global Enlightenment
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-23
Time: November 22-23, 2022
Venue: Harvard University Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
The 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.
The 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.
On 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.
On 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.
Moderators and Speakers:
Ambassador Amandeep Gill, Under Secretary General and United Nations Envoy on Technology
Governor Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts, US Presidential
Democratic Candidate 1988, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF)
Cameron Kerry, former US and Acting Secretary of Commerce
Yasukazu Hamada, Japanese Minister of Defense
Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, former Japan Ambassador to the US
Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor, BGF Board Member
Nazli Choucri, MIT professor, BGF Board Member
Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, BGF Board Member
Ramu Damodaran, Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative, the first Chief of United Nations Academic Impact
Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy’s Research Director, Harvard University
Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Representative of the Boston Global Forum in Balkan
Lana Cook, PhD, Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives, MIT Open Learning
Koichi Hamada, Yale Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Tomohiko Taniguchi, Professor, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Ichiro Fujisaki, former Japanese Ambassador to the US
Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO, Boston Global Forum
Mats Karlsson, former Vice President of the World Bank, Representative of BGF in Sweden
Francesco Lapenta, the Founding Director of the John Cabot University Institute of Future and Innovation Studies

BGF’S LEADERS DISCUSS WITH STANFORD SCHOLARS AND SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS LEADERS
2022-11-15 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Gates 120, 353 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Gates 120, 353 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Stanford, 94305, United States
On November 15, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, PST, at Stanford University, Boston Global Forum CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan and MIT professor and Stanford Visiting Scholar Alex Pentland, BGF Board Member, will discuss with Stanford scholars and Silicon Valley business leaders about “AI World Society actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age”.
The United Nations established the Global Digital Compact, Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, and the Summit of the Future in September 2023, under leadership of the Envoy on Technology of UN Secretary General Amandeep Gill and his office.
The Boston Global Forum and UN Academic Impact established the United Nations Centennial Initiative, its fundamental is AI World Society (AIWS) and the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” (AI International Accord, the Social Contract for the AI Age, etc.). Awareness of need to consolidate actions urgently, BGF and World leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid established the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources for actions for this mission.
Working with Technology Envoy Amandeep Gill, BGF collaborate and support programs of the United Nations such as the Global Digital Compact, Roadmap for Digital Cooperation and Summit of the Future of United Nations by the United Nations Centennial Initiative and GADG, special actions for a peaceful, secure and prosperous world.
In this meeting, participants also will discuss about products and services of Silicon Valley for the Global Enlightenment Age, and how Silicon Valley business leaders can contribute to the United Nations Centennial Initiative through the Global Enlightenment Club.

Manifesto “Tech for Peace in the Global Enlightenment Age”
2022-10-25 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | Aula Magna Regina, Guarini Campus
Institute of Future and Innovation Studies at John Cabot University in Rome is co-hosting with the Boston Global Forum and United Nations Centennial Initiative to the support of UN Under-Secretary-General, Tech Envoy Amandeep Gill, the symposium “Technology for Peace in the Age of Global Enlightenment.” The symposium is an official event of the “Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG)” initiative and network, an initiative founded in 2021 by the Boston Global Forum and the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid to promote dialogue among political and business leaders, governments, congresses, parliaments, national assemblies, think tanks, universities, and civil society organizations. The initiative, developed and coordinated by the Boston Global Forum, is represented in Rome by the Institute of Future and Innovation Studies and will organize conferences, forums, events, and high-level dialogues to foster democratic values in Technology, AI, and Digital Governance.
The symposium is part of the “Festival of Diplomacy,” which has been one of Italy’s most important forums for international diplomacy since 2009, with the support and patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Commission, and European Parliament Representation in Italy, more than 70 embassies, seven universities, and numerous scientific partners. This symposium seeks to support all diplomatic efforts in the global coordination of a future vision of technological development and regulation aimed at promoting the use of technology for peace, democracy, and the planet. It is inspired and guided by the book “Remaking the World – The Age of Global Enlightenment” published in 2021 as a joint initiative by the Boston Global Forum as part of the United Nations Centennial Initiative. The edited book includes chapters by distinguished contributors such as the late Shinzo Abe, Vint Cerf, Michael Dukakis, Ban Ki-moon, Ursula von der Leyen, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Eva Kaili, Paul Nemitz, Thomas Patterson, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Taro Kono, Zlatko Lagumdzija and many other distinguished global leaders. The book proposes pathways for a global diplomatic effort to create a more humane, peaceful, and secure world by leveraging the potential of existing and emerging technologies ethically.
Opening Remarks

Franco Pavoncello, President of John Cabot University
Francesco Lapenta, Director Institute of Future and Innovation Studies (host and moderator)

Speakers

Governor Michael Dukakis, Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States 1988
Ramu Damodaran, Co-chair of United Nations Centennial Initiative
Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Mats Karlsson, former Vice President of World Bank
Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum
Yasuhide Nakayama, former Japanese State Minister of Defense
Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT Professor
Zaneta Ozolina, Professor and Chairwoman of LATO and Riga Conference
Roland Schatz, CEO of Media Tenor and Founder and CEO UNGSII Foundation
Allain Cyntryn, Former CTO of Goldman Sachs

Venue:
Aula Magna Regina, Guarini Campus
Via della Lungara, 233
Rome 00165, Italia
Time:
18:00 – 20:00 Rome time, October 25, 2022
Organizers:
Institute of Future and Innovation Studies at John Cabot University in Rome
The Boston Global Forum
The United Nations Centennial Initiative

Link for the event: https://calendar.johncabot.edu/event/technology-for-peace-and-democracy-in-the-age-of-global-enlightenment/

US-EU-Japan-India: Pillars for World Peace at the Riga Conference 2022
2022-10-22 07:30 - 08:30 (America/Halifax) | The National Library of Latvia
14:30 – 15:30 Riga time (GMT+3), Oct 22, 2022
Venue: Autumn Stage, The National Library of Latvia
EXPLORING MULTILATERALISM FOR WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY: CONTRIBUTIONS OF US – INDIA – JAPAN-EU
This online discussion is organised in cooperation with the Global Boston Forum.
The role and relevance of multilateralism has been challenged several times during the last decade. Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has undermined trust in international organisations and international rules and norms at large. International society calls for immediate actions in order to bring the world back on the peace and security track, which was observed and managed by multilateral arrangements. Is there any particular role of multilateral frameworks launched by the world’s leading actors? Is such a framework possible among US-EU-India-Japan? What could a group formed by these countries offer for the benefit of world peace and security?
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 US Presidential Candidate, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum
Yasuhide Nakayama, Former Japanese State Minister of Defense
Alex Pentland, MIT professor
Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, iSPIRT Foundation
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-founder and CEO of the Boston Global Forum
Moderator: Prof. Žaneta Ozoliņa, Chairwoman of the Board of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation

A framework of multilateralism between the US – Japan – India – EU for World Peace and Security
2022-10-13 | Michael Dukakis’s Estate
On October 13, 2022, leaders of the Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute will discuss a framework of multilateralism between the US – Japan – India – EU, encompassing the economy, defense and special tech. This Framework will be present at the Riga Confeerence 2022 on Oct 22, 2022.
Governor Michael Dukakis, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum, will lead this special high-level meeting.
BGF will contribute a new framework to maintain and protect peace and security. BGF leaders also will discuss solutions to prevent Russia from using nuclear weapons.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes at least one thing clear: It’s time for us to update how we think about nuclear weapons. For the first time in the nuclear era, one country used loudly issued nuclear threats — repeated just last week — to deter other countries from intervening in a large-scale conventional war of aggression.

Date: October 13, 2022
Venue: Michael Dukakis House

Peace in the Age of Global Enlightenment: Technology for Peace
2022-09-21 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York)
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish.
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) will organize an online high-level panel “Peace for the Global Enlightenment Age”

UN100 Initiative Event: "Peace in the Age of Global Enlightenment: Technology for Peace"

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Time: 9 AM – 10:30 AM EDT, September 21, 2022.
Speakers will discuss ideas in utilization of technology to maintain world peace and security
Theme: Technology for Peace

Moderator:
Ramu Damodaran, Co-chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative

Agenda (Tentative):
Opening Remarks, Ramu Damodaran, Co-chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative
Vision from the United Nations, Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Envoy on Technology
Data Science contributes to peace and security, Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT Professor
Peace for the Global Enlightenment Age: Tech Movement, Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum, Francesco Lapenta, Representative of BGF in Rome

