Japan is allocating another ¥1.5 trillion ($9.9 billion) to boost its chip and artificial intelligence endeavors, including moonshot foundry project Rapidus. The government’s extra budget for the fiscal year to March sets aside ¥1.05 trillion to develop and research...
BGF Conference Keynote: Ambassador Audrey Tang on ‘AIWS and Taiwan—AI for Democracy
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...
Mata Amritanandamayi airs her concern over youth’s exposure to negative influences: 70th birthday of Mata Amritanandamayi celebrated
While representatives from 193 countries came together at Amritapuri to wish the spiritual leader, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Union Cabinet Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V. Muraleedharan, Deputy Speaker Chittayam Gopakumar,...
Global Enlightenment Leaders Celebrate Governor Michael Dukakis’ 90th Birthday at AIWS City
To celebrate the 90th birthday (November 3, 1933) of Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum, Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy wrote: Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy: “Governor Mike Dukakis has been and...
Eyes on Israel and Gaza: Special 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...
Amma honoured with World Leader for Peace and Security Award
During her 70th birthday celebrations at Amritapuri, Amma was honoured with the prestigious ‘World Leader for Peace and Security Award,’ jointly presented by the Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation. Nguyen Anh Tuan,...
BGF CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan presents the Award and gives speech to honor Amma as a World Leader for Peace and Security at the grand ceremony to celebrate her 70th birthday
On October 3, 2023, at the Grand Ceremony to celebrate 70th birthday of Amma in Amrita University, BGF CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan presented and gave a speech to honor Amma with the 2023 World Leader for Peace and Security Award. “Amma’s legacy is one of profound compassion...
Horizon Search: Embracing Grace, Leadership, and Global Consciousness
Horizon Search on LinkedIn: Amidst family struggles and societal disparities, Amritanandamayi, affectionately referred to as Amma, found her life's mission—to alleviate suffering wherever she encountered it. A simple act of consoling the distressed with an embrace...