IAA Transportation · Hannover · 15–20 September 2026

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Charging Network Build-Out Track Software-Defined Vehicle Deep Dive Board-Level Market Signal Tour Fleet & Charging Operations Circuit

Charging Network Build-Out Track

Network planners and infrastructure teams scaling public and depot charging.

Follow the money and the megawatts from policy funding to real-world charge-point rollout.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 15 September

  1. 10:00–12:00
    hall 19/20 | C28 Battery Technology & Charging Infrastructure

    Sets the technical baseline for battery and charging hardware you'll be deploying.

  2. 12:30–13:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Charging the Electric Commercial Vehicles Transformation in Europe

    Pan-European view of what's actually blocking the transformation.

  3. 14:45–15:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Markus Mildner (Siemens): Charging beyond hardware

    Siemens on why hardware alone won't win the charging game.

  4. 15:30–15:45
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Powering the next phase of heavy-duty transport electrification

    Next-phase electrification strategy straight from the Main Stage.

  5. 17:00–17:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Green Logistics - Unlocking zero-emission road freight transportation: Overcoming barriers and accelerating scalable green logistics (in English)

    Closes the day with the barriers to scaling zero-emission freight.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 16 September

  1. 10:00–10:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Electric road transport, a European reality: When charging meets demand

    Where charging supply meets real fleet demand across Europe.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Sustainable Charging Infrastructure Planning for a Successful Future for Logistics Companies (in German)

    Practical planning framework for logistics-scale charging sites.

  3. 13:00–13:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Beyond the Plug: Rethinking Charging for Commercial Fleets at Scale (in English)

    Rethinks fleet charging at scale beyond simple plug counts.

  4. 14:00–14:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Der E-Lkw rollt: Wie der Bund den Aufbau einer leistungsfähigen Ladeinfrastruktur für den Schwerlastverkehr vorantreibt

    Direct line to how German federal funding is shaping the network.

  5. 16:30–17:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) A roadmap to decarbonising long-distance trucking – Heavy Duty Hydrogen trucking - H2Accelerate Collaboration

    Hydrogen corridor roadmap complements your electric buildout.

Day 3 — Thursday, 17 September

  1. 10:00–12:00
    hall 19/20 | C28 Battery Technology & Charging Infrastructure

    A second, deeper pass on battery and charging tech with new speakers.

  2. 13:30–14:00
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Where's the next free truck parking spot? Prediction instead of search (in English)

    Parking prediction is the missing link for charge-point siting.

  3. 14:00–14:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) The Next Phase of Truck Charging: Insights from Real-World Operations

    Real-world operational data to close out your infrastructure track.

Software-Defined Vehicle Deep Dive

Engineers and product owners building software, AI and interoperability layers for commercial vehicles.

Trace the shift from connected data to autonomous, agentic vehicle software.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 15 September

  1. 10:00–10:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Vehicle Centric Intelligence (in English)

    Frames the vehicle-centric intelligence stack you'll see all day.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) From Digital Services to Agentic Operations - Preparing Commercial Vehicle Businesses for the Next Wave of AI-based Service Offerings (in English)

    Where digital services are heading next: agentic AI operations.

  3. 14:00–14:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Software-Defined Trucks: Powering Digital Ecosystems in Logistics and Commercial Vehicles

    Core session on software-defined truck ecosystems.

  4. 16:00–16:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) From Data to Decisions: How Location Intelligence is Transforming Truck Mobility (in English)

    Location intelligence turning fleet data into decisions.

  5. 17:00–17:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Detlef Juerss (Valeo)

    Valeo's tech leadership take to close the day.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 16 September

  1. 09:30–09:50
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) McKinsey Morning Talk with Cellcentric (in English)

    Fast strategic primer before the floor opens.

  2. 10:30–11:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Connected Trucks Meet AI: Building Smarter Logistics Operations

    Connected trucks plus AI is your core interoperability theme.

  3. 11:30–12:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) From pilot to P&L: AI in the Commercial Vehicle industry

    How AI pilots actually become P&L-relevant software products.

  4. 14:00–14:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) The New Toll App: TollNow (in German)

    A concrete interoperability case study: toll software in production.

  5. 16:00–17:00
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Startup Award powered by Plug and Play

    See the newest software startups pitching live.

Day 3 — Thursday, 17 September

  1. 10:00–11:00
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Opening Hackathon

    Kick off with the hackathon energy shaping tomorrow's tools.

  2. 12:00–13:00
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Transport Forum: Everyone is talking about AI—but what specific benefits does it offer the transportation industry? (in English)

    Cuts through AI hype to concrete transport industry benefits.

  3. 13:00–13:30
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Bring Your Own Device: Unlocking Innovation for Software-Defined Commercial Vehicles (in English)

    BYOD is the next interoperability frontier for SDVs.

  4. 14:00–14:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) From Prototype to Product: Engineering Trust (in English)

    How to engineer trust as prototypes become shipped products.

  5. 17:15–17:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Award ceremony Hackathon

    Closes the loop on the hackathon you opened the day with.

