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(Boston, December 09, 2015) – The Boston Global Forum will launch Global Cybersecurity Day at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research with an online festival at 2:00 PM on December 11, 2015.

The event will be live-streamed at www.bostonglobalforum.org.

The online festival, which is open to the general public, is a forum to share digital photos, paintings, videos, or other multimedia that promote a “secure and healthy cyberspace.” Participants are also encouraged to share stories of hostile online activity. The festival’s ultimate goal is to promote Boston Global Forum’s Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC) which proposes ethical online behavior for every part of society, ranging from ordinary citizens to educators, business people, IT experts and policy makers.

The Festival will close at 2:00 AM on January 1, 2016, and the individual whose artwork is shared and liked the most will be honored as the Outstanding Global Citizen for Cyber Peace and Security and become a guest speaker in Boston Global Forum’s 2016 conference.

Professor Robert Desimone, Director of MIT’s McGovern Institute and a member of the Boston Global Forum’s Board of Thinkers said, “The ultimate goal of the McGovern Institute is to understand the human brain in health and disease. Brain research will change our understanding of how we communicate with each other, how we learn during childhood and throughout life, how we make decisions, how we create new ideas and works of art, and how we can do all of these things better.”

The Boston Global Forum launched the ECCC and Global Cybersecurity Day to create a more secure and healthy cyber space. These initiatives also have received strong support from the UNESCO-UCLA Chair on Global Citizenship Education have been used in its educational programs. Photographer Mario Macilau, one of FP’s Top 100 Global Thinkers also attends the event to support this activity.

About Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum ( BostonGlobalForum.org ) was founded nearly three years ago by former Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who is now a Distinguished Professor at Harvard University; Prof. John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Prof. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Boston Global Forum, and the Founder and Chairman of VietNamNet Media Company and VietNet, the first Internet Service Provider in Vietnam.

Boston Global Forum brings together thought leaders to address problems that affect the world and to inspire creative and practical global collaboration to fix them. Just one example of its work is BGF’s prominent role in improving working conditions at Asia’s manufacturing centers as part of its 2013 initiatives.

(BGF) – Governor Michael Dukakis, chairman and co-founder of Boston Global Forum, made his opening speech in the Global Cybersecurity Day (GCD) event which was held in Harvard Faculty Club on December 12, 2015. The GCD is conceived with the purpose of promoting a more safe and secure cyber space.

The event was live-streamed at www.bostonglobalforum.

Watch the Governor Dukakis’s speech here:

Read the full transcript of Governor Dukakis’s opening remarks below:

Thank you very much for being here and thanks to the Internet for allowing us to connect with those of you not in the room.

Cybersecurity is a leading issue of our time. We need only consider the Paris and San Bernardino attacks to remind us of that. Terrorist groups are using the internet to radicalize young people, and terrorist-minded individuals are using the Internet to hone their deranged intentions.

The Internet is a source of great benefits. But it’s also a source of mayhem and mischief.Cyber-based threats, ranging from online fraud to the stealing of state and business secrets are on the rise.

We need to make cybersecurity an imperative, as individuals, as organizations, as governments, as the international community.

To this end, the Boston Global Forum has developed the Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC). It prescribes how netizens, IT experts, institutions, governments, and others should act.

In an effort to advance the cause of cybersecurity, the Boston Global Forum has initiated Global Cybersecurity Day—this conference marks that day. We hope others will adopt the idea, building on it in the way that nearly fifty years ago Earth Day was conceived and promoted.

In our conference today, we have a number of activities aimed at highlighting cybersecurity.

We have initiated an Online Festival, open to people around the world, an opportunity for them to share the benefits of the Internet.

And we will honor today leaders in cybersecurity, as well as leaders who have contributed to peace, security, and development around the world.

(Boston, 12/01/2015)  – Boston Global Forum (BGF) is selecting the world’s top leaders in addressing cybersecurity issues, in the three roles of government policy maker, business leader and Internet practitioner. The names of the three winners of the World Leaders in Cybersecurity awards will be announced on Dec. 12, which BGF has declared Global Cybersecurity Day, at a ceremony starting at noon at the Harvard Faculty Club, in Cambridge, Mass.

Global Cybersecurity Day is meant to inspire the shared responsibility of the world’s citizens to protect the Internet’s safety and transparency. As part of this initiative, BGF also calls upon citizens of goodwill everywhere — from ordinary people to leaders — to follow BGF’s Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC).

BGF includes, among others, scholars, business leaders and journalists, and is chaired by former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, a national and international civic leader and BGF’s co-founder.

Beyond just cybersecurity, BGF also seeks to honor a maximum of three visionary national leaders with its World Leaders for Peace, Security and Development awards. Candidates would come from the presidential and prime-ministerial level. Criteria would include, but not be limited to, their leadership in cybersecurity, economic development, environmental protection, technological innovation, cultural enrichment and counter-terrorism.

Photo: Governor Dukakis  with Young Leaders Network for Peace and Security in a talk about ECCC in September 2015

Governor Dukakis is chairing the selection committees for the awards, which he will present on Dec. 12.

Global Cybersecurity Day and ECCC are supported by, among other organizations and individuals, the Global Citizenship Education Program at the University of California at Los Angeles, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the dean of the College of Communication at the Boston University.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is among the leaders who have praised BGF’s cybersecurity initiative.  In recent statement on November 19, 2015, he said:“The government of Vietnam acclaims the Global Cyber-Security Day initiative and highly appreciates the building of the Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security initiated by policy makers, scholars and professors of the Boston Global Forum” and called for Vietnamese citizens to act towards a clean and pure Internet.

