September 11, 2014, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Professor Joseph Nye of Harvard Will Lead Boston Global Forum Talks on Building a Framework for Peace and Security in the Pacific, a New Pacific Peace Initiatives at 7:00 PM EST on Wednesday, September 17 at the Harvard Faculty Club. This is the second Global Conference in a series of international meetings that began in April this year.
Former Mass Gov. Michael Dukakis to Lead Boston Global Forum Talks on Building a Framework for Peace and Security in the Pacific, aiming at reducing tensions between China, the U.S. and Japan.
7:00 PM EST, Wednesday, September 17th.
The Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
Live-streamed at www.bostonglobalforum.org
Together with Boston Global Forum speakers in Cambridge and online delegates from around the world, Michael Fuchs, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, and Bonnie Glaser, the senior associate of Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Pacific Forum will open the discussion on building Code of Conduct in the South and East China Sea. Professor Joseph Nye will discuss his Soft power theory in building peace and reconciliation in Asia-Pacific region. And the Hon. Kevin Rudd, the former Australia Prime Minister will end the session with a discussion on the New structure for the Pacific.
Speakers: Governor Michael Dukakis; Kevin Rudd, former Australia Prime Minister; Prof. Joseph Nye; Bonnie Glaser, the CSIS Pacific Forum’s senior associate; Ambassador Swanee Hunt.
Global Discussants: Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki; Michael Fuchs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Amb. JD Bindenagel; , Prof. Dairokuno Kosaku; Prof. Suzanne Ogden; Prof. John Quelch; Prof.Thomas Patterson; Prof. Richard Rosecrance; Prof. Jin Canrong; Dr. Patrick M. Cronin; Seiichi Kondo, special advisor to the Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Llewellyn King; Zengke He; Prof. Allison Graham; Marie Dianger; Richard Pirozzolo;, Masahiko Sasajima;, Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan.
Boston Global Forum was founded two years ago by former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor JD at Harvard University; Prof. John Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; Prof. Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, Editor-in-Chief, Boston Global Forum and the Founder and Chairman of VietNamNet Media Group and VietNet, the first Internet Service Provider in Vietnam.
Boston Global Forum brings together international thought leaders into an open forum to address issues that affect the world at large and to serve as an inspirational role model for global collaboration. Its mission is to identify, discuss, and propose meaningful, creative, and practical solutions to profound and pressing societal issues.
Boston Global Forum has already had a positive impact on improving working conditions Asia’s manufacturing centers as part of its 2013 initiatives.
For Immediate Release, please contact:
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Tel: +1 617-286-6589, Email: [email protected]
or Dick Pirozzolo, Tel: + 1 617-959-4613, Email: [email protected]