2026 Design for Freedom Summit
Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 10 am – 6:30 pm
Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT
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.
$xxx | general admission
$xxx | students
Grace Farms Members, use code MEMBER20 at checkout to receive your discount.
AIA CES 5 LU | HSW Pending
SARA CES 5 LU | HSW Pending
panels • roundtables • tours
Sharon Prince, CEO & Founder
Every building tells a story of humanity – either of dignity or exploitation.
Agenda
Agenda coming soon.
Speakers
Speakers coming soon.
Sponsors
Sponsor a More Humane Future
The Design for Freedom Summit brings together hundreds of leaders of the built environment to raise awareness of forced labor in the building materials supply chain and initiate institutional responses. As a sponsor of the Summit, you are directly funding Design for Freedom, Grace Farms’ movement to eliminate forced and child labor from the building materials supply chain.
Through your support, you are making a statement to the Summit’s 600+ attendees — and to the world — that you stand side by side in our work to eradicate modern slavery and champion ethical decarbonization and sustainability.
Should you have any questions or wish to contribute in another manner, please email [email protected].
