The 21st Congress of the Automotive Industry and Market will take place on November 17-18, 2026 at the Renaissance Warsaw Airport Hotel.

Program

20.11.2025 r.

Renaissance Warsaw Airport Hotel

9:15 - 16:30

8:30-9:15

Registration and welcome coffee

Official greetings and congress opening

9:15-9:30

9:30-9:55

9:55-10:10

Keynote speech - Benjamin Krieger, Secretary General of CLEPA

Coffee break

10:45-11:15

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Challenges for IAM in the new political and technical environment in Brussels. - Mads Engberg, President of FIGIEFA

10:10-10:25

Special guests keynotes: Minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Minister Dariusz Standerski, Minister Konrad Wojnarowski

The condition of suppliers, wholesalers, workshops - 2025 summary - Alfred Franke, CEO MotoFocus Group

10:25-10:45

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The competitiveness of the automotive sector and it's role in EU economic development - Meyle is the contents partner of the session

11:15-12:00

12:00-12:45

The repair garage of the future - car repair and maintenance in the (near) future

12:45-13:30

Closed loop, open future: the role of remanufacturing in sustainable mobility

Coffee break

13:40-14:00

14:15-15:10

Geopolitical challenges for the automotive sector - global uncertainty, consequences for Europe - OSW is the contents partner of the session

15:10-15:55

The future of road safety – from technical inspections to new technologies

15:55-16:45

Closing remarks and lunch

13:30-13:40

The role of data in the automotive industry in the light of Data Act - Mirosław Wróblewski, President of UODO

14:00-14:15

China's offensive in Europe: threat or impetus for innovation? - Wojciech Drzewiecki, CEO IBRM SAMAR

Master of ceremony

Lusyne Kesziszjan

Our experts

Elżbieta Bieńkowska

Wojciech Drzewiecki

CEO

IBRM Samar

CEPS

Chair of the Board

SDCM

President

Tomasz Bęben

Mads Engberg

President

FIGIEFA

Szymon Filanowicz

Workshop Concepts Manager

Bosch Car Service

Grupa MotoFocus

CEO

Alfred Franke

Andrzej Guzek

Groupauto CEE

Network Manager

Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Professor

Bogdan Góralczyk

Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich

Deputy Director

Jakub Jakóbowski

Rafał Kędziorek

Iwona Kornatko

Owner

Morela Serwis Samochodowy

N!Auto / N!Truck

Network Development Manager

Krzysztof Kostyra

Servicing Network Development Manager

MotoFlota

Benjamin Krieger

CLEPA

Secretary General

APRA

Member of Board of Directors

Tomasz Kowalski

Jerzy Król

Head of the Vehicle Approval and Technical Conditions Department

Ministerstwo Infrastruktury

CEO

PSNM, E-Mobility Europe

Maciej Mazur

PGM

CEO

Bartosz Mielecki

Tomasz Miśniakiewicz

Country Director

Aptiv Services Poland

Zbigniew Nowak

CEO

Antałex

Dorota Olszewska

President

Stowarzyszenie PBD

Konrad Popławski

Coordinator for Connectivity and Regional Integration Programme

Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich

Krzysztof Ruciński

Ekspert

PAIH

SDCM

Public Affairs Manager

Nadia Rybczyńska

Rafał Rudziński

CEO

Robert Bosch

Karol Rytel

Marek Skałbania

Training Manager

Inter Cars

PISKP

Technical Director

Dariusz Standerski

Secretary of state

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji

Karol Szałas

Olga Tworek

Director of Road Transport Department

Ministerstwo Infrastruktury

Inter Cars

Attorney at law

President

Mirosław Wróblewski

UODO

Agata Wysogrocka-Korczyńska

Anna Zalewska

European Parliament

MEP

ZF Group

Head of Product Compliance, Packaging and Labeling Aftermarket

Special partners

Partners

Gala dinner partner

Lunch partner

Content partner

Honorary patrons

Association of Automotive Parts Distributors and Producers (SDCM) - nearly 250 largest brands in the automotive parts industry and market, representing the interests of industry, trade and services worth nearly PLN 140Bn per annum, employing over 330K people. SDCM belongs to most prominent European associations: CLEPA (European Association of Automotive Suppliers) and FIGIEFA (International Federation of Independent Automotive Aftermarket Distributors).

For more information visit www.sdcm.pl.

Association of Automotive Parts Distributors and Producers (SDCM)

ul. Rondo Ignacego Daszyńskiego 1, Warsaw, 00-843, Poland

Magdalena Pytkowska

magdalena.pytkowska@sdcm.pl

+48 789 292 496

Press contact:

Nadia Rybczyńska
nadia.rybczynska@sdcm.pl
+48 726 965 000

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