IAA MOBILITY 2025
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Welcome to the FAQ section, which helps you to find answers to frequently asked questions about IAA MOBILITY 2025 quickly and easily.
Welcome to the FAQ section, which helps you to find answers to frequently asked questions about IAA MOBILITY 2025 quickly and easily.
IAA MOBILITY 2025 in Munich has a target audience-oriented concept, serving as both a forward-looking mobility platform and a dialogue forum.
The IAA Summit and IAA Conference at the trade fairgrounds offer a venue for professionals and experts (B2B and B2ESG) from around the world to exchange ideas on innovative mobility solutions and world premieres.
In the Open Space, Munich's most beautiful squares in the city center become forums for discussing future mobility concepts and stages for experiencing new technologies (B2C).
IAA MOBILITY consists of two event areas with different durations:
- The Open Space in Munich's city center is open to the general public (B2C) from September 9 to 14, 2025 (Tuesday to Sunday).
- The IAA Summit (including the IAA Conference) is a paid event for professionals (B2B) held at the Munich trade fairgrounds from September 9 to 12, 2025 (Tuesday to Friday).
- The press day at the IAA Summit on Monday, September 8, 2025, is exclusively for accredited media representatives.
The Open Space (September 9 to 14, 2025) will likely be open from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. On Sunday, September 14, it will close at 5:00 PM. Evening events by exhibitors in the Open Space can continue until 10:00 PM.
The IAA Summit (September 9 to 12, 2025) is expected to be open from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The press day (September 8, 2025) for journalists will likely run from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the opening hours if necessary.
IAA MOBILITY 2025 is organized by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) in collaboration with Messe München GmbH.
With the IAA Open Space, the IAA MOBILITY brings the innovative mobility of tomorrow to where it can be experienced, right in the heart of Munich's city center. The exhibitors will focus on concepts and offers for new and sustainable mobility. All vehicle and mobility presentations will focus on emission-free or low-emission solutions. This makes the IAA MOBILITY an event that expands visitors' ideas and shapes a positive image of the future of innovative mobility. All IAA MOBILITY offerings in the city center are accessible free of charge. The IAA MOBILITY is a forward-looking concept, because it brings the mobility of tomorrow to where it should be lived: In the middle of the city. The IAA Open Space gives exhibitors the opportunity to meet their buyers, users and brand ambassadors in the most prominent places in Munich's city center. In contrast to classic brand presentations, the exhibitors are targeting the general public with elements focused on dialog and entertainment. Stand constructions are designed in an urban way and blend into the cityscape as organically as possible. In addition, the mobility solutions presented can be experienced directly on site: visitors can test everything - from cars and e-scooters to e-bikes - up close and personal.
The IAA Open Space will be open from September 9 to 14, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. On Sunday, September 14, it will close at 5:00 PM.
Public parking spaces in the city of Munich are available for visitors.
Public charging infrastructure is available at the Summit in the West parking garage and throughout the city. The Federal Network Agency's charging station map can assist with planning.
Setup in the Open Space begins on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 6:00 AM. Daily setup is allowed from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. All exhibition stands in the Open Space must be completed by 10:00 PM on September 8, 2025.
Dismantling ends on September 17, 2025, at 10:00 PM, with daily activities allowed from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
The Open Space is generally accessible and free for everyone. For concerts and social events, tickets may be required as per the authorities' requirements.
Exhibitors in the Open Space must offset unavoidable emissions from their event presence by supporting climate protection projects. This recommendation extends to Summit exhibitors as well.
The comprehensive security concept for IAA MOBILITY 2025 is developed in close coordination with Munich's security authorities. Short-term adjustments may be made as needed based on external and security-related influences.
Security and surveillance of the general event areas outside opening hours will be provided. Exhibitors are responsible for the security of their stands.
Sanitary facilities, including wheelchair-accessible toilets, will be available at event locations.
The Citizens Lab is a free dialog platform as part of the IAA MOBILITY 2025. The inviting area on Munich's Marienplatz combines a large, covered stage area with exhibition spaces, interactive hands-on activities and places to linger.
The aim is to bring people together and facilitate an open, solution-oriented dialog on the key topics in the context of "mobility of the future". The Citizens Lab offers a platform for a wide range of innovations, products and discussions on the question of how climate-friendly mobility can be designed between urban and rural areas.
