Build Peace 2026: Application to Contribute

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 31 MAY 2026

Before applying to contribute, please review the conference program to ensure your contribution speaks to the Build Peace 2026 themes.

Each year, we fundraise for a travel fund to make Build Peace accessible for those who would not be able to finance their travels. You will be able to request support to cover travel costs in the application below. We will try to accommodate as many relevant sessions as we can.

Have a question? Email buildpeace@howtobuildup.org

At Build Up we take your privacy very seriously, and will only use your personal information to select contributions and contact you before, during and after the conference.

BEGIN YOUR APPLICATION:

Build Peace 2026 – Call for Proposals

1Personal Profile

2Session Details

3Travel Support

4Submission Review

Name *

First

Last

Email *

Organization *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Job Title *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Nationality *AfghanAlbanianAlgerianAmericanAndorranAngolanAnguillanArgentineArmenianAustralianAustrianAzerbaijaniBahamianBahrainiBangladeshiBarbadianBelarusianBelgianBelizeanBenineseBermudianBhutaneseBolivianBotswananBrazilianBritishBritish Virgin IslanderBruneianBulgarianBurkinanBurmeseBurundianCambodianCameroonianCanadianCape VerdeanCayman IslanderCentral AfricanChadianChileanChineseCitizen of Antigua and BarbudaCitizen of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCitizen of Guinea-BissauCitizen of KiribatiCitizen of SeychellesCitizen of the Dominican RepublicCitizen of VanuatuColombianComoranCongolese (Congo)Congolese (DRC)Cook IslanderCosta RicanCroatianCubanCymraesCymroCypriotCzechDanishDjiboutianDominicanDutchEast TimoreseEcuadoreanEgyptianEmiratiEnglishEquatorial GuineanEritreanEstonianEthiopianFaroeseFijianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGaboneseGambianGeorgianGermanGhanaianGibraltarianGreekGreenlandicGrenadianGuamanianGuatemalanGuineanGuyaneseHaitianHonduranHong KongerHungarianIcelandicIndianIndonesianIranianIraqiIrishIsraeliItalianIvorianJamaicanJapaneseJordanianKazakhKenyanKittitianKosovanKuwaitiKyrgyzLaoLatvianLebaneseLiberianLibyanLiechtenstein citizenLithuanianLuxembourgerMacaneseMacedonianMalagasyMalawianMalaysianMaldivianMalianMalteseMarshalleseMartiniquaisMauritanianMauritianMexicanMicronesianMoldovanMonegasqueMongolianMontenegrinMontserratianMoroccanMosothoMozambicanNamibianNauruanNepaleseNew ZealanderNicaraguanNigerianNigerienNiueanNorth KoreanNorthern IrishNorwegianOmaniPakistaniPalauanPalestinianPanamanianPapua New GuineanParaguayanPeruvianPitcairn IslanderPolishPortuguesePrydeinigPuerto RicanQatariRomanianRussianRwandanSalvadoreanSammarineseSamoanSao TomeanSaudi ArabianScottishSenegaleseSerbianSierra LeoneanSingaporeanSlovakSlovenianSolomon IslanderSomaliSouth AfricanSouth KoreanSouth SudaneseSpanishSri LankanSt HelenianSt LucianStatelessSudaneseSurinameseSwaziSwedishSwissSyrianTaiwaneseTajikTanzanianThaiTogoleseTonganTrinidadianTristanianTunisianTurkishTurkmenTurks and Caicos IslanderTuvaluanUgandanUkrainianUruguayanUzbekVatican citizenVenezuelanVietnameseVincentianWallisianWelshYemeniZambianZimbabweanOther

Use space for “Other” as needed.

Other

Gender *

• Female
• Male
• Other

Other

If you wish to, you can specify your gender here.

Social Media handles

Below you can provide us with your or your organisations’ social media handles. We will use this for promotion on social media.

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Next: Session Details

SESSION DETAILS

Which of the conference themes does your session address? *

• Encounters between rural and urban.
• Encounters between origins and diasporas.
• Encounters between resisters and fixers.

