Historical Memory.
Moral Courage.
Student Leadership.
Delegations arrive at the Hotel Royal. Opening ceremony, welcome dinner, and an introduction to the historical context of Évian.
A full day of educational seminars, guided dialogue, and reflective discussion on the lessons of the 1938 conference and the responsibilities of contemporary leadership.
Morning tour of the town of Évian-les-Bains and a visit to the Évian water company. Evening: formal presentation, closing gala, and ceremonial farewell.
Delegates return to Geneva-Cointrin airport for onward travel to their originating destinations.
The historic Hotel Royal in Évian-les-Bains, France. The exact location where global leaders gathered in 1938, providing an unparalleled atmosphere of consequence and reflection.
Hotel Royal
Évian-les-Bains, France
We're building the program around the Model UN method — students step into the roles of the 1938 delegates, research their assigned nation's position, and debate the refugee question as it was actually faced. The aim is to make history something you do, not just hear about.
The full curriculum is still taking shape, developed with input from our educators, but the approach is set: small working groups, primary sources, structured debate, and a closing session connecting 1938 to the refugee questions of today.
The curriculum is being finalized and will be shared with confirmed delegates ahead of the forum.
The Évian III Student Educational Leadership Forum is a dignified international gathering dedicated to translating historical remembrance into active, modern dialogue.
Set against the profound backdrop of Évian-les-Bains, the forum calls upon the next generation of global leaders to reflect on the moral imperatives of our past and architect the ethical frameworks of our future.
A moment when the world looked away, now serving as the foundation for a generation that promises to look forward.
In July 1938, delegates from 32 nations gathered at the Hotel Royal in Évian-les-Bains to address the escalating crisis of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. Tragically, the conference ended in inaction — a profound moral failure of the international community.
Évian III reclaims this physical and historical space. We return to Évian not to dwell in despair, but to confront the complexities of global responsibility. By studying this pivotal moment, students learn the devastating cost of silence and the urgent necessity of empathetic leadership.
To rigorously analyze the events of the 1938 Évian Conference, understanding the geopolitical, social, and moral factors that led to global inaction.
To instill in student leaders the ethical fortitude required to stand against injustice, equipping them with the tools to foster inclusive, empathetic societies.
To draft the Évian III Student Accord — a collaborative commitment to human rights and global responsibility that delegates will bring back to their respective nations.
In 1938, 32 nations convened. In 2026, we invite student delegations representing those same 32 nations to return. This symbolic assembly aims to rewrite the narrative of inaction through collaborative problem-solving and ethical leadership training.
In July 2018, Hugh Baver convened Évian Revisited — an international educational symposium marking the 80th anniversary of the 1938 conference, held in the very rooms of the Hotel Royal where the original delegates had met. The gathering brought together leading historians, French and international Jewish leaders, government officials, authors, and human rights experts under a single banner: Remembering the Past & Plotting a Course for the Future.
The symposium concluded with the unveiling of a permanent historic plaque at the Hotel Royal — the first formal commemoration ever installed at the site, and the realisation of years of archival work by Hugh and the Sosúa 75 team. It was, by every measure, a quiet success.
Évian III is the next chapter. Where 2018 honoured remembrance among scholars and statesmen, 2026 hands that work to the next generation. The forum carries the same dignity and the same hotel, scaled to a deliberate purpose: thirty-two students from the thirty-two original nations, four days of structured dialogue, and a body of work that returns home with them.
Évian Revisited (2018) was supported by a coalition of universities, foundations, and human-rights organisations whose work advances Holocaust memory and international leadership. Their participation forms the institutional foundation on which Évian III is built.
Évian III is currently inviting institutional partners for 2026. Begin a conversation →
A complete overview of the forum — its founding, its vision, the historical context of 1938, and the design of the 2026 programme. Prepared for educators, institutions, and prospective partners.
Open the Slide DeckÉvian III runs entirely on support from people who think the next generation should learn this history where it happened. Every $2,000 sends one student delegate.
Recognition tied to a serious commemoration at the original 1938 site.
A newsworthy event on the Kristallnacht anniversary.
Time with the historians and educators leading the forum.
32 delegates head home to campuses worldwide and carry the work forward.
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