Discussants:
Roland Schatz, Founder and CEO, UNGSII Foundation, Switzerland
Seongbae Lim, Ph.D., Director, King Sejong Institute, Greehey School of Business St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, USA
Mami Katsumi, Education Administrator, Nagaoka University of Techonology, Japan
Dr Staci Martin, Assistant Professor of Practice, Portland State University School of Social Work
Tim Büthe, Professor and Chair for International Relations, Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Moderated by Ramu Damodaran
Concluding Remarks, Ramu Damodaran

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to visit and discuss “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” in Vietnam
2022-08-16 08:30 - 11:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Hanoi Opera House, 1 Tràng Tiền, Phan Chu Trinh, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, HaNoi, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam
From August 2 to 19, 2022, Prime Minister Ehud Barak will visit Vietnam, meet leaders of Vietnam and discuss concepts of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment. The Boston Global Forum organizes and supports him on this Vietnam trip.
He will visit Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Nha Trang, Dalat, Hue, Ha Noi, and Halong Bay.
He will join and discuss at the High-Level Dialog on August 16 at Hanoi Opera House, organized by Boston Global Forum: How to apply pioneering ideas and concepts in the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” to make Vietnam form a closer relationship with Boston, Massachusetts, becoming a flagship of the Age of Global Enlightenment.

A New Foundation for the Global Digital Economy Symposium
2022-06-27 08:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | MIT Media Lab, Building E14, 75 Amherst Street Wiesner Building (E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
27 June 2022 | MIT | Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
8:00am – 9:00am Arrival, registration, and breakfast
9:00am – 9:20am
Welcoming Remarks from Prosperity Collaborative
Sandy Pentland – Director, MIT Connection Science, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anders Agerskov – Senior Public Sector Specialist and Program Manager Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Trust Fund, World Bank
Jeff Saviano – EY Global Tax Innovation Leader, MIT Connection Science Fellow

9:20am – 9:50am
Perspective on the Role of Digital Transformation
Shlomit Wagman – Harvard Kennedy School Research Fellow, Visiting Researcher at the Berkman Klein Center, Harvard Law School, former Head of Israel Money Laundering & Terrorism Financing Prohibition Authority
Yasuhide Nakayama – Former State Minister of Defense of Japan (remote)
Publio de Gracia – Director of Revenue, Dirección General de Ingresos, Panama
Dr. Terra Saidimu – Commissioner of Intelligence & Strategic Operations, Kenya Revenue Authority (remote)

10:00am – 11:30am
Theme I Discussion: Growth Strategies in the Digital Economy
Moderators:
Chiara Bronchi – Practice Manager, Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, World Bank
Sandra Ro – CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council
Discussion Topics:
Growth strategies for the new digital economy
Advanced analytical platforms for better economic policy making
Promoting private sector innovation and digital ecosystems
Role of disruptive technologies in promoting growth
11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch and Networking

12:30pm – 2:00pm
Theme II Discussion: Investing in Foundational Digital Public Infrastructure
Moderators:
Valentina Ion – Global Public Finance Industry Leader, Microsoft
Sharad Sharma – Co-founder, iSPIRT Foundation (India-based non-profit technology think-tank developing digital public goods)
Discussion Topics:
Enabling seamless global trade through digitization
Transforming tax and finance systems and processes
Digital identity as the foundation for a government data strategy
The role of advanced technologies
2:10pm – 3:40pm
Theme III Discussion: Governance of Multistakeholder Systems
Moderators:
Jeff Saviano – EY Global Tax Innovation Leader, MIT Connection Science Fellow
Danielle Allen – James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
Discussion Topics:
The importance of DPI, its governance, and the existence of a governance gap
A new era for technology policy, regulation, and incentives
New organizational structures for multi-party technology systems
Computational law and regulatory certainty; governance for economic foresight and anticipating the next crisis

3:50pm – 4:30pm
Where to Go from Here
Chiara Bronchi – Practice Manager, Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, World Bank
Sandy Pentland – Director, MIT Connection Science, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Sanger – Global Government and Risk Tax Leader and EY EMEIA and UK&I (Tax Centre) Tax Policy Leader, EY

