Bodyshop Magazine

CLEPA Innovation Awards 2021: Online Ceremony
2021-10-26 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Webinar
CLEPA will host its annual awards ceremony on 26 October. The virtual event will include a discussion between policy makers and industry leaders, and the winners of our annual contest will be unveiled live. The finalists will be announced the week prior to the event on social media, during the CLEPA Innovation Week (20 – 25 October).

WorldSkills Conference 2021 (hybrid event)
2021-10-25 08:00 - 2021-10-29 17:00 | Hybrid event
WorldSkills Conference 2021 – The Road Ahead: Skills for a Resilient Future.
A year ahead of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022, experts and officials from international organisations and government, leaders of business and industry, as well as skills organisations and youth will meet to discuss the key topics in the global skills conversation.
With the COVID-19 pandemic as the backdrop for discussions in skills and beyond, our conference will explore the future of VET, focusing on what can be learnt from the crisis.
The conference will take place from 25-29 October as a hybrid event both online and live from Shanghai.

CLEPA Aftermarket Conference 2021 (webinar)
2021-10-25 07:00 - 10:30 | Webinar
This online session aims to introduce and expand the debate around sustainability, circular economy and how the green transformation will affect the automotive aftermarket in the coming decade, in the context of the recently published “Fit for 55” package and the overall Green Deal agenda.

CIECAST Technical Series (webinar)
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Webinar
This particular CIECAST Technical Series will cover highlights from CIECA 2021R2 and an update on CIECA API Standards.

CIECA 2021R2 webinar
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Webinar
Paulette Reed, CIECA’s technical project manager, will present an overview of the latest changes that are part of the 2021R2 as well as share information about CIECA’s new website. Phil Martinez, technical consultant for Mitchell International, and Dan Webster, principal architect, IT Enterprise, Mitchell International, will talk about the new CIECA API Standards initiative.

Cox Automotive / Grant Thornton - Automotive Insight Report 2021 (webinar)
2021-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
For the fourth year running, Cox Automotive and Grant Thornton have collaborated to produce their annual Insight Report, providing a comprehensive and informed look at the most important trends and topics influencing the automotive industry today:

The market: forecasts and projections
Responsible vehicles: electric and beyond
The buyer behaviour revolution and new retail models
Connectivity and the migration to mobility
A leaner, stronger wholesale ecosystem
Business strategy for 2022 and beyond

COP 26 and UK Automotive: Zero Emission Vehicle Transition (webinar)
2021-10-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
This webinar will provide information about the conference from government and COP Partner, The Climate Group and discuss the role of UK Automotive in achieving climate change targets.
Panelists include: Andy Poole, Senior Environment Manager, SMMT; James Court, ZEV Campaign Officer, Cabinet Office; Sukky Choongh, Environment Manager, SMMT; and Dominic Phinn, Senior Policy Manager, EV100.

Automotive 2021 (webinar)
2021-10-19 09:00 - 2021-10-22 17:00 | Webinar
This four-day meeting brings together CEOs, innovators and disruptors from across the world, as they take to the stage to set the automotive industry agenda.

Day 1: Asia (Japan Standard Time)
The opening day will delve into the latest innovations, news and strategies taking place in Asia.
Days 2-3: USA (Eastern Standard Time)
A look at the USA’s most successful OEMs and their strategies.
Day 4: Europe (GMT)
Uniting Europe’s most impressive and innovative OEMs to share how they are moving the industry forward.

CANCELLED: Automechanika Riyadh 2021
2021-10-11 09:00 - 2021-10-13 17:00 | Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Centre (RICEC), King Abdullah Road, King Abdullah District, Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia
A leading regional trade fair for the Middle Eastern automotive aftermarket, Automechanika Riyadh has been cancelled in 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will now return to Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 13-15 June 2022.

AW Accident Repair Apprentice Open Day
2021-10-09 08:00 - 17:00
AW Accident Repair Group is hosting an apprentice open day on Saturday, 9 October.
Contact info@awrepairgroup.co.uk to register your interest.

