Bodyshop Magazine

The truth about autonomous cars (webinar)
2021-05-26 14:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | MI
The truth about autonomous cars
Pipe dream or the next big thing? Experts tell all…
Manufacturers and governments are pushing autonomous driving technology, but how realistic are they being? It’s a potentially revolutionary development with huge implications for consumers, infrastructure and numerous other aspects such as insurance and safety. Will it work? Do people want it? This webinar provides the inside line on this from two experts in the field: Bosch’s Jürgen Müller and Matthew Avery from Thatcham Research.

Logistics UK webinar 7: Driver Behaviour with Quartix
2021-05-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
The seventh in a series of eight webinars with Logistics UK’s Van Gold Partners: AA, Bott Ltd, Brigade Electronics, Hertz, Lex Autolease, Quartix and TVL. Each is approximately one hour long and all are free to attend.

SMMT Baltic States – an innovation driven market (webinar)
2021-05-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania offers an array of opportunities including partnerships and a place to expand your business in Europe, particularly since the region is well placed for Russian and Nordic markets too.
Hear from experts on the Baltic States’ automotive sector as well as perspectives from companies in the region – including the topics of self-driving vehicles, ultracapacitors, e-buses and electric & plug-in commercial vehicles.

IBISConnect Latin American 2021
2021-05-27 16:00 - 19:00 | Webinar
IBISConnect Latin American 2021 will be the second edition of the South and Central American thought-leadership conference for the regional collision repair sector. It will feature multiple presentations from subject and regional experts, audience Q&A and virtual networking. All of this will take place in a virtual conference environment designed to provide an immersive, authentic event experience without the need to leave the comfort and safety of your desk.

3M Battery Webinar Series (webinar)
2021-06-07 08:00 - 2021-06-10 17:00 | Webinar
The 3M Battery Tech Event will provide insights into the latest developments regarding various aspects of xEV battery design challenges like cell to pack, thermal management, battery assembly efficiencies and, last but not least, sustainability questions associated with the rapidly increasing number of Li-Ion batteries.

POSTPONED: Automechanika Dubai 2021
2021-06-07 09:00 - 2021-06-09 16:30 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Trade Centre 2, United Arab Emirates
Automechanika Dubai 2021 has been postponed until 14-16 December. Originally scheduled for June 2020, then October 2020, then June 2021, the event has been postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic. The December event will be the 18th edition of the Middle East’s largest trade fair for the regional automotive aftermarket.

POSTPONED: The Commercial Vehicle Show 2021
2021-06-08 09:00 - 2021-06-10 17:00 | National Exhibition Centre (NEC), North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
The Commercial Vehicle Show has now been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and is rescheduled to take place 31 August-2 September at the NEC.

CANCELLED: Automechanika Birmingham
2021-06-08 09:30 - 2021-06-10 16:30 | National Exhibition Centre (NEC), North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
The UK’s leading trade exhibition for the automotive aftermarket and supply chain sector targeting trade visitors from the UK has been cancelled for 2021 and will next take place in June 2022.

BETADEN IOT and Autonomous Vehicles (webinar)
2021-06-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Join BetaDen, Dr John Davies of BT, Siraj Shaikh of Coventry University and Tom Robinson of Conigtal as they explore IoT and Smart Cities, the integration of autonomous vehicles in this space and digital security by design underpinning this technology.

SMMT Open Forum Digital (webinar)
2021-06-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
SMMT Open Forum Digital is an event for those in the UK vehicle manufacturing and supply chain. This edition of Open Forum Digital will feature discussion between industry leaders on the compounding impact of Covid and Brexit, challenges in supply chains including semiconductors, through to recovery and transition to EV.

Materials in Car Body Engineering 2021 (webinar)
2021-06-09 08:00 - 2021-06-10 17:00 | Webinar
Cost-efficient, lightweight and sustainable body material concepts for today’s and tomorrow’s (electric) vehicles is what the annual international conference Materials in Car Body Engineering will again be discussing with its global network of automotive experts on 9 and 10 June 2021.

