First of all, apologies if we have not had the chance to personally phone you in the last month, but along with the team - namely Dominic, Jason, David and Tom - I have called some of our major exhibitors to discuss various aspects arising out the postponement of the June show in Stuttgart this year.

Numerous options have been considered and discussed with a significant cross section of our 480 exhibitor-community, including the associated Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo exhibitors. Options included the possibility of changing to a late September date or to an early December slot. However, nothing creates a universally successful option. Given the considerable uncertainties we all face that contributes to difficult decision making, we have concluded that the majority of our exhibitors will benefit from clarity early on.

And so rather than leave a degree of uncertainty, we have reluctantly concluded that the best option for all is to postpone the Stuttgart event until June 2021. All stand bookings will of course transfer to next year without any further action required. The final payment date will move to April 2021.

In the meantime, we expect to run Automotive Testing Expo in Shanghai in September as originally planned and on the scheduled dates (14-16 September), plus we expect to run the show in Novi, USA, in its regular late-October slot, followed by South Korea in March 2021.

We know that for many of our exhibitors these are tricky times. You can rest assured that we look forward to working with you as normal once we get past the current phase of restrictions. We will also endeavour to provide a range of alternative options to help you promote new products and technologies to our hugely extensive database.

May I wish you safety, good health and success, and assurances that we are on standby to play our part.

With best regards,
Tony Robinson, CEO UKi Media & Events/Founder, Automotive Testing Expo