Peace Tech Hackathon The Hague - Creating the City Forum for bringing Peace & Justice to life
What is PeaceTech Hack?
PeaceTech Hack is where technology meets peacebuilding. These hackathons bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs, peacebuilders and changemakers to co-create tools, discuss emerging tech, and tackle real-world challenges in the PeaceTech space. Whether you're flying solo or part of a team, you're welcome—no predefined challenge required. Expect a fast-paced, collaborative environment with 20–40 participants and big ideas.
This Edition: The City Forum
On Monday, June 16 from 12:00-22:00, PeaceTech Hack 2025 will start in The Hague for a one-day sprint to create a City Forum prototype — a digital public square designed for local engagement, collaboration, and civil discourse.
In today’s world, public interaction in cities has largely moved to social media platforms, which often lack neutrality, safety, and local context. The Just Peace Festival is looking to change that with the piloting of a City Forum MVP during the festival, creating a space that feels more grounded, inclusive, and civic-minded—both online and offline and this hackathon will kickstart that vision!
Why Join?
This is more than just a hackathon—it’s a chance to:
Collaborate with fellow innovators, founders, and creators
Prototype impactful tech solutions with real-world application
Connect with an international network of PeaceTech enthusiasts
Contribute to a city-wide platform for peace, justice, and civic dialogue
Whether you're looking to test an idea, build your portfolio, or find your next collaborator, this is your launchpad.
The event is split into three parts. You can join all, or pick one or two.
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Fireside Chat: Understanding Locality & Conversation
During this chat, we will explore - partly interactive - the current status of local community engagement and the opportunities of AI.
15:00 - 17:00
Design Workshop: What would local communication look like?
During this workshop, we will create a high-level overview of the system we wish for the city of The Hague.
18:00 - 22:00
Hack: An energised sprint in small units to develop actual prototypes of the city forum or any other concept that emerged throughout the day. Perfect for showing off your skills :)
If you sign up we will start a conversation on how you would like to be involved.
Brought to you by
🛠️ Project.didi & We Are Changemakers in collaboration with HeadsOn and MLOps Amsterdam.
🌍 In contribution to the Just Peace Festival 2025, a city-wide celebration of dialogue and collaboration on peace and justice, running June 12–26 across The Hague.