Programme 2026

A NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR THE SOFTWARE DEFINED VEHICLE

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Miroslaw Staron, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg

09:10 Synching for the Future: How the SDV Investment Can Be Turned from a Cost Save to a Revenue Stream by Enabling a New Service Ecosystem

• Integrating new services take too much time due to complex dependencies and many required changes through the platform layers
• WirelessCar are developing an Open SDV Platform bridging onboard and offboard to speed up development
• How to integrate a new service through the Open SDV Platform
• How the Open SDV Platform integrates with onboard environments

Johan Thelin, Product Manager, WirelessCar

09:50 Vehicle Innovation at a Crossroad: Aligning SDV Vision with E/E Architectural Reality

• Hardware Viewpoint: How different software dependent SDV layers get impacted by abstract hardware complexities
• Software Viewpoint: The shift toward SDVs demands a transformation of E/E architectures—integrating high-performance computing, virtualization, and real-time connectivity to deliver scalable and safe vehicle platforms. The impact of centralized and zonal architectures on SDV realization
• Business Viewpoint: Cost and production benefits of zonal architecture versus legacy distributed E/E designs
• Data/AI Viewpoint: Lessons from data center networking and computing applied to automotive architectures

Esha Tandon, Configuration & Platform Architect, Polestar

10:25 SDV and Relevant Architectural Changes

• Where is the industry today in terms of SDV levels?
• The changes needed in the existing architectures to enable higher SDV levels
• What do those changes mean for the future software development ecosystem?

Vivek Sannabhadti, Senior Expert, Elektrobit, Germany

10:50 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:30 Hardware – Software Friction

Moderator:
Miroslaw Staron, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg

Panelists:
Anya Ernest, People Manager, Polestar Connected Services & President of the Board, Women in Tech Gothenburg

More panelists will be presented closer to the event

12:00 Democratizing Automotive Software

Per Sigurdson, CEO & Co-Founder, RemotiveLabs

12:30 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:40 API-centric Development for Automotive Applications on HPCs

• Decouple application development from execution platform by managed APIs
• Get to know a technical approach how to use and implement managed APIs in a vehicle HPC
• Pros and cons of API-centric development

Andreas Raisch, Senior Director Software Development, Vector Informatik GmbH, Germany

14:00 The Development of Next Generation SW&EE-platform for EX60

Martin Hiller, Solution Architect – Software & Electronics Platform, Volvo Cars

14:50 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:20 Meet Sweden’s First Prompt-SM Champion and Develop Yourself in Prompting

Magnus Gille shares his expertise in prompting and reveals the strategies behind his winning entries in Sweden’s first Prompt-SM. Develop your way of writing prompts in ChatGPT and other AI assistants that you can use in your everyday life or at work.

• Learn the basics of practical prompting
• How to get AI to deliver answers that are perfectly tailored to your specific needs

Magnus Gille, Engineer and Sweden’s first AI prompting champion with over 17 years of experience from Ericsson and Scania

16:20 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

LAYING THE ROAD FOR SAFE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Dr. Håkan Sivencrona, Senior Technical Leader – Safety, Volvo Cars

09:10 Autonomous Transportation Solutions: Development and testing on Road

Peter Thorngren, Fellow Technology and Strategy Leader, Volvo Group

09:50 Accelerating DevSafeOps for Autonomous Driving through Generative AI: Silver Bullet or Just Buzz?

• DevSafeOps combines DevOps speed with the rigor of safety-critical development, made feasible by technologies like centralized compute and over-the-air updates in intelligent vehicles
• Safety development processes are inherently complex and slow, especially within the autonomous driving domain due to system and environmental complexity
• The talk explores how Generative AI (e.g., LLMs) can support or automate parts of the safety lifecycle, including hazard analysis (HARA), code generation, and test case creation
• Synthetic data generation, including 3D Gaussian splatting, is discussed as a potential enabler for ML Ops within DevSafeOps, helping to scale data-driven safety validation

Ali Nouri, AI and AD Researcher, Volvo Cars & Chalmers University of Technology

10:30 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:10 How to Lay the Road for Safe Autonomous Vehicles