The Citizens Lab is not a specialist event. The citizen-oriented dialogs and participation formats cover technological and social topics in equal measure.
In entertaining formats, citizens discuss the future of mobility with representatives from business, science, politics and civil society. Every form of transportation has its own impact on topics such as climate protection and climate resilience, the development of our cities, social integration, energy generation and resource conservation. The Citizens Lab is a place where all stakeholders are invited to discuss peacefully, interested in the perspectives of others and on an equal footing. All topics and questions are based exclusively on the latest scientific findings.
The Citizens Lab is free for all citizens and players in urban society and every person visiting the IAA MOBILITY to participate actively and constructively in this dialog about the future.
You have the following options for participating in the Citizens Lab:
- participation in the form of a topic submission
Does your heart beat for a mobility-related or sustainable topic that you would like to bring to the public stage in Munich city center? From spring 2025, you will have the opportunity to submit a topic with suitable speakers via the IAA MOBILITY website. - attend a session
Many participatory formats and sessions will take place in the Citizens Lab, inviting you to get actively involved. The Citizens Lab is a place of fair, respectful debate culture and the stage guests will always discuss with the audience at eye level.
Please contact Diana Eberl, Project Manager IAA MOBILITY Citizens Lab, at [email protected].
The Citizens Lab is organized by the VDA in collaboration with Messe München.
Program details will be published on the IAA MOBILITY website starting June 2025.
Participation in the Citizens Lab and its sessions is free.
The IAA Experience is the interactive format of IAA MOBILITY 2025. At the beginning of September, exhibitors will once again offer visitors the opportunity to test a wide range of mobility solutions—from bicycles and micromobility to cars. The clear focus is on experiencing climate-neutral and future-oriented mobility. Cars can be driven both in the city and on the highway, while micromobility options such as e-bikes, e-scooters, and cargo bikes can be tested in the Open Space.
IAA MOBILITY 2025 will offer a wide range of test opportunities. Emission-free cars will be available for test drives at multiple departure points in the Open Space, as well as at one departure point at the Summit.
ADAS and telematics systems can be tested at the Summit. Interested visitors can register at the booth of a participating exhibitor. The departure points are located in the loading yards.
On the Cycling & Micromobility Course (Cycling Activation Area in the Open Space), visitors can test bicycles, e-bikes, cargo bikes, and scooters under real road conditions.
The Cycling Test Track in the English Garden (Open Space) allows visitors to try out bicycles and e-bikes that do not require a license plate. The bikes are available at the booths of participating exhibitors along northern Ludwigstraße.
The bus shuttle enables IAA visitors to experience the latest bus innovations as passengers. Several stops within the Open Space connect the different event locations.
Test drives (car test rides) can be reserved in advance through the booking tools of participating exhibitors, if available. Visitors can find the link to each booking tool in the individual vehicle entry within the IAA MOBILITY app. Additionally, visitors can also sign up for test drives on-site at the designated departure points.
For the Cycling Test Track in the English Garden, visitors can borrow their preferred bicycle or e-bike from exhibitor booths in the Open Space and head directly to the test track.
For the Cycling & Micromobility Course, visitors can borrow their preferred bicycle, e-bike, cargo bike, or scooter from exhibitor booths in the Open Space and then proceed to the registration container at the course to sign up for a ride.
No registration is required for the bus shuttle. Visitors can board for free at the designated stops and enjoy the ride.
Yes, the bus shuttle is free of charge for all visitors.
The Summit forms the core content of the IAA MOBILITY and the perfect stage for companies as innovators in the mobility industry. Under the motto "Mobility meets Professionals", the IAA MOBILITY 2025 offers its trade visitors at the Munich exhibition grounds many formats such as press conferences, a multi-day conference programme in the form of the IAA Conference, startup areas and various networking opportunities. The Summit addresses industry representatives from all mobility sectors. It is the ideal platform to follow current expert debates on mobility and to make contacts.
The IAA Summit, including the IAA Conference, is aimed exclusively at trade visitors and is subject to a fee. This B2B event will take place at the Munich exhibition centre on weekdays from 9 to 12 September 2025, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The West parking garage is available for parking.
