On September 19, 2025, in New York City leaders from around the world will gather for the fourth annual Kluz Prize for PeaceTech. This year’s event comes at a pivotal time. With conflict, polarization, and technological disruption reshaping our world, the need for technologies that actively foster peace has never been more urgent.

For the past three years, the Kluz Prize has celebrated innovators bold enough to design for peace—receiving more than 250 applications from tech entrepreneurs, founders, engineers, coders and peacebuilders worldwide. The 2025 edition builds on this momentum, moving beyond recognition to action.

This year’s gathering will feature:

• Opening Remarks & Platform Launch – Artur Kluz (Founder, Kluz Ventures) and Stefaan Verhulst (Co-Founder, The GovLab) will introduce a new PeaceTech platform.

• Presentations by the 2025 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech winners, showcasing innovations already making a real-world impact.

• A high-level panel featuring Andrew Schroeder (Co-Director of CrisisReady and Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief), Christine Keung (General Partner at J2 Ventures), and Rumman Chowdhury (CEO & Co-Founder of HumaneIntelligence).

• Networking opportunities, designed to spark collaboration and strengthen the growing PeaceTech community.

📧 If you are interested in attending this year’s event, please email us at info@kluzprize.org introducing yourself and your work within the peacetech community.