The Saigon International University (SIU) Prize Computer Science Award Ceremony and the international conference SIU Shaping Futures will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11, 2025. The conference, themed “AI for a Better World,” will feature SIU Prize Laureates...
Mark Kennedy Speaks at “AIWS – New Democracy” Conference
On November 25, 2024, at Harvard University Loeb House, the Honorable Mark Kennedy, Director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Member of the BGF Board of Thinkers, and an enthusiastic leader of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and...
Biden, Macron announce Israel-Hezbollah truce
On November 25, 2024, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) hosted a momentous event at Harvard University's Loeb House: the Ceremony Honoring French President Emmanuel Macron with the 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award. President Macron's acceptance speech...
Four Pillars Roundup: Zelensky Wants to ‘Work Directly’ with Trump on Ending Ukraine’s War with Russia
On November 30, 2024, CNN reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, expressed his desire to work "directly" with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Zelensky is open to Trump's ideas,...
Japan Earmarks Extra $9.9 Billion USD for Chips and AI This Year
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...
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...
Remarks by Governor Michael Dukakis Honoring French President Emmanuel Macron
Harvard University Loeb House, November 25, 2024 I am honored to announce that Emmanuel Macron, President of France, is this year’s recipient of the Boston Global Forum's World Leader for Peace and Security Award. He has distinguished himself as a political leader and...