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You have decided you want to be in the room at a WAN Summit. The next step is asking. This letter helps you do it.
Make the case to attend
An editable letter you can adapt to your role, your Summit and your manager. The right language to land the yes, with the structure and the proof points to back it up.
GET THE TEMPLATEThe Women Automotive Network runs three global Summits a year, with a fourth coming in 2027. Detroit, Europe, Mexico, and soon Japan. Our attendees join us from every corner of the industry, through corporate membership, individual or group tickets, or as guests of our partners.
If you are ready to attend a Summit but need to make the case to leadership, we want to help. We have made it easy.
What is included in the template
If you are weighing whether a Summit is worth the time, travel and team capacity, fair question. The short answer is that it is not a trade show or a generalist conference. It is a senior, conversation led room built for the people running the industry.
The room
Past Summits have brought together leaders from companies including Ford, Bosch, Stellantis, Daimler Truck, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, BYD, Skoda, Subaru and Nissan. The seniority of the room varies by Summit. The recap reports below show what each looked like in 2025.
The conversations
Honest sessions on what is actually happening across the industry. Workforce transformation, the future of mobility, leadership through change, the impact of AI and electrification on the people doing the work. The kind of senior exchange that does not make it onto a typical conference stage.
The format
Built for real exchange, not passive listening. Keynotes and panels on the main stage, workshops in smaller rooms, structured networking that connects you with the people you came to meet. The day moves with you, not around you.
The community
WAN is a community before it is an event. The Summit is the moment a year round network meets in person. You leave with relationships, not just contacts.
Managers want to know what attending actually returns to the team. Here is what you can credibly promise.
Ideas you can apply to current work
Frameworks, tactics and approaches from people solving the problems you are working on. Most attendees come back with at least one idea that lands in a live project within a month.
A network of senior peers
Connections with people across the OEM, supplier and mobility ecosystem. The kind of network you can turn to for the next year and beyond, not just on the day.
A recap and shareable takeaways
A written summary for the team. Three to five takeaways worth acting on. The connections worth introducing colleagues to. Your attendance becomes a team return, not a personal benefit.
Perspective on where the industry is going
Honest conversations on what is shifting in talent, leadership, technology and culture across automotive. The kind of context that makes you better at your role for the rest of the year.
Business opportunities that start in the room
Partnerships, customer conversations and supplier introductions that begin with a face to face conversation at a Summit. Around 80% of the room is from OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, with technology, mobility and service partners alongside. Real relationships open real doors.
And go further, together.
WAN Summits bring together industry leaders, the conversations that matter and a community ready to back each other. Attending as a group multiplies what your team takes back to the workplace, with fresh perspectives, new connections and insights you can act on together.
Cover more ground
Split across keynotes, roundtables and breakouts. Come back with the full picture.
Meet the right people
Divide the room and make connections across OEMs, suppliers and mobility leaders in parallel.
Turn insight into action
Equip your team with the knowledge and contacts to drive the decisions that shape what comes next.
Group rates available, with the bigger savings on bigger groups. See our Bring Your Team page for current rates and codes.
If your manager wants proof, send them one of these.
Detroit Summit · 2025 Recap
The conversations, the room, the takeaways
Inside the third year of WAN's flagship US gathering. The leaders, the discussions and the numbers behind the room.
Read the recap →
Europe Summit · 2025 Recap
One week on, the conversations that moved the industry
Our largest gathering of the year. The stage, the rooms, and the partnerships built in Stuttgart.
Read the recap →
Mexico Summit · 2025 Recap
Inside our landmark first edition in Mexico City
A new room, a new community, a new chapter. The conversations that opened WAN's Mexico chapter.
Read the recap →
Ready when you are
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GET THE TEMPLATENeed anything else to make your case?
To request the latest confirmed attendee list, or for more detailed Summit specific information to support your letter, contact us here.
Bringing a group, or want us to talk to your manager directly? Group rates are available, and we are happy to jump on a call if it would help. Get in touch.
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