Sponsors:

Digital Bretton Woods Conference at MIT
2022-06-27 | MIT Media Lab, Building E14, 75 Amherst Street Wiesner Building (E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Leaders of Boston Global Forum will speak and discuss at a special event at MIT on June 27, 2022.
The Digital Bretton Woods Conference is co-hosted by the World Bank, MIT Connection Science, EY and Boston Global Forum.
The conference will discuss the following topics and themes:
Perspective on the Role of Digital Transformation
Growth Strategies in the Digital Economy

Growth strategies for the new digital economy
Advanced analytical platforms for better economic policy making
Promoting private sector innovation and digital ecosystems
Role of disruptive new technologies in promoting growth

Investing in Foundational Digital Public Infrastructure

Enabling seamless global trade through digitization
Transforming tax and finance systems and processes
Digital identity as foundation for a government data strategy
The role of advanced technologies

Governance of Multistakeholder Systems

Economic foresight: anticipating the next crisis
A new era for technology policy, regulation, and incentives
New organizational structures for multi-party technology systems
Computational law and regulatory certainty

AIWS Government for Ukraine

Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine Conference
2022-04-29 | Loeb House, Harvard University, 17 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
What: The conference will address the situation in Ukraine, and work to provide solutions for Peace, Security, Territory Integrity and Rebuilding Ukraine.
At the event, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) will honor President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people as the 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security.
BGF will be honoring President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people through assistance and application of the concepts from “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” to rebuild Ukraine in becoming an exemplary nation.
In this event, BGF will present ideas and suggestions from BGF World Leader for Peace and Security Award’s recipients to Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine Initiative.

Where: Loeb House, Harvard University
When: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT / 15:30 – 18:30 EEST // April 29, 2022
Who: World Leaders, Scholars of Harvard University and MIT, Members of Boston Global Forum
Co-organizers: Boston Global Forum and Latvian Transatlantic Organization

Agenda
Session 1, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT, 15:30 – 17:00 EEST
Honor President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian People as 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security and Solutions for Peace, Security and Territory Integrity of Ukraine
8:30 a.m. Introduction, Harvard professor, Co-founder of Boston Global Forum, Thomas Patterson
Remarks to honor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum
Message of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (pre-recorded video of text)
Keynote Speech of Ambassador of Ukraine to USA Oksana Markarova (online)
Latvian President Egils Levits (online)
Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlen (online)
A leader of US State Department (online)
Senior Fellow of Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center, Brigadier General Kevin Ryan
MIT professor Nazli Choucri (online)
Discussion:
Moderator: Chairwoman of the Latvian Transatlantic Organization (LATO), Professor of International Relations, University of Latvia, Zaneta Ozolina

Session 2, 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM EDT / 17:00 – 18:25 EEST
Rebuild Ukraine: From devastation by War to an Exemplary Nation with Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
Leaders of Boston Global Forum: Governor Michael Dukakis, CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, MIT Professor Alex Pentland, Harvard professors Thomas Patterson, David Silbersweig
Ukrainian former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (online)

Discussion: Strategies to rebuild Ukraine
Moderator: Governor Michael Dukakis
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, Harvard professor Jason Furman
Latvian former President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (online)
Bosnian-Herzegovina former Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija (online)
Former Vice President of the World Bank, Representative of BGF in London and Stockholm Mats Karlsson (online)
Assistant Secretary of Business Development and International Trade, Government of Massachusetts, Nam Pham
EY Global Tax Innovator, Jeffrey Saviano
11:30 am: Closing Remarks, Governor Michael Dukakis
Delegates and Discussants: Consuls-General in Boston: Arnaud Mentré (France), Peter Abbott OBE (UK), Nicole Menzenbach (Germany), Stratos Efthymiou (Greece), Leonard Kopelman (Finland), Jonathan Sun (Taiwan), Marek Leśniewski-Laas (Poland), Elizabeth T Lesniewski-laas (Romania) and Distinguished Scholars, Innovators who are members of AIWS.net supporting Ukraine, and honor guests.
Please register to attend the conference by sending an email to Tuan_Nguyen@BostonGlobalForum.org