Together on the Journey to Net Zero (webinar)
2021-10-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Webinar
The webinar will be hosted on Thursday, 7 October at 10:30am by Dom Napier, an industry expert who specialises in measuring and reducing carbon footprint, PAS 2060 carbon neutral certification and putting in place effective net zero strategy.
Key questions to be addressed in the webinar include:
What is the legal requirement for your business?
How is your business going to get to net zero?
What’s your starting point?
How do you calculate your current carbon footprint?
Participants will be able to post questions via the webinar chat function for Dom to answer at the end of the Webinar.

IBISConnect Turkey
2021-10-06 08:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
IBISConnect Turkey 2021 is a 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.

Fleet and Mobility Live 2021
2021-10-05 09:00 - 2021-10-06 17:00 | National Exhibition Centre (NEC), North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
Two days of strategic insight that will help you prepare your fleet for the future, covering the following topics:

How the responsibilities of fleet decision-makers are expanding beyond automotive.
How to improve your car, van and truck operations.
What transport decarbonisation means for fleets.
How to bring electric vehicles (EVs) onto your fleet policy and establish a workplace charging infrastructure.
Future tax predictions, driver training and risk assessment challenges, brought about by Covid-19.
Getting the most out telematics.
Driver and staff recruitment.
How companies are preparing for the business mobility as a service (MaaS) revolution.
Alternative fuels.
Autonomous technology and implementing eMobility strategies.

Automotive Supplier Summit 2021 (Germany)
2021-10-04 09:00 - 17:00 | Congress Park, Wolfsburg, Germany
The summit is the official kick-off event for the International Suppliers Fair (IZB) 2021. Representatives from the entire value chain will discuss the challenges facing the automotive and supplier industry of tomorrow, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, industry partners and decision makers. The trade exhibition accompanying the conference offers companies the opportunity to present their innovations and products and to generate new leads.

CARS 2021 (recycling)
2021-09-29 09:00 - 2021-09-30 17:00 | NAEC Stoneleigh, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, CV8 2LZ, United Kingdom
The Complete Auto Recycling Show (CARS) is Europe’s largest event for the end-of-life vehicle recycling and dismantling industry.

Intelligent Lighting Online 2021 (webinar)
2021-09-29 08:00 - 2021-09-30 17:00
Intelligent Lighting Online is all about identifying and highlighting the future trends in automotive lighting, inside and outside of the car of tomorrow. There will be presentations from specially selected experts covering the top challenges they face in all aspects of automotive lighting, display technology and HMI. This knowledge will be shared with audiences of industry professionals who will get the chance to send questions directly to the speakers.

CANCELLED: The Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) in-person event
2021-09-23 08:00 - 2021-09-24 17:00 | Vancouver
The Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) announced that the CCIF in-person event, initially scheduled for 23-24 September, 2021 in Vancouver, BC has been cancelled, due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 restrictions and concerns for the health and safety of participants.

Cenex-LCV 2021 + Cenex-CAM 2021
2021-09-22 10:00 - 2021-09-23 17:00 | UTAC Millbrook, Station Lane, Bedford, MK45 2JQ, United Kingdom
Dates have been confirmed for the Low Carbon Vehicle (Cenex-LCV) and Connected Automated Mobility (Cenex-CAM) 2021 events, which will take place 22-23 September 2021 at Millbrook in Bedfordshire.

Requirements for implementing a net zero strategy (webinar)
2021-09-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Webinar
The newly-formed Net Zero Network will host its first free webinar addressing the requirements for implementing a net zero strategy and achieve PAS 2060 carbon neutral certification at 10:30am on Tuesday, 21 September.

LeddarTech: Automotive LiDAR Conference 2021 (webinar)
2021-09-21 08:00 - 2021-09-23 17:00 | Webinar
This conference focuses exclusively on automotive LiDAR technologies and applications. The conference sessions will present the various approaches in developing a LiDAR system and explain the reasons for choosing one approach over another. Join LeddarTech’s CTO Pierre Olivier on September 21 at 2:00pm EST for his featured presentation “Combining LiDAR, Radar, and Camera: Sensor Fusion Challenges and Solutions”.

AFP EV Charging - Company Payment and Reimbursements (webinar)
2021-09-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
The “EV Charging – Company Payment and Reimbursements” webinar will include sessions from AFP chair Paul Hollick in his guise as managing director of of The Miles Consultancy (TMC) and Ashley Tate, Co-Founder at MINA.

