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Unlocking the Future of Mobility: Vehicle Tech Week Europe’s Expanded Content Program

For 2026, we are expanding our Vehicle Tech Week Europe content program to identify and interrogate the challenges and opportunities facing today's automotive landscape. At the heart of this program is our invitation-only Leadership Summit, a convergence of leading industry professionals and decision-makers tackling the most cross-functional challenges defining the next era of mobility: Software-Defined Vehicles, sustainability, supply chain resilience, customer experience and breakthrough innovation. These conversations go beyond technical silos, addressing leadership-level decisions that ripple across every commercial and engineering function.

Why does this matter? Because disruptive transformation demands more than incremental change, it requires synchronization between boardroom priorities and engineering realities, clarity across the value chain, and collaboration that turns complexity into competitive advantage. Sustainability, digital experience and resilience are the differentiators that will define who leads and who lags. The Leadership Summit is where alignment happens, where ideas become strategies, and where the industry’s next chapter begins.

Leadership Summit – Vehicle Tech Week Europe

Overview & Strategic Purpose

What the Summit Addresses

  • The most cross-functional challenges shaping the next era of mobility (Software‑Defined Vehicles, sustainability, supply chain, customer experience, innovation).
  • Leadership-level decision points that impact every technical and commercial function across the automotive ecosystem.

Why These Topics Matter

  • Disruptive transformation requires synchronisation between board‑level priorities and engineering reality.
  • Sustainability, digital experience, and value‑chain resilience have become competitive differentiators.
  • Leadership conversations enable industry‑wide clarity, collaboration, and execution alignment.

Agenda

Time Session
08:30–09:00 Registration & Coffee
09:00–09:20 Welcome + Industry Outlook
09:20–10:10 CEO Panel: Mobility Leadership
10:10–10:40 Coffee Break
10:40–11:25 SDV Technology Visionaries
11:25–12:10 Sustainability Leadership
12:10–13:20 Networking Lunch
13:20–14:05 Manufacturing & Supply Chain
14:05–14:50 CX & Brand Transformation
14:50–15:20 Coffee Break
15:20–16:00 Innovation Leader Showcase

Who Will Attend

C‑Suite: CEO, CTO, COO, CIO, CPO, Chief Sustainability Officer
VP / Director: Software & SDV
VP / Director: Autonomous Driving & ADAS
VP / Director: Vehicle Engineering / R&D
VP / Director: Manufacturing & Industrialisation
VP / Director: Supply Chain & Procurement
VP / Director: Sustainability & Materials
VP / Director: UX, Brand & Customer Experience
Programme Leaders: Platform owners, autonomy programme heads, SDV transformation leaders