Japan and Taiwan with peace and security in the Age of Global Enlightenment
2022-04-01 10:00 - 13:30 (Asia/Tokyo) | Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, 1-chōme-1-1 Uchisaiwaich, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 100-8558, Japan
Date: 2022, April 1st, Friday
Time: 10:00 am – 1:30pm Tokyo time
Place: Conference room in Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (connect to the world by online)

Introduction
Nobue Mita, representative of Boston Global Forum Japan

Opening Remarks
Governor Michael Dukakis, Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States, Chair of Boston Global Forum
Japanese Leader

Part 1:
“Japan and Taiwan with peace and security in the Age of Global Enlightenment.”
Moderator: Ichiro Fujisaki Former Japanese ambassador to the USA, the president of Nakasone Peace institute
Speakers：
Nobukatsu Kanehara Professor of Doshisha University, former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2012~2019)
Yasuhide Nakayama former State Minister of Defense, former State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Tsuneo Watanabe Fellow of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Adjunct fellow of CSIS
Nam Pham former Asistant Secretary of Massachusetts Government, USA
Jun Nagashima Senior Research Advisor of Nakasone Peace Institute, former Lt-Gen.
Jun Osawa Senior Research fellow of Nakasone Peace Institute, Former Senior Fellow of National Security Council Secretariat, Former Deputy Counsellor, National Security Council Secretariat.
Ming-Chun “Bruce“ Chen Ph. D. Taiwan Consul General in Japan
Q&A

Part 2:
“Solution to prevent cyber-attack in the Age of Global Enlightenment.”
Speakers:
Jun Osawa Senior Research fellow of Nakasone Peace Institute, Former Senior Fellow of National Security Council Secretariat, Former Deputy Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, National Security Secretariat.
Jun Nagashima Senior Research Advisor of Nakasone Peace Institute, former Lt-Gen.
Zlatko Lagumdzija Former Prime Minister of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Professor Francesco Lapenta Representative of BGF in Rome
Moderator: Nguyen Anh Tuan CEO of BGF
Q&A

Closing Remarks: Nguyen Anh Tuan CEO of BGF

Cyber Defense High Level Dialog: from the Russia-Ukraine battlefield to Cyberwarfare with Authoritarian Regimes
2022-03-10 00:00 - 2022-04-15 00:00 (America/New_York) | Online, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
As cyberattacks could be an effective and fatal method for belligerent and totalitarian regimes to threaten national security, sovereignty, and autonomy of other nations, the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) organizes the Cyber Defense High Level Dialog: from Russia-Ukraine battlefield to Cyberwarfare with Authoritarian Regimes. This dialog unites governments, organizations, and companies to prevent cyberattacks from totalitarian, dictatorial countries such as China, Russia, and others.
Given the mission of the Global Alliance for Digital Governance, which is to establish Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital, cyber security is highly relevant. The dialog aims to exchange ideas on building international rules and alliance for cyber peace and security.
The date and time of the dialog is as followed:
Time: from March 10, 2022 to April 15, 2022.
Format: High Level Dialog format, Chatham House Rule.

Moderator: Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum
Speakers: Leaders of Governments, Organizations, Companies, and Distinguished Thinkers
Discussants:
Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT
Professor Nazli Choucri, MIT
Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard, Co-founder of Boston Global Forum
Professor David Silbersweig, Harvard
Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum
Mats Karlsson, Former President of World Bank, Representative of BGF in Stockholm and London
Paul Nemitz, Director for Fundamental Rights and Union citizenship in the Directorate-General for JUSTICE of the European Commission, co-author of the AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative 2019, Representative of Boston Global Forum in Berlin and Brussels
Professor Francesco Lapenta, Representative of Boston Global Forum in Rome
Professor Derek Reveron, US War Naval College

Topics:
Cyber Defense: from Russia-Ukraine battlefield to Cyber-warfare with Authoritarian Regimes

Cyberwarfare between Russia and Ukraine (including information war)
Cyber threats from Russia, China and solutions to them
International Accord on AI and Digital
Building a trusted information society

Agenda:
March 10, 2022:
Opening Remarks, Governor Michael Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan
The Boston Globe Letters – Globe Opinion: AI, a means of progress, can do harm if in the wrong hands
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/10/opinion/ai-means-progress-can-do-harm-if-wrong-hands/
https://bostonglobalforum.org/bgf2022/news-and-events/the-boston-globe-letters-globe-opinion-ai-a-means-of-progress-can-do-harm-if-in-the-wrong-hands/

