Program
A first presentation overview is now available.
The international conference Safetronic holistically addresses the safety of road vehicles and all related aspects, including but not limited to functional safety, SOTIF, cybersecurity, safety-in-use and others.
The conference offers a rewarding exchange with experts of renowned companies and the excellent opportunity to connect with partners next to best practice reports and innovative approaches of leading OEMs and the supply industry.
Conference date: 12-13 November 2025 | in Stuttgart | Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Wednesday
November 12, 2025
| 08:45 | Registration and welcome coffee |
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| 09:30 | Welcome and short introduction |
| Safety Management Systems | |
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| 09:40 | Safety and safety management in UNECE legislation for ADAS and AD |
| 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | AD SMS to ensure safety of ADS equipped vehicles according regulations |
| Practical experience: Steer-by-wire-systems | |
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| 11:40 | Holistic approach for safety demonstration of a steer-by-wire-system |
| 12:20 | Lunch break |
| 13:50 | Actuator-based HARA: Effective methodology for deriving availability safety goals for steer-by-wire-system |
| 14:30 | Interactive talk: How to integrate other technologies (OT) into ISO 26262 and how to prove its suitability in the context of item or element development (working title) |
| 15:10 | Coffee break |
| HW & SW architectures and platforms | |
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| 15:50 | SDV and new vehicle architectures: challenges and solutions from a semiconductor perspective Dr. Franck Galtié, NXP Semiconductors |
| 16:30 | Hardware, software and system architecture considerations for fail-operational applications |
| 17:10 | NVIDIA's approach for achieving ASIL B qualification of LINUX as SEooC - Using innovative kernel safety monitoring techniques |
| 17:50 | Closing words & end of 1st conference day |
| from 18:30 | Get-together & Dinner 19:30 Safety keynote "tbd" 22:30 Expected end time |
Thursday
November 13, 2025
| 08:30 | Welcome |
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| Innovative methodologies | |
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| 08:40 | AI-supported application of AbRA architecture-based risk analysis on a Battery Management System Stephan Riediger, FEV.io GmbH | Jürgen Sauler, FORVIA HELLA |
| 09:20 | Using metamorphic testing (MT) for safety validation of AI/ML enabled functionality Ph.D. P.Eng. Jeffrey Joyce, Dr. Laure Millet, Critical Systems Lab Inc. |
| 10:00 | Development lifecycle acceleration with the use of digital twins and simulation in functional safety |
| 10:40 | Coffee break |
| Automated driving | |
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| 11:20 | Safety as a key enabler for new mobility solutions: Lessons learned from remote driving without a safety driver |
| 12:00 | Harmonizing safety: Unifying quantitative and qualitative approaches in L2 and L3 automated systems apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Werling, BMW Group |
| 12:40 | Lunch break |
| SOTIF | |
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| 13:40 | SOTIF argumentation for an automated driving system - quantitative risk acceptance criteria as foundation for scenario-based testing |
| 14:20 | Derivation of quantitative risk acceptance criteria for AI-enhanced ADAS systems |
| 15:00 | Safety approach for distributed safety-critical V2X driving functions Peter Engel, Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 15:40 | Closing words and farewell coffee |
Chair and Program Committee
| Name | Company | |
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mario Trapp | Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS |
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Nicolas Becker | Stellantis N.V. |
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Thomas Frese | FORD Werke GmbH |
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Simon Fürst | BMW Group |
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Edith Holland | HORIBA MIRA |
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Delphine Kervarec-Vicq | Valeo |
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Frank Kirschke-Biller | Volkswagen AG |
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Andreas Knapp | Mercedes-Benz AG |
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Stefan Kriso | Robert Bosch GmbH |
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Peter Lascych | Schaeffler AG |
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Hans-Leo Ross | CARIAD SE |
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Dr. Håkan Sivencrona | VOLVO CAR GROUP |