Kluz Prize for PeaceTech 2023
Overview
The 2023 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech was awarded to Bogdan Ivanel, Founder and Chairperson of Commit Global. Three Special Distinctions were awarded to Ishraq Irteza (Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies’ Foundry) for Big Tech Building Peace, Megan Price (Executive Director of Human Rights Data Analysis Group) for a Non Profit Organization Advancing Peace, and Shawn Guttman (Co-Founder and CEO of Project Didi) for Innovative Use of AI/ML.
The 2023 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech was organized by Kluz Ventures with the support of The GovLab and awarded in September 2023, on the eve of the International Day of Peace during the 78th United Nations General Assembly. The Award Ceremony was held at the Union League Club in New York City.
Distinctions
![Project Didi | Innovative Use of AI/ML](/assets/images/winners/project-didi-logo.png)
![Palantir's Foundry | Big Tech Building Peace](/assets/images/winners/palantir-logo.png)
![Human Rights Data Analysis Group | Non Profit Organization Advancing Peace](/assets/images/winners/human-rights-data-analysis-group-logo.png)
Event
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Selection Committee
![Ana Carolina González Peña | Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief](/assets/images/jury/ana-carolina-gonzalez-pena.jpg)
Ana Carolina González Peña
Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief
![Artur Kluz | Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures](/assets/images/jury/artur-kluz.jpg)
Artur Kluz
Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures
![Bradley Tusk | Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies](/assets/images/jury/bradley-tusk.jpg)
Bradley Tusk
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies
![Chris Larsen | Angel Investor and Business Executive](/assets/images/jury/chris-larsen.webp)
Chris Larsen
Angel Investor and Business Executive
![Daniel Wilhelm | President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation](/assets/images/jury/daniel-wilhelm.jpg)
Daniel Wilhelm
President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
![Evelyn Tauchnitz | Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lucerne’s Institute of Social Ethics](/assets/images/jury/evelyne-tauchnitz.jpg)
Evelyn Tauchnitz
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lucerne’s Institute of Social Ethics
![Kay Firth-Butterfield | Executive Director of the Centre for Trustworthy Technology](/assets/images/jury/kay-firth-butterfield.png)
Kay Firth-Butterfield
Executive Director of the Centre for Trustworthy Technology
![Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff | Global CIO of Solutions - Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions at BlackRock](/assets/images/jury/simona-paravani-mellinghoff.jpg)
Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff
Global CIO of Solutions - Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions at BlackRock
![Stefaan Verhulst | Co-Founder & Chief Research & Development Officer of The GovLab](/assets/images/jury/stefaan-verhulst.jpg)
Stefaan Verhulst
Co-Founder & Chief Research & Development Officer of The GovLab
![Stephen Roberts | Professor of Machine Learning at University of Oxford & Co-Founder of Mind Foundry](/assets/images/jury/stephen-roberts.jpg)
Stephen Roberts
Professor of Machine Learning at University of Oxford & Co-Founder of Mind Foundry
![Stuart E. Eizenstat | Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling](/assets/images/jury/stuart-eizenstat.webp)