Public charging infrastructure is available at the Summit in the West parking garage and throughout the city. The Federal Network Agency's charging station map can assist with planning.
Ticket sales will start in spring 2025. Information on IAA MOBILITY professional visitor tickets and prices will be available on the IAA MOBILITY website.
Yes, professional visitor tickets can be purchased at the West entrance. Please use cashless payment.
Public transportation usage is intended; more information will be provided later.
Yes, but it requires purchasing a professional visitor ticket. Ticket prices can be found on the IAA MOBILITY website.
The IAA Conference is the international B2B conference program of the IAA MOBILITY and takes place as part of the IAA Summit in the halls of the Munich exhibition grounds.
The IAA Conference takes place from September 9 to 12, 2025, alongside the IAA Summit.
No, access to the conference stages is included in the regular Summit professional visitor ticket, as well as press and exhibitor tickets. No extra ticket is needed.
The IAA Conference is one of the world's leading conferences for decision-makers and networks mobility and technology topics holistically on its stages. In over one hundred keynotes and discussion panels, more than 500 high-ranking players from politics and business, visionary opinion leaders and technical experts will meet on our stages to discuss the most important topics, challenges and opportunities of future mobility.
The IAA Conference takes place on two stages (Main Stage and Summit Stage), as well as up to three dialogue-oriented forums. The stages are located in the halls of the IAA Summit. For the first time in 2025, there will be a Masterclass Stage where companies can present products and innovations.
The conference language is English.
The topics of the IAA Conference are as diverse as mobility itself - the key topics of IAA MOBILITY can be found in the conference tracks - we cover the areas of automotive, cycling, micromobility and public transport, as well as mobility services such as MaaS or Mobility as a Service. Technology-driven topics such as autonomous driving, AI & GenAI or software-defined vehicles, as well as drive technologies of the future and battery tech are also on the agenda. These will be complemented by sustainability-driven topics relating to the circular economy and supply chains. Last but not least, topics relating to urban and rural mobility will be discussed - in addition to the expansion of the charging infrastructure for e-mobility, the focus here will also be on holistic intermodal and multimodal, integral mobility solutions as drivers of innovation in the cities and rural areas of the future.
The IAA Conference team is responsible for the programme. We specifically invite C-level decision-makers and players from politics and society. We also work with high-calibre partners, such as the University of St. Gallen, the MIT Mobility Initiative and the World Economic Forum in 2023. Furthermore, IAA MOBILITY customers curate their own sessions as part of sponsorship packages.
The IAA MOBILITY 2025 is a live event. To experience the mobility of the future, you should plan a visit to Munich. And be sure to follow the IAA MOBILITY on the social media channels, where selected content from the IAA Conference will be digitally extended.
The press day at the IAA Summit is on Monday, September 8, 2025, exclusively for accredited media representatives.
The opening hours for journalists are from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Press conferences will take place at exhibitor stands, the International Congress Center (ICM), the Main Stage, and the Yellow Forum of the IAA Conference.
All information about the press day and press releases can be found in the IAA MOBILITY Newsroom at www.iaa-mobility.com/en/press
Journalists can find all press material in the IAA MOBILITY Newsroom at www.iaa-mobility.mediaportal.ai/en/.The image files are available there free of charge for journalistic and editorial use.
Accreditation for journalists with a valid press ID starts at the following link.
Registration & Ordering process
- You can go directly into the fair without waiting.
- You receive a discount when you purchase a ticket online.
- You can view your orders at any time and, if necessary, print out your online ticket again (e.g. if the first printout is illegible).
- You can print out an invoice/receipt.
- If you make a mistake entering your personal data, you can change it.
Print@home-Tickets are personalized and registration is necessary to ensure comprehensive service and security standards when ordering and using online tickets.
We do our best to organize the fair and continue developing it to meet your needs and interests. Answering the registration questions helps us to keep the fair even more oriented to your needs.
Your ticket will only be sent to the e-mail address that you provide during registration.
- An up-to-date Internet browser.
- A valid e-mail address so that we can send you the ticket.
- An Adobe PDF Reader to display the online ticket.
- A valid credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express) or a PayPal account to pay for your ticket / a printed or online voucher number to redeem your voucher.
- Your online ticket is only valid together with an official photo ID.
If asked, you must present your official photo ID to admission personnel.
