Headline partner

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. 

Strategic partner

NXP Semiconductors brings together bright minds to create breakthrough technologies that make the connected world better, safer and more secure. As a world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets while delivering solutions that advance a more sustainable future. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 31,000 employees in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $13.21 billion in 2022. 

Strategic partner

As a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players, Valeo is innovating to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter.

Valeo enjoys technological and industrial leadership in electrification, driving assistance systems, reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere. These four areas, vital to the transformation of mobility, are the Group's growth drivers.

Valeo in figures: 22 billion euros in sales in 2023 | 112,700 employees at December 31, 2023 | 29 countries, 175 plants, 19 research centers, 47 development centers, 20 distribution platforms. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

Lead sponsor

Born from the acquisition of LeasePlan by ALD Automotive, part of the Societe Generale Group, Ayvens is a leading global sustainable mobility player committed to making life and business flow better.  By bringing together complementary capabilities and expertise built over decades, our legacy companies saw an opportunity to reimagine mobility as we know it, providing full-service leasing, flexible subscription services, fleet management and multi-mobility solutions to large international corporates, SMEs, professionals and private individuals.  With 15,700 employees across 42 countries, 3.3 million vehicles and the world’s largest multi-brand EV fleet, we’re leveraging our unique position to lead the way to net zero and spearhead the digital transformation of the mobility sector.  Ayvens. Better with every move.  

Lead sponsor

Jameel Motors is a leading independent international automotive distributor and provider of mobility solutions. As a partner of choice to top automotive brands, it is building on 70 years of automotive excellence and has international operations in over 10 countries, including the UK, UAE, Türkiye, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Japan, China, Australia, Monaco, South Africa and Poland. Jameel Motors represents some of the world’s most recognized commercial and passenger vehicle brands, including Toyota, Lexus, BYD, GAC Motor, MG Motor, Farizon Auto, Changan Automobile and Hino. Jameel Motors’ deep market knowledge as an independent international distributor enables its OEM partners to grow closer to their customers, driving both market share and sustainable growth with high customer satisfaction and loyalty. 

Lead sponsor

As the world’s largest automotive services organisation, Cox Automotive’s vision is to transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses vehicles.

Cox Automotive provides a complete set of industry leading solutions for manufacturers, fleet owners and retailers.

Powered by technology and market insight. With people at its heart. We can put ourselves and our partners ahead of the game. Pioneering. Profitable. Sustainable.

Lead sponsor

Jama Connect is the only software platform that intelligently improves product requirement quality, auto-detects product development risk, and measurably increases performance across multi-disciplinary teams developing products, systems, and software — while still allowing the use of their tools of choice.  

Lead sponsor

Lex Autolease is the UK’s leading fleet management and funding specialist and currently manages more than 278,000 vehicles (including more than 100,000 alternatively fuelled vehicles). As part of its sustainability strategy, Lex Autolease has committed to achieving net zero emissions across all its customer fleets by 2030. Lex Autolease offers a range of specialist services including fleet management, administration and consultancy and it sits within Lloyds Banking Group Consumer lending Transport division, alongside Black Horse and Tusker.

Lead sponsor

Motability Operations are the commercial organisation that delivers the Motability Scheme to 750,000 disabled people across the UK. This makes us by far the largest fleet operator in the country. To join the Scheme, people in receipt of qualifying mobility allowances exchange this for the lease of a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), powered wheelchair or scooter. We offer our customers a complete worry-free vehicle lease package with insurance, servicing, replacement tyres and breakdown included, and reinvest all our profit back into disabled people’s mobility. 

Lead sponsor

Whether you’re looking to find greater value and efficiencies, or entirely reinvent your business model, we combine industry expertise with technology capabilities to help you unlock your potential with AI. With 175 years’ experience managing disruption, 5,000 technologists and 15,000 of our UK people set up with GenAI tools and skills, we can tailor a response to any challenge.  Discover our human-led, tech-powered approach to transformation. 

Lead sponsor

Billions of data points. Millions of sources. Thousands of communities. We are the mapmaker bringing it all together to build the world’s smartest map. We provide location data and technology to drivers, carmakers, businesses, and developers. Our application-ready maps, routing, real-time traffic, APIs, and SDKs empower the dreamers and doers to move our world forward. Headquartered in Amsterdam with 3,700 employees around the globe, TomTom has been shaping the future of mobility for over 30 years. 

