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SUMMARY:Honoring Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Celebrating 10 Years of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award (2015–2025) and Launching the AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI)
DESCRIPTION:📍 November 3–4\, 2025 | Harvard University Faculty Club & Loeb House\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts \n\n \nDay 1 — November 3\, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM (EST)\nVenue: Harvard University Faculty Club\, 20 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\nTheme: Honoring Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar — 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security Award Recipient \nAgenda \n11:30 AM – 1:30 PM | World Leader Spirit Lunch \nA private lunch celebrating global leadership\, peace\, and humanity in the AI Age.\nHosted by the Boston Global Forum in honor of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the 10 years of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award.\nVenue: Harvard University Faculty Club \n2:00 -2:30 PM | Interview with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar \n\nBoston Global Forum video-interviews this year’s awards recipient\n\n2:30 – 2:45 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks\n• Professor David Silbersweig\, Harvard Medical School\, Board Member\, Boston Global Forum \n2:45 – 2:55 PM | Film Premiere\n“Ten Years of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award (2015–2025)”\nProduced by AIWS Film Park — presented by Quynh Nham\, Special Assistant to the BGF Chairman \n2:55 – 4:00 PM | Honoring the 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security Award\n• Honoring Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\, Founder of The Art of Living Foundation (video presentation)\, introduced by Professor David Silbersweig\n• Remarks of Honor and Presentation — Governor Michael Dukakis\, Co-Founder and Chair\,  and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Co-Founder\, Co-Chair and CEO\, Boston Global Forum\n• Acceptance Address and Distinguished Lecture — Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\n• Congratulatory Messages from distinguished leaders and thinkers\n• Discussion with the World Leader for Peace and Security\, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\nModerator: Professor David Silbersweig\, Harvard Medical School \n4:00 – 5:30 PM | World Leader Spirit Symposium: Special Commemoration — 10 Years of the Award (2015–2025) \n4:00 – 4:30 PM\n• Ten Years of Leadership for Peace and Humanity (2015–2025)\n• Keynote Remarks — A Decade of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award\, Yasuhide Nakayama\, Former State Minister of Japan\, BGF Representative in Japan\n• How ADM and AIWS Can Shape Peace in the Age of AI — Vibhav Kant Upadhyay\, Chairman\, India Center Foundation\, BGF Executive Board Member\n• Distinguished Solutions to Realize AIWS Government 24/7 — Professor Alex Pentland\, MIT \nLaunching AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award Recipients (2015–2025):\nShinzo Abe (Japan)\, Angela Merkel (Germany)\, Ban Ki-moon\, Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Estonia)\, Sauli Niinistö (Finland)\,\nVaira Vīķe-Freiberga\, Ursula von der Leyen\, Andreas Norlén\, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the People of Ukraine\,\nAmma (Mata Amritanandamayi)\, Emmanuel Macron (France)\, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. \n4:30 – 5:00 PM | New Programs of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award\nModerator: Professor David Silbersweig\nFocus: World Leader Laureates for Humanity\n• World Leader for Peace and Security Award Recipients as the Core of the BGF–AIWS Family: Introducing the World Leader Spirit — Ramu Damodaran\, Founding and First Chief\, United Nations Academic Impact\n• The Shinzo Abe Film and Shinzo Abe Digital Assets of the AIWS Film Park — Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Yasuhide Nakayama\, and Vibhav Kant Upadhyay\n• AIWS Music for Humanity: Concert of the Soul — Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar \n5:00 – 5:25 PM | From War and Rivalry to Strategic Partnership: 30 Years of U.S.–Vietnam Relations\nDiscussion of the book “The AI World Society: A 30-Year U.S.–Vietnam Partnership from Nha Trang to Boston (1995–2025)”\nBy Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson\, Ramu Damodaran\, and Bui Thi Minh Hang\, Editor-in-Chief\, Tri Thuc Publishing House\, Vietnam \n5:25 – 5:30 PM | Closing Remarks\nCelebrating 250 Years of U.S. Independence in 2026 – The Role of the U.S. and BGF World Leaders in the Age of AI\n— Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Co-Founder\, Co-Chair\, and CEO\, Boston Global Forum\n\n \nDay 2 — November 4\, 2025 | 8:15 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)\nVenue: Harvard University Loeb House\, 17 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\nTheme: AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI)\nSubtheme: Defining Ethical\, Quality\, and Human-Centered Value in Digital Assets \n8:30 – 8:45 AM | Welcome Guests\n• Professor Thomas Patterson\, Harvard University; Co-Founder\, Boston Global Forum \n8:45 – 9:00 AM | Opening Session: Ethics and Governance of AI and Digital Assets\n• Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Co-Founder\, Co-Chair\, and CEO\, Boston Global Forum\n• Professor Nazli Choucri\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n• Liam Maxwell\, Director of Government Transformation\, Amazon Web Services (AWS) \nTopic: Building a foundation of ethical\, transparent\, and human-centered governance frameworks for AI and digital assets — aligning innovation with global peace\, trust\, and sustainability. \n9:00 – 10:15 AM | Keynote and Panel Discussion: AI Ethics in Finance and Digital Assets\n• Keynote: Kanetsugu Mike\, Chairman\, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG Bank) \nPanelists: \n\nProfessor Tarun Khanna\, Harvard Business School\nElisabeth Moreno\, Former Minister\, France\nCansu Canca\, AI Ethics Leader\nAlvaro Rodriguez\, Co-Founder and Managing Partner\, IGNIA\n\nModerator: Professor Thomas Patterson\, Harvard Kennedy School \n10:15 – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break & Networking \n\n10:30 – 11:45 AM | The AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI) and Issuing AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets\nKeynote: Joseph Jye-Cherng Lyu\, Chairman\, International Economic Cooperation Association; Former Finance Minister of Taiwan\, and Yasuhide Nakayama\, Former State Minister\, Japan\n\nPanelists: \n\nProfessor Alex Pentland\, MIT; BGF Board Member\nGlen Weyl\, Lead\, Microsoft Research; Founder and Chair\, Plurality Institute\nVibhav Kant Upadhyay\, Chairman\, India Center Foundation\nJeff Saviano\, Senior Lecturer\, MIT Sloan School of Management; Harvard Safra Ethics Center Research Appointment\n\nModerator: Professor Thomas Patterson\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\nLaunch of the AIWS Digital Asset Standards Board (ADASB) and roadmap for the BGF–AIWS Charter on Digital Asset Ethics and Value (2026)\n\n11:45 AM | Concluding Remarks\n• Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan\, Co-Founder\, Co-Chair\, and CEO\, Boston Global Forum
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