Programme

The running order

Plenary Green track · the urban layer Red track · the deployment layer

08:0045 min

Registration & networking breakfast
08:4515 min

Welcome: Moving People, Making Cities
Chair
The chair's framing: autonomy judged by what it does for the city, not the city judged by how well it accommodates autonomy.
09:0020 min

What a City Actually Wants from Autonomy
Keynote
The urban-systems case, made by someone who studies cities rather than sells vehicles — what autonomy has to earn its place in the network.
09:2040 min

Why Now: The Money, the Mandate, the Moment
Panel
The EU Automotive Action Plan, the capital going in, and the unit economics. Policy and money are aligning; the open question is whether the numbers actually close. Fleet owners, an operator, a policy voice and an investor.
10:0030 min

London in the Open
Fireside
What the supervised trials teach us, and what happens as permitting opens up. The developers on the road, the department writing the rules and the platform taking the bookings — in one conversation rather than three announcements.
10:3030 min

Networking break
11:0030 min

Made in Europe: Can the Continent Lead?
Panel
Whether the UK and Europe build a vibrant AV ecosystem of their own — operators, technology, fleets and capital reinforcing each other — or host everyone else's. Leaders from a European operator and a European carmaker on partnership, not passengers.
11:3030 min

Are We There Yet? The Honest State of Driverless
Panel
An unsentimental read on technical readiness at scale, from people who build the stack rather than market it. This is where the ugly gets said out loud.
12:0020 min

Fireside chat
Fireside
To be announced.
12:2010 min

Sponsor session
Sponsor
12:3075 min

Lunch & networking
13:4525 min

Afternoon keynote
Keynote
To be announced.
14:105 min

Move to the tracks
14:15to 16:30Parallel

Green
14:15 · 30 min
Bus, Shuttle, Pod: Autonomy Joins Public Transport
Panel
The European path, where autonomy strengthens the network instead of competing with it. The hard question: does it add capacity, or just skim the profitable routes and leave the rest to the public?

14:45 · 30 min
How We See Autonomy: Public Transport Authorities
City presentations
Four cities, eight minutes each. Public transport authorities on where autonomy fits their networks, in their own words.

15:15 · 75 min
Mayors at the Wheel: What City Leaders Want from AVs
Roundtable workshop
A city-leaders' roundtable. The people who grant or withhold consent, on what they need before they give it — and what they fear if they get it wrong.

Red
14:15 · 10 min
Sponsor session
Sponsor

14:25 · 25 min
The Profit Is in the Fleet
Panel
The hidden layer of profitability. The margin sits in orchestrating the fleet, not the vehicle or the ride — the linchpin of the value chain, and the part the coverage skips.

14:50 · 25 min
Data: Ensuring Compliance and Safety in Deployments
Panel
Mapping, training data, validation, and the data-sharing question nobody wants to answer: who owns it, and does the city ever see any of it?

15:15 · 15 min
Networking break

15:30 · 10 min
Sponsor session
Sponsor

15:40 · 25 min
Infrastructure: What AVs May Need
Panel
Charging and depots: the infrastructure behind every vehicle on the road, and whether it is the key to deploying at scale.

16:05 · 25 min
From 50 to 5,000: What Breaks When You Scale
Panel
The honest account of what transfers from a pilot and what doesn't. Operators who have hit the wall, on exactly where it is.
16:3030 min

Networking break
17:0020 min

Autonomous Cities in Europe: Closer Than You Think
Keynote
How close Europe really is to autonomous cities, and what has to happen next to move from national permits and pilots to paid, driverless service a city is glad to have.
17:2010 min

Closing remarks
Close
17:30—

Summit close & networking drinks

Built on experience

Why our summits work

Knowledge

As an independent series, every speaker, panel, and conversation is curated with one goal: putting the sector's most important questions in front of the people best placed to answer them. In London, that curation is led by Lukas Neckermann, author of four books on mobility, co-founder of PAVE Europe, and adviser to founders, investors, and operators across the autonomous ecosystem. Short keynotes, dynamic panels, moderators who push. This is where the sector's real thinking happens.

Networking

Curated mix. The 2026 edition drew 200 delegates from 27+ countries, the 2027 edition is capped at 250 and runs the same model: fewer invitations than most summits resulting in better business interactions.Coffee breaks designed for actual conversation, not corridor traffic. Post-summit drinks for everyone in the room. Optional VIP Dinner add-on (see below) for the most concentrated face-to-face evening of the year.

Influence

City and public transport authorities are open to autonomous vehicles but want deployment models that work for their own citizens rather than simply following the US or China. AV operators who engage early can help shape these decisions while gaining direct access to the decision-makers leading procurement, policy, and deployment. You'll leave with a clearer understanding of where regulation is moving fastest, where the economics work today, and a network of around 30 senior industry peers you didn't know on Monday.

Optional Add-on

VIP Dinner

Limited to 50 senior delegates, speakers, partners and invited guests, the VIP Dinner is where the conversations become more candid. No stage. No presentations. Just a room full of the people shaping Europe's autonomous future.

While the summit day is designed for learning and structured networking, the dinner is designed for relationships. The format is intentionally small, allowing operators, policymakers, investors, OEMs, technology providers and public authorities to spend meaningful time together before the main programme begins.

£300

+ VAT

50 places only · first-come, first-served

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