To make the mobility transition a success, it is necessary to create an appropriate legal, regulatory and operational framework. These vehicles must become part of our everyday reality and be present on our streets. We are pleased to provide the industry with the Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit as a platform for discussion and networking that will help accelerate approval processes and make Hamburg a pioneer of autonomous mobility. I am looking forward to welcoming many notable speakers,” said Heiko M. Stutzinger, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress.
The Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit enjoys broad support from Hamburg’s policymakers. Dr. Anjes Tjarks, Hamburg Senator for Traffic and the Mobility Transition who will be among the speakers at the Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit, emphasised the city’s special role: “By hosting the Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit, we are writing the next chapter of Hamburg’s success story of international mobility congresses. For the first time, we will not only discuss technologies or visions but the entire ecosystem, from vehicles to the legal framework, and through to real-life operation in our cities. Once more, this makes Hamburg a source of inspiration for the mobility transition in Europe.”
The official welcome on Tuesday morning, moderated by Dr. Janett Fahrenholz, Head of Regulatory Law at Volkswagen AG, will be followed by the opening keynote address “Current Pathways to Road Traffic Automation – Opportunities and Challenges” by Richard Damm, President of the Federal Authority for Motorised Traffic and Chairman of the UNECE Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA). The ensuing programme will include keynote speeches and discussion panels involving Prof. Dr. Anne Paschke who teaches Public, Technology and Digitalisation Law at Braunschweig Technical University and is Head of the Mobility Law Research Unit, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Henze, Head of the Vehicle Technology Institute (IfF) at Braunschweig Technical University, among others. On the second day of the event, Dr. Anjes Tjarks will deliver a keynote address. The comprehensive agenda will be supplemented by an exhibition as well as networking opportunities.
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Conference Agenda
About the Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit 2026
The Autonomous Mobility & Law Summit (AML Summit) will take place at the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg on 14 and 15 April 2026. Its target audience includes specialised jurists, technical experts as well as representatives of OEMs, government, municipal traffic authorities and science.
The summit, accompanied by an industry exhibition, is organised by Hamburg Messe und Congress. It is Europe’s first event merging autonomous mobility and its legal implications strategically in a single, interdisciplinary agenda. The topics range from technologies and ethical considerations to regulatory challenges. The conference programme comprises keynote speeches and panel discussions featuring highly reputable speakers, as well as networking opportunities.
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About Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH
Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC) is the venue and organiser of major international events, trade fairs and congresses. Its eleven exhibition halls offering 87,000 square meters of exhibition space are linked to the state-of-the-art CCH – Congress Center Hamburg and its up to 50 halls and rooms by a historic park, forming a unique event campus in Germany’s second largest city.
Global flagship exhibitions such as SMM – the leading international maritime trade fair, WindEnergy Hamburg, or INTERNORGA, the Global Platform for Hospitality and Foodservice, are meeting places for decision-makers and experts from around the world. They are augmented by a wide array of major guest events geared towards specific industries, such as aviation, mobility or renewable energy. HMC’s broad portfolio of trade fairs and congresses puts a strong focus on industrial clusters that are well-established in the metropolis on the Elbe river.
In addition, consumer fairs catering for specific target audiences showcase a wide range of products and services, accompanied by multifaceted shoulder programming. The up to 60 HMC-organised or guest events taking place at the exhibition complex annually are complemented by over 100 congresses, conferences and annual general meetings at the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg, which was closed from 2017 to 2022 for comprehensive revitalisation.
Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH’s roughly 350 employees generated more than EUR 140m in sales in 2024.