Moderator:
Dr. Håkan Sivencrona, Senior Technical Leader – Safety, Volvo Cars

Panelists:
Peter Thorngren, Fellow Technology and Strategy Leader, Volvo Group
Ali Nouri, AI and AD Researcher, Volvo Cars & Chalmers University of Technology
Vivetha Joshna Natterjee, AD Safety Specialist, Zeekr Technology Europe

More panelists will be presented closer to the event

11:40 A High-Frequency Floquet Stability Index for Vehicle Control via Rear-Wheel Steer-by-Wire

• During vehicle motion, a stability index is found with a frequency over 20 Hz, using Floquet theory
• This index provides a real-time measure of the driver’s proximity to a loss of control of the vehicle
• The stability index should be used to actuate a smart rear-wheel steer-by-wire actuator
• Focus on rear-wheel steering as an effective method to enhance active safety beyond traditional ESP interventions, improving responsiveness, smoothness and driver acceptance

Matteo Fontana, Handling and Braking Performance Engineer, Iveco Group, Italy

12:20 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:30 Federated Self-Supervised Learning for Vehicle Perception

• Federated Self-supervised Learning (FSSL) addresses data transfer and labeling issues in vehicle perception
• Modern vehicles generate vast image data, which is challenging to transfer and label centrally
• FSSL trains models locally and uses self-supervised learning to avoid human annotations

Mina Alibeigi, AI Researcher Lead, Zenseact
Jonas Frankemölle, Machine Learning Engineer, Scaleout Systems

14:00 Let’s Make Safe and Trustworthy AD Vehicles!

Vivetha Joshna Natterjee, AD Safety Specialist, Zeekr Technology Europe

14:40 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:10 The Constant Flow of Ever-increasing Challenges for the Dedicated Safety Manager

Dr. Håkan Sivencrona, Senior Technical Leader – Safety, Volvo Cars

15:50 What Can Safety in Automotive Learn from Investigations in Aviation and Transport Accidents?

Agne Widholm, Senior Investigator, BVR Academy

16:30 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

DEVELOPING TESTING METHODS IN COMPLEX AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Peter Janevik, CEO, AstaZero

09:10 ATOS: Automating Trust in AI-Driven Vehicle Validation

• ATOS: An open-source platform unifying simulation and physical proving ground testing for automated and AI-driven vehicles
• Seamless orchestration of complex scenarios using standardized interfaces (ROS 2, OpenSCENARIO, ISO/TS 22133:2023)
• High repeatability and reliability demonstrated through EuroNCAP and multi-actor test scenarios
• Temporal and spatiotemporal analysis showing millisecond-level precision and centimeter-level consistency
• Future-ready validation tool enabling safer, more efficient, and interoperable vehicle testing

Victor Jarlow, Research Leader, AstaZero

09:45 Transformation of Integration and Testing towards a Software-Defined Vehicle Culture

• How integration & testing must evolve to deliver quality faster in an SDV context
• How to shift-left and make continuous testing a natural part of the development flow
• How TRATON enables CI/CD on higher levels of testing
• What is needed by autonomous development teams with End-To-End ownership?
• Where do you start and what is the impact on processes, toolchain and how we organize ourselves? – Cases from TRATON

Mikael Adenmark, Senior Technical Advisor and Flow Initiative Owner, TRATON Group

10:15 Elevating Product Quality at China Speed with Shift-Left Validation

• The Challenge: 2-year SOP cycles demand speed—traditional validation can’t keep up
• The Breakthrough: Shift-Left Validation starts testing from Day 1 with massive test libraries and automation
• The Payoff: Slash costs by up to 50%, boost productivity 40%, and hit quality targets faster

Dr. Manaswini Rath, Senior Vice President Software Defined Vehicles SDV, Autonomous Driving, Chassis Engineering, KPIT

10:40 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:20 Validation at Scale: Bridging Virtual and Physical Testing for Next-Generation Vehicles

