Software Development Lifecycle Digital Symposium

Hosted online on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Overview

The Software-Defined Vehicles Digital Symposium explores how revolutionary technologies like virtual ECUs, cloud architectures, and AI-enhanced testing are transforming automotive development. Through expert presentations and strategic discussions, discover approaches to manage complex requirements, accelerate validation, and implement continuous integration while preparing for the competitive advantage of seamless over-the-air updates and integrated software systems.

Learn practical frameworks to revolutionize your Software Development Lifecycle, optimize data management, and ensure quality without sacrificing speed. This symposium delivers actionable insights for automotive leaders to enable faster innovation, enhance customer experiences, and achieve sustainable differentiation in the software-defined future.

Why attend?

Learn practical frameworks to revolutionize your Software Development Lifecycle, optimize data management, and ensure quality without sacrificing speed. This symposium delivers actionable insights for automotive leaders to enable faster innovation, enhance customer experiences, and achieve sustainable differentiation in the software-defined future.

Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunities:

Gain unparalleled access to 300+ software development lifecycle decision-makers at a pivotal moment when traditional development paradigms are being revolutionized, positioning your brand as an essential thought leader in this rapidly evolving space.

As automakers grapple with unprecedented challenges in managing complex requirements, design processes, and testing protocols, your sponsorship provides a virtual stage to present directly to industry professionals seeking strategic insights into virtual ECU implementation, cloud architectures optimized for vehicle data growth, and AI-enhanced testing methodologies.

By aligning your brand with this critical shift toward continuous integration, deployment, and maintenance, now the defining competitive advantage in the automotive sector, you'll demonstrate your commitment to enabling faster innovation, enhanced customer experiences, and sustainable competitive differentiation in the software-defined future.

Sponsor Opportunities

Agenda

8:00am PT – 8:05am PT

11:00am ET – 11:05m ET

4:00pm – 4:05pm BST

Chairpersons Opening Remarks

8:05am PT – 8:25am PT

11:05m ET – 11:25am ET

4:05pm BST – 4:25pm - BST

Presentation:

Accelerating Software-Defined Vehicle Development with Virtual ECUs

Why are traditional ECU validation methods becoming inadequate for modern vehicles, and how could virtual ECUs overcome development bottlenecks in the OTA update marketplace?
What specific benefits do virtual ECUs deliver for system testing, safety validation, and ultimately the end-user experience?
In what ways can virtual ECUs accelerate both hardware and software development cycles, and how does their support for code reusability and standardization enable continuous validation for lifecycle updates?

8:25am PT – 9:05am PT

11:25am ET – 12:05pm ET

4:25pm – BST – 5:05pm BST

Panel Discussion:

Mastering Cloud, Data and AI for a Software-Defined Future

In what ways do safety requirements, physical constraints, and heterogeneous computing in automotive complicate the adoption of standard cloud development practices, and how can these challenges be addressed without compromising innovation speed?
How should automakers prioritize which vehicle data to collect, process, and upload, and what architectural decisions today will best position OEMs for the exponential data growth expected in coming years?
Which vehicle systems and organizational processes stand to benefit most from AI integration?

9:05am PT – 9:45am PT

12:05pm ET – 12:45pm ET

5:05pm BST – 5:45pm BST

Panel Discussion:

Transforming Testing Methodologies for Software-Defined Vehicles

How can automakers reconcile increasing cost pressures with the critical need for software quality and security, particularly as we transition toward Software-Defined Vehicles?
What specific strategies should OEMs prioritize to enhance software quality, reliability, and durability through continuous monitoring and early-stage testing integration?
How can we maximize the potential of AI for generating and refining test cases while maintaining essential human oversight to ensure accuracy and comprehensive code coverage?

9:45am PT – 9:50am PT

12:45pm ET – 12:50pm ET

5:45pm BST – 5:50pm BST

Chairpersons Closing Remarks

Speakers

Stay tuned - our exciting speaker lineup will be announced soon!

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Join the AutoTech Software Development Lifecycle Digital Symposium live Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

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