CIECA CONNEX 2021
2021-09-14 09:00 - 2021-09-16 17:00 | Hilton Charlotte University Place
Join CIECA and the collision repair industry at the 13th annual CIECA conference — CONNEX 2021. The in-person event is being held in Charlotte, NC, September 14-16. In addition to a line-up of top industry speakers, there will be networking opportunities, a vehicle gifting by the National Auto Body Council as part of its NABC Recycled Rides® program, and a tour of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Early-bird registrations are now open.

Automechanika Frankfurt 2021 (Germany)
2021-09-14 - 2021-09-16
Automechanika Frankfurt, the giant automotive showcase originally scheduled to take place 8-10 September 2020, will be held as a hybrid event from 14-16 September 2021 and will be characterised by new themes and a clearly structured portfolio, split into 10 product segments featuring body and paint, tyres and wheels, diagnostics and repair, and much more.

FABTECH 2021
2021-09-13 09:00 - 2021-09-16 17:00 | McCormick Place, 2301 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, FABTECH returns to McCormick Place in Chicago on 13-16 September 2021 and aims to provide a convenient one-stop-shop venue where visitors can meet with suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, find the tools to improve productivity, and increase profits.

LeddarTech: Industry Tech Days (webinar)
2021-09-13 08:00 - 2021-09-17 17:00 | Webinar
Industry Tech Days brings essential insights in electronics, everything from edge intelligence design to next-generation automotive sensors, delivered LIVE straight from industry experts to your desktop or mobile device.
Join LeddarTech for two presentations; “Sensor-Fusion and Perception Solutions for Key ADAS and AD Applications” (Use Case), featuring Youval Nehmadi, Engineering Director, LeddarTech Sensor Fusion and Perception Platform Research & Development Center, Israel, and “Why Flexible Platforms Are Required for Future ADAS/AD Deployments,” by Frantz Saintellemy, LeddarTech’s President and COO, and Mike Thoeny, President of the Automotive Business Group at Flex.

Automotive Tech Week: Europe (webinar)
2021-09-13 08:00 - 2021-09-17 17:00 | Webinar
Automotive Tech Week: Europe, (previously TU-Automotive Europe) will take place virtually from 13-17 September with sessions across seven different themes, with sessions focused on the future of the automotive industry in Europe and others curated to examine the fast changing nature of the global automotive technology industry.

NBRA Greener Bodyshop Awards 2021
2021-09-09 09:00 - 17:00 | West Midland Safari Park, Spring Grove Road, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1LF, United Kingdom
The NBRA Greener Bodyshop Awards 2021 are set to take place on 9 September at the West Midlands Safari Park in Worcestershire.

AFP Getting Started on Your Mobility Deployment (webinar)
2021-09-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
The “Getting Started on Your Mobility Deployment” webinar takes place at 9.30am on Wednesday, 8 September and features presentations from Ryan Coles, business services lead at Aviva; Oz Choudhri, head of mobility solutions at Enterprise; and Ross Basnett, strategic account director at Mobilleo. It ends at 10.45am.

IAA Mobility 2021 (Germany)
2021-09-07 09:00 - 2021-09-12 17:00 | Messe München, Am Messeturm, Munich, 81829, Germany
The IAA, formerly the German International Motor Show, will focus on holistic mobility and will unveil a series of fascinating innovations and technologies. Moreover, the event will exhibit cars as well as the entire mobility chain. It will present physical products and new digital worlds. It will gather start-ups and established groups and combine “intelligent transport solutions with visionary thinking”.

Refinishing Trade Show 2021
2021-09-04 09:00 - 2021-09-05 17:00 | Prevost UK Ltd, Tower Business Park, Commercial Road, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0FJ, United Kingdom
The Refinishing Trade Show is aimed at anyone within the refinishing industry, from panel technicians and spray painters to manufacturers and distributors. On the Saturday evening will be a social and networking event, with Sunday being the trade show itself. Your ticket will give you automatic entry into a raffle when you attend the event, with great prizes to be won.