• Hybrid Validation Strategies: Combining simulation, HIL/SIL, and proving ground testing for robust results
• Scenario Explosion Management: How to handle millions of test cases for ADAS and autonomous systems
• Regulatory Compliance & AI Transparency: Meeting UNECE, ISO 26262, and AI Act requirements in validation workflows
• Infrastructure & Ecosystem Collaboration: The role of test facilities and cloud-based platforms in scaling validation

Moderator:
Peter Janevik, CEO, AstaZero

Panelists will be presented closer to the event

11:50 Validating the Unpredictable: Hybrid Approaches to Testing AI-Defined Driving Systems

• Beyond the Black Box: Why Europe’s regulatory landscape demands explainability in AI-driven vehicle behavior
• Hybrid Validation Models: How combining rule-based and AI-based approaches improves robustness and safety
• Scenario Explosion Management: Techniques to handle massive scenario generation and symptom-based system reactions

Shervin Hajinia, Senior Staff Engineer & Researcher in Automated & Autonomous Driving (AD/ADAS), NIO, Germany

12:30 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:40 Efficient XIL Test & Verification

• XIL the combination of MIL, SIL & HIL
• SIL scales in several dimensions, pros and cons of different Virtual ECU levels
• Reusing Simulation Models & other test framework artefacts

Per Olsson, Senior Expert Vehicle Dynamics Virtual Verification, Volvo Technology

14:40 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:10 Modelling and Simulation to Drive Development and Verification of Vehicle Motion and Energy Functionality

• How simulation is used to validate vehicle dynamics related safety and safety functions
• How simulation supports design decisions by varying design and operational parameters
• Example from projects
• Strategies for best combining simulation and real-world testing
• Reflections on what works well and what can be improved in our shared “ecosystem” for vehicle development

Bengt Jacobson, Professor and Group Leader Vehicle Dynamics, Chalmers University of Technology

15:50 Validation Strategies for Next-Generation Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

• Holistic Validation for E-Mobility: How Daimler Buses ensure safety and reliability for electric buses like the eCitaro, including battery performance and lifecycle validation
• From Simulation to Real-World Testing: Leveraging virtual validation (MIL, SIL, HIL) and physical proving grounds for complex E/E architectures in buses
• Scenario-Based Testing for ADAS and Autonomous Functions: Managing the transition from Level 2 to Level 4 automation in public transport fleets
• Digital Services and Predictive Maintenance: How connected validation data supports uptime and operational efficiency for bus operators

Speaker from Daimler Buses

16:30 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

CHALLENGES, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EV TECHNOLOGIES

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s introduction

Linda Olofsson, Director, Swedish Electromobility Centre
Anna Larsson, Director Energy Conversion at Electrification and Reliability, Safety and Transport, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

09:10 Battery Algorithms: Past, Present, Future

• Past: How early battery algorithms began with simple, rule-based logic focused on safety and basic charge control
• Present: Today’s advanced model-based and data-driven algorithms that power intelligent Battery Management Systems (BMS) for improved battery performance and lifespan
• Future: Emerging trends, where AI, digital twins, and predictive analytics will shape the next generation of smart, self-learning battery systems

Anna Fedorova, Senior Battery Algorithms Engineer, Iveco Group, Switzerland

09:50 Scaling V2G: Volvo Cars’ Market-Ready Solution

• From pilots to scalable reality: What it takes to move V2G from isolated demos to large-scale deployment, highlighting Volvo Cars’ approach to grid compliance, coordination with system operators, and certification of V2G-ready solutions
• Navigating technical and regional diversity: Comparison of V2G architectures, AC vs. DC, and how interoperability requirements, grid codes, and regional grid characteristics shape the choice of solution
• Standards and the road ahead: How evolving standards and regulatory frameworks will influence future V2G implementations, certification pathways, and the broader integration of vehicles into the energy system

Ali Fotouhi, Technical Expert in Vehicle-Grid Integration, Volvo Cars

10:30 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:10 Vehicle-to-Grid at Scale: Turning EV Fleets into Energy Assets

