About the Event

The Autonomous Main Event 2026 is the seventh edition of this flagship conference on autonomous mobility and robotics, taking place September 23 and 24, 2026, at Vienna's Hofburg Imperial Palace, with both in-person and virtual participation available. It is organized by The Autonomous, an initiative founded by TTTech Auto.

Audience and Attendees

The event brings together C-level executives, safety experts and senior decision-makers from the global autonomous mobility and robotics industries. Confirmed speakers include Lars Reger, Executive Vice President and CTO of NXP Semiconductors, and Ricky Hudi, Chairman and co-founding member of The Autonomous Association, who delivers the welcome address.

Programme Structure

The two-day programme combines technical workshops, strategic keynotes, panel discussions, breakout sessions, live demos and interactive roundtables. TrustMotion and TTTech Computertechnik are hosting a spotlight session titled "Software-defined, autonomous systems innovation: aligning research, industry and policy for deployment."

Main Topics

Under the 2026 motto "Building Trust for Autonomy to Scale," sessions address safety, security and robustness as prerequisites for large-scale autonomous deployment, including a panel on scaling autonomous machines in the off-highway market and discussions on building secure and scalable edge AI frameworks for autonomous systems.

Closing Session

The event page does not describe a specific closing session; the programme runs through the close of Day 2 on September 24, 2026.

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