Lead sponsor

Uber is racing to electrify and become the cleanest platform on the planet by 2030. Not only is this mission critical to Uber’s business, but electrification of urban transport is essential to hitting our collective climate targets. To reach our zero emissions goals, we’re investing $800 million in resources to help hundreds of thousands of drivers go electric. As a result, Uber drivers are going electric around 7x faster than typical car owners and, in turn, delivering up to 4x the emissions benefits compared to regular motorists. With electric trips available on Uber in over 200 cities and counting, we're building the most widely available electric car network in the world. 

Associate sponsor

Arm is the industry’s highest-performing and most power-efficient compute platform with unmatched scale that touches 100 percent of the connected global population. To meet the insatiable demand for compute, Arm is delivering advanced solutions that allow the world’s leading technology companies to unleash the unprecedented experiences and capabilities of AI. Together with the world’s largest computing ecosystem and 20 million software developers, we are building the future of AI on Arm. 

Associate sponsor

Always ahead, the AA has been anticipating driver needs and innovating services to keep Britain moving for well over a century. The AA is proudly at the forefront of the most important transport conversations taking place today, actively lobbying and partnering with businesses to drive change and support fleets and drivers through every stage of their journey, no matter how much transformation they are facing.

AA Business Services (AABS) supports more than ten million business customers with cutting-edge solutions that cover the whole lifecycle of their vehicles. Quite simply, AABS is shaping the future of automotive with data-driven insights and innovative technology. By leveraging AI and cutting-edge data combined with insights built from decades of experience as the UK’s most trusted automotive expert, we're leading the charge in more insightful and proactive fleet management.

Associate sponsor

Auto Trader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive platform. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 2015 and is a member of the FTSE 100 Index. Auto Trader’s purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. Auto Trader is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, it aims to build stronger partnerships with its customers and use its voice and influence to drive more environmentally friendly vehicle choices.

With the largest number of car buyers and the largest choice of trusted stock, Auto Trader’s platform sits at the heart of the UK car buying process. That platform is built on an industry-leading technology and data platform, which is increasingly used across the automotive industry. Auto Trader is continuing to bring more of the car buying journey online, creating an improved buying experience, whilst enabling all its retailer partners to sell vehicles online.

Auto Trader publishes a monthly used car Retail Price Index which is based on pricing analysis of circa 800,000 unique vehicles. This data is used by the Bank of England to feed the broader UK economic indicators.

Associate sponsor

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.  

Associate sponsor

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to solve their most important challenges and seize their greatest opportunities. Since 1963, we’ve helped clients grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our global teams bring deep expertise and fresh perspectives to spark change. We collaborate closely across all levels to help clients thrive and create lasting value.

In Automotive & Mobility, we support clients in navigating industry shifts—including powertrain transitions and software-defined vehicles—while managing cost pressures and responding to evolving customer preferences. We have deep relationships across the value chain and help uncover growth opportunities, optimize operations, and adapt to an increasingly complex global trade environment.

Associate sponsor

Mobility is the largest Bosch Group business sector. In 2023, its sales came to 56.2 billion euros, or just under 60 percent of total Group sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of 
the leading mobility suppliers. Bosch Mobility pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. 
The business sector’s main areas of activity are electrification, software and services, semiconductors and sensors, vehicle computers, advanced driver assistance systems, systems for vehicle dynamics control, repair-shop concepts, as well as technology and services for the automotive aftermarket. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.

Associate sponsor

Dassault Systèmes empowers the automotive and mobility sector to reimagine vehicle development through its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enabling OEMs and suppliers to design, simulate, and optimize every aspect of the vehicle lifecycle—virtually. From electrification and lightweighting to connected services and circular design, its solutions help accelerate innovation while reducing environmental impact and development costs. With brands like CATIA, SIMULIA, and DELMIA, the company supports smarter, more sustainable mobility. Dassault Systèmes partners with industry leaders to drive the shift toward resilient, data-driven, and customer-centric mobility experiences. 

Associate sponsor

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 responsibly-sourced commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that enable decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today. Glencore companies employ around 135,000 people, including contractors. With a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices. Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Glencore recognises our responsibility to contribute to the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Our ambition is to be a net zero total emissions company by 2050. In August 2021, we increased our medium-term emission reduction target to a 50% reduction by 2035 on 2019 levels and introduced a new short-term target of a 15% reduction by 2026 on 2019 levels. 

