Boston Global Forum 10th Anniversary Conference

by Editor | Nov 13, 2022

Manifesto “Actions to Create the Age of Global Enlightenment”

Concept notes:

The United Nations is championing a Global Digital Compact, and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, under the leadership of the Technology Envoy of Secretary General of United Nations and his office. These will be important areas of discussion at the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024.

The Boston Global Forum’s “The United Nations Centennial Initiative” and its publication “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” (AIWS, AI International Accord, the Social Contract for the AI Age) capture the need of consolidate actions urgently. BGF established Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources for this mission: create the Global Enlightenment Age.

It will support Global Digital Compact, Roadmap for Digital Cooperation and Summit of the Future of United Nations through the United Nations Centennial Initiative and GADG, creating actions for a peaceful, secure and prosperous world.

At this BGF conference, distinguished leaders and thinkers will honor United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill with the World Leader in AIWS Award. We will hear the Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech by Ambassador Amandeep Gill and then proceed to a discussion on the Manifesto “AIWS Actions to create the Age of Global Enlightenment”

Agenda

2:00 pm – 5:30 pm, EST, November 22, 2022

Venue: Loeb House, Harvard University

17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Honor Amandeep Gill as World Leader in AI World Society (AIWS)

Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech

“AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age”

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Welcome guests

2:30 pm: Opening Remarks, Professor Thomas Patterson

Honor Amandeep Gill World Leader in AI World Society Award, Remarks by Governor Michael Dukakis

The Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech, Amandeep Gill

Discussion with Amandeep Gill

Manifesto “AIWS Actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age”

• AIWS – Global Alliance for Digital Governance, Innovation Program for the Global Enlightenment Age, Global Accord on AI and Digital to support the United Nations’ Global Digital Compact and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
• Nazli Choucri, Cameron Kerry, Nguyen Anh Tuan

The Global Enlightenment Economy: build infrastructure that enables interoperability across company and national boundaries, Alex Sandy Pentland

The Global Enlightenment Age: solve misinformation and disinformation, Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard, Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School

Tech for Global Enlightenment Education and helping Ukraine, Lana Cook, MIT Opening Learning, Assistant Director

Discussion, Moderator Governor Michael Dukakis

Tenth anniversary of BGF: “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” and Manifesto “AIWS actions to create the Global Enlightenment Age” and grateful to contributors, dedicators to BGF

5:30 pm: Concluding, Governor Michael Dukakis

Boston Global Forum CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan Speaks at Civil20 (C20) Global Internet Governance, Digital Empowerment, and Security Alliance (GLIDES)

by Admin | Jun 29, 2023

Time: July 5, 2023, at 10:00 am EST (Boston time), 4:00 pm PST (San Francisco time), 7:30 pm IST (New Delhi time).

Zoom link: amrita.link/c20tst

Speaker: Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum (BGF)

Topic: “Global Enlightenment Community: From Words to Actions – The Urgency for Governmental and Civic Action”

Introduction to Civil20 (C20) Global Internet Governance, Digital Empowerment, and Security Alliance (GLIDES):

We are delighted to have a distinguished speaker, Mr. Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Boston Global Forum (BGF), addressing the GLIDES July 2023 monthly meeting. Mr. Nguyen will present on the topic “Global Enlightenment Community: From Words to Actions – The Urgency for Governmental and Civic Action.” His insights will greatly benefit our CSO members.

Mr. Nguyen is not only the CEO of Boston Global Forum but also the director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI). He is a co-founder of the AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net), co-founder of AIWS City (AIWS.city), and co-author of the books “Social Contract for the AI Age” and “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.”

Zoom link: amrita.link/c20tst

We eagerly anticipate your participation in this monthly meeting to engage in thoughtful deliberations and policy dialogues.

For more information about C20 GLIDES, please visit their website: https://c20.amma.org/tst-wg/global-internet-governance-digital-empowerment-and-security-alliance-glides/

Best regards,

Civil20 (C20) Working Group on Technology, Security, & Transparency (TST)

Website: https://c20.amma.org/tst-wg/

Creating an Age of Global Enlightenment

by Editor | Nov 20, 2022

Time: November 22-23, 2022

Venue: Harvard University Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

The United Nations is championing a Global Digital Compact and Roadmap for Digital Cooperation under the leadership of the Technology Envoy of Secretary General of United Nations and his office. The UN initiative will be addressed at the   UN Summit of the Future in 2024. The BGF is a strong supporter of this effort.

The Boston Global Forum framing of The United Nations Centennial Initiative as well as its publication entitled Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment (with the AI World Society (AIWS), the AI International Accord, and the Social Contract for the AI Age) capture the urgent need for consolidate action.  Toward this end, the BGF has established Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) to coordinate global resources to buttress the creation of an Age of Global Enlightenment.

On the first day of the Conference, distinguished leaders and thinkers will honor the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill with the World Leader in AIWS Award. Ambassador Gill will present the “Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech”.  This first will also include a discussion of ways in which the BGF can contribute to the development of an Age of Global Enlightenment as indicated in its Manifesto, entitled AIWS Actions to create an Age of Global Enlightenment. 

On second day, the Conference will focus on the many contributions of, and lessons learned from, the lives of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the late Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet that helped to build critical pillars for world peace and security.

Moderators and Speakers:

Ambassador Amandeep Gill, Under Secretary General and United Nations Envoy on Technology

Governor Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts, US Presidential

Democratic Candidate 1988, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF)

Cameron Kerry, former US  and Acting Secretary of Commerce

Yasukazu Hamada, Japanese Minister of Defense

Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, former Japan Ambassador to the US

Thomas Patterson, Harvard professor, BGF Board Member

Nazli Choucri, MIT professor, BGF Board Member

Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, BGF Board Member

Ramu Damodaran, Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative, the first Chief of United Nations Academic Impact

Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy’s Research Director, Harvard University

Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Representative of the Boston Global Forum in Balkan

 Lana Cook, PhD, Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives, MIT Open Learning

Koichi Hamada, Yale Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Tomohiko Taniguchi, Professor, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Ichiro Fujisaki, former Japanese Ambassador to the US

Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO, Boston Global Forum

Mats Karlsson, former Vice President of the World Bank, Representative of BGF in Sweden

Francesco Lapenta, the Founding Director of the John Cabot University Institute of Future and Innovation Studies