The Boston Global Forum (BGF) will support the Global National Startup Forum – Autumn Summit - Hanoi 2025, hosted by the Vietnam National Entrepreneurship Association (VINEN) on August 30, 2025 at the Vietnam Exhibition Center in Hanoi—the largest exhibition center in...
Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s cyber ambassador-at-large, joins Zoom In Zoom Out to explore how social media can be redesigned for democracy. In an era of deepfakes, disinformation and AI-generated manipulation, Tang advocates for “pro-social media”—platforms that reward...
Amma’s organization exists to help alleviate the burden of the poor through helping to meet each of their five basic needs—food, shelter, healthcare, education, and livelihood—wherever and whenever possible. MAM is especially focused on helping to meet these needs in...
Boston Global Forum (BGF) and Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) Honor Esteemed Spiritual Leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) with 2023 World Leader for Peace and Security Award Celebrating Amma's Legacy, Spiritual Values, and...
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...
The Concept of the 'Four Pillars for Peace and Security' first gained prominence during the Riga Conference 2021, as promulgated by the BGF, as a way to connect the four leading democracies in the world. At the C20-G20 Summit in India in 2023, BGF's CEO, Nguyen Anh...
At C20-G20 Summit India 2023, Jaipur July 29-31, Boston Global Forum proposed Four Pillars of Enlightenment Tech Economy Alliance: US, India, EU-UK, and Japan. A Joint Statement from India and the United States on September 8, 2023 from the G20 Summit: “Prime Minister...
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The face of the artificial intelligence fever sweeping the US — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — gripped Washington this spring when he pleaded under oath for the first time for Congress to regulate the technology. Yet behind the scenes on Capitol Hill, an...