August 25 - 26, 2026 | Santa Clara, California
This August, Automotive IQ’s SDV USA conference comes to Silicon Valley, US' Hotbed of Innovation, Stacked with Autonomous Vehicles. The SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit, recognizes that:
> SDV is the underlying architecture enabler for autonomous vehicles.
> Autonomous vehicles have even greater software content than Software-Defined vehicles.
> Autonomous technology is a key selling point for SDV.
The reality is that you cannot deliver autonomy at scale without having a software-defined vehicle infrastructure. The two markets are very tightly connected, and with AI merging both worlds together in ways previously unimagined, the goal for automotive companies is to design and build Intelligent vehicles with autonomous capabilities, without being held back by buzzwords.
While SDV technology is ready for commercialization and autonomous technology is witnessing public deployment with Tesla launching FSD solutions, both the SDV and AV markets are rife with big challenges and limitless opportunities. Execution, scalability, deployment, and productionization to name a few challenges. Monetization, hands-off L4/L5 driving, robotics, cloud-methodologies and truly leveraging AI to highlight a handful opportunities.
Covering these areas and others is the SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit, our most exhaustive agenda to-date, drawing on the full range of topics that are on the hearts and minds of software and autonomy leaders. The format: two razor-focused tracks for companies working in either SDV or AV organization, combined with main-stage presentations and dialogues designed to promote collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas.
On behalf of Automotive IQ, we invite you to join business and technical experts, risks-takers and decision-makers representing automotive and technology companies that are incubating in the Bay area and the rest of the United States. Leave inspired, equipped and at the leading-edge of innovation to not only survive by excel in a rapidly evolving industry.
Alishba Jan
Divisional Director, Automotive IQ
enquire@automotive-iq.com
ALI
> SDV is the underlying architecture enabler for autonomous vehicles.
> Autonomous vehicles have even greater software content than Software-Defined vehicles.
> Autonomous technology is a key selling point for SDV.
The reality is that you cannot deliver autonomy at scale without having a software-defined vehicle infrastructure. The two markets are very tightly connected, and with AI merging both worlds together in ways previously unimagined, the goal for automotive companies is to design and build Intelligent vehicles with autonomous capabilities, without being held back by buzzwords.
While SDV technology is ready for commercialization and autonomous technology is witnessing public deployment with Tesla launching FSD solutions, both the SDV and AV markets are rife with big challenges and limitless opportunities. Execution, scalability, deployment, and productionization to name a few challenges. Monetization, hands-off L4/L5 driving, robotics, cloud-methodologies and truly leveraging AI to highlight a handful opportunities.
Covering these areas and others is the SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit, our most exhaustive agenda to-date, drawing on the full range of topics that are on the hearts and minds of software and autonomy leaders. The format: two razor-focused tracks for companies working in either SDV or AV organization, combined with main-stage presentations and dialogues designed to promote collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas.
On behalf of Automotive IQ, we invite you to join business and technical experts, risks-takers and decision-makers representing automotive and technology companies that are incubating in the Bay area and the rest of the United States. Leave inspired, equipped and at the leading-edge of innovation to not only survive by excel in a rapidly evolving industry.
