Call for Papers 2026

1. The abstract shall be written as continuous text.
2. The presentations should include best practice reports, lessons learned or innovative approaches.
3. Please note that we do not accept any product marketing.
4. With the submission of an abstract you agree on publishing your presentation as PDF for the conference attendees in the password protected download area.
5. By submitting an abstract, you agree to present your topic in person on site.
6. The conference and the presentation program will be held in English.
7. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the program committee.
8. Abstracts are submitted for presentation. (30 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A)
9. Details required:
   Information on the presenter and co-authors (names, company only)
   Self-explanatory title for your abstract and presentation
   Assignment of the presentation to the focal points
   Abstract (written as continuous text in about 2000 characters)
   Summary regarding the key take-aways for the audience (continuous text)
   Draft bullet point structure for the presentation
   If available, list of previous publications or presentations on the topic
   Contact information
   Please use the template to submit your paper: https://s.fhg.de/Safetronic2026-CallforPaper-submission

We are looking for best practices, lessons learned and innovative safety approaches to the following topics:

AI safety and assurance

• Methodologies of safety concepts for Artificial Intelligence
• Approaches to EU AI Act
• SafeDevOps like continuous deployment and iterative development of safety concepts and mechanisms, e.g. when expanding the ODD

Safety of autonomous systems

• Cultivating a safe future for autonomous systems with continuous update cycles
• Safety for AI regarding neural networks, reinforcement learning and validation (including insights from standardization work like ISO/PAS 8800, ISO/IEC TR 5469)
• Safety for Automated Driving, Application of cybernetical approaches for perception, prediction and control, Application of AI approaches

 Software and system safety

• Methodologies for ensuring safety in complex, digital infrastructures
• Methods like model-based systems engineering and analysis, agile development in practice
• Integration and management of the various aspects of safety from different domains like E/E, mechanical and chemical (EV battery systems) safety, human factors, SOTIF etc.
• Safety analyses, e.g. hazard analyses and risk assessments, system, hardware, software, environmental protection, edge case situations

 Safety for software-defined vehicles

• Data Safety: Guidance on data in safety-related systems
• Application solutions with focus on FuSa, SOTIF for fail degraded systems
• Analytic methods for safety and security of software, hardware and design
• Safety for software systems (e.g. also for pure software products)
• Safety & Security: interactions, contradictions, solutions

 Developing functional safety and SOTIF for vehicles under the aspect of global markets and an ever-accelerating pace of development

• Strategies for operational safety and safety in use
• Approaches for dealing with the complex landscape of safety standards and regulations (Functional Safety, SOTIF, Validation according to VMAD, ISO 3450FF (ODD) and many other standards, Safety in Use, Cybersecurity, Requirements from legal regulations, UNECE, GSR, EU 858, AFGBV etc.)
• Safety processes, e.g. incremental safety qualification for continuous deployment (OTA); concrete implementation of normative requirements; handling of variability; accelerated development cycles, agile development, tailoring and argumentation

Please use the template to submit your paper.