Before applying to contribute, please review the conference program to ensure your contribution speaks to the Build Peace 2026 themes.

Which type of session would you like to propose? *

• Short talk (10 min)
• Workshop (1 hour)
• Workshop (2 hours)
• Workshop (3 hours)
• Art installation / performance

Title of your session *

This will appear in the conference program.

What will happen during your session? *

Describe what you will share and how you will share it. Tell us what content will be covered, how people will interact with the content, and what you think people will take away from the session.

Please provide a short description of your session for the conference program. *

This will appear in the conference program.

CO-APPLICANTS

If you are offering a workshop or an art installation, you can list up to two co-organizers. This does not apply to Short Talks which are held by one person.

Are you applying with any co-organizers? *

• Yes
• No

Name *

First

Last

Co-applicant 1

Email *

Co-applicant 1

Organization *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Job Title *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Nationality *AfghanAlbanianAlgerianAmericanAndorranAngolanAnguillanArgentineArmenianAustralianAustrianAzerbaijaniBahamianBahrainiBangladeshiBarbadianBelarusianBelgianBelizeanBenineseBermudianBhutaneseBolivianBotswananBrazilianBritishBritish Virgin IslanderBruneianBulgarianBurkinanBurmeseBurundianCambodianCameroonianCanadianCape VerdeanCayman IslanderCentral AfricanChadianChileanChineseCitizen of Antigua and BarbudaCitizen of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCitizen of Guinea-BissauCitizen of KiribatiCitizen of SeychellesCitizen of the Dominican RepublicCitizen of VanuatuColombianComoranCongolese (Congo)Congolese (DRC)Cook IslanderCosta RicanCroatianCubanCymraesCymroCypriotCzechDanishDjiboutianDominicanDutchEast TimoreseEcuadoreanEgyptianEmiratiEnglishEquatorial GuineanEritreanEstonianEthiopianFaroeseFijianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGaboneseGambianGeorgianGermanGhanaianGibraltarianGreekGreenlandicGrenadianGuamanianGuatemalanGuineanGuyaneseHaitianHonduranHong KongerHungarianIcelandicIndianIndonesianIranianIraqiIrishIsraeliItalianIvorianJamaicanJapaneseJordanianKazakhKenyanKittitianKosovanKuwaitiKyrgyzLaoLatvianLebaneseLiberianLibyanLiechtenstein citizenLithuanianLuxembourgerMacaneseMacedonianMalagasyMalawianMalaysianMaldivianMalianMalteseMarshalleseMartiniquaisMauritanianMauritianMexicanMicronesianMoldovanMonegasqueMongolianMontenegrinMontserratianMoroccanMosothoMozambicanNamibianNauruanNepaleseNew ZealanderNicaraguanNigerianNigerienNiueanNorth KoreanNorthern IrishNorwegianOmaniPakistaniPalauanPalestinianPanamanianPapua New GuineanParaguayanPeruvianPitcairn IslanderPolishPortuguesePrydeinigPuerto RicanQatariRomanianRussianRwandanSalvadoreanSammarineseSamoanSao TomeanSaudi ArabianScottishSenegaleseSerbianSierra LeoneanSingaporeanSlovakSlovenianSolomon IslanderSomaliSouth AfricanSouth KoreanSouth SudaneseSpanishSri LankanSt HelenianSt LucianStatelessSudaneseSurinameseSwaziSwedishSwissSyrianTaiwaneseTajikTanzanianThaiTogoleseTonganTrinidadianTristanianTunisianTurkishTurkmenTurks and Caicos IslanderTuvaluanUgandanUkrainianUruguayanUzbekVatican citizenVenezuelanVietnameseVincentianWallisianWelshYemeniZambianZimbabweanOther

Use space for “Other” as needed.

Other

Gender *

• Female
• Male
• Other

Other

If you wish to, you can specify your gender here.