Board-Level Market Signal Tour

Investors and board members scanning the truck industry for competitiveness and capital signals.

Track the macro story of European competitiveness, capital flows and disruptive tech bets.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 15 September

  1. 10:00–11:00
    Main Stage (Hall 18) IAA TRANSPORTATION Opening

    Sets the industry tone right from the top.

  2. 11:30–11:45
    Main Stage (Hall 18) C-Level Keynote

    Unfiltered C-level view in five minutes flat.

  3. 11:45–12:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Winning the Transition: Competitiveness in Europe's Truck Industry

    The core competitiveness question every board is asking.

  4. 15:00–15:30
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Transformation on the Road: Innovation, Competitiveness, and Climate Goals in the Commercial Vehicle Sector

    Ties innovation, climate goals and competitiveness together.

  5. 17:00–17:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Green Logistics - Unlocking zero-emission road freight transportation: Overcoming barriers and accelerating scalable green logistics (in English)

    Investable barriers and opportunities in zero-emission freight.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 16 September

  1. 08:00–09:45
    Hermes Lounge, Exhibition Grounds Hannover de:hub x VDA Innovation Breakfast

    Best networking hour of the day, before the halls open.

  2. 10:00–10:30
    Main Stage (Hall 18) C-Level Panel (tba)

    Direct peer-to-peer signal from other C-levels.

  3. 11:00–11:30
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Open Innovation: Next Leverage for R&D (in German)

    Where R&D leverage and capital allocation intersect.

  4. 13:00–13:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Andreas Schmitz (Schmitz Cargobull)

    A leading CV manufacturer's own strategic read.

  5. 15:00–15:30
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Investing in Deep Tech: From Idea to IPO Companisto, Reverse IPO (in German)

    Concrete deep-tech-to-IPO investment case study.

  6. 16:00–16:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Conference Session by McKinsey & Company (in English)

    McKinsey closes the day with a sober strategic synthesis.

Day 3 — Thursday, 17 September

  1. 09:30–09:50
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) McKinsey Morning Talk with Volvo (in English)

    Volvo's own read on where the market is heading.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Bringing Innovation to Mass Production: How Startups, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Industry, and Government Are Working Together to Strengthen Value Creation in the Automotive Sector

    How startup innovation actually scales to mass production capital.

  3. 16:00–16:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Solar on Commercial Vehicles: Industry Experience and the Business Case (in English)

    A niche but real business case worth watching for portfolio bets.

Fleet & Charging Operations Circuit

CPOs, eMSPs and fleet operators running day-to-day charging and vehicle operations.

Move from vehicle intelligence to fleet economics to on-the-ground charging reliability.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 15 September

  1. 10:00–10:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) Vehicle Centric Intelligence (in English)

    Operational intelligence layer for your fleet's vehicles.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    prototype.club Stage (Hall 12) From Digital Services to Agentic Operations - Preparing Commercial Vehicle Businesses for the Next Wave of AI-based Service Offerings (in English)

    Agentic AI is coming for your service operations next.

  3. 13:00–13:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Trucking runs on certainty

    Quick, sharp take on what keeps operations predictable.

  4. 15:00–15:15
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) How AI enables next-level predictive diagnostics for fleets

    Predictive diagnostics that cut downtime across your fleet.

  5. 16:00–16:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) When the truck manufacturer becomes its own customer

    What happens when the OEM starts operating like you do.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 16 September

  1. 10:00–10:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Electric road transport, a European reality: When charging meets demand

    Demand-side reality check for your charging operations.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Sustainable Charging Infrastructure Planning for a Successful Future for Logistics Companies (in German)

    Planning session built for logistics companies like yours.

  3. 12:00–12:15
    Main Stage (Hall 18) The Fleet Manager Evolves

    The fleet manager role is changing fast - stay ahead of it.

  4. 15:00–15:30
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Shippers in the Driver's Seat: Catalyst or Bottleneck for Zero-Emission Trucks?

    Understand whether shippers help or hinder your zero-emission push.

  5. 17:00–17:30
    Main Stage (Hall 18) Fueling at Half the Cost: How Bio-LNG Is Powering Heavy-Duty Transport Today

    A cost-saving fuel alternative worth benchmarking against charging.

Day 3 — Thursday, 17 September

  1. 09:30–09:50
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) McKinsey Morning Talk with Volvo (in English)

    OEM perspective to open your operational day.

  2. 11:00–11:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Electric Trucks: Ready for Everyday Use? – Insights from the E-Truck Tour Germany (in German)

    Real E-Truck Tour data on everyday operational readiness.

  3. 12:00–13:00
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) Transport Forum: Everyone is talking about AI—but what specific benefits does it offer the transportation industry? (in English)

    Grounds AI hype in what's actually usable for your fleet.

  4. 14:00–14:45
    Industry Stage (Hall 13) The Next Phase of Truck Charging: Insights from Real-World Operations

    Closes the loop with field data on truck charging in operation.