• Scaling V2G Beyond Pilots: What does it take to integrate V2G into mainstream EV ecosystems?
• Grid Stability and Energy Markets: How V2G can support renewable integration and flexibility services
• Regulatory and Standardization Challenges: Navigating interoperability, compliance, and policy frameworks
• Business Models and User Adoption: Incentives for OEMs, utilities, and consumers to embrace V2G

Moderators:
Linda Olofsson, Director, Swedish Electromobility Centre
Anna Larsson, Director Energy Conversion at Electrification and Reliability, Safety and Transport, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Panelists:
Ali Fotouhi, Technical Expert in Vehicle-Grid Integration, Volvo Cars
Emanuella Wallin, Product Owner in the Charging and Energy team, Polestar
Therese Caesar, Flexibility Manager, Göteborg Energi Nät
Stefan Lagerkvist, Nordic Portfolio Development Executive – Integrated Electrical Systems, Siemens Digital Industries Software

11:40 What it Takes to Electrify Commercial Transport

• Why charging commercial vehicles requires a fundamentally different approach than passenger EV charging, driven by operational patterns, energy demand and uptime expectations in logistics
• The critical role of infrastructure readiness: grid capacity, site design, accessibility and reliability. And how an eMSP helps translate these needs into usable charging access
• How accurate data, POI classifications and unified data models enable smart routing, planning and operational optimization for heavy-duty fleets
• The importance of deep collaboration between eMSPs, CPOs and OEM brands to deliver seamless access, interoperability, stable pricing and a consistent customer experience across Europe

Petra Sundström, Managing Director, TRATON Charging Solutions

12:20 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:30 Bridging Physical and Virtual ECU Testing: Implementing V-HiL for Enhanced Automotive Validation Workflows

• Virtual ECU Testing Innovation: Siemens Capital Embedded Virtualizer enables Virtual Hardware-in-the-Loop (V-HiL) testing with full hardware fidelity, allowing the same production binary to run in both virtual and physical environments without modifications
• Unified Testing Workflow: A single test suite can target either physical or virtual ECUs through test variants, eliminating duplicate test development while enabling automated, scalable testing in CI/CD pipelines
• Proven Results: The 2025 proof of concept demonstrated increased test throughput, reduced setup time, and improved regression automation while maintaining correlation with physical HiL testing, positioning V-HiL to handle the majority of routine ECU tests

Lance Brooks, Principal Engineer, Siemens, France

13:50 Battery Circularity: A Second-Life Perspective

• The Mission to a Sustainable Future
• Second-Life Battery Advantages
• Rebaba’s Value Proposition
• Vision for the Future

Ludvig Karlberg, CFO, Rebaba

14:30 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:00 Driving Performance in Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles: Key Strategies and Real-World Successes

• What is driving performance?: Overview of factors influencing energy consumption in both Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) trucks
• Importance of the right tool for the customer: The significance of correctly specifying the vehicle due to the vast variations compared to passenger cars
• Key to Profitability: Infinite range is not the ultimate goal. Charging, payload, and low consumption, coupled with the “right” amount of batteries, can ensure customer profitability
• Real world results: Volvo’s journey to significantly improve fuel efficiency, winning the Green Truck Award, and how this achievement is mirrored in electric trucks with a shared platform

Raman Yazdani Wetterberg, Feature Architect Energy Management, Volvo Group Trucks Technology

15:40 Electrification at Scale: Charging Infrastructure, User Behavior, and Grid Integration

• Smart Charging & Grid Integration: How bidirectional charging and V2G can stabilize power grids and enable renewable energy adoption
• Infrastructure Readiness: Is Europe prepared for mass electrification? Lessons from policy and real-world projects
• User-Centric Design: Insights from research on charging preferences and willingness to pay—what drivers really want

Speaker TBA

16:30 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

DEALING WITH THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF CYBERSECURITY IN CONNECTED VEHICLES

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Dr. Ana Magazinius, Cybersecurity Manager, Micropower Group

09:10 Product Cybersecurity + Ecosystem Approach

• Why we need ecosystem approach in fragmented security landscape
• How to secure full Lifecycle from design up to Customers
• How to build the trust transparency and collaboration
• Cybersecurity as business enabler not cost center

