Initiatives of Boston Global Forum
From its founding on December 12th, 2012, the Boston Global Forum has contributed pioneering initiatives for a peaceful, secure, creative, innovative, and prosperous world.
The Boston Global Forum connects leaders, devises initiatives, and implements them.
AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine
BGF condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine, calls for support to Ukraine, and initiates to rebuild Ukraine with AIWS City conceptual models.
AIWS City and the Age of Global Enlightenment
AIWS develops recommendations for the development and implementation of AI in ways that promote the public interest.
Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital
These are the principles and frameworks that guide all activities and discussions at Boston Global Forum.
Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security
Japan will continue to cooperate closely with the US and other partners in the International community, reliably safeguard our nation’s important information and property while playing a leading role in achieving the peace and stability of the international community.
Global Cybersecurity Day
Global Cybersecurity Day, held in December 12 at 12 noon local time in various cities around the globe, aims to inspire the shared responsibility of the world’s citizens to protect the safety, transparency and security of the Internet.
United Nations Centennial
BGF developed 100-year visions, missions, and action plans for United Nations.
NEWS AND UPDATES ON OUR INITIATIVES
Apple hypocritical in battle with FBI over iPhone?
(22th Feb 2016) Apple has agreed to backdoor “security checks’’ of its devices by the Chinese government, which the company refuses to let the FBI do. Apple’s battle with the U.S. government over getting into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists is over...
Apple should give access to terrorist’s iPhone
(22th Feb 2016) Darren Hayes argues in The Guardian that Apple has a powerful legal and moral obligation to assist the U.S. Darren Hayes argues in The Guardian that Apple has a powerful legal and moral obligation to assist the U.S. government by giving it access to...
DNI: China Continues Cyber Espionage
(15th Feb 2016) China is continuing to conduct cyber espionage operations against the United States, and Beijing’s commitment to a U.S.-China cyber agreement is questionable, the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday. China is continuing to...
Ezra Vogel discusses the G7 Summit, Japan, China, cyber-security
(March 14th 2016) Here are online remarks and a Q&A with Ezra Vogel, the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard, a world-renown expert on East Asia and a member of The Boston Global Forum (BGF). He is probably best known for his work...
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...