October 24-25, 2023
American Automotive Summit
MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit
2023 Featured Speakers
Judy Brunson
VP, Global Quality
CumminsSuheb Haq
President, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing
General MotorsPawel Zarek
President, Americas
Motherson SASMalin Ekholm
VP, Chassis, Attributes and Safety Engineering
RivianMichael Lovati
SVP, Group Trucks Purchasing, North America
Volvo GroupTsutomu Wakitani
VP and Executive Chief Engineer
American Honda Motor Company
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Excellent experience. The speakers were awesome and informative. I took away so many tools I can apply in my organization.
This was my first time at the show, and I was pleasantly surprised with the attention put to all the details so everything runs very smoothly and on time. The whole staff showed great experience at putting up events
The Summit Experience
Executive Corner Podcast
HOW TO RESPOND TO CHANGE: DISCUSSING CHALLENGES, LEADERSHIP, AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

With Johan de Nysschen,
Chief Operating Officer,
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc
- The biggest challenges COO challenges during the pandemic
- Leadership traits and qualities that have supported him the most during this time
- What opportunities these challenges will provide in the future
- How technological disruption will become more prevalent in the next 10 years
- What legacy brands have to do to compete with emerging companies like Tesla, Rivian and others
- Reacting to consumer trends and their shifting needs for transport and mobility
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P.O. Box 119
Toronto, ON M5V 3B1
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Become a Sponsor
The American Automotive Summit provides exclusive, customizable sponsorship packages for organizations wishing to connect with VPs, Directors, and other senior-level executives in the automotive manufacturing industry. The sponsorship packages for our automotive conference include unique benefits that are exclusive to our summits; from customizable networking opportunities, to our trademarked Marketing 365 initiative and pre-qualified 1-to-1 meetings. Find out more below and contact us for more information!
MARKETING 365®
Generis' trademarked Marketing 365 initiative is an exclusive offering only available through Generis events, including the American Automotive Summit. Extend your brand beyond our brick-and-mortar automotive event to include content sharing, blog posts, social sharing, original content generation and more – all as part of your package!
20 min ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
At our automotive conference designed for executives, your one-to-one meetingswill go beyond speed dating, providing you with the opportunity to pre-qualify potential meeting candidates and make adjustments to your meeting schedule before the onsite one-to-one meeting.
LIMITED Exhibit numbers
We limit the number of sponsors at our executive automotive event to ensure that quality interactions occur on the floor. We bring only the most relevant, capable and credible thought leaders to our events to meet with our delegates and speaker faculty.
Delegate seniority
Generis maintains a senior level delegate audience by pre-qualifying all attending delegates. For this reason, the American Automotive Summit is invitation only. Registrations at our automotive conference are granted to senior-level executives who meet our strict qualification and seniority standards.
Speaking Opportunities
Unlike other automotive conferences, speaking opportunities at the American Automotive Summit are tailored to your needs. We offer you direct access to a highly-targeted audience that makes the decision on what their business will do next. Join our executive automotive speaker faculty today!
Pre-Summit Delegate Catalog
Full access to specific and detailed business intelligence on each attending delegate including a detailed profile and their key areas of focus/investment via our proprietary attendee database.
To ensure the exclusivity of our automotive event, we have password protected our pages. Access is granted to qualified individuals and companies who meet the requirements for attendance.
To find out more about sponsorship opportunities at the American Automotive Summit, and the range of services offered in our packages, please click on the button below to request access to our gated pages and we will follow up with your password shortly.
Knowledge Center
Year after year the American Automotive Summit generates key content from industry influencers. Request access to our knowledge center to access video presentations of sessions presented at past summits, watch speaker interviews and review industry insights presented through eBooks.
Session Videos

Speaker Interviews

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Get in Touch
606 – 555 Richmond Street West
P.O. Box 119
Toronto, ON M5V 3B1
Canada