by Editor | Apr 29, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, Reports, News
Discussion Leaders: Governor Michael Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan
Advisor: Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, Harvard professor
Contributors: Professors Alex Sandy Pentland, Thomas Patterson, Nazli Choucri, David Silbersweig, Francesco Lapenta, former Vice President of the World Bank Mats Karlsson, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija, former President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga, father of Internet Vint Cerf, Assistant Secretary of Massachusetts Government Nam Pham, EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano
The Ukrainian people are currently enduring an unprovoked war that has resulted in tens of thousands of combatant and civilian deaths. Many cities and towns have been utterly destroyed by indiscriminate Russian bombing. The free, Democratic nations of the world have rallied around Ukraine to provide military and humanitarian assistance.
The focus of the Boston Global Forum is to help coordinate and call on world leaders, distinguished thinkers, innovators, governments, companies, organizations is on helping to end the war and provide for the basic needs of the Ukrainian people who remain in the country and those who have fled the fighting. When the war ends, there is an opportunity for Ukraine and its allies to rebuild the nation as a model of peace, stability and prosperity. The Boston Global Forum is starting to build strategies and programs for Rebuilding Ukraine.
Strategies for Rebuilding Ukraine
Following hostilities, as Ukraine turns its attention to rebuilding the nation and society, it is imperative to apply standards, norms and common values outlined in the Social Contract for the AI Age and pioneering ideas and concepts contained in the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment,” with contributions by distinguished leaders and thinkers.
The book “Remaking the World” advances pioneering ideas that could help reshape the world as the United Nations progresses toward its centennial in 2045, and addresses the standards that should govern the development and use of AI and digital technology.
These ideas and standards have been the subject of several recent conferences, including the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid Policy Labs on September 16-18, 2020 and September 7-9, 2021, as well as the Riga Conferences in 2020 and 2021.
Goals
Building a smart democracy, smart cities with high-quality smart schools, where citizens are directly involved in the political decisions of the country. A nation where institutions and structures promote kind, humane, civilized, creative, innovative policies and practices. Where the rule of law protects equality of opportunities for all people, openness, transparency, and engagement with civic institutions. And, the system of taxation is transparent, equitable, and provides sufficient certainty to citizen taxpayers to aid in Ukraine’s recovery.
To apply these concepts to rebuild Ukraine, strategies discussed at the recent conferences include:
Rebuilding cities and infrastructure
Building AI World Society (AIWS) City for Ukraine:
- Apply model concepts of AIWS City to rebuild Ukrainian cities as smart cities.
- AIWS City is a smart digital city with distinguished communities.
- Connect historical, traditional cities as Boston, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Rome, Athens, Vienna, Paris, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Edinburg, Amsterdam, Brussels, Prague, Dubrovnik, Zurich, Geneva, Jerusalem, Tokyo etc. to the AIWS City for Ukraine.
- Build a digital platform and components of AIWS City for Ukraine: Digital Home, Art and Cultural Institutions, Smart Digital and AI University, Innovation Ecosystem, Smart Healthcare Centers, Markets.
Infrastructure:
- Solutions to reconstruct infrastructures of Ukrainian cities:
- Combine rebuilding cities to optimal and maximize resources, costs.
- BGF connects and calls cities, governments, companies, foundations to support Ukrainian government and cities to reconstruct cities and transportation system of Ukraine.
Projects and Programs for Rebuilding Ukraine:
Phase 1: Civic and Social Engagement
- Michael Dukakis Leadership Fellows for Ukraine
Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation
Develop and support young Ukrainian leaders
- AIWS Leadership for Ukraine
Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation
Educate leaders to lead and rebuild Ukraine
- AIWS University for Ukraine: support Ukrainian students and universities
- Build “Online Center of Knowledge for Innovation” to support Ukraine, build online resources to help connect and guide Ukrainian refugees so that they can quickly rebuild their lives
- Applying AIWS Rewards to recognize contributions of students and scholars to Ukrainian students and universities
Led by Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, Professor Francesco Lapenta, Former Japanese State Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, Bui Thanh Nhon, Coordinators
- Creating and building global brand names for Ukraine
Advise and help promote PR high quality products and services of Ukraine become global brand names.
