August 25 - 26, 2026 | Santa Clara Marriott, 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, risk-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
> 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, risk-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
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For OEM and Group discounts, contact Rakshith Ganesh at enquire@automotive-iq.com
Led by Business & Technical Experts and Decision-Makers representing Automotive & Technology Companies incubating in the Bay Area and the Rest of the United States
Trent Victor
Director of Safety Science & Management
Waymo
Vivetha Joshna Natterjee
Head of Product & Deployment, Autonomous Driving
Bolt
Pankaj Kedia
AI Thought-Leader, Founder and Investor
2468 Ventures; Previously Sr. Exec and Intrapreneur, Qualcomm and Intel Corp.
Zahra Haeri
Engineering Group Manager – Thermal Controls and Software
General Motors
Dave Tokic
VP Corporate Development
TORC Robotics
Rishikkesh Bhagwat
Staff/Lead TPM
Lucid Motors
David Myers
Senior Staff Technology Integration Architect
John Deere
James Patton
Head of Series Development and Validation - Americas
Draxlmaier Group
Solomon Sawlaw
Senior Verification Champion – Networks
John Deere
Steve Surihgh
Vice President, Software Products Business Development
HARMAN
Prahit Dubey
Director Thermal Systems and Software
General Motors
Bao Nguyen
Director of PM Center, Smart Services
Leading OEM (views are his own)
Joseph Stamenkovich
Engineering Manager, Autonomous Driving Software
TORC Robotics
Carlton Bale
SDV Director, Eclipse and Director - Software Defined Vehicle Strategy
Cummins
Prashant Tiwari
CTO
Pliyt
Sentil Ratnasabapathy
Software Engineering Manager - Embedded Core Software
General Motors
Srini Gowda
VP Autonomous Vehicles & Emerging Tech
International (Invited)
Siddharth Mulay
Manager, Functional Safety
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner
MHP - A Porsche Company
Alex Artamonow
Associated Partner - Software-Defined Vehicle
MHP – a Porsche Company
Rafael Oliveria
Senior Solutions Architect – Autonomous Mobility
Uber
Jean Lorchat
Software Solutions & Ecosystem SaaP Director
Forvia
Andreas Reschka
Senior Director Of Product, Systems, and Safety
Pony AI
Rangarajan Ramanujam
Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Controls
Rivian Volkswagen Group Technologies
Prashant Gulati
CEO
SDVerse
Yashovardhan Chaturvedi
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
TORC Robotics
Tyson Benson
Process Owner Cybersecurity Engineering
Clarios
Ryan Mazzuca
Director of Business Development
Stout Industrial Technology
Alex Rudin
Autonomy Policy and Strategy Group Lead
MITRE
Sven Beiker
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Mobility
Bill Neifert
SVP Partnerships
Corellium
Ninad Ghike
Principal Product Manager - Aptiv LINC
Aptiv
Shobana Sankaran
Advisor – Autonomy
Multiple Startups
Florian Rohde
Managing Partner
IProcess LLC
Alishba Jan
Divisional Director
Automotive IQ
💡NEW INTERVIEW💡
AI Driving Autonomy: Lessons from Silicon Valley
Ahead of the SDV & AV Technology Summit 2026, keynote speaker Pankaj Kedia shares an exclusive preview of his upcoming session.
In this interview, he explores the role AI will play in shaping the in-car experience over the next decade, how OEMs can maximize the value of partnerships with Silicon Valley when building next-generation technology stacks, and what defines a successful collaboration between automakers and technology companies. Pankaj also discusses where he sees the greatest value-creation opportunities across the AI and autonomous-vehicle value chain, and how organizations can position themselves to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive landscape.
In this interview, he explores the role AI will play in shaping the in-car experience over the next decade, how OEMs can maximize the value of partnerships with Silicon Valley when building next-generation technology stacks, and what defines a successful collaboration between automakers and technology companies. Pankaj also discusses where he sees the greatest value-creation opportunities across the AI and autonomous-vehicle value chain, and how organizations can position themselves to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive landscape.
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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.
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