The conference programme is currently under construction. We can, nevertheless, already announce that Roland Berger will present a new flagship study on the key levers of value creation in the European automotive aftermarket and the structural shifts shaping its future toward 2035. Conducted against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, industrial policy realignment, and renewed focus on Europe’s strategic autonomy, the study places the aftermarket’s evolution firmly within today’s economic and political context.

The study will examine how electrification, software-defined vehicles, and access to vehicle data and software are reshaping the aftermarket value chain. It will assess the risks and disruptions these trends may bring, while also identifying concrete opportunities for innovation, efficiency gains, and new service models across the ecosystem.

Importantly, the study will highlight where independent distributors and other aftermarket players can take proactive action to strengthen their competitiveness, resilience, and contribution to European value creation. It will demonstrate how the independent aftermarket, building on its scale, expertise, and proximity to customers, is well-positioned to play a central role in ensuring a dynamic, competitive, and sustainable automotive aftermarket in Europe through 2030 and beyond.

Here you can read their latest study in collaboration with FIGIEFA.

Additionally, participants will leave the conference with a clearer understanding of how the European automotive aftermarket is expected to evolve in the near future, and will provide strategic insights into the impact of electrification, software-defined vehicles, digitalisation, access to vehicle data and software, and Europe's industrial competitiveness agenda, while identifying concrete opportunities for independent aftermarket operators to strengthen their resilience, innovation capacity and long-term value creation in a rapidly changing mobility ecosystem.

 

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Networking Dinner

We will welcome you from 18:30 on Tuesday, November 3, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel's Ballroom for the networking cocktail dinner (Dress Code: Cocktail Attire).

Keynote speaker: at 19:00, we will hear from our President, Mads Engberg, our cocktail sponsor, and from ex Formula 1 driver, best-selling author and the original ‘The Stig’ from the BBC Top Gear motoring show, Perry McCarthy!

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Conference

The programme for the Conference sessions on Wednesday, November 4, will come shortly. The foreseen timetable is from 9:00 to 13:30.    

Ballroom