Prof. Carlos Torres,  the UNESCO chair of Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education at UCLA, said:  “Global Cybersecurity Day and the Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security comprise a wonderful initiative that creates synergies with our Global Citizenship Education Program.’’

About Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum ( BostonGlobalForum.org ) was founded nearly three years ago by former Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who is now a Distinguished Professor at Harvard University; Prof. John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Prof. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Boston Global Forum, and the Founder and Chairman of VietNamNet Media Company and VietNet, the first Internet Service Provider in Vietnam.

Boston Global Forum brings together thought leaders to address problems that affect the world and to inspire creative and practical global collaboration to fix them. Just one example of its work is BGF’s prominent role in improving working conditions at Asia’s manufacturing centers as part of its 2013 initiatives.

BGF has been hosting international meetings in 2015 aimed at building an Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC) to promote a healthy cyber environment.

(BGF) – Boston Global Forum (BGF) is kicking off its Online Festival on the Global Cybersecurity Day encouraging people around the world to share their original piece of arts online via its Facebook, which are in forms of digital photo, painting, video, stories or other multimedia products that arouse the love and friendship among people, and alarm them to be vigilant about cyber incident which might cause negative consequence to other’s fame and life.

Here comes the chance for all to win a trip to Boston and meet with professors of Harvard and MIT by proving yourself as a responsible Netizen and Global Citizen and show your support to the Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security by spreading the love and friendship, or awakening people’s consciousness about bad consequence that might happen because of hostile online activities.

When the event ends?

The online festival closes at 2:00 AM on January 01, 2016 in local time of participant’s city.

About the Global Cybersecurity Day

Global Cybersecurity Day is an initiative of Boston Global Forum, meant to inspire the shared responsibility of the world’s citizens to protect the Internet’s safety and transparency. As part of this initiative, BGF also calls upon citizens of goodwill everywhere — from ordinary people to leaders — to follow BGF’s Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC).

It will be held at 12:00 noon (local time) on December 12 annually in Tokyo, Bonn, Nha Trang, and Boston. The event also encourages open dialogue, from many perspectives, about cybersecurity and will also honor individuals, organizations, and initiatives that have made the greatest contributions to a safe cyberspace.

About Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum ( BostonGlobalForum.org ) was founded nearly three years ago by former Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who is now a Distinguished Professor at Harvard University; Prof. John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Prof. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Boston Global Forum, and the Founder and Chairman of VietNamNet Media Company and VietNet, the first Internet Service Provider in Vietnam.

Boston Global Forum brings together thought leaders to address problems that affect the world and to inspire creative and practical global collaboration to fix them. Just one example of its work is BGF’s prominent role in improving working conditions at Asia’s manufacturing centers as part of its 2013 initiatives.

BGF has been hosting international meetings in 2015 aimed at building an Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC) to promote a healthy cyber environment.

(Boston, 12 November 2015) – Boston Global Forum (BGF) has announced that Dec. 12 will henceforth be marked every year in various cities around the world as Global Cybersecurity Day. This is a way to inspire the shared responsibility of the world’s citizens to protect the safety, transparency and security of the Internet. BGF calls upon as many citizens of goodwill as possible around the world — from ordinary people to government and business leaders, educators and IT specialists – to participate in some way.

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Boston Global Forum, a think tank, brings together thought leaders to address problems that affect the world and to inspire creative and practical global collaboration to fix them. Just one example of its work is BGF’s prominent role in improving working conditions at Asia’s manufacturing centers as part of its 2013 initiatives.

BGF has been hosting international meetings in 2015 aimed at building an Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security (ECCC) to promote a healthy cyber environment. This is urgent need: Threats to cybersecurity threaten entire nations and many individuals.

Global Cybersecurity Day will include several events to engage and educate the public about cybersecurity, in part by publicizing the ECCC. The UNESCO-UCLA Chair on Global Citizenship Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined Boston Global Forum in supporting this program.

Global Cybersecurity Day, with “For A Clean and Pure Internet” theme, will take place in different cities at 12 noon local time on Dec. 12.  Cities will include Tokyo, Bonn, Nha Trang, Boston and other communities.  Delegates, cyber experts and other citizens of the world participating in the day’s events will, of course, be connected online in real time.

The final event, to be held at the Harvard Faculty Club, in Cambridge, Mass., and at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, also in Cambridge, will be moderated by former Governor Michael Dukakis, the chairman and co-founder of Boston Global Forum. At that time, BGF’s selection of the Top Government Leaders for Peace, Security and Development will be announced, and, in collaboration with University of California at Los Angeles, the Outstanding Global Citizen in Cyber Peace and Security will be honored.

Within the framework of Global Cybersecurity Day, we will encourage everyone to use such social-media sites as Facebook, Twitter, Minds.com and Instagram to share their still pictures, videos, multimedia products and text stories to encourage tolerance and friendship among individuals and nations. We also encourage people to tell us about some of the negative consequences of hostile Internet activities.

Boston Global Forum will honor the originator of the most shared and/or commented-on material by presenting him or her with a free trip next April , 2016 to Boston, where the honoree would be invited to speak at a BGF conference.

About Boston Global Forum

Boston Global Forum ( BostonGlobalForum.org ) was founded nearly three years ago by former Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who is now a Distinguished Professor at Harvard University; Prof. John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Prof. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Boston Global Forum, and the Founder and Chairman of VietNamNet Media Company and VietNet, the first Internet Service Provider in Vietnam.