Professor John Quelch and Nguyen Anh Tuan, Coordinators
- Building a Digital and AI Platform for Ukrainian cities (AIWS City for Ukraine)
- Every citizen has one digital home, bring gem cities of the world to Ukraine
- Bringing solutions to reconstruct infrastructure of Ukrainian cities
- BGF connects and calls cities, governments, companies, foundations to support
- Ukrainian government and cities to reconstruct cities and transportation system of Ukraine
Led by Governor Michael Dukakis, Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija and BGF CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, Coordinators
Phase 2: AIWS Government for Ukraine
- Build a “smart” government aided by AI and Digital technologies, guided by concepts of AIWS Government
- Develop the next generation digital public infrastructure, modeled after Estonia and other leading digital government nations
- AIWS Citizen and Information Ecosystem for Ukraine
- Ukraine Community Innovation Ecosystem, including new distributed systems for greater national resilience
- AIWS Financial System, with a reimagined set of tax policies that encourage future growth and prosperity for Ukraine
Led by Jason Furman, Mats Karlsson, Alex Sandy Pentland, Jeff Saviano
Resources for Support of Ukraine
- AIWS Network of distinguished leaders, thinkers, innovators (AIWS.net), AIWS.city and call on companies, universities, foundations, for support
- Connect and invite top universities from across the globe
- Coordinate private companies: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Apple, EY.
- Encourage Ukrainian students, professors in the US to join to rebuild Ukraine.
- Cooperate with Harvard Shorenstein Center, Niemann Foundation, Berkman Center and MIT Media Lab
- Connect governments to help and support Ukraine to build AIWS Government and AIWS Citizen system.
Send this Report to G7 Summit and call Governments to support Rebuilding Ukraine Program, through German Consul General in Boston
by Editor | Apr 24, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, News
On April 29, 2022, the Boston Global Forum will honor all Ukrainian people and President Zelensky with the 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security Award and present the Strategy and Plan to rebuild Ukraine.
From pain and destruction, building a beautiful, civilized Ukraine, springing up with vitality
Children shall be educated in quality schools, within an advanced society with kindness, humanity civility, creativity, innovation, equality of opportunities for all people, openness, transparency, intelligence, without corruptions in the government and manipulation of the oligarchs.
Applying the Social Contract for the AI Age and pioneering ideas, concepts of the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment to “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment,” we shall rebuild Ukraine to become an exemplary nation of the Age of Global Enlightenment.
The distinguished contributors of the book include President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlen, Governor Michael Dukakis, Father of the Internet Vint Cerf, professors Thomas Patterson, Nazli Choucri, Alex Pentland, Judea Pearl, Joseph Nye, Minister Taro Kono, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Ramu Damodaran.
Governor Michael Dukakis and BGF call upon distinguished professors, universities, and innovators, companies, foundations, governments to contribute for “Rebuilding Ukraine”.
We welcome students to work with us in this special project.
Please contact by email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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by Editor | Apr 17, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, News, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
In the strategies and plan to rebuild Ukraine “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”, applying AIWS City for rebuild cities of Ukraine in becoming smart cities, connecting with global cities, supporting and contributing values of global cities to the cities of Ukraine.
BGF call governments, cities, companies, universities support and help to rebuild Ukraine through AIWS City platform. Leaders of AIWS City contribute to rebuild Ukraine include Governor Michael Dukakis, Nguyen Anh Tuan, father of Internet Vint Cerf, MIT professor Alex Pentland, Nazli Choucri, Harvard professors Thomas Patterson, David Silbersweig, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija, former President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
Cities of Ukraine will be pioneering cities in applying Social Contract for the AI Age and the six pillars of the Age of Global Enlightenment. By these strategies, cities of Ukraine from devastation by war to exemplary cities for Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
by Editor | Mar 27, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News
The conference will examine the role of Artificial Intelligence in European security and defense and in European democracy and elections. The premise of the conference is that, given the state of world affairs, 2024 will represent a significant test of our Union’s resilience. By strengthening our security and defense, our democracies, and our electoral processes, we can pass it successfully.
Confirmed speakers:
✔ Dragoș Tudorache, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence (host)
✔ Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
✔ Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission
✔ Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission
✔ Mircea Geoană, NATO Deputy Secretary General
✔MEP Katalin Cseh, Vice-President Renew Europe, European Parliament
✔ Yll Bajraktari, CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project and former Executive Director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
✔ Tobias Vestner, Head of Security and Law Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
✔ Torsten Reil, founder and CEO, Helsing
✔ Nathalie Smuha, Researcher on AI, KU Leuven, Faculty of Law
✔Richard Youngs, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Event moderator: Gry Hasselbalch, Senior Key AI Ethics Expert InTouchAI.eu
Organizer: Renew Europe, through MEP Dragoș Tudorache, Chair of the Special Committee for Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age (AIDA)
Focus areas: Artificial Intelligence in European security and defense, Artificial Intelligence in democracy and elections
Date and location: March 30 2022, 2:30pm to 5:30pm, Brussels, livestreamed on LinkedIn
Parliament’s Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) adopted its final recommendations on Tuesday, concluding 18 months of inquiries.
