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Boston agenda: three days of digital governance discussions
Read the archived Boston policy lab programme, including session timing, AI policy discussions and transatlantic approaches to a digital social contract.
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September
2020
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Introduction to the Policy Lab on Transatlantic Approaches on Digital Governance: A New Social Contract in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Master of Ceremonies: Milburn Line, Senior Advisor for Policy and Content at the Shared Societies Project of the WLA-CdM
Welcome Session
- Danilo Türk, President of WLA-CdM, President of Slovenia (2007-2012)
- Manuel Muñiz, Secretary of State for Global Spain, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
- Mr. Nguyen Van Tuong, Chairman of Tram Huong Khanh Hoa
- Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of The Boston Global Forum
Keynote Speech “Transatlantic Relations and the Digital Social Contract”
Manuel Muñiz, Secretary of State for Global Spain, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
Introductory Session: A New Social Contract in the Age of AI
Keynote: Thomas Patterson, Research Director of The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Professor of Government and the Press of Harvard Kennedy School
Facilitator: Ramu Damodaran, Editor-in-Chief of the UN Chronicle and Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact
Panel discussion:
- Valdis Birkavs, WLA-CdM Member, Prime Minister of Latvia (1993-1994)
- Jerry Jones, WLA-CdM Advisor Executive Vice-President, Ethics and Legal Officer, Live Ramp and Advisor
- Nuria Oliver, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, member of the High Level Expert Group on B2G data sharing at the European Commission
Closing
Master of Ceremonies: Milburn Line, Senior Advisor for Policy and Content at the Shared Societies Project of the WLA-CdM
Thu, 17
September
2020
Introduction
Master of Ceremonies: Milburn Line, Senior Advisor for Policy and Content at the Shared Societies Project of the WLA-CdM
Session I: The AIWS Social Contract 2020 and AIWS Innovation Network: A Platform for Transatlantic Cooperation
Lead speaker and Facilitator
Nazli Choucri, Boston Global Forum Board Member and Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Panel discussion:
- Esko Aho, WLA-CdM Member, Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995)
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga, WLA-CdM Member, President of Latvia (1999-2007)
- Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
- Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum, “Presentation AIWS City, a practicing of The Social Contract 2020, A New Social Contract in the Age of AI”
Session II – Global digital cooperation to a world better prepared: Challenges and responses to Health Security
Facilitator: Cristina Manzano, WLA-CdM Board Member, Director of Esglobal
Panel discussion:
- Danilo Türk, President of WLA-CdM, President of Slovenia (2007-2012)
- Yu Ping Chan, Senior Programme Officer, Office of the Under-Secretary General and Special Advisor on Preparations for the 75th UN Anniversary & the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
- David Silbersweig, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Co-Director for Institute for the Neurosciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Effy Vayena, Professor of Bioethics at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and WHO consultant
Networking break in virtual meeting rooms
Session III: Policy frameworks for AI
Keynote speaker: Andrew Wyckoff, Director for Science, Technology, and Innovation, OECD
Facilitator: Marc Rotenberg, Director of Center For AI and Digital Policy at Michael Dukakis Institute and the Boston Global Forum
Panel discussion:
- Zlatko Lagumdžija, WLA-CdM Member, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-2002)
- Peggy Valcke, Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)
- Regine Grienberger, Director for Cyber Security Policy and Cyber Foreign Policy, Federal Foreign Service Office, Germany
- Lorraine Kisselburgh, Chair of New ACM Technology Policy Council
- Andrew Wyckoff, Director for Science, Technology, and Innovation, OECD
Closing
Master of Ceremonies: Milburn Line, Senior Advisor for Policy and Content at the Shared Societies Project of the WLA-CdM
Fri, 18
September
2020
Introduction
Master of Ceremonies: Milburn Line, Senior Advisor for Policy and Content at the Shared Societies Project of the WLA-CdM
Session IV – Transatlantic initiatives towards a new Social Contract in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Governance
Facilitator: Ted Piccone, WLA-CdM Advisor, Nonresident Senior Fellow in Security and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, Chief Engagement Officer at the World Justice Project
Panel discussion:
- Kim Campbell, WLA-CdM Member, Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
- Alexander Stubb, Prime Minister of Finland(2014-2015), Professor & Director, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Florence
- Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs, “Making the New Social Contract Work”
- Žaneta Ozoliņa, Head of Department of Political Science, Director of Advanced Institute of Social and Political Research, University of Latvia
Networking break in virtual meeting rooms
Session V – Multistakeholder initiatives and the multilateral system: global cooperation to build a common digital future
Facilitator: Thomas Patterson, Research Director of The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Professor of Government and the Press of Harvard Kennedy School
Panel discussion:
- Jan Peter Balkenende, WLA-CdM Member, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002-2010)
- Nam Pham, Assistant Secretary, Government of Massachusetts
- Rebecca Leeper, Software Engineer and Director of CGDF, AI Monitoring Project at AIWS.net
- Jerry Jones, WLA-CdM Advisor Executive Vice-President, Ethics and Legal Officer, Live Ramp and Advisor,
- Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers at the European Commission, author of “The human imperative: Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
Closing Words and Next Steps
- María Elena Agüero, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid Secretary General
- Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation