FULL PROGRAM
TWO FULL DAYS OF INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 15th
8:30am – REGISTRATION AND WELCOME BREAKFAST
9:00am Meeting exclusively for national automotive dealers & repairers associations
9:00am Networking for dealership groups chairmen, head of independent trade & repair groups
10:30am – PLENARY SESSION #1 New distribution models and regulatory framework
10:30am WELCOME SPEECH
Jean-Charles HERRENSCHMIDT, President – CECRA
Christophe CARIGNANO, Editorial Director, Automotive – INFOPRO DIGITAL
10:40am VIP Speech + interview
11:10am DEBATE – The New distribution models
– Agency, franchise or distribution contract: consequences on Business models
– Which new relations ? Rules ? Models ?
– How to adapt quickly and with agility
Confirmed speakers :
Peter DAENINCK, BMW car dealer & Chairman European Car Dealers – Vice President CECRA
Nicolas DEWEVER, Head of Service – ASTARA WESTERN EUROPE
Bernard LYCKE, Director General – CECRA
Antoine MAGAT, DLM Team Leader & Country Leadership Team – JATO Dynamics France
12:00pm – LUNCH
1:45pm – WORKSHOPS #1
Vehicle data access : a new issue for stakeholders
– What will change with SERMI accreditation ? (standardization and digitization of processes / mandatory European accreditation)
– What influence on the relationship between manufacturers and independents operators ?
– The future of independent operators’ after-sales
Confirmed speakers :
Javier BARROSO ARES, Head of Transportation, Inspection and CO – ENAC (SPAIN)
Mathieu CHENEBIT, Founder / CEO ECHOES (FR)
Jan-Willem VAN DER LINDEN, Technical expert & Specialist – CECRA & BOVAG (NETHERLANDS)
Used cars Market – Business model
– Which new Businesses in development and how it changes the market rules ?
– Finding new supply sources
– How are changes in the used car industry leading to a digital experience for operators and end users
– Focus on UK & US – already develop
Confirmed speakers :
Peter DAENINCK, BMW car dealer & Chairman European Car Dealers – Vice President CECRA
Jonathan DAMIS – Co-founder and President – NEURALYTICS
Juan jose FERNANDEZ PÉREZ, Director Sales and Operations – IMAWEB
Electric & carbon-free mobility
– What will the 2023 legislation change ?
– What are the main steps to achieving zero-carbon roads in Europe
– What role will electric vehicles play in the low-carbon transition ?
– Innovations for a cleaner future
– Individualize the learner’s path with artificial intelligence tools
Confirmed speaker :
Yvan LEROUX, DataScientist – ERIDANIS (FR)
2:30pm – PLENARY SESSION #2 : New earning models of dealers and repairers in the future
2:30pm VIP speech + interview
Nicolas DEWEVER, Head of Service – ASTARA WESTERN EUROPE
Hervé MIRALLÈS, CEO – EMIL FREY FRANCE
3:00pm DEBATE – New business segments : How to develop financial spreads ?
– New consumption used : The mobility as a service (Vehicle on demand & Mobility on demand)
– Which alternative sources of supply (Infrastructures services (parking & charging))
– How to use a car as a plateform (Plateform access & Connected services sales)
– Aftermarket : spare parts digitalisation, aftersales of electric vehicles, new actors
– Used cars professionalisation & digitalisation : which transformation of businesses
Confirmed speakers :
Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS, CEO – HYDROGEN Europe (BELGIUM)
Denis GORTEMAN, CEO – D’IETEREN GROUP
Matti PÖRHÖ, CEO, Chairman of the Board – Pörhön Autoliike Oy & President – European Dealer Council Volkswagen Group
3:50pm NETWORKING BREAK
4:30pm – WORKSHOPS #2
Used cars & remarketing
– Which re-marketing : dedicated factories or locals repair shop
– The buy-back
Confirmed speakers :
Thomas CHIEUX, Co-founder – TGC Conseil (FR)
Nicolas FENETRE, European Business Development Director – BCA
Sébastien GUIGUES, Managing Director Iberia at Groupe Renault & Brand Manager for Renault and Alpine – RENAULT GROUP
Ernesto ZAPATA – Business Development Manager – PPG Ibérica
Recruitment / Skills / Training / Job evolutions
– E- sellers, e-repairers
– New skills & training
– Job evolutions
Confirmed speakers :
Luc DE MOOR, Progressor and future thinker – EDUCAM
Josep NADAL, Cluster Manager – CIAC (The Automotive Industry Cluster of Catalonia)
Alternative Fuel solutions : The rise of hydrogen-powered vehicles
– What changes in infrastructure to repair the hydrogen vehicles ?
– Costs of infrastructure transformation of a repair shop
Confirmed speakers :
Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS, CEO – HYDROGEN Europe (BELGIUM)
Paul-Henri GILISSEN, Managing Director – EDUCAM Group
(BELGIUM)
5:15pm NETWORKING BREAK
5:30pm CECRA’S general assembly
8:00pm – COCKTAIL
9:00pm – GALA DINNER
Friday, SEPTEMBER 16th
9:00am – PLENARY SESSION #3 : Spanish feedback of the automotive ecosystem
9:00am VIP Speech & interview
Jaime BAREA, Spanish Car Dealers department – GANVAM
Raúl PALACIOS CAMACHO, President – GANVAM
9:30am DEBATE
– Spanish market, figures, structure and evolution, challenges and opportunities
– Distribution model in Spain
– Used car market and online sales
– Link between Used Car and Aftersales
Confirmed speakers :
Javier RODRIGUEZ, Director of Purchasing & Supply Chain – CLICARS
Pablo TELLERÍA, Senior Advisor – NTT DATA
Miguel ÁNGEL GARCÍA, General Director – Grupo M-Automoción
10:05am – NETWORKING BREAK
10:45am – WORKSHOPS #3
Agent contract : how to manage change ?
– Legal, logistic, invoice issues
– After sales service
– Customer management issues
Confirmed speakers :
Martin KUHN, General Secretary – CECRA & European Dealer Council Volkswagen Group (FINLAND)
David SANDOVAL, Director General – LG BARCELONA (SPAIN)
Christian ZAMET, Managing Director – ACCENTURE Strategy & Consulting
New consuming and financing habits
– Which models and organization: subscription / LLD / LOA / Purchases – (Netflix model)
– Pay as your drive
– What levels of profitability
– Which services / insurances
– OEM’s options
– Connected Retailing
Confirmed speakers :
Paul BENNETT, SVP international Development & Banking Alliances – IVENDI
Mathieu BERNARD, Senior Project Manager – Roland Berger (SPAIN)
What future for industrial vehicles by 2030 ?
– What changes in infrastructure to repair the new electric/hydrogen vehicles etc…
– Costs of infrastructure transformations
Confirmed speaker :
Nicolas LENORMANT, President “Commercial Vehicles” branch – MOBILIANS (FR)
11:35am – WORKSHOPS #4
Web to stores & phygital for new and used cars : how to stand out from pure players’ competition
– Digitalization strategy
– How much revenue expecting from a digital strategy in store ?
Confirmed speakers :
Benoît BACHELOT, Chef Operating Officer, BEE2LINK
Claire ESCARTIN – Deputy general manager – LG BARCELONA
Marco MARLIA, CEO & Co-Founder – MOTORK
Interests’ of independant repairers
Automotive spare parts
– What are the repercussions of the pricing policies imposed by car insurance companies on repair shops in Spain?
Confirmed speaker :
Luis URSUA – Head of CETRAA‘s Legal Department (SPAIN)
MARKETPLACE : sales, aftersales
– How marketplaces create new rules ?
– Enhance the customer relationship by collecting reviews
– How to manage your stocks
– Can we work with and How ?
Confirmed speaker :
Rodrigo FERREIRA DA SILVA, President – ARAN (PORTUGAL)
12:20pm – LUNCH
1:50pm – PLENARY SESSION #4 Connected vehicles, data and services
1:50pm VIP speech + interview
Confirmed speaker :
Mark NICKLAS, Head of Unit Mobility – EUROPEAN COMMISSION (visio conferency live)
SPEECH
Pilar DEL CASTILLO, Member of the European Parliament at the Committee on Industry, Digital Technologies, Telecommunications, Energy, Research and Innovation – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2:10pm DEBATE – What is the impact of the DATA ?
– DATA Act (acted the 23/02/2022) – sectoral approach
– How to deal with the ongoing lack of access to in-vehicle data and functions to compete in digital products and services, and to provide customers, both consumers and fleet operators, with the digital services they expect.
– How to secure connected vehicle data and address cyber risks ? (SERMI)
– Which Technical solutions ? (respecting standards of security and safety exist but require legislative backing at European level.
Confirmed speakers :
Mathieu CHÈNEBIT, Founder/CEO – ECHOES (FR)
Yvan LEROUX, DataScientist – ERIDANIS (FR)
Bernard LYCKE, Director General – CECRA
3:00pm INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE
3:00pm VIP speech + interview
Confirmed speakers :
Mike STANTON, President & CEO – National Automobile Dealers Association (USA)
3:20pm DEBATE – Cross views on perspectives and practices
– What are the repercussions of the changes underway in Europe
– What are the impacts on the business model ?
– What is the real cost of distribution ?
– Benchmark of best practices
Confirmed speakers :
Michael ALFORD, Chairman – National Automobile Dealers Association (USA)
Bernard LYCKE, Director General – CECRA
Tim RYAN, Vice-President – Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CANADA)
James VOORTMAN, Chairman – Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AUSTRALIA)
Speaker in visio conferency live :
Jinjun SHEN, Chairman – China Automobile Dealer Association (CHINA)
CLOSING SPEECH :
Jean-Charles HERRENSCHMIDT, President – CECRA + new president
Christophe CARIGNANO, Editorial Director, Automotive – INFOPRO DIGITAL