100% FREEAftermarket Central — two days of automotive future talks
Explore how electric vehicles, batteries, circularity and counterfeit parts are changing the automotive aftermarket. This two-day professional conference combines expert presentations, panels and case studies, with continuing professional development certificates for attended sessions.
Representative historical photograph of electric-vehicle battery testing, captured on 17 September 1980 and preserved by the U.S. National Archives. This is not the Dubai conference venue, a current display or a promised hands-on activity.
Expo City Dubai · Aftermarket Central conference stage, Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City Dubai, Dubai
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
10 November 2026, 11:00–16:20; 11 November 2026, 11:30–16:40. These are Aftermarket Central programme hours, in Dubai time. Register and check the final session agenda before travel.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Ages 18+ · automotive trade professionals only · Free CPD conference · automotive trade professionals aged 18+ · registration required
The organiser’s visitor information explicitly says people under 18 cannot enter and the event is solely for trade professionals. The conference lists automotive distribution, service, engineering, regulatory and related professional audiences.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free visitor admission and free Aftermarket Central sessions are for automotive trade professionals aged 18 and over. This is not a general-public or family admission offer.
- Register through the official Visitor Badge page and obtain the organiser’s confirmation before travelling. Registration and session attendance remain subject to acceptance and availability; no place is reserved by this listing.
- This listing covers the full two-day educational conference as one free thing. It does not promise a hands-on repair class, a laboratory visit or access to invitation-only programmes.
- The organiser offers a free personalised CPD certificate for each session attended. Follow its attendance-recording and certificate instructions; no professional qualification or accreditation outcome is promised.
- Use the current DEC, Expo City Dubai venue, and the organiser’s map or event app to locate the Aftermarket Central stage. The map pin represents the exhibition centre, not a verified stage entrance.
- Programme timings may change. Food, travel, parking and optional purchases are not included.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 6 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
6 November 2026: the current Messe Frankfurt Hong Kong event page explicitly confirms free trade-visitor admission for Automechanika Dubai, 10–12 November 2026 at DEC. The Dubai organiser visitor page separately calls Aftermarket Central sessions free and excludes under-18s. The original rendered agenda was inspected: 26 sessions across 10 November 11:00–16:20 and 11 November 11:30–16:40, expressly in Asia/Dubai time. Topics include EV battery and component demand, sustainability, counterfeit products, conformity and workforce skills. The conference page confirms free personalised CPD certificates for attended sessions. The organiser currently advertises registration open and links to its live Visitor Badge entry. The public badge redirect did not finish loading in this check; no registration, checkout or remaining-place guarantee is claimed. Registration remains subject to organiser acceptance. No identity or contact information was submitted. Exact venue coordinates come from the organiser-linked Google Maps place pin; the conference-stage entrance is approximate.
Messe Frankfurt — current Aftermarket Central programmeMesse Frankfurt: 2026 Dubai dates, trade-only entry and explicit free admission
Organiser visitor terms: free Aftermarket Central sessions; trade professionals aged 18 and over
Official visitor-badge registration
Organiser venue directions and map link
Organiser registration acceptance and visitor conditions
Photo: NASA / U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — NASA · Resized and compressed to WebP; full composition and archival border retained.