Auto Supply Chain Leaders

8 - 9 October 2025

Hilton Munich Airport, Germany

Melanie Salter

CEO BOOM

Day 2 | 9th October

8:00 AM DE&I Breakfast Briefing

This informal discussion will explore how OEMs and Suppliers can build more diverse, equitable and inclusive workforces that tap into a wider range of insights and bring fresh ideas to the table.  

11:00 AM Chair’s Welcome Back Remarks and Solution Swap

Write down your single biggest challenge, then exchange with other delegates and brainstorm solutions in small groups.

11:40 AM Panel Interactive: How Can You Incorporate Circular Economy Principles into Your Packaging and Recycling to Reduce Waste, Lower Your Carbon Footprint and Achieve Your Environmental Goals?

Panel Discussion followed by 20 minutes interactive roundtables 

  • Coordinating sustainable packaging and recycling practices across a broad network of suppliers and logistics partners, and a varied product range 
  • Optimising your sustainable packaging and recycling programmes to keep the initiative cost-effective 
  • Streamlining your reverse logistics and recycling to realise environmental gains while reducing operational costs 

3:20 PM Fireside Chat: How Can You Proactively Lead Change and Empower Talent to Drive Innovation and Adaptability in a Digitally Transformed Future?

  • Embracing true transformation over reactive adaptation - why incremental changes aren’t enough and how you can rethink your business models for long-term success 
  • Leading with self-awareness – the power of humility, accountability and culture in driving change  
  • Using your supply chain as a strategic catalyst to positively impact the wider business 
  • Attracting and harnessing talent from outside the auto industry – nurturing innovation and leadership at every level 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Melanie.

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