BGF High Level Dialogs are special and flexible meetings and discussions of leaders:
Objectives

To bring together, under the auspices of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), high level leaders in various sectors of the global landscape, together with distinguished thinkers, to reflect upon the format of the GADG, the issues it will seek to address, and contribute towards the emergence of reason-based and harmonious solutions.
“Connect and convince” governments, international organizations, and multinational entities to initiate actions to address global issues in a way that is “faster, smarter, more effective”

Format and Principles

This special high-level dialogue of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) will be convened in a Chatham House, where views and ideas are cited but not attributed, in an inclusive and flexible format that is free and relaxed;
Contributions can be received through in-person participation as well as inputs by online, email or video clip. The sharing and distribution of content will be restricted to registered participants to whose privacy BGF is committed;
Should BGF wish to quote from or cite any contributions, it would do so only after seeking and receiving the concurrence of the authors.

Boston Global Forum and the coordinators of GADG will conduct and moderate the event and coordinate the finalization of an outcome document which will be shared with participants before dissemination. The document will incorporate suggested ideas and initiatives that would animate movements and campaigns to identify problems that may emerge in defining the GADG and the best means to their resolution. It will also be a point of departure for a continued and sustained conversation through interactive forums, including social media, a truly global dialogue that will be a digital treasury of ideas that enrich the “AIWS City”.

Strategic Meeting on Ukraine-Russia Crisis
2022-02-23 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Leaders of Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC) are deeply concerned about the Russia – Ukraine Crisis. They discussed to find out solutions to avoid war.
Leaders of BGF and NGIC will discuss at events organized by NGIC:

“STRATEGIC MEETING ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA CRISIS”

WEDNESDAY, 23 February 2022
9 AM – Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 6 PM – Azerbaijan Standard Time (AZT)
Participants:
Rovshan Muradov, Secretary-General, NGIC
Susan Elliott, Amb. President and CEO, National Committee on American Foreign Policy
Tuan Nguyen, CEO, Boston Global Forum
Symeon Tsomokos, President, Delphi Economic Forum
Dawn Nakagawa, Executive Vice-President, Berggruen Institute
Garry Jacobs, President & CEO, World Academy of Art & Science
Francis O’Donnell, Amb. (ret.), Institute of International & European Affairs (Ireland)
Amitav Banerji, Project Director, Global Leadership Forum
Tanya Guy, InterAction Council
Selim Yenel, Amb. President of the Global Relations Forum
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia 2010-2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia 2008
Zlatko Lagumdzija, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2002, deputy Prime Minister 2012-2015
Thomas Axworthy, Secretary-General InterAction Council
Kateryna Yushchenko, First Lady of Ukraine 2005-2010
Robert Cekuta, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan

“BUILDING BACK THE BROKEN EUROPEAN SECURITY”

FRIDAY, 25 February 2022
9 AM – Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 6 PM – Azerbaijan Standard Time (AZT)
Moderators:
Eka Tkeshelashvili, deputy Prime Minister of Georgia 2010-2012
Zlatko Lagumdzija, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2002, deputy Prime Minister 2012-2015
Speakers:
Iryna Vereshchuk, deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories
Volodymyr Havrylov, deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine (TBC)
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia 1999-2007, Co-Chair NGIC
Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria 2012-2017
Volkan Bozkir, 75th President of the United Nations General Assembly, Minister for European
Union Affairs of Turkey 2015-2016
Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine 2005-2010
Tzipi Livni, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel 2006-2009
Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia 2007-2011
Susan Elliott, President National Committee on American Foreign Policy
Aleksandr Kwasniewski, President of Poland (TBC)
Kateryna Yushchenko, First Lady of Ukraine 2005-2010, President Ukraine 3000 Foundation
Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development 2010-2014, European
Commissioner for Energy 2004-2010 (TBC)
Ana Palacio, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain 2002-2004
Participants:
Farida Allaghi, former Libyan Ambassador to EU
Mats Karlsson, Vice-President of the World Bank 1999-2002
Francis O’Donnel, Amb. (ret., SMOM) and UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine 2004-2009
Brian Mefford, Non-Resident Fellow Atlantic Council
Amitav Banerji, Project Director, Global Leadership Foundation
Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum

