Registrations are now open for SDV Summit 2026, 8-9 October in Pune
SDV Summit — Software Defined Vehicle
Modern conference auditorium

8-9 October 2026 · Pune

Two days, one continuous conversation

From vehicle architecture, AI and cybersecurity on Day 1 to the digital cockpit, monetization and future mobility on Day 2, mapped out session by session.

Day 1

October 08, 2026 | Pune

08:00 am - 09:00 am

REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING

09:45 am - 10:10 am

Conference Inauguration & Opening Address

10:10 am - 10:40 am

Modular and Scalable foundation for SDV

Sponsor Presentation
10:40 am - 11:15 am

FIRESIDE CHAT

11:15 am - 11:30 am

TEA BREAK AND NETWORKING

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Zonal E/E Architecture: The Hardware Foundation of the Software-Defined Car

Sponsor Presentation
  • RN

    Rajesh Nair

    Senior Sales Manager - Automotive Infineon

12:00 pm - 12:20 pm

Securing India's Connected Vehicles: A Cybersecurity Perspective

Sponsor Presentation
12:20 pm - 12:40 pm

The Road to SDV: A Maturity Model for Software-Defined Transformation

Keynote Presentation
12:40 pm - 01:20 pm

Building the Software Stack: Architecture, Middleware & Development Practices

Panel Discussion
  • Centralized compute vs. quasi-zonal vs. full-zonal — where is India heading?
  • Hardware-software co-design for AI-grade SoCs in next-gen vehicles
  • AUTOSAR Adaptive, ROS 2 and emerging middleware for cross-domain communication
  • Virtualization, hypervisors & mixed-criticality OS for cockpit + ADAS convergence
  • DevOps & CI/CD pipelines adapted for safety-critical automotive software
  • Functional safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF & their role in software validation frameworks
01:20 pm - 02:25 pm

LUNCH BREAK AND NETWORKING

02:25 pm - 02:40 pm

Software-Defined Means Software-Attacked: Securing the SDV Before AIS-189/190 Becomes the Bar

Sponsor Presentation
02:40 pm - 03:00 pm

TBC

  • A

    ARAI

03:00 pm - 03:40 pm

Intelligence at the Edge: AI, ADAS Software & the Road to Autonomy in India

Panel Discussion
  • Deploying AI models at the vehicle edge — on-device inference vs. cloud offload
  • Post-quantum cybersecurity for ADAS communication channels
  • Multi-modal sensor fusion (camera, radar, LiDAR) for Indian road & weather conditions
  • AI safety assurance: ISO/PAS 8800 & SOTIF compliance for autonomous decision-making
  • Digital twins & synthetic data for cost-effective ADAS validation & corner-case testing
  • Bharat NCAP & regulatory pathways for ADAS feature certification in India
03:40 pm - 04:00 pm

TEA BREAK AND NETWORKING

04:00 pm - 04:20 pm

OTA at Scale - Managing Software Lifecycles Across Millions of Vehicles

Keynote Presentation
04:20 pm - 05:00 pm

The Hard Problems: Cybersecurity, OTA Complexity & Building Resilient SDV Ecosystems

Panel Discussion
  • ISO/SAE 21434 & UNECE WP.29 — from paper compliance to real threat resilience
  • India's data localization laws & their impact on connected vehicle cloud architecture
  • Securing the OEM–Tier1–cloud supply chain: shared responsibility models
  • Talent gap in automotive software: skilling engineers for AUTOSAR, ADAS & cloud-native dev
  • Managing software debt & legacy ECU migration without halting production
  • The startup opportunity: where can Indian deep-tech firms build global SDV leadership?
05:00 pm - 05:15 pm

Summit Closing: Awards, Vote of Thanks