Drive Forward, formerly known as Automotive Week, is a (inter)national multi-day conference focused on innovations in automotive mobility.
Taking place from April 8th to 9th, 2025, at the Automotive Campus Helmond in the heart of Brainport Eindhoven, this biennial event showcases cutting-edge advancements that ensure Europe’s leadership in the automotive industry.
This conference aims to bring together European visionaries, industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers to discuss and showcase advancements in these critical areas, fostering collaboration and innovation and strengthening Europe’s competitive position in the automotive industry.
Focus areas
Drive Forward 2025 centers on two transformative themes:
- Decarbonization:
Exploring electrification, hydrogen solutions, shared mobility, and renewable energy. - Digitalization:
Diving into connected vehicles, autonomous driving, ICT integration, digital services and policy.
Key topics include:
- Digitalization & Autonomous Driving
- Electrification & Hydrogen
- Charging Infrastructure
- Logistics, ICT, and Applications
- Policies and EU regulations
Op 9 april 2025 wijdt Drive Forward 2025 een hele dag aan decarbonisatie, met een specifieke focus op de rol van batterijen in het vormgeven van Europa’s schone energietoekomst. Terwijl de race naar duurzame mobiliteit versnelt, staat Europa voor de uitdaging om zijn positie in de wereldwijde batterijwaardeketen te verzekeren. Industrie-experts, innovators en beleidsmakers komen samen op de Automotive Campus in Helmond om de nieuwste ontwikkelingen te bespreken, belangrijke uitdagingen aan te pakken en beleidsmaatregelen te verkennen die de toekomst van batterijtechnologie en elektrificatie zullen bepalen.