On 2nd and 3rd October 2025 we staged the Forum Future in Antwerp, Belgium. The event was held at the Radisson Astrid, near the historical train station just across Astrid Square in central Antwerp. The meeting was attended by over 70 participants from almost 20 countries, networking, listening to presentations and engaging in quality discussions over one and a half days. The Forum Future is enjoying more and more popularity among EAIVT members due to its a discussion-friendly setting. Furthermore, the association board uses the opportunity to share and explain current and future projects to the members present.
From 12-14 September 2024 we staged the first Forum Future since 2019. The event was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and saw over 50 participants from almost 20 countries, networking, listening to presentations and engaging in quality discussions over one and a half days. The Forum Future is an important item in EAIVT's toolbox as it comes in a discussion-friendly setting, an ideal platform for the association board to share and explain current and future projects to the members present.
On 21 October 2021 EAIVT Members gathered for EAIVT’s first ‘Hybrid Market Talk’, a meeting that was derived from the popular Forum Future scheme, but which takes place in an online/hybrid format. With the ‘Market Talk’ EAIVT takes a critical look at the situation of the independent car trade in some of the European core markets.
The E.A.I.V.T. Forum Future 2019 took place on 27 September in Oslo, Norway. As in previous years, about 50-60 E.A.I.V.T. members and guests came to this discussion forum to learn about market developments, discuss problems and ideas and exchange opinions. The first part of the meeting was a members-only meeting again, where we discussed association matters and looked at developments in individual markets. Accordingly, we heard input from various members established in different markets both inside and beyond Europe. The open meeting in the afternoon was dedicated to the topic of e-mobility and we heard expert presentations from TUEV Nord, the German technical service, Transport&Environment, a prominent European NGO promoting green transportation in the EU, as well as Norsk elbilforening, who represent Norwegian e-car owners and promote e-mobility in the country of this conference. Like in previous ForumFuture meetings the participants were eager to hear the presentations and afterwards engaged in lively discussions. We thank the presenters for their input and all members and guests present at the meeting for their participation.
This year’s E.A.I.V.T. Forum Future took place on 12 October in Marseille, France. 50 E.A.I.V.T. members and guests came together to learn, discuss and exchange opinions. The first part of the meeting was a members-only meeting to discuss association matters and the role of E.A.I.V.T. in the independent car sector. The afternoon meeting was open to guests and focused on the French car market. As always at the Autumn Forum we saw expert presentations and had lively discussions on important aspects of the local car market.
his year’s E.A.I.V.T. Forum Future took place on 22 September in Sopot (Gdansk), Poland. Around 50 E.A.I.V.T. members and guests came together to learn, discuss and exchange opinions. In the morning there were lively discussions on the situation of the independent sector and the role of E.A.I.V.T. The afternoon focussed on the Polish market and we had the chance to receive first-hand information through 3 expert presentations on several aspects of the Polish car market. The E.A.I.V.T. Board thanks all participants for their interest and our Polish members for the support in staging this event. Members interested in attending future E.A.I.V.T. Forum meetings should write to ‘info@eaivt.org’ and register their interest.The body content of your post goes here.
Every year in autumn E.A.I.V.T. stages a meeting in a different country to bring together some of our members and local dealers of that country. This year, the E.A.I.V.T. ForumFuture took place from 22 to 24 September in Tallinn, Estonia Topical focus of the conference was on the Estonian and Baltic Car Markets. There were over 40 participants, most of whom E.A.I.V.T. Members, but also some guests. The purpose of this E.A.I.V.T. ForumFuture meeting was: to gain more insight into the local market and understand its particularities. To achieve this, we shared knowledge between E.A.I.V.T. members and guests and brought people to the table who have insight into various aspects of the Estonian/Baltic car market. to strengthen the ties with our members in Estonia and neighbouring countries and possibly encourage more local demand for E.A.I.V.T. membership. Dealers present at this meeting had the opportunity of finding new business partners as well as understanding the requirements of the local market. Members interested in attending our ForumFuture meetings should write to ‘info@eaivt.org’.
Every year in autumn E.A.I.V.T. stages a meeting in a different country to bring together some of our members and local dealers of that country. This year, from 25 to 26 September the E.A.I.V.T. ForumFuture took place in Verona, Italy.
Every year in autumn E.A.I.V.T. stages a meeting in a different country to bring together some of our members and local dealers of that country. This year, from 26 to 27 September the E.A.I.V.T. road-show took place in Stockholm to introduce the Association to local dealers from Northern Europe.The purpose of the E.A.I.V.T. ForumFuture meeting was: to gain more insight into the local market and understand its particularities. To achieve this we shared knowledge between E.A.I.V.T. members and guests and brought people to the table who have insight into various aspects of the Swedish and Scandinavian markets. to strengthen the ties with our members in Scandinavia and neighbouring countries and possibly encourage more local demand for E.A.I.V.T. membership. Dealers present at these meetings typically look at finding new business partners as well as understanding the requirements of the local market. There were 53 delegates at the conference from 35 companies, representing 13 countries.
This year’s ForumFuture took place on 27/28 September in Madrid, Spain. We counted 55 participants from 10 countries at this event about half of whom were attendees from automotive companies in Spain. The meeting was very well received by everybody present and it benefitted not just from the well-balanced mix of attendees, but more than anything from the participants’ committed approach to the event. Most if not all guests contributed with valuable insight, leading to lively and in-depth discussions on the key topics. Members who are interested in joining future E.A.I.V.T. Forum Meetings are kindly asked to contact the Board at “board@eaivt.org”.