2026 Insights

Balancing AI Innovation and Safety Assurance in Automotive Systems

Balancing AI Innovation and Safety Assurance in Automotive Systems

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.

Integrating Functional Safety, Cyber Security, and AI for Smarter Development

Integrating Functional Safety, Cyber Security, and AI for Smarter Development

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.

SOTIF in Practice: Building Safe ADAS and Automated Driving Systems

SOTIF in Practice: Building Safe ADAS and Automated Driving Systems

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.

A Single Development Approach | Past Presentation by Luigi Campagna, Global Functional Safety Assessor Lead at BorgWarner

A Single Development Approach | Past Presentation by Luigi Campagna, Global Functional Safety Assessor Lead at BorgWarner

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 
Safety for SDVs | Past Presentation by Milad Hasanvand, Lead of Product Safety Unit, TomTom

Safety for SDVs | Past Presentation by Milad Hasanvand, Lead of Product Safety Unit, TomTom

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
Harnessing AI for Functional Safety | ISO 8800 & ISO 5469 | Safety and Hazard Analysis

Harnessing AI for Functional Safety | ISO 8800 & ISO 5469 | Safety and Hazard Analysis

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. 

Post Show Report - Automotive Functional Safety Week 2025

Post Show Report - Automotive Functional Safety Week 2025

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

Who's Attending Automotive Functional Safety 2026?

Who's Attending Automotive Functional Safety 2026?

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.