The Global Alliance for Digital Governance calls for solutions in preventing cyberattacks
2022-01-02 - 2022-07-08 | Online, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Outlining his priorities for 2022 to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “we face a five-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries,”, referring to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a morally bankrupt global financial system, the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace, and diminished peace and security. Countries “must go into emergency mode”, he added, and now is the time to act as the response will determine global outcomes for decades ahead.
It is against this grim backdrop that the Global Alliance for Digital Governance proposes a “2022 action plan” for a world of peace and digital security. Together with the Boston Global Forum, it calls for urgent action to help fashion such a response and, in particular, address the following issues:
– Prevent cyber-attacks by governments (directly or through companies, organizations or individuals), consider these as acts of war against people and against other countries;
– Prevent cyber-attacks by companies, groups or individuals, which can be considered acts of serious crime against people.
It is envisaged that this endeavor will bring together an array of relevant contributors to a digitally secure world, including national governments and international organizations, civil society and academic entities, the corporate sector and private enterprise as well as the community of thinking, caring and influential individuals. It will contribute to building accord and law on the use of artificial intelligence and the preservation of cybersecurity that can contribute to the Global Digital Compact proposed by Secretary-General Guterres as part of the United Nations Summit of the Future which he will convene in 2023.
Planned between February 1, 2022 and April 30, 2022, envisaged activities include high level discussions, online “movements” and a conference. Their results and conclusions will be shared through the Boston Global Forum’s website and its AIWS Weekly Newsletter. The key coordinators of the Global Alliance for Digital Governance, and the proposed action plan, are Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO, of the Boston Global Forum.
Contact: Office@BostonGlobalForum.org

Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital
2021-12-12 08:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The Speaker of Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlen will present the keynote speech at the Symposium “The Framework for Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital” of the annual Global Cybersecurity Day.
8:00 am – 11:00 am (EST), 14:00 – 17:00 (CET), December 12, 2021
Following these significant and historical events, BGF organizes the annual symposium “Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital” to discuss Framework for Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital.
An urgent call to action for stakeholders to work toward an Accord that facilitates innovation while protecting rights in AI and Digital Societies, the world needs Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital with Facebook recently.
The Symposium will also discuss how the Global Alliance for Digital Governance coordinate resources to make Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital happen in 2026.
There are distinguished leaders and thinkers will talk and discuss at this special event.
After serving as member of Parliament for Östergötland County for the Moderate Party, Norlén was elected Speaker of the Riksdag on September 24, 2018. Since then, Norlén has served as the Chair of the Committee on the Constitution, the War Delegation, the Committee on Justice, and the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. He has played a pivotal role supporting constitutional matters relating to the media, the auditing of governmental processes, the Riksdag’s work on EU matters, issues concerning privacy, the central government budget process, and matters regarding the nomination of permanent judges in all Swedish courts.
Norlén worked across party lines to ensure unified support for the conclusions reached by the Committee on the Constitution, regarding its scrutiny of the performance of government ministers and the handling of government business. Norlén has asserted that the practices determined by the Committee on the Constitution should obtain broad support in the Riksdag and remain uncompromised when there is a change in the political majority of the Riksdag. He also worked for broad political consensus in matters such as those affecting the Constitution and preventive measures to counteract violent extremism.
Norlén defended his thesis at Linköping University in 2004 on the subject of Unreasonableness and Section 36 of the Contracts Act and is a Doctor of Laws. Norlén is also a businessperson active in the family publishing company Kurirengruppen i Sverige AB.

