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...
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DUKAKIS – “Deeper Understanding Kindles, A Kind Innovative Society”
During Governor Dukakis’s 90th Birthday Celebration on November 2, 2023, held at Harvard University Loeb House and organized by the Boston Global Forum, Ramu Damodaran, the First Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact, Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial...
Applying AIWS Values for Innovations at AIWS City
AIWS City is an initiative for the United Nations Centennial. The AIWS City to be an application and a practice of what Vint Cerf, father of the Internet, has called “The People Centered Economy.” The core concept, in Vint Cerf’s words is as follows: “All people can...
Governor Michael Dukakis and “remaking the world” concepts on The United Nations Centennial Book
On May 27, 2021, the United Nations Academic Impact and the Boston Global Forum will co-launch the e-book “The United Nations Centennial: Remaking the world – The Age of Global Enlightenment”. Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum and Mr. Ramu...
Indian Ambassador Raghavan speaking at the AI International Accord Conference on April 28, 2021
I would like to warmly compliment Prof. Choucri for a masterly compilation of a concise, and yet comprehensive, paper outlining the elements of an AIIA, capturing the intricacies of the issues involved and appreciating the breadth of the challenges. She makes the...
Building the AI International Accord: NATO on AI warfare — AI treaty consultation — Unions call for more AI protections
The China question: Beijing supports banning the use of these weapons, but not their development or production. The U.S. and NATO have argued that they need to keep autonomous lethal weapons in their arsenals as deterrence and defense against “malign” actors — all...
World Bank specialist Agerskov speaks at the UN Centennial Roundtable
What Does the future of Taxation Look Like? On May 6, 2021, Mr. Anders Hjorth Agerskov, Lead Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank Group, presented “Future of Taxation” at the United Nations Centennial Roundtable: Tax administrations will become “invisible” – as...
EU Ambassador Lambrinidis talk at AI International Accord: “Europe balance between Innovation and Fundamental Rights”
We introduce part of the acceptance speech by the European Union Ambassador to the US Lambrinidis for the World Leader in AI World Society Award on April 28: In Europe, we believe that there is a clear interrelation between Innovation and Fundamental Rights – that one...