Yes, a co-ordering process which is a data protection-compliant has been set up. A ticket can be purchased for another person by entering full contact details (company, full name, email address). When redeeming vouchers, it is not possible to order for another person.
Yes, but the number of vouchers that each person can redeem is limited to the number of days of the fair.
If you have received a voucher, the ticket is free of charge to you because the exhibitor who invited you to the fair is paying for it. Because the exhibitor is only charged for the ticket when you pass through the turnstiles to attend the fair, there is no need to cancel or inform our ticket service if you do not use the ticket.
Each person needs to register separately to order a ticket.
If multiple vouchers for 1-day tickets are used to order tickets to attend the fair on more than one day, the name of the person placing the order will appear on all the tickets. If various people want to use vouchers for 1-day tickets, each person must register separately.
Important: Because Print@home-Tickets are only valid for a specific individual and are not transferrable, you may be required to present an official photo ID at the fair. If you accidently use the same name for multiple tickets, please contact us by e-mail: [email protected]
Once you have finished ordering your ticket online, you can download and save it in PDF format. In addition, a Print@home-Ticket will be sent to the e-mail address that you provided. Please keep an eye out for an e-mail sent by: [email protected]
In exceptional cases, e.g. if the server is busy, it may take up to 24 hours to send your ticket.
You can print out your PDF Print@home-Ticket with the Adobe Reader or click on the link in the e-mail to print out your ticket.
Once you have placed your order, you can download and save your Print@home-Ticket in PDF format. In addition, your Print@home-Ticket will be sent to you by e-mail. You should receive that e-mail right away, but in some cases it may take up to 24 hours after you place your order.
In rare cases, e-mails may end up in your e-mail account's spam filter. Please check your spam folder or contact your administrator.
It is also possible that you made a mistake when you entered the e-mail address in your customer profile. Please contact our Visitor Hotline at the following telephone number +49 89 949-11718 or by e-mail to [email protected].
No, you can present your ticket digitally on your smartphone or tablet. If you would like to print your ticket, please follow the steps below:
Use a black-and-white printer and standard-size paper.
If you cannot or do not want to print out your Print@home-Ticket right away, you may also do so later.
Yes, the readers at the turnstiles will recognize the barcode displayed on your ticket.
If you receive a message with this system-generated text, your order was not processed. However an earlier or a later order may still have been successful. The process may have been interrupted for one of the following reasons:
- Timeout: After a standby period of 30 minutes, the ticket system interrupts the ordering process for security reasons.
- At the end of the ordering process, you did not click on “Order now,” which completes the order.
- You used the Back/Forward button in the browser during the ordering process, which resulted in complications. To move to the previous or the next page, please only use the Back or Forward button on the order form.
You have two options for purchasing tickets: using a guest account without creating a Messe München account ("Continue as Guest")—except for the discounted ticket.
Logging in with your existing Messe München account or registering for a new account ("Sign in to Messe München Account").
Payment
Prices for IAA MOBILITY 2025 are available here.
We accept the following credit cards and the payment via PayPal:
- MasterCard
- VISA
- American Express
Yes, the ticket order is binding.
In the event of Customer being a consumer as defined in § 13 BGB [German Civil Code], due to § 312 {g}, Clause 2, Nos. 9 BGB consumer will not have the right to cancel according to § 355 BGB for Tickets.
NO, tickets with personal particulars (e.g. your name) are not generally transferrable.
Multiple-day tickets may also only be used by one person.
Important: Because online tickets are only valid for a specific individual and are not transferrable, you may be required to present an official photo ID at the fair. Every validated barcode is recognized as such by the electronic access control system, and ticket-holders who try to use a copied online ticket will be denied access.
If you lose your ticket and are afraid that whoever finds it might use it to attend the fair, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] so that we can block your lost ticket.
The invoice for an online ticket purchase will be sent to you by e-mail. In addition, your Messe München customer profile will subsequently also contain an overview of your orders and invoices. When tickets are purchased at the venue, the invoice will be sent to you by e-mail upon payment.
No, entry tickets can only be issued if payment is made in advance. You cannot be invoiced for the ticket after receiving it.
Tickets purchased on site can be paid for with all standard credit cards, EC cards, or in cash. Cash payment must be in euro.