All panelists are honorees of the America 250: AI Pioneers Award, as the conference advances trust infrastructure, trusted information systems, and a special Hollywood dialogue on storytelling and the AIWS Film Park.
On May 1, 2026, the Boston Global Forum will convene “America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age” at Harvard University Loeb House in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The conference will focus on the urgent task of building Trust Infrastructure for the AI Age through two major panels. Panel 1, “AIWS Trust Infrastructure for Democracy in the AI Age,” will address privacy, fairness, accountability, human-centered design, trusted data, and democratic governance. Panel 2, “AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure for Democracy in the AI Age,” will explore standards, metrics, implementation pathways, ATR, ATX, media intelligence, provenance, and resilience against misinformation and information attacks.
A special distinction of the conference is that all panelists are honorees of the America 250: AI Pioneers Award. The program will also feature Cynthia Dwork delivering an acceptance speech on behalf of the honorees: “From Differential Privacy to Trust Infrastructure: Building Trustworthy AI for Democracy.”
In addition to the two panels on trust infrastructure, the conference will include a special dialogue on Hollywood, highlighting the role of storytelling, film, cultural imagination, and ideas for the AIWS Film Park in advancing democracy, civic trust, and human values in the Age of AI.
Inspired by the book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age, co-authored by Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan, the conference honors the enduring ideals of the United States — liberty, democracy, innovation, peace, security, and service to humanity — while advancing a forward-looking vision for democratic leadership and trusted innovation in the AI Age.
