Leverage Innovations in SDV & AI Technologies to Innovate Vehicle Architectures, Increase Efficiency & Improve Customer Experience
September 30 - October 2, 2025 | Sheraton Ann Arbor, Michigan
DAY TWO | OCTOBER 2, 2025
8:00 am - 8:50 am
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
8:50 am - 9:00 am
CHAIRPERSONS' OPENING REMARKS
9:00 am - 9:30 am
LEARN HOW TO ARCHITECT THE OVERALL SYSTEM TO ADD AI CAPABILITY FROM A HARDWARE & SOFTWARE STANDPOINT
9:30 am - 10:00 am
UNLOCK THE NEXT-GENERATION OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Arsalan Hafiz -
Cloud AI Data Engineer & Strategy,
Ford Motor Company
10:00 am - 10:40 am
MORNING NETWORKING BREAK
SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
10:40 am - 11:20 am UPDATES ON SOFTWARE STANDARDIZATIONSOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
11:20 am - 11:50 am IMPROVED VERIFICATION & VALIDATION AT THE SOFTWARE INTEGRATION PHASE Cedric Armand - Director of Virtualization, Ford Motor Company
SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
11:50 am - 12:30 pm TRANSITIONING AUTOMOTIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO AGILE SOFTWARE MINDSETS Florian Rohde - Managing Partner, IProcess LLC
AI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
10:40 am - 11:20 am GENERATIVE AI & AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY Christopher Plachetka - AI Engineer/ Software Architect at ADMT by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Volkswagen AG
Christopher Plachetka
AI Engineer/ Software Architect at ADMT by Volkswagen Commercial VehiclesVolkswagen AG
AI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
11:20 am - 11:50 am UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF GENERATIVE AI IN PREDICTING & PREVENTING ACCIDENTS IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Lakshmi Prasad Bhatta - Manager of CAE, Mahindra Automotive
AI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
11:50 am - 12:30 pm EXPLORE TOP TEN AI CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES & HOW TO MITIGATE THEM Hemanth Tadepalli - Cybersecurity Compliance SME, May Mobility
12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES FOR SDVs Gauri Kulkarni - Technical Program Leader of Global Next-Gen Connectivity Initiative, Cummins
SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm LEARN HOW TO BUILD VEHICLES & SYSTEMS THAT STAY ON THE ROAD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARSSOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES TRACK
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm UTILIZING VIRTUALIZATION FOR VALIDATION OF SDVsAI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm USE CASE PRESENTATION: USING SYNTHETIC DATA IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DESIGNAI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm HOW DO EXPERTS ENVISION AGENTIC AI OPERATING IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY?AI IN AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm UNCOVERING HOW INTEGRATING AI IN TO SMART VEHICLES ENABLES OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE OF COMPLEX TASKS TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS IN REAL TIME Beatriz Minamy - Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Mobility and Supply Chain Practice Lead, S&P Global
Beatriz Minamy
Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Mobility and Supply Chain Practice LeadS&P Global
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
CLOUD-BASED DEVELOPMENT FOR VIRTUAL ECUs & CHIPSETS
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
COMPARING LLMS & THEIR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS: SPOTLIGHT ON DEEPSEEK, CHAT GPT, GEMINI & MORE
Sudeep Chavare -
Vehicle Optimization Lead - Machine Learning,
General Motors
Saikiran Divakaruni - Head of Engineering, Senior Engineering Manager of Data Science and AI, ZF Group