Tomasz Werocy, Product Cybersecurity Compliance Officer, Volvo Buses

09:50 Real-Time Operating System Development: Aligning Safety and Security

• Focusing on threat assessment and mitigation for ISO/SAE 213434-compliant RTOS development
• Achieving functional determinism and ISO 26262-compliance by integrating security- and safety-concepts
• Safety-/security-by-design principles to guarantee certification readiness throughout the complete RTOS lifecycle
• Differentiate your business with superior security practices

Carmelo Loiacono, Field Applications Engineer, Green Hills, Italy

10:15 A look into the Future of the Cyber Threat Landscape for the Vehicle Industry: Potential Risks and Threats

Speaker from WirelessCar

10:50 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:30 Automotive Cybersecurity & AI

Moderator:
Dr. Ana Magazinius, Cybersecurity Manager, Micropower Group

Panelists:
Steven Van Acker, Cybersecurity Researcher and Penetration Tester, OverTheWire.org, OWASP Gothenburg
Heidi Norman, Founder, Cybersecurity Expert and AI Act Explorer, AIRENE
Speaker from HCL Tech 

More panelists will be presented closer to the event

12:00 Secure, Scalable, Compliant: The Cloud-Native Architecture Behind Global Vehicle Connectivity

• Volvo Group’s Connected Vehicle Journey
• Moving from Private Networks to Public Networks (Challenges & Opportunities)
• Foundations of Automotive Cloud Cybersecurity with PKI
• Scalability and Cloud-Native while ensuring Global Compliance with increasing Connectivity Regulation
• Ensuring Quality and Supportability with AI

Johann Nishant, Principal Solution Architect, Volvo Group Connected Solutions

12:40 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:50 Redefining Risk: From Exposure to Intelligence-Driven Automotive Cybersecurity

• Shift in risk: Why the SDV era reshapes the threat landscape
• Prioritized insight: How predictive analytics helps identify which exposures truly matter
• Clarity and context: How threat intelligence simplifies and sharpens decision-making
• Path forward: Why the industry needs both visibility and foresight in forging a more proactive cybersecurity posture

William Dalton, VP and Managing Director Europe and North America, VicOne, Ireland
Naveen Kichili, Global Head Software Defined Vehicle, HCL Tech, U.S.A

14:10 AI Meets the Live Digital Twin: Advancing Vehicle Cyber Resilience

Ric Vicari, Vice President EMEA, Upstream Security

14:30 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:00 Where Automotive Cyber Security Meets Machine Learning

• The potential of AI to augment the cyber security measures
• The challenges of Engineering AI-driven cyber security systems
• How ML extends the capability of intrusion detection
• An industry-experience demonstration of ML-driven IDS

Mahshid Helali Moghadam, Senior Data Scientist, Researcher, TRATON

15:40 Cybersecurity in Automotive: Demystifying the Shady World of Cybersecurity and Hackers

• Demystifying the Shady World of Cybersecurity and Hackers
• Using real life examples, Auke will introduce the audience to the inner workings of hacking groups
• He will show you how they pick their targets and what you can likely expect from them in cybercrimes targeting the Automotive sector
• How can you prepare and be proactive to prevent upcoming hacker attacks?
• Let’s dive into the secretive and dark world of real hackers!

Auke Zwaan, Founder, Cybersecurity Specialist and former Hacker, Black Swan Cyber Defense, the Netherlands

16:30 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

HOW TO CREATE SPEED IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT?

