Comprehensive seminar programme for Automechanika Birmingham

While exploring the products and services of more than 550 market-leading exhibitors, visitors to Automechanika Birmingham can also benefit from an extensive seminar programme to equip themselves and their businesses for a quickly-evolving industry.

Delivered by leading industry experts the seminar programme will present the latest industry developments and showcase technical expertise in three dedicated theatres. Visitors can expect a comprehensive programme covering key themes including:

• The changing car market & industry forecasts
• Connectivity & advanced IT in vehicles
• Skills, apprenticeships & training in the industry
• Updates on the MOT, certification & qualification
• Business seminars: Insurance, Funding, Legislation, Trade & Export
• Impact of technology on distribution and retail
• High-value manufacturing, R&D, composites & lightweight technologies
• Technical Workshops for the aftermarket

The full programme will be available in the coming weeks but a preview of the presentations includes:

Keynote Theatre

• Frost & Sullivan: Global mega trends affecting mobility, the car of the future and the aftermarket
• DVSA: Modernising MOT certification and qualification
• IAAF: Challenges facing the independent sector
• IMI: Professional qualifications for technicians
• Automotive Council & Business Growth Service: Best of British; Assessing the opportunity for the UK’s supply chain industry
• IMI: Securing and measuring ROI on training investment

Aftermarket Seminar Theatre, sponsored by Aftermarket magazine

• Motor Codes: Safeguarding your business; Dispute resolution and key updates on consumer regulation
• IMI: Plugging the hybrid and electric vehicle skills gap
• Autodata: Shaping the workshop of the future; The impact of technology
• CarVue: Getting more for less – utilising centralised business management software to reap rewards for your business
• Autogem: TPMS, a tidal wave of challenge and opportunity

Technical Seminar Theatre

• Quantiply: Funding intangibles: Getting investment ready and sourcing finance opportunities
• STFS Hartree: Technology and access to R&D: High performance computing and simulation, modelling and visualisation
• National Composites Centre: Affordable automotive composites
• Barker Brettell: Intellectual Property Strategy: Commercialising your IP
• BSI: Third party certification: Achieving success through compliance
• Technical Workshops, organised by autotechnician magazine, sponsored by TecRMI
• Frank Massey: Battery technology
• James Dillon: The connected car and vehicle diagnostics
• Peter Coombes: The connected and intelligent car
• Neil Pattemore: Telematics and in-vehicle data
• TecRMI: Technical service and repair data