The adopted text says that the public debate on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) should focus on this technology’s enormous potential to complement humans.
The text warns that the EU has fallen behind in the global race for tech leadership. As a result, there is a risk that standards will be developed elsewhere in the future, often by non-democratic actors, while the EU needs to act as a global standard-setter in AI.
MEPs identified policy options that could unlock AI’s potential in health, the environment and climate change, to help combat pandemics and global hunger, as well as enhancing people’s quality of life through personalised medicine. AI, if combined with the necessary support infrastructure, education and training, can increase capital and labour productivity, innovation, sustainable growth and job creation, they add.
The EU should not always regulate AI as a technology. Instead, the level of regulatory intervention should be proportionate to the type of risk associated with using an AI system in a particular way.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance highly recommends this event. The Global Alliance for Digital Governance connects organizations, think tanks, influencers, experts, and citizens to contribute to building International Laws, International Accord on AI and Digital, while simultaneously working with governments and international organizations towards this goal.
Boston Global Forum (BGF), Club de Madrid and AI World Society (AIWS) proposed an initiative: establishing a Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG). This is a part of Social Contract for the AI Age, Framework for AI International Accord, BGF Conference of July 1st, 2020, and the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
GADG will bring outcome of this conference to governments and for BGF High Level Dialog on Cyber Defense.
by Editor | Mar 6, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News
One major initiative by the Boston Global Forum is a Social Contract for the AI Age. We would like to create a new alliance based on the values and standards of the Social Contract we adhere to: equality of opportunity and the right to study Global Enlightenment Education for every citizen, as well as transparency, openness, and social responsibility. Countries that join this alliance will support and protect each other, countries in this alliance will contribute to the qualities of economy, defense, innovations, education and society of all members.
The Social Contract for the AI Age seeks to make the world a locus of responsible interaction—a place where every person’s contribution is recognized and everyone has a right to knowledge and access to information, where no one is above the law, where money cannot be used to subvert political process, and where integrity, knowledge, creativity, honesty, and tolerance shape decisions and guide policy.
In short, the Social Contract for the AI Age seeks to build a world where all are recognized and valued, and all forms of governance adhere to a set of values and are accountable and transparent. It is a world where global challenges are met by collective action and responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday March 2, 2022 overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body. The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly’s 193 members. BGF will discuss with these 141 governments, organizations, and companies that condemned the Russian invasion, for a new alliance for peace and security based on standards of the Social Contract for the AI Age. In the first phase, BGF will connect with OECD member countries.
by Editor | Mar 4, 2022 | AIWS City and Rebuilding Ukraine, News, Publications
March 4, 2022
Boston, MA – The Boston Global Forum (BGF), Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI), and Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) stand by the autonomy, peace, and security of Ukraine, and condemn Russia’s senseless and destructive assault on Ukraine’s territory.
In early 2022, we created the “Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine” Initiative, with the mission of developing binding new international rules and instruments to safeguard the rights, interests, and integrity of countries that are too weak on their own to withstand aggressive hostile actions by more powerful countries. We call on you, as leaders and persons of influence in our international community, to support this Initiative.
The goals of our campaign “Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine” are as follows:
- Contribute ideas, solutions from distinguished thinkers, leaders for The New International Rules and Instruments for Peace and Security.
- Following the ideas and recommendations of BGF World Leaders for Peace and Security President Ursula von de Leyen, President Sauli Niinisto, Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlen, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon.
- Collect and recognize governments, organizations, companies, influencers contribute by voices, actions to support for peace and security in Ukraine.
- Synthesize powers from governments, organizations, companies, influencers for Peace and Security in Ukraine
One major initiative by the Boston Global Forum is a Social Contract for the AI Age. We would like to create a new alliance based on the values and standards of the Social Contract we adhere to: equality of opportunity and the right to study Global Enlightenment Education for every citizen, as well as transparency, openness, and social responsibility. Countries that join this alliance will support and protect each other, countries in this alliance will contribute to the qualities of economy, defense, innovations, education and society of all members.