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Martin Törngren, Professor in Embedded Control Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jonn Lantz, Technical Leader in Agile Software Development, Volvo Group

09:10 Trustworthy DevOps and Digitalization for Complex Automotive Systems

• From Hardware-Centric to Software-Driven Vehicles
• Trustworthy DevOps in an Automotive Context
• Collaboration Across Domains and Disciplines
• Managing Complexity in Cyber-Physical Systems

Martin Törngren, Professor in Embedded Control Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

09:45 From Hardware to Code: Overcoming the Challenges in Software-Defined Vehicle Platforms

Uwe Klaus Brandenburg, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President Automotive and Manufacturing, DXC Technology, Germany

10:10 Software-Defined Vehicles: Turning Vision into Reality

• From Hardware to Software: How SDV is reshaping the automotive industry and enabling new business models. Volvo’s transition to centralized computing platforms for next-gen electric vehicles
• Building Scalable Platforms: Volvo’s SDV platform integrating infotainment, connectivity, and autonomous driving functions into a unified software stack
• Example: Volvo’s subscription-based features and parameterized software offerings (e.g., performance upgrades, connected services)

Martin Kristensson, Head of Software Defined Vehicle, Volvo Cars

10:50 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:30 AI-Defined Vehicles: From Intelligent Nodes to Ecosystem Game-Changers

• What does “AI-defined” mean for vehicles? How does AI transform the vehicle from a product into an intelligent node within a broader digital ecosystem?
• Technical perspective: The role of advanced AI agents in enabling autonomous decision-making and collective optimization
• Business and market dynamics: Will AI integration reshape traditional market structures, especially in fragmented regions like Europe? How will it impact OEMs, suppliers, and transport operators?
• Ecosystem collaboration: How do AI-driven vehicles interact with other smart systems and stakeholders in mobility networks?
• Future capabilities: What can we realistically expect in terms of AI functionalities today, in one year, and beyond?

Moderator:
Anton Wieselblad, Head of Data streaming and AI within the Section for Autonomous Intelligent Control Platform, Scania, former Start-up Ecosystem Manager, Scania Innovation Centre China

Panelists:
Jan Bosch, Professor of Software Engineering, Director Software Center, Chalmers University of Technology, Professor of AI Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

More panelists will be presented closer to the event

12:00 Scaling Connected Mobility: Overcoming Deployment Barriers in Connected Vehicle Ecosystems

• Deployment Realities: Why connected services often stall despite technical readiness and how to overcome those barriers with middleware
• Cost-Efficient Scaling: Strategies for deploying connected vehicles in constrained environments
• Resilient Software Infrastructure: How FleetMQ enables resilient connectivity without relying on full-scale rollouts of new wireless technologies
• From Problem to Solution: A concrete example of how software architecture and design can unlock the potential of connected mobility

Dr. Frank J. Jiang, CEO & Co-Founder, FleetMQ

12:30 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:40 Transforming Real-Time Data Exchange for Software-Defined Vehicles with DDS and TSN

• How the convergence of Data Distribution Service (DDS) and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) addresses the need for flexible, low-latency, and predictable real-time data exchange in next-generation SDVs
• Illustrate how the integration of DDS’s data-centric middleware with TSN’s guaranteed bandwidth and bounded-latency networking creates a dynamic framework for rapidly deploying complex automotive features
• Through examples, show how to map DDS messages to TSN frames and configure TSN to meet crucial DDS-level Quality of Service (QoS) requirements in order to enhance the performance and scalability of in-vehicle data communication
• The technical guidelines and configuration models for deploying DDS over TSN based on the OMG DDS-TSN specification

Fernando Garcia, Principal Software Engineer, RTI, Spain

14:00 Regulations in Digitized Vehicles, Friends or Foes?

• Overview on related legislation efforts: Navigating the digital policies, how AI Act, Data Act, Cyber Resilience Act, UN ECE R155 interrelate in future cars
• Role of VDA for harmonization and aligning the industry in respective rule making
• Geopolitical Challenges

Dr. Kirsten Matheus, Expert Data, Digitalization & Artificial Intelligence, VDA German Association of the Automotive Industry, Germany 

14:40 Navigation Toward Software-Driven Mobility: Embracing the Revolution by Leveraging AI, Data, and End-to-End Development

• Strategies for balancing the critical trade-offs between time-to-market, cost, and customer experience in the era of SDV
• Insights into leveraging service-oriented architectures (SoA) and X-domain approaches to build agile and scalable software platforms
• Best practices for integrating AI and data intelligence across the entire vehicle lifecycle, from development to continuous improvement
• A clear understanding of how Bosch Engineering acts as a key partner for accelerated, end-to-end implementation of software-defined vehicle solutions – in early phases until series development

