Discover how advanced digital systems are transforming industries
December 11th | 10am - 12pm ET | Virtual
Join industry experts as they explore the seismic shifts reshaping the automotive landscape in 2026 and beyond. This essential virtual event will deliver cutting-edge insights on software-defined manufacturing, software-defined vehicles, mobility transformation, and market forecasting, helping you navigate the industry's most critical challenges and opportunities in the software-defined era.
Q4 Conference Agenda
Software-defined manufacturing: The new era of industrial control?
This presentation explores the transformative shift toward software-defined manufacturing (SDM) and its potential to revolutionize industrial control systems. Uncover market assessments and vendor approaches.
A maturity blueprint for the software-defined vehicle transformation
Based on global survey data from 647 industry experts, this presentation will introduce Omdia's industry-neutral SDV maturity framework, which defines four evolutionary phases: Connected, Augmented, Adaptive, and Agentic.
Mastering the software-defined mobility transformation
This presentation examines how the automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental metamorphosis—shifting from hardware-manufactured products to creating intelligent, software-powered mobility ecosystems.
The US outlook for 2026 and 5-year North America production forecast
This presentation will look at the prospects for stronger demand and higher production in North America in 2026, and how this year's events so far have impacted the production outlook for the next five years.
Q4 Conference Speakers
Featured Content and Research
The Forces Shaping 2026
What do Omdia's industry-leading analysts think the forces shaping 2026 are?
Our latest e-book explores the critical themes identified in Omdia's 2026 Research Agenda, covering the full breadth of Omdia's comprehensive coverage.
Read it today to uncover future-looking expert perspective into:
- Enterprise and channel: Cloud and data center, cybersecurity, IoT, AI, digital workplace, and channels and partner ecosystem
- Consumer: Media and entertainment, games and games tech, smartphone, PC, TV/Pro AV, and connected life
- Telecoms: Telecom markets, strategies, regulation, B2C, B2B, and networks
- Integrated Tech: Automotive, displays, physical security, smart building and energy infrastructure, manufacturing technology, memory and storage, and semiconductors





