Vint Cerf: One of the Fathers of the Internet Received World Leader in AIWS Award at the BGF-G7 Summit Conference on April 25, 2019 at Harvard University Faculty Club.
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Governor Michael Dukakis has opening remarks at AI World Conference and Expo 2018
AI World Conference and Expo on “Accelerating Innovation in the Enterprise”, held on December 3-5, 2018 in Boston, is focused on the state of the practice of AI in the enterprise. Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute...
A fight over ads, encryption and law enforcement
(March 14th, 2016) The battle between parts of the U.S. private sector and government officials over the tension between privacy and law enforcement goes on. Politico reported on California Sen. Dianne Feinstein “criticizing technology companies for preventing...
Obama pleads for cooperation on smartphone access
(March 14th, 2016) President Obama said on May 11 that smartphones – such as the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists that the FBI is trying to make Apple Inc. help it hack for information about possible ISIS links -- can’t be allowed to be "black...
Healthcare information under attack
U.S. healthcare providers lag way behind other industries in protecting their digitized data about patients. Thus the number of cyber-attacks is only expected to accelerate. See more The number of healthcare-data attacks over the past five years has increased 125...
Ideas for cyber-security recommendations for G7 Summit
(7th March 2016) After a month of discussions, the Boston Global Forum’s cyber-security group has produced these early ideas as a basis for possible future recommendations to G7 Summit leaders. Encouraging private-sector enterprises to create market-based incentives...
The terrorist’s iPhone: The Government is right
(29th Feb 2016) Robert Whitcomb , Managing Editor of the Boston Global Forum shared his view about The Terrorist's iPhone The U.S. government has the much stronger argument in its battle with Apple over getting access to information in the iPhone of one of the two San...
The BGF cyber-security initiative draws technical experts, political leaders
(22nd Feb 2016) The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is continuing to host experts and build up its institutional expertise in its cyber-security project this year, a key part of the BGF-G7 Summit Initiative. One of the most important goals of the Initiative is to craft...