
Automotive Interiors 2026
Discover the Future of Automotive Interiors and explore the cutting-edge advancements shaping the future of automotive interiors. At Automotive Interiors 2026, industry leaders, innovative suppliers, and forward-thinking start-ups come together for two days of insightful presentations, hands-on experiences, and unparalleled networking opportunities.
The conference network addresses:
- Global Automotive engineers and experts driving Innovations, development and production of automotive interiors at OEMs and OES across the globe.
- Representatives from leading academic and research institutes worldwide excelling the automotive interior requirements and technologies.
What You Can Expect:
- Top-tier Presentations from OEMs, suppliers, and universities, sharing the latest trends, technologies, and breakthroughs in automotive interiors.
- The Cockpit Clinic – Get hands-on with the latest car interiors and experience innovative cockpit solutions firsthand.
- Expert Panel Discussions with members of our OEM Advisory Board, diving deep into the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
- Interactive Networking with a global community of automotive interior professionals – build valuable connections that last.
In 2026 Automotive Circle has decided that Automotive Interiors will be taking place simultaneously with Engineering Circularity. Conducting the two Automotive Circle conferences Automotive Interiors and Engineering Circularity in parallel in 2026 offers a variety of synergies, with the possibility for participants of both conferences to interchange freely between both events, with joint sessions for part of the conference programs, with shared networking, and with a combined exhibition.
Engineering Circularity focuses on concepts and solutions to realise various R-Strategies in the automotive industry – and plastics/composite materials, mostly used in the automotive interior, pose the greatest challenge in this respect. Vice versa, Automotive Interiors presents latest concepts and ideas for future vehicle interior design – and realising designs that also enable material circularity is of growing importance in this area.
Confirmed Cars On Site Which Could Be Explored:
Concept Car Show On Site:
We are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Nauheim, Germany in June 2026!
Don’t miss any updates by following our Hashtag: #ACInteriors
Technical Presentations
from various OEM, supplier and academic institutes
Cockpit Clinic
Test and evaluate current series vehicles on site.
Interactive Session
on a specific topic in small groups.
Accompanying Exhibition
Suppliers presenting topic-specific products and services.
Meet the Speakers
Get in direct contact with the speakers during Meet the speakers-sessions!
Network, network, network!
Meet your peers of the automotive interior industry and exchange on brand new concepts, trends and your experiences.
Conference Program
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome and conference introduction |
Dr. Dirk Meine, Junaid Sheikh, Automotive Circle, DE |
Plenary Session: Strategic Materiality |
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| 9:00 AM |
Material Intelligence: Designing the Next Generation of Sustainable Technologies |
Nathalie Bucher, Kia Europe GmbH, DE |
| 9:30 AM |
Decarbonization, Circular Economy and Seating Comfort |
Thomas Dillinger, Adient, DE
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| 10:00 AM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Coffee and contacts |
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Interior Concepts | Radical Simplicity |
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| 10:45 AM |
The Audi Concept C Interior: From Further, Bigger, Better to More Clarity |
Mayra Schönwetter, Audi AG, DE; Benedikt Bieberstein, Audi AG, DE
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| 11:15 AM |
Renault Emblème: A Laboratory on Wheels for Low-Carbon Mobility |
Pascal Tribotté, Groupe Renault, FR; François Farion, Renault Group, FR
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| 11:45 AM |
Overview of Cockpit Design Evolution and Its Consequences on Vehicle Control Layouts and Storage |
Anna Barello, Stellantis Europe S.p.A, IT; Maria Luigia Priore, Stellantis Europe S.p.A, IT
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| 12:15 PM |
There Is Less in Timeless |
Arèf Tahhan, Bertrandt, FR |
| 12:45 PM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Lunch Break |
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Cabin Evolution: The New Proportions |
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| 2:00 PM |
Hyundai IONIQ 3 Interior: The Design Journey |
Nico Munkler, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH, DE |
| 2:30 PM |
From Concept to Launch: How to Achieve the Biggest Interior Volume on a 3m Wheelbase Vehicle |
Bernhard Kremer, Lucid Germany GmbH, DE |
| 3:00 PM |
New Nissan Leaf Interiors |
Koji Kawazu, Nissan Motor Corp.Ltd., JP |
| 3:30 PM |
Design Perspectives on Exploring Geely Galaxy M9 Interior User Experience |
Enrico Corti, Geely, CN
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| 4:00 PM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Coffee and contacts |
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The Living Cockpit |
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| 4:30 PM |
Interior Vehicle Layouts for Level 3 Autonomy |
Andy Cuming, Jaguar Landrover, UK; Emily Breen, Jaguar Landrover, UK |
| 5:00 PM |
Design Philosophy and Cabin Layout of a Level 4 Autonomous Driving System |
N.N, Pix Moving, CN
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| 5:30 PM |
The Role of Sound in Quiet Electric Vehicle Interiors |
Alexander Wodrich, why do birds, DE
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| 6:00 PM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Get together |
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| 7:00 PM |
Networking Night |
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The Comfort Lab: Science, Culture & Circularity |
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| 8:30 AM |
Seats of Power: How Cultural Norms and Social Shifts Are Redefining China’s In-Car Experience |
Guang Yang, Diconium, a Volkswagen Group company, DE
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| 9:00 AM |
What Do We Feel When Sitting? Perceptual Mechanisms of Seating Comfort from Biomechanical and Sensory Physiological Points of View |
Akinari Hirao, Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP
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| 9:30 AM |
Cockpit Clinic
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| 10:45 AM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Coffee and contacts |
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| 11:15 AM |
Strategic OEM-Supplier Collaboration as an Enabler for Circular and Aesthetic InteriorSolutions: Lessons from Renault Emblème |
François Farion, Renault Group, FR;
Philippe Vattier, Autoneum Holding AG, CH
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| 11:45 AM |
Concept Car Show
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| 12:45 PM |
Meet the speakers | Exhibition | Lunch Break |
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The Phygital Craft |
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| 1:45 PM |
BMW Neue Klasse iX3 Interiors |
N.N, BMW Group, DE
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| 2:15 PM |
From Clay to Code: Lessons from VITAL in Design-Led Prototyping |
Shay Moradi, Vital Auto LTD, UK |
| 2:45 PM |
Intelligent and Sustainable: Integrated Interior Solutions for Future Mobility |
N.N, Yanfeng, DE
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| 3:15 PM |
Multifunctional Center Console |
Michael Thienel, Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, DE
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| 3:45 PM |
End of the conference |
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as status of March 24, 2026
Participants
International OEM Advisory Board
Sven Schreiber
AUDI AG
Maksymilian Nawka
AVATR GmbH
Andreas Schaffarczyk
BMW Group
Davide Malaguti
Bugatti-Rimac
Benjamin B. Nawka
Daimler Truck Asia
Werner Jakobs
Ford-Werke GmbH
Nick Jones
Jaguar Landrover (JLR)
Rolf Verhoeven
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH
Manabu Tachibana
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
Denis Poulain-de-la-Fosse
Groupe Renault
Dr. Markus Bauer
Opel Automobile GmbH, Stellantis
Marta Martinez Diaz
Toyota Motor Europe
Valeska Geißler
Volkswagen AG
Dr. David S. Hermann
Volvo Car Corporation AB
Exhibition & Sponsoring
Become a sponsor or exhibitor
Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry!
Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!
Check out the various exhibition and sponsoring options!
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