The speakers lineup for the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium in Vienna, which will be held from June 16 to 18, has been unveiled.
IBIS Worldwide, a United Kingdom-based collision repair conference and events organization, released the final agenda June 1 for the 2026 event, which will be held under the theme "Connecting Changemakers."
The conference will open June 16 with a session titled "The Race for Scale: Decisions That Will Define the Next Decade."
Speakers will include Paul Sell, managing director of United Kingdom-based automotive market intelligence firm Trend Tracker and associate director of industry insights; Almudena Benedito, chief executive officer of Paris-based automotive research and consulting firm GiPA; Rex Green of New York-based investment banking firm Jefferies LLP; Steve Greenfield, founder of Los Angeles-based automotive technology investment firm Automotive Ventures; and Victoria Turner, chief executive officer of Melbourne-based repair group Precision Group.
According to the agenda, the session will cover private equity, global MSO expansion, industry consolidation, the outlook to 2030 and leadership in a changing repair market.
The following day will begin with a session titled "Who Owns Collision Repair in a Software-Led World? The Future of Mobility, Claims and Repair in the Virtual Economy."
Speakers will include Alexander Grimm, chief executive officer of Singapore-based artificial intelligence company Aspaara; Levi Fawcett, founder and chief executive officer of Christchurch, New Zealand-based automotive parts procurement platform Partly; Norbert Dohmen, global managing director at Munich-based claims management and automotive services provider Innovation Group; and Matthias Rolinski, group chief executive officer of Rellingen, Germany-based repair group IRS Holding GmbH.
Topics listed in the agenda include artificial intelligence in claims, estimating and repairs, automation, robotics, diagnostics, calibration, connectivity and customer claims journeys.
Later on June 17, IBIS will host a session titled "Insurability, Repairability and the Future of Repaironomics: How Will Collision Repair Remain Sustainable for All Stakeholders?"
Speakers will include Dirk Fuchs, director of engineering at Germany-based battery safety and energy technology organization Energy Security Agency; Andy Rietschel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Germany-based battery repair and remanufacturing company Rebattex; and Mikhail Sadomtsev, collision and parts channel manager at Brussels-based Toyota Motor Europe.
According to the agenda, the discussion will cover rising repair costs, total loss ratios, insurance risk appetite, profitability, repairability, safe repair, parts and customer expectations.
A fireside discussion scheduled for June 17 is titled "Who Will Repair the Future? The Art of Leading with Certainty in an Uncertain World."
The session will feature Sabrina Thring, president of Charlotte, N.C.-based Driven Brands Collision Group, the collision repair division of Driven Brands Holdings Inc., and Daniel Lowes, a former executive officer and pilot with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows who is now a Boeing 787 pilot.
The agenda lists leadership, strategy, decision-making and team development among the topics to be discussed.
The conference will also include a session titled "We Are Changemakers — And This Is What We Think," described by IBIS as a lightning session featuring senior industry leaders sharing views on positive change, opportunity and efficiency.
Other confirmed speakers include Dave Gunderson, president of St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division; Fabien Boschetti, sales vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Philadelphia-based coatings supplier Axalta; Robert Snook, conference director at IBIS; Sean Carey, president of United Kingdom-based consulting firm SCG Management Consultants; and Dave Smith, IBIS moderator.
IBIS stated the 2026 event will include keynote sessions, fireside discussions, roundtable conversations, audience engagement sessions and networking events.
Registration is available here.
