On Friday, 9 October 2026, the Memory Makers partnership will come together online for the Memory Makers: Youth for Historical Remembrance Summit, the final event celebrating the project’s journey, learning and achievements.
The Summit will bring together project partners, researchers, educators, guest speakers and young people to explore how we can keep historical remembrance meaningful for new generations. Through a series of short presentations and conversations, the event will examine Holocaust education, underrepresented histories, youth participation, human rights, digital communication and the continuing legacies of discrimination and racism.
The programme will include contributions from Momentum, Jagiellonian University, Active Youth Institute, Istorima and the European Centre for Human Rights, alongside young people and invited experts. Discussions will range from Teaching the Holocaust to the Next Generation and Empowering the Next Generation to a fireside conversation exploring contemporary approaches to remembrance. The programme will also address Antigypsyism, the Roma Genocide, the Holocaust and racism, considering why the legacies of the past remain relevant today.
At the heart of the Summit is a simple but important idea: remembrance is not only about looking back. It is also about what we choose to carry forward. Participants will be invited to reflect on the lessons of Memory Makers and consider how education, dialogue, youth engagement and responsible storytelling can help ensure that difficult histories continue to inform our understanding of human rights today.
The Summit will conclude by looking towards sustainability and the future of the work, asking how the learning and approaches developed through Memory Makers can continue beyond the lifetime of the project.
14:00–14:10 Welcome & Introduction — Lola Gonzalez, DIB EU Project Specialist & Grace Roche, Head of EU Projects at Momentum
14:10–14:25 From Remembrance to Understanding: Teaching the Holocaust to the Next Generation — Dr. Agnieszka Gawlas-Zajączkowska, Political Scientist and Historian, Jagiellonian University
14:25–14:40 Empowering the Next Generation — Dominyka Svilyte, Junior Project Manager at AY Institute & Simonas Jaunius Urbutis, Lithuanian Youth Participant
14:40–15:00 Fireside Chat: Dr. Aisling Keenan Gaylard- Lecturer and Researcher Department of Business and Management TUS with Grace Roche – Head of EU Projects, and Lola Gonzalez – DIB EU Project Specialist from Momentum
15:00-15:15 Antigypsyism, Roma Genocide, Holocaust, Racism: Addressing the Still Present Legacies of the Past Today – Maya Filippopoulou Editor & Chief Istorima and Paul Isaac Hagouel – Former Chairperson of the Committee on the Genocide of the Roma, and member of the Greek Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
15:15–15:20 The Big Question — Lola Gonzalez – DIB EU Project Specialist from Momentum
15:20–15:30 The Last Word: Sustainability and Closing — Isuf Halimi, Director of the European Centre for Human Rights
