In this exclusive interview, Hugues Bonnin, Senior Expert in Safety of Connected Services at AUMOVIO, shares whether AI is primarily viewed within AUMOVIO as a safety enabler, a productive tool, or an unavoidable risk, and how that framing influences how it’s governed and trusted. Hugues provides insight into where AI genuinely adds value in the automotive safety lifecycle, and where he sees the greatest potential for AI to accelerate or enhance safety-related activities.

Hugues will be presenting at Automotive Functional Safety Week 2026 and gives a preview of what attendees can take away from his session.

In this exclusive interview, Daniel Koroll, Quality Planner, Software Assessment, Porsche AG, shares insight into how functional safety and cyber security are often developed in silos. He covers where they most commonly come into conflict, how AI is used to support functional safety and cyber security, and how to balance the pressure to innovate quickly with the need for robust safety assurance when introducing AI‑enabled processes.

Daniel finishes by sharing advice to companies at the early stage of building a unified strategy for safety and security, and what developments will most change how safety and security are executed together.

In this interview, Abhash Das, Safety Standards Technical Manager at VinFast Europe, outlines the key SOTIF requirements that OEMs and suppliers need to address when developing ADAS and ADS, as well as the approaches that work best for demonstrating that automated systems can operate safely in both known and unforeseen situations. Abhash also discusses how the industry needs to evolve to keep pace with changing SOTIF requirements, and the steps organisations can take to ensure functional safety and cyber security activities are aligned rather than handled in silos.

The BorgWarner holistic approach to combine Automotive Safety and Security from Development to Assessment. 

This presentation covers:

• ISO 26262 vs ISO 21434 - Why is it combining?
• Unlocking a single development approach - the BW PDS recipe
• What happens after SOP - Management of Safety Anomalies and Vulnerabilities
• Summary - Benefits and achievements 

An exclusive look at a previous presentation from Automotive Functional Safety Week 2025.

In this presentation, Milad covers:

• A measurement framework for SDVs
• Challenges of safety for SDV - How can we make things better?
• Addressing the complexity at the heart of SDV
• Key takeaways

Jofin George, Functional Safety Manager at Schaeffler, offers valuable insights into the most promising opportunities for effectively applying AI in functional safety analysis, particularly in alignment with ISO 8800 and ISO 5469 standards. He also addresses key challenges and risks associated with AI integration and how these can be mitigated. Jofin shares practical examples of how he is currently utilising Generative AI for hazard and system analysis, and discusses how automotive companies can ensure accuracy and reliability of AI systems in safety analysis. 

Download the Automotive Functional Safety Week 2025 Post-Show Report for insights into core themes, featured speakers, event partners, and exclusive poll results.

Download the 2026 Early Attendee Snapshot to view who has already signed up for Automotive Functional Safety 2026.

These attendees will get the chance to hear from our packed speaker line-up, led by experts from Renesas Electronics, NXP Semiconductors, VinFast, Daimler Truck, Porsche, JLR and more.

Philip Koopman, Technical Consultant, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Helen Monkhouse, Chief Engineer, Functional Safety, HORBIA MIRA and Danilo Da Costa Ribeiro, System Safety Manager, Engineer at Continental, join Riccardo Vincelli, Director Functional Safety at Renesas Electronics and Franck Galtié, Functional Safety Fellow at NXP Semiconductors to discuss the implementation of SOTIF, managing unexpected scenarios, and the impact of AI.

To align with industry standards and ensure safety, ISO/TS 5083 introduces requirements that facilitate the integration of AD systems.

Thomas Kirschbaum, Senior Expert in System Safety at Bosch, shares his insights on the main objectives of ISO/TS 5083, best practices for preparation, conformity requirements, and its overall impact on automotive safety. 

As Autonomous Vehicles move from level 2 to level 3-5, and the vehicle becomes mostly AI driven, almost every new project will require SOTIF in some way. Automotive IQ spoke with Antonello De Galizia, System Safety Engineering | SOTIF Expert for Automated Driving at CARIAD, who explained the ISO 21448 considerations for L3+ autonomous vehicles, focusing on:

• What needs to be considered when adding SOTIF to a product
• How SOTIF changes the safety concept of L3+ autonomous vehicles
• The operational design domain for autonomous driving applications, and the differences between L2/L3 and L5
  

Abhash Das, Safety Expert at ZF Group, has shared his thoughts on How to Balance Operational & Functional Safety for Autonomous Vehicles, including:

- Combination of Safety and Security expertise in an interconnected and integrated unit

- Safety expertise from the component to a complex system of systems

- Security expertise from Product Security up to IT/OT Security

- Single source for all Safety and Security activities

Automotive IQ interviewed Gareth Price, Director Software Delivery at Eatron Technologies to get a further understanding of where the industry currently stands with Functional Safety, which we will be posting as a two-part video podcast. Get your copy of Part 1 of this exclusive video interview. Watch part 2 here.

While ISO 26262 is reaching a certain level of maturity, advancements in electrification, autonomous driving, software-defined vehicles, and AI-based applications are introducing new challenges of ensuring safety with new unparalleled levels of complexity. Furthermore, SOTIF is also coming in thick and fast, and safety experts are on the cusp of decision making for the third edition of ISO 26262. To prepare for the next edition, OEMs and Suppliers are looking for the next wave of guidance to accommodate for changes in the automotive industry right now. Unmissable.

Automotive IQ spoke with a panel of experts from NXP Semiconductors to delve into the latest developments and challenges in functional safety. Franck Galtié, Carmen Klug-Mocanu, Marcus Müller, and Mat Blazy-Winning provided invaluable insights into NXP’s functional safety priorities for 2024, shedding light on the company’s strategies amidst the automotive industry’s shift towards autonomous driving and electrification.

From navigating evolving standards landscapes to streamlining functional safety processes and reinterpreting ISO 26262 for complex software architectures in Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), the conversation covered the most pressing FuSa challenges for 2024.

In the second part of this video interview with Gareth Price at Eatron Technologies and Automotive IQ, Gareth shares his views and knowledge on what should be included in the next edition of ISO 26262 and SOTIF. Following on from this, Gareth gives his insight into what direction other safety standards are heading in, and how the industry can prepare for any new requirements being faced.

Missed part 1? Watch here.