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.
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Selection Committee

Ana Carolina González Peña
Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief

Artur Kluz
Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures

Bradley Tusk
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies

Chris Larsen
Angel Investor and Business Executive

Daniel Wilhelm
President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff
Global CIO of Solutions - Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions at BlackRock

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
