Cambridge, MA – November 9, 2025
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) hosted its annual conference on November 4, 2025, at Harvard University’s Loeb House, where Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of BGF, announced the launch of the AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (DASI).
This groundbreaking framework aims to set global standards for ethical, transparent, and sustainable digital asset issuance, aligning with the Boston Finance Accord’s 24/7 AI Governance Vision (launched April 22, 2025). DASI establishes benchmarks for blockchain-certified assets, including NFTs honoring World Leaders for Peace and Security and World Leaders in AIWS, ensuring integrity, humanitarian allocation, and integration with AIWS initiatives like AIWS Government 24/7 and the Abe Finance AI Protocol.
Speakers included:
- Professor Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School
- Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard Professor
- Professor Nazli Choucri, MIT Professor
- Elisabeth Moreno, Former French Minister
- Alvaro Rodriguez, Harvard Business School Executive Fellows, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of IGNIA
- Jeff Saviano, MIT Senior Lecture, Harvard AI Ethics Contributor
- Cansu Canca, AI Ethics Scholar
- Kanetsugu Mike, President, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Bank
- Jodeph Jye-Cherng Lyu, Chairman, International Economic Cooperation Association, Taiwan
“DASI is a beacon for responsible innovation, transforming digital assets into tools for global enlightenment,” said Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of BGF, emphasizing BGF’s commitment to balancing technology with humanistic values.
The conference featured discussions on the initiative’s early December 2025 rollout, including the issuance of AIWS World Leader Tokens and foundational leader assets, projected to generate $12–15 billion by 2030 to support not-for-profit AIWS models. Key highlights included panels on ethical AI finance and sustainable governance, with contributions from BGF Board Members Nguyen Anh Tuan, Alex Pentland, David Silbersweig, Jeff Saviano, Yasuhide Nakayama, and Elisabeth Moreno.
DASI builds on BGF’s 2025 milestones, including AIWS Bank’s launch (May 26) and the 10th anniversary of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
For more details, visit bostonglobalforum.org.
