On July 8, 2022, the world was shocked and saddened by the tragic assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. In the two years since this devastating event, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) has honored his legacy through the Shinzo Abe Initiative for...
2023 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient Amma will visit the US from July 4th to August 11th
Amma will be visiting the United States from July 4 – August 11, in her first international tour since 2019. Amma will be conducting free public programmes in every city on her tour schedule. The programmes include a meditation guided by Amma, spiritual discourses by...
President Vaira Vike Freiberga spoke at the Boston Global Forum Conference on July 1, 2020
Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, and 2 term president of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid, attended and spoke at the Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference – Protecting and Strengthening Democracy in the Aftermath of COVID-19 July...
Talk of Senator Kimberley Kitching at the Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference
Australian Senator Kimberley Kitching, co-chair of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), had a very impressive speech at Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference – Protecting and Strengthening Democracy in the aftermath of COVID-19 July 1, 2020,...
This AI detects political affiliation just by reading tweets about COVID-19
Political messaging can have a huge impact on public responses to crises. In the US, academics warn that divisions between Republican and Democratic lawmakers are wrecking efforts to contain the virus. Now, a new AI tool has shown just how fractured their rhetoric has...
Marc Rotenberg Joins the Michael Dukakis Institute to Launch New Center on AI Policy
Press Release, Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation Boston, July 1, 2020 Technology policy expert Marc Rotenberg will join the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation to launch a new Center on Artificial Intelligence and...
Leaders of AIWS.net present the Social Contract 2020 and Intellectual Society at UN Charter Day June 26, 2020
Co-founders and Mentors of AIWS.net - Governor Michael Dukakis, Professor Thomaas Patterson (Harvard), Professor Nazli Choucri (MIT), Professor Alex Sandy Pentland (MIT), Professor David Silberweig (Harvard), and Nguyen Anh Tuan - spoke and dialogued at the United...
Concept Notes for the Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference on July 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great disaster for humanity. Today this disaster poses urgent problems to the world that need to be addressed to protect and strengthen Democracy. This disaster stems partly from the fact that China's leaders and political systems...