Alishba Jan
Divisional Director, Automotive IQ
enquire@automotive-iq.com
ALI
The 2025 Event was Supported by Major Automotive Brands
2026 line-up will be announced soon
Anindya Saha
Machine Learning Platform Engineer
Zoox
René Honcak
Head Of Digital Twin Electrified Powertrain Technology
ZF Group
Shubham Patil
Research Engineer of Machine Learning
Magna International
Aliasghar Arab
Professor
New York University
Erol Sumer
Senior Engineering Manager | Autonomous Driving SW
Hyundai America Technical Center
Jeff Walker
Chief Commercial Officer
SDVerse
Jean Lorchat
Software as a Product Director
Forvia
Stephen Miller
Product Management for Driver Assistance
Bosch
Madhu Lokanath
Senior AI Manager
Ford Motor Company
Sheela Raju Kurupathi
Machine Learning Researcher
Fraunhofer
Steven Stoddard
Product Manager AI
Sonatus
Bob Monkman
Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager, Automotive
Red Hat
Narendra Atmakuri
Engineering Leader
Panasonic Avionics
Greg Morningstar
Senior Mobility Systems Engineer
Bosch
Daniel Cashen
Senior Fellow Systems Architecture
Stellantis
Abdulrahman Yacoob
Cybersecurity Consultant
Independent
Elias Sörstrand
Data Scientist
Volvo Group
Wajieh Salman
AL/ML Product Management Specialist
Ford Motor Company
Yuchuan Gou
Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform
Zoox
Auston Payyappilly
Director of Product Management and Acquisitions (ADAS and Cockpit)
Bosch
Vasanthan Karunanithy
Senior Systems Architect
Micron
Obi Okeke
Director, Business Development
Micron
Pete Brown
Senior Director of Software Defined Systems Architecture
Karma Automotive
Pavan Vemuri
Director of Product Engineering
SDVerse
Hemanth Tadepalli
Senior Cybersecurity and Compliance SME
May Mobility
Ninad Ghike
Product Manager
Aptiv
Saikiran Divakaruni
Head of Engineering – Data Science & AI
ZF Group
Gbenga Ladapo
Data Scientist
Ford Motor Company
Daniel Vilela
Virtual Development Engineering Group Manager - Engineering Group Manager
General Motors
Claudio Fernandes
Engineering Director
Hitachi Astemo
Ravidev Chalanti
SOA Software Architect
Aptiv
Sushant Potdar
Senior Software Engineer
Aptiv
Ahsan Qamar
Senior Manager - System Architecture and System Integration
Ford Motor Company
Tyson Benson
Senior Cybersecurity Product Analyst
ZF Group
Florian Rohde
Managing Partner
IProcess LLC
Ansgar Lindwedel
Director SDV Ecosystem Development
Eclipse Foundation
Cedric Armand
Director of Virtualization
Ford Motor Company
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner Software Define Vehicles
MHP - A Porsche Company
Sadasivam Periyasamy
Principle Security and Privacy Engineer
AUMOVIO
Gauri Kulkarni
Technical Program Leader of Global Next-Gen Connectivity Initiative
Cummins Inc.
Sven Jeroschewski
Senior Software Engineer
Bosch
Amit Mehta
Head of SW OTA - Software X Org
Stellantis
Partha Goswami
Principal
PG Mobility Analysis
Dan Cauchy
Executive Director
Automotive Grade Linux
Will Simon
SDV, UX, Infotainment, & AI
IAV
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Partnership & Exhibition Opportunities at SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit
For OEM and Tier-1 companies to overcome current challenges and take advantage of limitless opportunities in the SDV and AV domains, they need modern tools, technologies & software.
If you want to meet business and technical decision-makers representing automotive and technology companies that are incubating in the Bay area and the rest of the United States, the SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit offers you the chance to share your expertise in an environment designed to expose new ideas and concepts as well as connect with automotive experts looking for ground-breaking innovations and technologies that are disrupting the way vehicles are designed, manufactured, and released.
The SDV & AV Technology Summit will provide you with the ideal platform to meet with, and hear directly from leading OEMs, and find out what they expect and require from their suppliers.
If you want to meet business and technical decision-makers representing automotive and technology companies that are incubating in the Bay area and the rest of the United States, the SDV & AV Silicon Valley Technology Summit offers you the chance to share your expertise in an environment designed to expose new ideas and concepts as well as connect with automotive experts looking for ground-breaking innovations and technologies that are disrupting the way vehicles are designed, manufactured, and released.
The SDV & AV Technology Summit will provide you with the ideal platform to meet with, and hear directly from leading OEMs, and find out what they expect and require from their suppliers.
Get in touch so we can help create a package to help you meet your business development objectives for 2026 and beyond.
To discuss partnership, sponsorship and/or exhibition opportunities, contact our team at partner@automotive-iq.com .
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