On November 25, 2024, at the Boston Global Forum (BGF) event held at Harvard University's Loeb House—which featured the Ceremony Honoring French President Emmanuel Macron with the 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award and the "AI World Society (AIWS) - New...
Acceptance Speech by French President Emmanuel Macron for the 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award
November 25, 2024 My dear friends, I am happy and proud to receive, on behalf of France, your annual award for Peace and Security. I wanted to take the time to tell you this warmly, through this message read aloud—this oral reading remains, in these times of...
Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition and Boston Global Forum host roundtable with Politburo Member Nguyen Xuan Thang on AI Strategies and Tech Development of Vietnam
On August 2, 2024, the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition and the Boston Global Forum hosted a roundtable at the Wilson Center, featuring Politburo member Professor Nguyen Xuan Thang and the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung. The event focused on...
Governor Michael Dukakis and Boston Global Forum Leaders meet Amma
On August 1, 2024, Governor Michael Dukakis and leaders of the Boston Global Forum – CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, Board Member Professor David Silbersweig, and Chief Editor Minh Nguyen met with Amma, the 2023 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, in...
The Shinzo Abe Initiative: Connecting Distinguished Leaders in the US, Japan, India, and Taiwan
The Boston Global Forum's Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security aims to foster connections among businesses and people in the US, Japan, India, and Taiwan. This initiative seeks to create an AI public for the people in these regions, supporting an innovative...
Indo-Pacific and European faultlines: Four Pillars week
This week has been a more mellow one, but that doesn’t mean that nothing happened. In fact, plenty happened in the Four Pillars space, but as these are small events or stories without an broad overarching theme like last week or the NATO summit. We have compiled them...
Amma, 2023 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, visits New England
Amma, renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader, continues her tour in North America with a visit to Massachusetts and New England. Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum, and BGF Board Members – CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, Professors Alex Pentland and...
‘Father of the internet’ Vint Cerf, 2019 World Leader in AIWS Award recipient, reveals the reasons he fears for its future
The internet is facing a range of threats that could imperil both the technology and the people who use it, according to the people who helped create it. We are becoming increasingly reliant on a technology that is more fragile than we realise and we could be plunged...