Messe Stuttgart, Germany
June 23–25, 2026

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Leadership Summit 2026

Driving clarity, collaboration, and innovation for the next era of mobility

Unlocking the Future of Mobility: VTW Europe’s Expanded Content Program

For 2026, we are expanding our VTW 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.

 

Overview & Strategic Purpose

What the summit addresses

  • Cross-functional challenges shaping mobility: SDV, sustainability, supply chain, CX, innovation.
  • Leadership-level decision points impacting technical and commercial functions.

Why these topics matter

  • Synchronisation between board-level priorities and engineering reality.
  • Sustainability, digital experience, and value-chain resilience as differentiators.
  • Leadership conversations enable 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
15:20–16:00 Innovation Leader Showcase

 

Who will attend

C-Suite: CEO, CTO, COO, CIO, CSO
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, SDV Transformation Heads