New York City

2024 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech Event

The Kluz Prize for PeaceTech is an annual initiative designed to celebrate, recognize, and propel the innovative use of emerging technologies to foster peace, reduce conflict, and safeguard human dignity and universal human rights across the globe.

The 2024 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech award ceremony will take place on Friday, September 20th in New York City. This event will take place as part of the broader 79th UN General Assembly events.

The event seeks to bring together global leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, engineers, programmers, scientists, Big-Tech, startups, accelerators, and venture capitalists, as well as scholars and public officials who are committed to using technology to create a peaceful world.

The event will include presentations from The Kluz Prize for PeaceTech winners and discussions on the critical role of technology in peacebuilding efforts around the world. The ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception where you will have the chance to meet the award winner, as well as other leaders in the ecosystem.

Speakers will be announced in September 2024.

If you are interested in attending the award ceremony, please contact the organizers via email atinfo@kluzprize.org to learn more.

About the Kluz Prize for PeaceTech

The Kluz Prize for PeaceTech presents an exceptional opportunity to become recognized for your contribution to the evolving field of technologies for peace. We are seeking distinguished and accomplished PeaceTech initiatives and innovative solutions that leverage technology, including but not limited, to:

  • Supporting, building and keeping peace;
  • Protecting human dignity and universal human rights written in universal moral law;
  • Preventing military conflicts within and between nations;
  • Facilitating dialogue between conflicting parties;
  • Addressing conflict, violence and social issues across local, national and international contexts;
  • Protecting and supporting those impacted by conflict;
  • Mobilizing disaster relief efforts more rapidly;
  • Providing humanitarian aid to solve welfare conflicts;
  • Monitoring human rights violations and peacekeeping efforts; and
  • Solving the most basic human problems and needs such as poverty, access to water, food, healthcare, and connectivity.

Selection Committee

Ana Carolina González Peña | Co-Founder and Director of the Magnolia Foundation
Ana Carolina González Peña
Co-Founder and Director of the Magnolia Foundation
Andrew Schroeder | Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief
Andrew Schroeder
Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief
Artur Kluz | Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures
Artur Kluz
Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures
Bradley Tusk | Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies
Bradley Tusk
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies
Fatima Roumate | Professor of International Law at Mohammed V University, President of the International Institute of Scientific Research, Member of the Ad Hoc Expert Group for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence UNESCO
Fatima Roumate
Professor of International Law at Mohammed V University, President of the International Institute of Scientific Research, Member of the Ad Hoc Expert Group for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence UNESCO
François Chopard | CEO of Starburst Aerospace
François Chopard
CEO of Starburst Aerospace
Ivan Martinovic | Professor of Computer Science (Cybersecurity) at University of Oxford
Ivan Martinovic
Professor of Computer Science (Cybersecurity) at University of Oxford
Kay Firth-Butterfield | Executive Director of the Centre for Trustworthy Technology
Kay Firth-Butterfield
Executive Director of the Centre for Trustworthy Technology
Matthew Sanders | CEO of Humanity 2.0 and Longbeard
Matthew Sanders
CEO of Humanity 2.0 and Longbeard
Stefaan Verhulst | Co-Founder & Chief Research & Development Officer of The GovLab
Stefaan Verhulst
Co-Founder & Chief Research & Development Officer of The GovLab
Stuart E. Eizenstat | Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling
Zara Khan | Strategic Partnerships Lead at X, the moonshot factory
Zara Khan
Strategic Partnerships Lead at X, the moonshot factory

Kluz Prize for PeaceTech 2024

Application Deadline Extended

Apply to the 2024 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech and be recognized for your achievements and contributions to the evolving field of technologies for peace.

Applications are now due July 29th at 11:59pm ET.