Speaker from Bosch Engineering

15:00 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:30 Accelerating SDV Through Strategic Software Partnerships

• How strategic software partnerships accelerate the OEM shift toward software-defined vehicles and strengthen ecosystem capabilities
• Insights gained from collaborating with a modern software company to enhance speed, scalability, and quality in SDV development
• How TRATON leverages value-driven partnerships to position itself as a leader in the SDV transformation

Dr. Natalie Richardson, Senior Manager Software Defined Vehicle Strategy, TRATON

16:00 Beyond Agile: Building the AI-First R&D Organization for SDVs

• The “AI Supercharger” Concept: Moving from large Agile teams to human orchestrators managing AI agents
• Zero-Based Thinking in Auto: If we built a car company today with AI agents as the primary workforce, how would we handle safety cases and validation?
• The Hard Truth: Why overlaying AI on top of current automotive processes will fail to close the speed gap with tech-native competitors

Jan Bosch, Professor of Software Engineering, Director Software Center, Chalmers University of Technology, Professor of AI Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

16:40 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference

FINDING VIABLE BUSINESS MODELS AND REVENUE STREAMS IN THE NEW TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM

08:30 Morning coffee and exhibition visit

09:00 Moderator’s Introduction

Hans Arby, Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, 1st vice chair, Transport Board, City of Gothenburg, Senior Adviser, Arthur D. Little

09:10 Insights from the Fleet & Mobility Barometer 2025

• This is one of the largest annual Fleet & Mobility surveys performed globally and covers 28 countries around the world with a focus on Europe
• Companies are now developing charging strategies and exploring cost-effective financing methods
• Adaptations to electrified vehicles and mobility solutions
• What are the key drivers behind the evolution of new mobility?
• The status of connected vehicles usage

Frank Svenhard, Director Nordic Consulting, Arval

10:00 Autonomous Vehicles: Diving into How European Cities Are Leading the Way in Using AVs to Transform Public Transport Systems

Liisa Andersson, Strategy & Partnerships, Ruter, Norway

10:40 Networking break and exhibition visit

Panel Discussion

11:20 Trustworthy Autonomy

Moderator:
Malin Broqvist Andersson, Program Director, Drive Sweden

Panelists will be presented closer to the event

11:50 How a Traditional Operator Works with Autonomy: Lessons from VY

• Our experiences from projects in Norway and Sweden
• How the company is working to find its place in the future value chain for self-driving

Morten Schjødt-Osmo, Strategy and Business Developer, VY, Norway

12:40 Networking lunch break and exhibition visit

13:50 Vehicle Software Deployment: A Strategic Investment for Competitive Advantage

• VSWD as Business Enable and Value Creator, not just a Software Update Tool
• Business Impact and Risks of Deployment failures
• Observability and Metrics for decision making and support
• Volvo Group’s Productization Approach for VSWD

Henrik Klevjung, Expert Platform Architect, Volvo Group

14:30 Open-Source Based Platform to Demonstrate a New Way of Designing and Producing Cars

Jonas Nyvang, CEO & Co-founder, Stilfold

15:00 Networking break and exhibition visit

15:30 When Policy Meets Reality: Navigating the Regulatory Storm Towards Fossil-Free Freight Transport

• Europe’s climate ambition is colliding with its industrial competitiveness agenda — creating a policy storm that defines the pace of the fossil-free freight transition
• Regulatory volatility and “policy limbo” erode investment confidence in vehicles, fuels and infrastructure
• Fragmented industry structures – dominated by small hauliers – amplify the effects of rapid and complex regulatory change
• Path forward: Why the industry needs both visibility and foresight in forging a more proactive cybersecurity posture

Kristina Andersson, Senior Researcher/Legal Expert, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Åse Lundh Gravenius, Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

16:10 How we Transform Data into Improved Road Management and Better Safety

Speaker TBA

16:40 Moderator’s closing remarks and close of conference