Drive My Career Supercharge Me: Apprentice Wellbeing (morning webinar)
2021-06-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
The event will begin with an introduction from Drive My Career and Lookers to outline the objectives of the event and touch on the implications of mental health in the automotive industry.
Gill Rughoobeer, safeguarding and welfare manager at Babcock International, will discuss general wellbeing and its link with mental health, how to recognise potential issues and understand what you can do for your wellbeing.
Rachel Clift, health and wellbeing director at Ben, the automotive charity, will introduce the audience to Ben and provide an overview of the charity’s health and wellbeing services.
A Q&A will close the session, allowing attendees to ask direct questions.
Additional speakers will be announced soon.

Next-Generation Robust & Efficient EV Powertrains 2021 (webinar)
2021-06-09 14:00 - 2021-06-10 18:00 | MI
Automotive IQ presents the Next-Generation Robust & Efficient EV Powertrains 2021 conference, where experts will shed light on new powertrain architectures to increase range, lower production costs and extend powertrain components lifetime.
Join these leading companies and more than 500 automotive experts online, as they share insight on:

Future electric powertrain architecture requirements that can help performance and keep production costs low.
How new technological advancements can enable manufacturers to meet C02 emission standards.
State-of-art cooling and thermal management technologies for electrified commercial vehicles.
Development in electric powertrain focusing on cost, time, efficiency and range.
Balance between technological growth rate, OEM requirements and market demand.
Electric powertrain development and integration issues.
State of the art technologies for traction inverters, motors and e-drive systems.

Drive My Career Supercharge Me: Apprentice Wellbeing (evening webinar)
2021-06-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Webinar

How to scale ADAS testing with objective KPIs (webinar)
2021-06-10 17:00 - 18:30 | Webinar
In this webinar, you will learn how to:

Define objective criteria for ADAS performance.
Create ground truth/HD map data for public test roads.
Record reference data for vehicle position/pose during test drives.
Analyse relevant driving situations and recreate them in the virtual space/simulation.
The panel will host experts from MdynamiX, GeneSys, atlatec and the Kempten University of Applied Sciences in a discussion on these challenges – and how they were met in a joint project for performance car maker Porsche.

OESAA Autoinform Live 2021
2021-06-12 09:00 - 2021-06-13 17:00 | MI
The Original Equipment Suppliers Aftermarket Association has announced that Autoinform Live, the OESAA’s “educational and informative training event” for the UK market, has been postponed from 24-25 April 2021 until June and will take place at the GTG Academy in Wolverhampton.

The car of the future 2021 (USA)
2021-06-14 09:00 - 2021-06-15 17:00 | Webinar
This two-day meeting will unite senior OEM leaders who are driving vehicle change to create a safer and more sustainable world. Over two days it aims to dig deep into key areas including ADAS and passenger safety, the road to autonomy and electrification.

Logistics UK webinar 8: Introducing an EV Fleet with Lex Autolease
2021-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
The last in the series of eight webinars with Logistics UK’s Van Gold Partners: AA, Bott Ltd, Brigade Electronics, Hertz, Lex Autolease, Quartix and TVL. Each is approximately one hour long and all are free to attend.

The Future of AI in the Collision Industry (webinar)
2021-06-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Webinar
The Future of AI in the Collision Industry. Driaan du Toit, vice president of strategy and development at Solera, will share insight on how to navigate the future of the collision industry using artificial intelligence (AI). Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A session.

Using the Right Jack or Jack Stand for the Job (webinar)
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Webinar
This webinar will cover the use of specialised jacks and jack stands including transmission jacks, portable truck and lift jacks, and under-hoist stands. We’ll also cover proper operation, safety precautions, and maintenance. Topics include:

An overview of the different jacks and jack stand options
What each type of jack or jack stand is used for
What jack lift and hold amounts mean
Safety precautions when using jacks
Jack maintenance

POSTPONED: Fully Charged LIVE 2021
2021-06-18 10:00 - 2021-06-20 17:00 | Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Etps Road, Farnborough, GU14 6FD, United Kingdom
Billed in 2021 as “Fully Charged OUTSIDE”, the 2021 event will be staged in a “safe outdoor environment”. It will be a smaller event – where the organisers can facilitate social distancing – but still aims to maintain the momentum the clean energy and electric vehicle markets have picked up during the pandemic.

Event has been postponed until 3-5 September 2021 (10:00 am – 5:00 pm) due to the pandemic.

