October 21-22, 2025
10th Annual
American Automotive Summit
MGM Grand Detroit - Detroit, MI
Featured Speakers
Christine Thelesklaf
VP, Engineering
Bosch USAChris Styles
VP, Supply Chain Management
Nissan North America Inc.Ramiro Gutierrez
President, North America
ZF GroupAnna Markett
SVP, Supply Chain Management
StellantisMeredith Westafer
Director, Factory Design
TeslaDoneen McDowell
VP, Manufacturing, Truck/Large SUV Assembly and Component Operations
General Motors
About the American Automotive Summit
The American Automotive Summit (AAS) is a premier two-day automotive conference and executive networking event designed for senior leaders from top OEMs, Tier 1 & 2 suppliers, and automotive solution providers.
Held annually in Detroit, this exclusive automotive event in North America brings together 130+ industry decision-makers to address today’s most pressing automotive challenges, from supply chain optimization and manufacturing innovation to digital transformation, quality assurance, and emerging automotive technologies.
More than just an automotive manufacturing conference, AAS is where new strategies, partnerships, and technologies are shared to drive operational excellence and competitive advantage. This October 2025, join us to explore next-gen solutions, gain fresh perspectives, and shape the future of automotive manufacturing.
Key Themes
With its speaker sessions, workshops, and networking activities, this automotive conference will explore subjects like:
Manufacturing & Technology
- Leveraging automation, robotics and digitization in automotive manufacturing
- Developing agile lean manufacturing strategies
- Managing product flexibility as the transition to EV and Autonomous vehicles increase
- Exploring real-time transformations within automotive manufacturing
- Fostering new automotive solutions through cross-functional collaboration
- Discussing how government policies and affairs like the USMCA affect automotive manufacturing
Operations
- Balancing auto tech and talent in the plant
- Exploring P&L management strategies for operational leaders
- Optimizing costs through supplier relationship management
- Bridging the burgeoning skills gap in the automotive industry
- Enhancing automotive supply chain amid market disruptions
- Leveraging opportunities for process automation
Quality
- Implementing robust quality systems to optimize production cycle efficiency
- Ensuring product quality amidst advancing technology and software integration
- Strengthening automotive cybersecurity through industry-wide partnerships
- Enhancing automotive quality through cognitive computing and machine learning
- Empowering automotive excellence with new QMS tools
- Addressing evolving customer-specific requirements for future success
Design & Engineering
- Diving into the latest automotive innovations and technologies
- Identifying evolving automotive industry trends with predictive analytics
- Discovering key drivers shaping automotive innovation, from design to manufacturing
- Harnessing product development to achieve automotive excellence
- Launching management techniques to improve speed-to-market
- Shifting trends of alternative materials and their impact on the plant floor
- Remaining agile as product lines cull and develop
The American Automotive Summit Experience
- 150+ Senior-Level Executives
- 150+ Business Meetings Executed Onsite
- Hear Thought Provoking Case Studies
- Learn Key Implementable Ideas & Solutions
Testimonials
Excellent, great one-on-one meetings, and I love the structured approach to arranging these sessions.
Very good! We had good meetings, which then progressed to the lunch meetings where we had a lot more questions regarding the topic of RFID and traceability. It went very well.
The summit has been fantastic! We’ve had great meetings with Tier 1s, OEMS, and have gotten great feedback from a lot of leaders who have been in the industry for many years. So it’s been very helpful for our company!"
This has been a great summit. I’ve been to other conferences and the activity of communication and bringing people to our booth to have a conversation has been amazing. We really appreciate that and we’ll be back!
It was a great experience. We had a lot of really productive conversations with engineering leaders as well as other business leaders that rely on the engineering team [...] A really good two-day event!
Become a Sponsor at the American Automotive Summit
Our executive automotive gathering provides exclusive, customizable sponsorship packages for organizations wishing to connect with VPs, Directors, and other senior-level executives within the automotive 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 show to include content shares, original content generation, newsletter features, and more – all as part of your package.
20 min ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
At our automotive industry summit designed for executives, your one-to-one meetings will 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 meetings.
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 and showcase their automotive solutions.
Delegate seniority
Generis maintains a senior level delegate audience by pre-qualifying all attendees. For this reason, the American Automotive Summit is invitation-only. Registrations at our automotive conference are granted to automotive industry leaders who meet our strict qualification and seniority standards.
Speaking Opportunities
Unlike other automotive shows, speaking opportunities at the American Automotive Summit are tailored to your needs. Speaking opportunities can include leading a plenary, workshop, roundtable, or serving as a panel moderator. Join our executive automotive speaker faculty today!
Pre-Summit Delegate Catalog
Full access to specific, detailed business intelligence on each automotive industry leader confirmed to attend, including a detailed profile and their key areas of focus/investment via our proprietary attendee database.
To ensure the exclusivity of our automotive industry 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!
Speaker Interviews
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