Associate sponsor

HERE has been a pioneer in mapping and location technology for 40 years. Today, the HERE location platform is recognized as the most complete in the industry, powering location-based products, services and custom maps for organizations and enterprises across the globe. From autonomous driving and seamless logistics to new mobility experiences, HERE allows its partners and customers to innovate while retaining control over their data and safeguarding privacy. 

Associate sponsor

Kia is a global mobility brand that is creating innovative, pioneering, and leading sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities, and societies around the world. As a Sustainable Mobility Solutions Provider, Kia is spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery-electric vehicles and developing a growing range of mobility services, encouraging people around the world to explore the best ways of getting around. Kia has been providing mobility solutions since 1944. With 52,000 employees worldwide, a presence in about 200 markets, and manufacturing facilities in six countries, the company today sells around three million vehicles a year. The company's brand slogan – ‘Movement that inspires’ – reflects Kia’s commitment to inspiring consumers through its products, technologies, and services.

Associate sponsor

First established in 1981, Pinewood.AI (Pinewood Automotive Intelligence™ )  is a leading pure-play cloud-based business, providing innovative solutions to automotive retailers and OEMs. Pinewood.AI's system is a market-leading automotive intelligence platform, which has been developed collaboratively with dealers and OEMs to provide full end-to-end secure cloud-based software across sales, aftersales, accounting and CRM. Headquartered in the UK, Pinewood.AI has a team of over 200 people serving over 30,000 global users across 21 countries and long-standing partnerships with over 50 OEM brands. 

Associate sponsor

PlaxidityX (formerly named Argus Cyber Security Ltd.) is a global leader in mobility cyber security, providing DevSecOps, vehicle protection and fleet protection technologies and services for automotive and mobility manufacturers. PlaxidityX’ssolutions ensure that vehicle components, networks, and fleets are secured and compliant throughout their life cycle. PlaxidityX'sinnovative methods and solutions are based on decades of cyber security and automotive research and have culminated in over 70 granted and pending patents. Founded in 2014, PlaxidityX is headquartered in Israel, with a global footprint in USA, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Poland and India.. 

Associate sponsor

From connected supply chains in automotive manufacturing to connected and autonomous vehicles to enhanced customer experiences and more, the future of the auto industry increasingly depends on digital innovations. Verizon can help you design a transformation roadmap that gets you from where you are to where you want to go. Our advanced solutions and expertise can help enable connected vehicles, unify technology, differentiate experiences, and secure critical data. 

Associate sponsor

Tata Communications is a leading Commtech player that powers its customers' hyperconnected ecosystems through its digital fabric. 

Tata Communications brings together tools, platforms, skills and expertise to help its customers build agile infrastructure, enable compelling employee and customer experiences, deploy connected solutions and build cyber resilience. With our solutions-oriented approach, proven managed service capabilities and cutting-edge infrastructure, we enable a hyperconnected ecosystem powered by network, cloud, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), collaboration and security services. 

Tata Communications carries around 30% of the world’s internet routes and connects businesses to 80% of the world’s cloud giants and 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers. The Company’s capabilities are underpinned by its global network, the world’s largest wholly owned subsea fibre backbone and a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to 190+ countries and territories around the world. Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. 

Exhibiting Partner

We invest in, and strategically support, the entrepreneurs and mobility companies moving the Western world. Detroit, Berlin, and Silicon Valley. 

Exhibiting Partner

Plugsurfing allows you to access over 650,000+ charge points in 27 European countries. Our mission is to make public EV charging easy and reliable. We connect charge point operators, carmakers, and over 2 million drivers on the same platform to make this happen. In addition, we build creative ways for emobility companies to access this vast network. 

Exhibiting Partner

Xtrac is the world’s leading supplier of high-performance transmissions for top-level motorsport and high-performance automotive applications. Headquartered in Thatcham, UK, with operations in Mooresville, NC, and Indianapolis, IN in the USA, Xtrac designs, manufactures, and assembles all transmissions in-house. Trusted by top motorsport teams, Xtrac leads the transformation from ICE to hybrid and EVs, delivering next-generation transmission solutions for motorsport and high-performance automotive. 

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