Multimodal 2021
2021-06-22 10:00 - 2021-06-24 17:00 | National Exhibition Centre (NEC), North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
Because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Multimodal 2020, will now be held at the NEC, Birmingham on 22-24 June 2021.
Multimodal brings together the UK and Ireland logistics industry under one roof. Designed to be a one-stop-shop for freight transport, logistics and supply chain management businesses, it is a great event for networking and hearing about how to improve efficiency in shipping.

IARC 2021 (Switzerland)
2021-06-23 08:00 - 2021-06-25 17:00 | Intercontinental Geneva, 7-9 Chemin du Petit-Saconnex, Genève, 1211, Switzerland
The International Automobile Recycling Congress is the international platform for the latest developments and challenges in automobile recycling, bringing together more than 250 decision-makers in the ELV recycling chain such as car manufacturers, metal and plastic scrap traders, recyclers, shredder operators and policy-makers. This event was originally scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Company Car In Action
2021-06-23 08:30 - 2021-06-24 17:00 | UTAC Millbrook, Station Lane, Bedford, MK45 2JQ, United Kingdom
CCIA will safely return to Millbrook Proving Ground this summer, after a year off due to Covid-19, to showcase more vehicles than ever before. With new models launching and supplies no longer restricted, electric and hybrid vehicles are expected to dominate the show in what Fleet News is calling “the year of the EV”.

Global EV Battery Technologies & Management Systems 2021 (webinar)
2021-06-23 14:00 - 2021-06-24 17:30 | MI
With advances in EV battery and associated BMS technologies – one of the major drivers in the global electric vehicle battery market – the Global EV Battery Technologies & Management Systems 2021 Conference will bring together global automotive manufacturers, including battery research and system/cell integrators to examine the latest developments in:

Battery Cell Technologies and Chemistries
Higher Energy Density Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions
Second-Life Batteries
Advanced Battery Management Systems and Software
Ultra-Fast Charging Technologies
Battery Cooling Systems and more

IBISTV Global Summit
2021-06-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
IBISTV Global Summit 2021 will feature multiple presentations from subject and regional experts, an audience Q&A and virtual networking, all delivered via an immersive online virtual event experience, without the need to leave the comfort and safety of your desk.

London Classic Car Show 2021
2021-06-25 09:00 - 2021-06-27 17:00 | Syon Park, Brent Lea, Brentford, TW8 8JF, United Kingdom
The London Classic Car Show is now firmly established as the capital city’s premier showcase for discerning classic car owners, collectors, experts and enthusiasts. This year’s show will be staged outdoors in the “Covid-compliant” grounds of Syon Park alongside the Thames.

SMMT International Automotive Summit 2021
2021-06-29 08:00 - 17:00 | MI
The SMMT International Automotive Summit 2021 will be held on Tuesday, 29 June 2021. The Summit, now in its 13th year, has established itself as one of the most high-profile automotive events in the UK. The event will bring together more than 600 delegates from across the industry, government and the international media.

POSTPONED: Automechanika Ho Chi Minh City 2021 (Vietnam)
2021-06-30 09:00 - 2021-07-02 17:00 | Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Ho Chi Minh City, District 7, Viet Nam
Organisers have decided to defer Automechanika Ho Chi Minh City to 29 June-1 July 2022.
Automechanika Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s only dedicated trade exhibition for the automotive aftermarket and is part of the global Automechanika brand. Product groups include parts and components; electronics and connectivity; diagnostics and maintenance; tyres and wheels and body and paint, among others.

VDA - Automotive Core Tools for Auditors (webinar)
2021-07-06 08:00 - 2021-07-09 17:00 | Webinar
This two-day training course is aimed at qualified VDA 6.3 process auditors who wish to apply for an extension, as well as prospective VDA 6.3 Process and IATF System auditors who are seeking qualification.
During the training, technical lectures on the single Core Tools (RGA / APQP, VDA 2 / PPAP, FMEA, VDA 5 / MSA, Cmk / PpK / CpK / SPC and 8D) will alternate with exercises on typical examples. The focus lies on the practical application by the participants. Here, group work, individual exercises, question and answer exercises as well as plenary discussions are carried out.
