• The Industry Overview: A high level view on how the industry has been impacted, learnings so far and how businesses have adjusted to date
• COVID-19 Coping Best Practices: Learn from your peers as to how they are tackling the impact of COVID-19 in the medium term and how their learnings can inform your next steps
• Workforce: How can automotive leaders empower their teams during this time?
• Post COVID-19: As we takeaway many learnings and a change in public perceptions, how might we need to evolve the future of our industry for the new world and consumer?

• How far and how fast should we go with electrification: With petroleum sales figures trumping electric, what will make the next ten years different?
• The Autonomous Reality: A honest conversation on scalability, timelines, regulatory, legal and ethical hurdles and what is needed to shift societies views
• Make a breakthrough on cybersecurity: Cybersecurity risk poses huge if not lifelong threats to your organization, tackle security head on, to ensure together we wipe away threats to society
• Silicon Valley VS Detroit: What is the true ambition for Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent and Google? A debate on their role in the industry and what the future could hold
• The Customer-Centric OEM: What does it take to deliver the ‘Amazon Effect’ in automotive? The digital customer journey of 2025 and what this means for the consumer driving experience
• Does Design need to change? Is the “world car” – one vehicle designed to sell in many markets generating economies of scale – a dead concept? Or just one that must evolve?
• Dealership Disruption: How much ownership do OEM now take across the selling experience?
• Is Consolidation inevitable? As we see FCA and PSA combining. Is that enough? What will the structure of the global industry be in ten years? What will it take for investors to trust legacy car makers with capital?
• Are you a technology or service provider? We have only one keynote opportunity available reserved for the tech innovators. Get in touch for more informationmanni.pattar@thomsonreuters.com

According to McKinsey 120 million EVs could be on the roads by 2030, if consumers purchase at expected rates it will be a lack of charging infrastructure that will become the obstacle to EV adoption. But who’s responsibility is it to build charging infrastructures? With government pressures, will they step in to provide incentives? Who should OEMs be working with and should the industry come together to achieve an electric infrastructure at scale?

Electric vehicles have been the future since the early 1900s – but petroleum has won because it is cheap, easily transportable and delivers more energy per pound of weight and per dollar of cost than EV batteries, by far.  In this session, we will delve into four key hurdles that must be overcome

What will make the next ten years different?

• Investment and Prioritization: Debate conflicting automotive views and strategies to determine how fast industry leaders should be prioritising electrification above other C.A.S.E efforts, has Volkswagen or FCA got it right?
• Consumer Perception: How can OEMs create a love for EVS? With limited choice and higher costs, what are the next steps to delivering EVS to a mass market?
• Infrastructure: How can we make EV charging technology accessible for all consumers? In order to commercialise EVS we must address what infrastructure is needed to give access to all consumers whether living in flats or suburbs
• Who will pay? Even when charging infrastructure is standardized, this discussion will address the important question of who will pay.

Are Heartland Americans ready for an electric pickup truck? As billions of dollars are invested into electrification will we see the impact needed to transform the industrial mobility market. In this session we will expand on the challenges to electrifying a market segment that is hugely profitable just as it is.

As we race towards electrification, ensure you factor in the entire supply chain of electric cars beyond emissions. How far should OEMs invest across the entire vehicle life cycle to create world change from cobalt to battery recycling to sustainable vehicle materials?

Are you a technology or service provider? Would you like to showcase your EV solutions? We have only one EV speaking opportunity available reserved for the tech innovators. Get in touch for more information manni.pattar@thomsonreuters.com

Autonomous vehicle will become a reality, but when is still questionable. Questions persist around timelines, consolidation or rationalisation and four key factors in the way of creating a society ready for self-driving cars. In this session, we will delve into four key hurdles that must be overcome 

• Capital and Engineering: An overview on how far and how fast we should deploy resources into speeding up the autonomous journey, does this require OEM consolidation or can we get there alone?
• Regulatory & legal: – Collaborate with cities to overcome the regulatory and legal boundaries to put autonomous vehicles at the heart of the smart city
• Technology Innovation: An overview on the latest tech innovations bridging the gap between human and robotic capabilities
• Social Change– How will we build a trusted society and influence public perception to embrace and support the road to autonomy?

94% of cars crashes involve human error according to NHTSA. A future driven by sensor and artificial intelligence will enable smarter cars that outperform humans and reduce fatalities. In this session, we will discuss the latest technology advancements to improve your vehicles active safety.

