HARA – how to develop a unified approach in the preparation of Hazard, Risk and Undesired Event Analysis?

Real-world testing – how to approach field testing of automated and connected driving in urban environments

Perception – how to use sensor simulation concepts for virtual test drives?

Scenarios – can we develop a common framework for self-driving vehicles?

E/E system concepts – can traditional vehicles be converted into fail-operational vehicles via re-design / re-mapping of components?

Safe Artificial intelligence – how to ensure the safety of deep learning based systems?

Cooperative Automated Systems – how to use risk-oriented runtime reconfiguration to increase resilience of connected AVs?

Public road testing – how to make it safe & efficient?

Map-based validation – how to improve virtual testing with 3D map data?

Vehicle Motion Control – how to achieve fail-operational control in different environments?

Safety-critical systems – how to make the step from fail-safe to fail-operational?

ISO 26262 – what does the 2nd edition mean for automated vehicles and how to reflect the real progression of autonomous driving innovation in its 3rd and most anticipated edition?

SOTIF (ISO/PAS 21448), UL 4600 & PAS 1881 – can they fill the gap in existing standards & regulations?

Simulation & virtual testing – how to best integrate it into the development process?

Software architectures & safety critical functions – how to deal with functional & systematic failure at software level?

Verification & Validation – how safe is safe enough, and how to prove it?