Do you want to add another co-applicant? *

• Yes
• No

Name *

First

Last

Co-applicant 2

Email *

Co-applicant 2

Organization *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Job Title *

This will appear on your conference badge.

Nationality *AfghanAlbanianAlgerianAmericanAndorranAngolanAnguillanArgentineArmenianAustralianAustrianAzerbaijaniBahamianBahrainiBangladeshiBarbadianBelarusianBelgianBelizeanBenineseBermudianBhutaneseBolivianBotswananBrazilianBritishBritish Virgin IslanderBruneianBulgarianBurkinanBurmeseBurundianCambodianCameroonianCanadianCape VerdeanCayman IslanderCentral AfricanChadianChileanChineseCitizen of Antigua and BarbudaCitizen of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCitizen of Guinea-BissauCitizen of KiribatiCitizen of SeychellesCitizen of the Dominican RepublicCitizen of VanuatuColombianComoranCongolese (Congo)Congolese (DRC)Cook IslanderCosta RicanCroatianCubanCymraesCymroCypriotCzechDanishDjiboutianDominicanDutchEast TimoreseEcuadoreanEgyptianEmiratiEnglishEquatorial GuineanEritreanEstonianEthiopianFaroeseFijianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGaboneseGambianGeorgianGermanGhanaianGibraltarianGreekGreenlandicGrenadianGuamanianGuatemalanGuineanGuyaneseHaitianHonduranHong KongerHungarianIcelandicIndianIndonesianIranianIraqiIrishIsraeliItalianIvorianJamaicanJapaneseJordanianKazakhKenyanKittitianKosovanKuwaitiKyrgyzLaoLatvianLebaneseLiberianLibyanLiechtenstein citizenLithuanianLuxembourgerMacaneseMacedonianMalagasyMalawianMalaysianMaldivianMalianMalteseMarshalleseMartiniquaisMauritanianMauritianMexicanMicronesianMoldovanMonegasqueMongolianMontenegrinMontserratianMoroccanMosothoMozambicanNamibianNauruanNepaleseNew ZealanderNicaraguanNigerianNigerienNiueanNorth KoreanNorthern IrishNorwegianOmaniPakistaniPalauanPalestinianPanamanianPapua New GuineanParaguayanPeruvianPitcairn IslanderPolishPortuguesePrydeinigPuerto RicanQatariRomanianRussianRwandanSalvadoreanSammarineseSamoanSao TomeanSaudi ArabianScottishSenegaleseSerbianSierra LeoneanSingaporeanSlovakSlovenianSolomon IslanderSomaliSouth AfricanSouth KoreanSouth SudaneseSpanishSri LankanSt HelenianSt LucianStatelessSudaneseSurinameseSwaziSwedishSwissSyrianTaiwaneseTajikTanzanianThaiTogoleseTonganTrinidadianTristanianTunisianTurkishTurkmenTurks and Caicos IslanderTuvaluanUgandanUkrainianUruguayanUzbekVatican citizenVenezuelanVietnameseVincentianWallisianWelshYemeniZambianZimbabweanOther

Use space for “Other” as needed.

Other

Gender *

• Female
• Male
• Other

Other

If you wish to, you can specify your gender here.

PreviousNext: Travel Support

TRAVEL SUPPORT

Every year, we do our best to raise conference funds to help as many people as possible make it to Build Peace. Our travel fund is usually limited, and we prioritize speakers whose organizational backgrounds do not allow them to otherwise join. Please answer the questions below to help us understand your travel support needs.

Do you need travel support? *NoYes

Please note we will only provide travel support to one person per workshop / art installation / short talk.

Traveling From *

OTHER SUPPORT / REQUESTS

To ask further questions about accessibility or request accommodations, please contact us: buildpeace@howtobuildup.org

Access: Is there anything you need to make a conference contribution accessible to you or co-applicants?

i.e. Visual, Motor/mobility, Auditory, Learning/cognitive, Safety, Lactation space

Photo and Recording Release: Do you grant permission to take photos or record your contribution for publication or communication about the conference? *

• Yes
• No

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