Automotive Sensors is set to be worth $41.9 Billion by 2025 (MarketsandMarkets) as we continue to invest, we must ensure you invest into the best technology and infrastructure available. In this session we will explore the latest in-vehicle and outward vehicle facing sensor technology, vehicle architecture and processing power

• Build a vehicle infrastructure and integrate legacy systems to ensure your business can evolve with ADAS changes. Bridge the gap between robotics and software: How to overcome limitation across hardware and software when moving from L2-L3.
• Vehicle Performance: How improvements in perception systems using cameras, radar, LIDAR, optical sensors, ultrasonic radar sensors and highly detailed maps of the environment can deliver safer vehicles and mitigate against driver errors
• Passenger Safety: The potential of in-vehicle sensors to protect drivers, improve driving experience and open new commercial opportunities. In this session we debate the potential of knowing your passengers, how in-vehicle sensors can inform CX and what this new data could offer

With the emergence of cloud-hosted intelligence, driver assist options and internet of thing the marketplace for automotive, AI is expected to significantly grow in the next few years. In this session we will explore how the application of AI and machine learning can redesign vehicle features, assist drivers, and create a more enjoyable and safe driving experience   

• How AI is paving the way for autonomous progression - a view on how AI will impact and support your autonomous journey and the best practices of implementation
• View the latest AI developments to offer sophisticated AI software that tackles external environment learning, real-time data feeds from sensors, GPS, radar, lidar, cameras, and cloud services to offer real-time vehicle operations
• Latest advancements in connectivity through Edge-computing, ML, AI, HD Mapping to enable real-time management and assistance

Imagine a future with no human-driven vehicles on the roads… AVs circling the block to wait for their owners to grab a coffee, or vehicles delivering groceries to consumers as they work. Explore the urban infrastructure needed to support AVs without increasing traffic in already over-crowed cities.

• What infrastructure changes will support the growth of autonomous vehicles while simultaneously encouraging shared ridership?
• Identify the friction points for self-driving cars within an urban infrastructure and how autonomous cars will fit in into a multimodal urban city from dedicated lanes support to reality of timelines.
• What are the steps cities must take to realize the full benefits of autonomous vehicles?

Connectivity is the enabler for autonomous vehicles, and as connectivity advances with latest developments in V2X/I this could dramatically increase the progress from L2-L3 and beyond. 

• Latest developments with V2i to enable your vehicles to dynamically interact with road infrastructure including road signs, road works, traffic lights and more to enhance road safety, mitigate congestion and lay the groundwork for fully automated vehicles
• The connected-car battle - Cellular vs DSRC: Debate on if we are opening the spectrum to be able to use more than a DSRC, cellular or Wi Fi type of connected vehicles
• Embrace new AI capabilities to analyse driver behavioural and emotional features to improve safety, monitor driver’s alertness, spots drowsiness or distraction to reduce the risk of road traffic accidents

Are you a technology or service provider? Would you like to showcase your AV/ADAS solutions? We have only one speaking opportunity available reserved for the tech innovators. Get in touch for more information manni.pattar@thomsonreuters.com

If we were starting from the beginning, a blank sheet of paper, how would we envision the car of today and tomorrow? The automotive industry has been known to move slower, whilst tech giants can innovate overnight. In this session Chief Design Officers set out their plans to redesign the vehicle we know today.

• Have we become too settled in car design? A debate on concepts, design and a fresh perspective on the car of tomorrow
• Is the “world car” – one vehicle designed to sell in many markets generating economies of scale – a dead concept? Or just one that must evolve?
• Electrification offers abundant opportunities to redesign vehicles, explore new design and material opportunities focused on performance and user experience
• As autonomy develops, hear the impact this will have on design as we move from a driver environment to a work, lifestyle, entertainment space

The average car spends 90% of its life parked (RAC Foundation), with vehicle owner costs soaring, does it make sense to own a vehicle that is not used? How fast should OEMs be adapting current business models to consumer lifestyles? As analysts forecast a movement towards mobility as critical, yet car sales don’t show many signs of dying down, how can you navigate changing consumer lifestyles whilst maintaining current business model growth?

• Discuss the possibilities for the future of shared ownership including subscriptions services and transportation on demand
• How much should OEMs expand their business portfolio towards new mobility models and what does it need to be profitable? Is this an opportunity for OEM partnerships to share the risk?
• Determine the right mobility solution for you: The Pros and Cons of models including car sharing, car rentals and subscription models and identifying which aligns best to your business goals and customer needs

By 2030 revenues from mobility services are projected to soar to almost €1.2tn (Accenture) whilst revenues from selling vehicles will only grow marginally. OEMs must figure out how to benefit from new revenues as a part of this multimodal mobility mix:

• Define the role of OEMs within MaaS solutions and what infrastructure is needed to give OEMs a place in the ride hailing, ride pooling and ride sharing market
• Learn how to materialize new disruptive business models by providing mobility services through partnerships with MaaS platform providers
• As Europe Pioneers MaaS, Is the USA market falling behind? Or is the love for driving and lack of public transport going to halt development?

