2025 Design for Freedom Summit

Now is the time to harness the power of the built environment to uphold and support human rights and remove forced and child labor from the building materials supply chain. Grace Farms welcomes leaders from the architecture, engineering, construction, tech, government, manufacturing, non-profits, real estate, and academic sectors to the Design for Freedom Summit to advance the movement and create true market transformation. Attendees will engage with the latest research and technology to actualize the Design for Freedom Principles: to…

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when

March 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 6:30 pm

where

365 Lukes Wood Road
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States

cost

100 – 350

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Now is the time to harness the power of the built environment to uphold and support human rights and remove forced and child labor from the building materials supply chain.

Grace Farms welcomes leaders from the architecture, engineering, construction, tech, government, manufacturing, non-profits, real estate, and academic sectors to the Design for Freedom Summit to advance the movement and create true market transformation.

Attendees will engage with the latest research and technology to actualize the Design for Freedom Principles: to find and address forced labor, pursue ethical decarbonization and prioritize circularity.

The 2025 Design for Freedom Summit builds on the momentum of previous years and will deliver inspiration, hope, and dignity to build capacity to design and build a more humane future for all.

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