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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

09:30

Welcome and short introduction
Prof. Dr. habil. Mario Trapp, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Munich, Germany

Safety Management Systems
09:40

Safety and safety management in UNECE legislation for ADAS and AD
Richard Krüger, BMW Group

10:20

Coffee break

11:00

AD SMS to ensure safety of ADS equipped vehicles according regulations
Reza Azimpoor, Volkswagen AG Nutzfahrzeuge | Dr. Andreas Abele, CARIAD SE

Practical experience: Steer-by-wire-systems
11:40

Holistic approach for safety demonstration of a steer-by-wire-system
Nicolas Becker, Rémi Hinaux, Stellantis N.V.

12:20

Lunch break

13:50

Actuator-based HARA: Effective methodology for deriving availability safety goals for steer-by-wire-system
Dr. Patrick Audehm, ITK Engineering GmbH | Selina Engel, Mercedes-Benz AG

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)
Peter Lascych, Schaeffler AG | Carsten Gebauer, Robert Bosch GmbH

15:10

Coffee break

HW & SW architectures and platforms
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
Jan Toennemann, Vector Informatik GmbH | Denis Bilstein, Infineon Technologies AG

17:10

NVIDIA's approach for achieving ASIL B qualification of LINUX as SEooC - Using innovative kernel safety monitoring techniques
Mohamed Saad Abdelhameed, Vito Magnanimo, NVIDIA Corporation

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
Prof. Dr. habil. Mario Trapp, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Munich, Germany

Innovative methodologies
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
Dr. Christian Nessler, HORIBA MIRA Ltd

10:40

Coffee break

Automated driving
11:20

Safety as a key enabler for new mobility solutions: Lessons learned from remote driving without a safety driver
Ole Hans, Vay Technology GmbH

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
13:40

SOTIF argumentation for an automated driving system - quantitative risk acceptance criteria as foundation for scenario-based testing
Maximilian Klumpp, Mercedes-Benz AG

14:20

Derivation of quantitative risk acceptance criteria for AI-enhanced ADAS systems
Dr. Susanne Ebel, Robert Bosch GmbH

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
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mario Trapp / Fraunhofer IKS Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mario Trapp Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS
221108 safetronic 18 Nicolas Becker Stellantis N.V.
Thomas Frese / FORD Werke GmbH Thomas Frese FORD Werke GmbH
Simon Fürst / BMW Group Simon Fürst BMW Group
Edith Holland 3 Edith Holland HORIBA MIRA
Photo Delphine Kervarec Vicq quadratisch Delphine Kervarec-Vicq Valeo
Frank Kirschke-Biller / Volkswagen AG Frank Kirschke-Biller Volkswagen AG
Andreas Knapp / Mercedes-Benz AG Andreas Knapp Mercedes-Benz AG
Stefan Kriso / Robert Bosch GmbH Stefan Kriso Robert Bosch GmbH
Peter Lascych / Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH Peter Lascych Schaeffler AG
Hans-Leo Ross / Vay Technology GmbH Hans-Leo Ross CARIAD SE
Dr. Håkan Sivencrona / Zenseact AB Dr. Håkan Sivencrona VOLVO CAR GROUP