There is a clear shift in the way consumers view mobility, and this trend is particularly pronounced within urban areas, where people have greater mobility choice. We explore how collaboration between OEMs and cities will help enable greater mobility choice and create safer cities.

• Hear how the relationship between the vehicle, consumer and the city in which it operates is changing and what technology is required to enable this connectivity
• How vehicle infrastructure communication is advancing and the role of telecom companies to provide fast, reliable, omnipresent connectivity that enables the future of mobility
• As urban communities look for alternatives to private car ownership, how can city collaboration benefit both consumers and impact congestion, accessibility and safety

Are you a technology or service provider? Would you like to showcase your mobility solutions? We have only one mobility speaking opportunity available reserved for the tech innovators. Get in touch for more information manni.pattar@thomsonreuters.com

Data and the ability to manage and share data will be what differentiates OEMs in the future of mobility. Managing data from every journey will provide priceless insight and power. This capability will be the OEM's most significant challenge to overcome. In this session we will delve into the steps needed to create a data driven business:

• McKinsey believes there could be as much as $750 billion of value in vehicle data by 2030, this overview will delve into the structure needed to make data a core part of your business
• The consolidation of data and providing easier management of mobility should be priority – how can you maximise in-house knowledge with third party expertise
• Data monetization: With access to vehicle, driver and passenger data debate how this data could be utilized for new products, services and enhanced CX
• Consumer Buy-in: Without consumer opt-in, data’s use is restricted, put in place a strategy to prove the value to consumers to add value to their lives and develop trust

This challenge must not be overcome alone, and it is the OEMs role to empower and enable dealerships with the ability to create new services, rental services and embrace shared mobility and tackle the technology challenge together. Embrace dealer networks as your secret weapon in dominating in the mobility era.

• Hear how you can work more closely with dealerships to roll out mobility solutions.
• How OEMs can bring together the right digital capabilities, service capabilities and insurance services whilst maintaining relationships with dealerships
• Leverage dealerships as mobility hubs where users can pick-up/ drop off/ charge vehicles and as service/ valet fleets. Re-purpose real estate in-line with shared services

In 2020, we are expected to see more than 381 million connected cars on the road (KPMG) making the connected car one of the most talked about topics this year. As the connected car evolves it continues to play core role in the future of consumer experience, autonomous driving and safety.

In this session, we will bring together leading connectivity experts to discuss;:

• Connectivity’s Role in The Future of Car: Vehicles: Connectivity is the enabler to advance vehicle safety, in this session we will discuss the latest advanced in connectivity to deliver safer roads
• Connectivity’s Role in Experience: How connectivity is shaping customers and delivering the ultimate experience
• Embrace OTA to Maintain Performance and Safety: See how to leverage OTA as an essential tool for maintaining the performance and safety of vehicle systems across its entire lifecycle.
• Data Ownership, Management and Monetization: With automakers, telecom operators, insurers and tech giants all battling for data, how can OEMs navigate this battle?
• The Latest In-Vehicle Infotainment Practices: Deliver the ultimate driving experience, and improve safety.

According to IHS Automotive, the average car will produce up to 30 terabytes of data every day but who owns the data that will be generated by connected cars? Can automakers trust the tech industry to store, manage and analyse oceans of vehicle data? Do they have a choice?

• The Battle of Ownership: With automakers, telecom operators, insurers and tech giants all battling for data, how can OEMs navigate this battle?
• How OEMs should be managing and using data whilst creating transparency with consumers
• Put in place a robust strategy to clean and analyze customer data in order to gain a 360-degree view of the customers lifestyle, behaviours and needs
• Whilst putting in place a robust data management strategy, it is on everyone’s mind how we can monetize data. Hear how OEMs are planning to open new revenue streams using vehicle and passenger data

OEMs have struggled to adapt to the complex needs of digital savvy consumers, but with 86% of consumers willing to pay more for a great customer experience (PWC) it is business-critical to provide a seamless, connected, digital experience to stay ahead of competition.

In this session we will set the strategy needed to deliver an end-to-end experience your customer is expecting. 

• Breakdown internal data silos and map out what your digital customer journey looks like through the vehicle buying, driving and service experience
• Build a test-and-learn environment to experiment with new ideas from the consumer and create a co-collaborative product development framework
• Establish a closed-loop customer feedback management process to constantly listen to your customers and streamline process to make changes based on customer needs