Boston, March 25, 2024 This community represents a proactive initiative aimed at addressing the proliferation of dangerous weapons, particularly drones, and fostering a culture of peace and security. Mission and Objectives: The primary mission of the Drone for Peace...
Small updates: Roundup on the Four Pillars
Minh Nguyen is the Editor of the Boston Global Forum and a Shinzo Abe Initiative Fellow. She writes the Four Pillars column in the BGF...
MIT, Takeda collaborate on new healthcare AI applications
The pharma company will work with MIT's School of Engineering to establish an education program focused on developing new machine learning approaches to drug development and more. The program, based at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, or...
AI skills and explainable data models are top concerns for 2020
A roadblock to scale: the global sprint towards AI, a study of 4,514 senior business decision-makers with some knowledge/influence over their company’s IT decisions, reported that there is a skills gap that represents a significant roadblock to broad business...
Abe calls for Saudi cooperation to stabilize Middle East
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday sought cooperation from Saudi Arabia to ensure stability in the Middle East amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions. In his meeting with Prince Faisal bin Farhan, who serves as foreign minister, Abe said he is "deeply worried"...
Nominate for the World Leader in AI World Society Award 2020
Now, leaders of BGF and AIWS Innovation Network (AIWS-IN) are nominating to honor World Leader in AI World Society Award 2020. The first winner was Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD for 2018, and the second winner was father of Internet Vint Cerf for 2019. The...
Transforming developing country tax systems with data science and technology
Leaders and experts of EY, MIT, World Bank, the Boston Global Forum, and New America are discussing with each other to establish the Alliance for Prosperity. An Alliance is taking shape between private and public stakeholders that aims to support transforming tax...
The CEO of the Boston Global Forum will chair a session of Horasis Global Meeting 2020
With the theme “Innovating Decisive Leadership through Times of Disruption”, Horasis Global Meeting will be organized from 28-31 March 2020 in Cascais, Portugal. Co-hosts: City of Cascais Government of Portugal President José Manuel Barroso, Vice Chairman, Goldman...