Know today what will be important tomorrow - stay up to date with the Automechanika Academy 2026 and practice-orientated workshops. For the next generation and young professionals, the trade fair is the ideal platform to find out about career and employment opportunities in the automotive aftermarket.
Training: Automechanika Academy & seminars
Increasing digitalisation and new technological developments present automotive businesses with new challenges every day. That's why regular training is important. Take advantage of the Academy's diverse and free programme, which covers a wide range of lectures, panels and tech talks on current topics and developments.
Stage programme at a glance
- Innovation4Mobility Hall 3.0
- Academy Hall 8.0: Diagnostics & Repair
- Academy Hall 11.1: Body & Paint
- Academy Hall 12.0 Car Wash, Care & Detailing, Oils, Lubricants & Fuels
Body & paint seminars
Automotive professionals can attend free practical seminars organised by renowned body & paint companies directly at Automechanika. Located in Hall 11.0 for the first time, the following workshops will be held in German and English:
- Systematic recording of damage to cars involved in accidents
- Repair cost calculation with artificial intelligence
- Working on high-voltage and fuel cell vehicles
- Car body panel dent repair
- Body repair and electronic body measurement with universal / measuring straightening systems
- Combined joining techniques (bonding, riveting, welding)
- Windscreen repair and replacement
- Car body bonding and sealing
- Surface repair processes to prepare for painting
- Painting & digitalisation, finishing & polishing techniques
- ADAS calibration and diagnosis of on-board electronics
- Plastic repair (thermal processes)
- Safety at bodywork workstations when handling and repairing electric and multi-material mix vehicles