CO-LOCATED EVENTS

Speaker

Dix Devasahayam

Head of Software Verification and Validation, Iveco Group

As Head of Software Verification & Validation at IVECO Group, I lead cross-functional global teams that deliver robust, scalable, and future-ready validation strategies for next-generation mobility solutions. My mission is to bridge technology, leadership, and strategy to drive software excellence across electric, connected, and autonomous vehicle platforms.

Sessions

1 | Icebreaker

Sunday, September 28

08:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Live in Berlin

Less Details

  • What’s one thing that makes you feel safe—or unsafe—about being driven by an autonomous vehicle?
  • Have you ever seen a test fail (software or otherwise) that later turned out to be a critical insight? What did you learn?
  • If you could instantly solve one safety challenge in AV development, what would it be and why?
  • How do you think safety standards like ISO 26262 and ASPICE need to evolve to support truly autonomous systems?
  • What’s one ‘soft skill’ or mindset you believe is essential for teams building safe autonomous systems?
Workshop

Panel Discussion

Monday, September 29

06:30 pm - 07:15 pm

Live in Berlin

Less Details

  • How can we integrate functional safety, cybersecurity, and SOTIF to address both predictable and unpredictable risks in autonomous vehicles?
  • What are the biggest challenges in defining safety goals and acceptance criteria for autonomous vehicle systems across different operational domains?
  • How can simulation-based validation and real-world testing be effectively combined to demonstrate system safety with sufficient coverage and statistical confidence?
  • What methods and tools are critical for tracing safety requirements through the entire V-Model from HARA to validation?
  • How can cross-disciplinary collaboration between safety, cybersecurity, and AI teams enhance system safety without hindering innovation?
Panel Discussion

Company

Iveco Group

veco Group N.V. (MI: IVG) is the home of unique people and brands that power your business and mission to advance a more sustainable society. The seven brands are each a major force in its specific business: IVECO, a pioneering commercial vehicles brand that designs, manufactures, and markets heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks; FPT Industrial, a global leader in a vast array of advanced powertrain technologies in the agriculture, construction, marine, power generation, and commercial vehicles sectors; IVECO BUS and HEULIEZ, mass-transit and premium bus and coach brands; IDV, for highly specialised defence and civil protection equipment; ASTRA, a leader in large-scale heavy-duty quarry and construction vehicles; and IVECO CAPITAL, the financing arm which supports them all. At 31st December 2023, Iveco Group employed more than 36,000 people around the world and had 20 industrial sites and 31 R&D centres.