Annual Auto IP & Legal USA Summit 2026
A conference on automotive legal and IP strategy, featuring keynotes, panels and roundtables.
- Date
- December 8, 2026
- Location
- Detroit, MI
TL;DR
- The summit starts December 8, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.
- Its program includes keynote talks, panel discussions and roundtables.
- Topics include automotive legal and intellectual-property strategy, emerging trends and technology.
Who you'll find in the room
Automotive : Law Firms
Automotive : Law Firms 75% : 25%
Featured speakers
10 listedChris Carani
Partner and Shareholder · McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Scott Garnick
Head of Global Legal General Transactions · HERE Technologies
Angela Caligiuri
Senior Counsel, IP · General Motors
Magdalena Jablonski
Senior IP Counsel · Robert Bosch LLC
Philipp Ruben
Partner · McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Tyson Benson
Former Senior Cybersecurity Product Analyst · ZF
David Rood
Lead Counsel, Commercial and Supply Chain · Ford Motor Company
Matthew Shapiro
Partner · Sheppard Mullin
Jen Neumann
General Counsel · Avancez
Chris Hilker
Assistant General Counsel for IP · BASF
Questions people ask
5 answeredThe summit starts December 8, 2026.
The summit is held in Detroit, Michigan.
The organizer lists law firms among the event's automotive audience.
It is most useful for IP and commercial counsel at automakers, suppliers, and the law firms serving them, since speakers include senior counsel from General Motors, Ford, Robert Bosch, and BASF, plus partners from McAndrews, Held & Malloy and Sheppard Mullin, and the format includes panels and roundtables. Engineers or business staff without a legal role would get less from it, and the Detroit location puts it close to the automotive industry's home base.
Lawyers at legal and IP conferences usually wear business formal or sharp business casual, typically a suit or blazer, though automotive circles in Detroit often skew a little more relaxed. December in Detroit is cold, so a winter coat is needed.
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