Building Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa in becoming an innovation center
2021-12-09 08:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Topics:

Club de Madrid Policy Dialog 2022 “Shaping an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Building flagship areas in the Age of Global Enlightenment
Building Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa in becoming a flagship area in the Age of Global Enlightenment

Moderator:
Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor, co-founder of the Boston Global Forum, co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment

Keynote speakers:
Governor Michael Dukakis, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum, co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
President Danilo Turk, President of Club de Madrid
Nguyen Hai Ninh, Chief of Party in Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa

Panelists:
Nguyen Tan Tuan, Governor of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa
Ho Van Mung, Chief of Party in Nha Trang City
Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
John Quelch, Harvard Business School professor, co-founder of the Boston Global Forum
Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija, co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Club de Madrid (2014-2020), co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment
Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Mats Karlsson, former Vice President of World Bank
David Silbersweig, Harvard professor, BGF Board Member
Nguyen Anh Tuan, co-founder and CEO of the Boston Global Forum, co-author of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment

Law and Governance in the Age of AI Conference in Vietnam discussed about Fundamentals of the International Law on AI
2021-10-21 | Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The Framework of Global Laws and Accord on AI and Digital and Global Alliance for Digital Governance were introduced and discussed at the conference “Law and Governance in the Age of AI”, co-organized by Vietnam National University (VNU) and IFI on October 21, 2021.
Scholars of the School of Law, Vietnam National University were pleased to contribute to the initiative of Boston Global Forum, to build the Age of Global Enlightenment.
Presentation
Keynote on Social Contract on the Age of AI and Review on the Book “Remaking the World Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Moderator:
Mr. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, CEO of The Boston Global Forum (BGF), co-founder of the AIWS City (AIWS.city); Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of VietNamNet (1997-2011)
Fundamentals of International Law on AI and Digital
Mr. Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Law and governance: a comparative Study on Asian national policies and Strategies
Mr. Đặng Minh Tuấn, Deputy Head of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Department, School of Law, VNU

The Use of AI in Civil Justice System: Perspectives and Challenges for Access to Justice
Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Bích Thảo, Deputy Head of Civil Law Department, School of Law, VNU

The social credit system in china: a state governance system and its adverse impact on human rights
Mr. Nguyễn Văn Quân, School of Law, VNU

Secretary: Mrs. Vu Thi My Le, IFI

Former President of Croatia visits and discusses with Governor Michael Dukakis and leaders of Boston Global Forum
2021-09-24 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Michael Dukakis’s Estate
On September 24, President of Croatia (2015-2020) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center, visited and discussed with Governor Michael Dukakis and leaders of the Boston Global Forum.
President Grabar-Kitarović expressed enthusiasm that the city of Dubrovnik, with the young, open-minded mayor Mato Franković, can be a satellite city of AIWS City. BGF can provide advice for Dubrovnik in building AI infrastructure and legislations, while Dubrovnik can be an ally of the AI International Accord and Law and Global Alliance for Digital Alliance. Governor Michael Dukakis invited President Grabar-Kitarovic to join the initiative of BGF in Global Alliance for Digital Governance and Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital.
This visit of President Grabar-Kitarovic opens a new road for opportunities between Croatia and Boston Global Forum, especially in works to apply AIWS Ecosystem and Community Innovation Economy.
On September 24, 2021, HE. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia (2015-2020) gave a keynote speech at the United Nations Centennial Roundtable. Governor Michael Dukakis, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), was moderator, with CEO of BGF Nguyen Anh Tuan, and Harvard Professors Thomas Patterson and David Silbersweig as panelists.
Here are some highlights from her speech:

Inequality of access to the internet is in itself a human right issue
Many challenges relating to demographics:

Education
Health
Employment

Any sort of global accord has to be a “coalition of the willing,” not just of big powers. Small countries with relationships with various superstates are important links/glue/nodes in the network. For example, when two superstates have conflicts, the small countries with good relationships to both contending superstates can resolve the conflicts.

Therefore, the AI International Accord and Law can work on regional cooperation as stepping stone towards global cooperation.

The path “Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” has, at its foundations, six essential anchors upon which to develop and build viable futures for current and all generations to come – here and everywhere.

The Political and Social Order: Based on the Social Contract for the Age of Artificial Intelligence supported accountability and responsibility
National Law and Global Order: Framed with International Law and Global Accord for Ai and adaptations to the Digital era
Economic Activity with Creativity: Built upon innovation by, and for society, community, and individuals: Community Innovation Economy.
Dominant Cultural Norms: Tolerance for diversity, mutual support, respect, and recognition of the value of each individual
Education Principles: Pursuit of basic science, technology, social sciences, humanities and other knowledge forms, shaping thinking and innovating to articulate a Global Enlightenment Education Program
Information & Communication: Open forms of discourse, support for diverse platforms of communication, respect for accuracy with accountability