In accordance with this initiative, we humbly request that you, as businesses which share the mission of creating goods and values for society, stand with us and take action to aid Ukraine, accelerate the cessation of war, and restore stability for Europe and the world. We request that organizations stop conducting business with totalitarian, dictatorial regimes in large countries which threaten global peace and security, such as Russia.
Additionally, we are calling for Russia to be expelled from the United Nations Security Council. Learn more about our initiative here: Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine
Sincerely,
Leaders of the Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute
by Editor | Feb 13, 2022 | Event Updates
In a meeting with Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan on February 10, 2022, Vint Cerf, the Father of Internet, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, confirmed his attendance at the Policy Dialog “Building the Age of Global Enlightenment”, co-organized by Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum. He will play an important role in the section “Global Alliance for Digital Governance”.
Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak is a keynote speaker of this Policy Dialog. The three-day spectacular agenda with distinguished leaders and thinkers will contribute historical initiatives to build the Age of Global Enlightenment with AI and Digital.
Vint Cerf is the co-author of Social Contract for the Age of AI and a Distinguished Contributor to the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”, a part of the United Nations Centennial Initiative, created by the United Nations Academic Impact and Boston Global Forum.
by Editor | Feb 6, 2022 | AIWS City, News, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
On February 2nd, 2022, Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute designed to save treasure of the Age of Global Enlightenment at the AIWS City. It includes historical documents and images of:
World Leader for Peace and Security Award:
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan 2015
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany 2015
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of United Nations 2016
Toomas Hendrik Ives, President of Estonia 2017
Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland 2018
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia and Club de Madrid, 2019
Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Commission 2020
Andreas Norlén, Speaker of Swedish Parliament 2021
World Leader in AIWS Award:
Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD 2018
Vint Cert, Father of Internet 2019
Judea Pearl, Professor of UCLA 2020
Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States 2021
AIWS Distinguished Lecturer:
Taro Kono, Japanese Minister of Defense
Liam Byrne, Member of UK Parliament
Kazuo Yano, Innovator of Hitachi, Japan
David Bray, Atlantic Council
Distinguished Contributors to the book” Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”:
Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (9/2006-9/2007, 12/2012-9/2020), 2015 World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
Ashton Carter, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs, Harvard University.
Vint Cerf, “Father of the Internet”, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Co-author of Social Contract for the AI Age, 2019 World Leader in AI Society Award.
Nazli Choucri, Professor of Political Science, MIT, Boston Global Forum Board Member.
Ramu Damodaran, Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial – BGF and UNAI Initiative in Honor of the United Nations 2045 Centenary.
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum, Co-Founder of the AI World Society.
Eva Kaili, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA), Chair of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI), Head of the Hellenic S&D delegation.
Robin Kelly, U.S. Representative (D-IL 2nd District), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1/1/2007 – 31/12/2016), Lead the UNESCO Global Education First Initiative, 2016 World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
Didzis Kļaviņš, Senior Researcher, University of Latvia.
Taro Kono, Japanese Minister of Defense (9/2019 – 9/2020), Member of the House of Representatives, Japan.
Zlatko Lagumdžija, Former Prime Minister and Former Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) Member, Member of the History of AI Board, AIWS.
Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, 2021 World Leader in AI World Society Award.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, 2020 World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
Yasuhide Nakayama, Japanese Defense State Minister, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan, Head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s Foreign Affairs Division, Mentor of AIWS.net.
Paul Nemitz, Director for Fundamental Rights and Union citizenship in the Directorate-General for JUSTICE of the European Commission, co-author of the AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative 2019.
Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, CEO of the Boston Global Forum, Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Co-Founder of the AI World Society, Founder and former Editor in Chief of VietNamNet.
Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament.
Joseph Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Member of Boston Global Forum’s Board of Thinkers.
Žaneta Ozoliņa, Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Latvia and the Director at the Centre for International Politics, Chairwoman of the Latvian Transatlantic Organization.
Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard University, Research Director of The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Co-founder of the Boston Global Forum.
Judea Pearl, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cognitive Systems Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, 2020 World Leader in AI World Society Award.
Alex Pentland, the Toshiba Professor at MIT, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics lab, Co-author of Social Contract for the AI Age.
Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia (1999-2007), President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) 2013-2019; 2019 World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
It also includes:
- Cornerstones and figures in the History of Artificial Intelligence
- Cornerstones and figures that contribute in building the Age of Global Enlightenment and the United Nations Centennial Initiative
