BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20260308T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:PDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20261101T010000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:PST
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260512T050904Z
UID:1C1F0C3E-631A-4F74-9FBE-6CA2EB2ECF15
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260512T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260512T193000
DESCRIPTION:Registration Closed Notice\n\nRegistration is now closed. Pleas
 e do not register.\n\nThank you for your understanding.\n\nIEEE Event Agen
 da - Tuesday May 12\, 2026\n\n🔹 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM\n\nRegistration\, R
 efreshments\, Food &amp; Networking (Meet &amp; Greet)\n\nFeatured Speakers &amp; Sess
 ions\n\n🔹 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM\n\nTopic 1: Industry Talk – Standardizi
 ng Automotive Firmware for SDVs\n\nExperts from Mercedes-Benz\, Arm\, and 
 Athos Silicon will discuss the urgent need for a standardized\, secure\, a
 nd vendor-agnostic firmware foundation.\n\nKey focus areas:\n\n- Overcomin
 g fragmented firmware ecosystems\n- UEFI as a scalable automotive standard
 \n- Enabling functional safety\, cybersecurity\, and interoperability\n- S
 upporting chiplet-based and next-gen ADAS architectures\n\nSpeakers:\n\n- 
 François Piednoël – [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoispie
 dnoel/)\n- Sachin Athanikar – [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sac
 hin-athanikar-18ba5914/)\n- Dong Wei [– LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.c
 om/in/dongweimba/)\n\n🔹 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM\n\nTopic 2: Academic Keynot
 e – Safe Embodied AI: From Theory to Deployment\n\nProf. Ding Zhao (Carn
 egie Mellon University)\n\nTopics include:\n\n- Rare-event safety in auton
 omous systems\n- Safe reinforcement and imitation learning\n- Generalizabl
 e and adaptive AI safety\n- Future of trustworthy embodied AI at scale\n\n
 Speaker:\n\n- Ding Zhao – [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ding-zh
 ao-01130730/)\n\n🔹 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM\n\nTopic 3: Industry Talk – St
 atic Safety Is Dead: Continuous Risk &amp; Compliance for SDVs\n\nAkshay Chala
 na (CEO &amp; Co-founder\, Saphira AI)\n\nModern vehicles evolve continuously 
 through software updates\, AI-driven functionality\, and increasing connec
 tivity—yet safety and cybersecurity practices remain largely static.\n\n
 This talk explores:\n\n- What breaks when traditional safety assumptions n
 o longer hold\n- Real-world ADAS/autonomy failure propagation: dataset bia
 s\, requirement drift\, and system boundary ambiguity\n- Cross-domain chal
 lenges between safety and cybersecurity\n- A new model for continuous\, sy
 stem-aware risk assessment and compliance\n- Treating compliance artifacts
  as live infrastructure integrated into development pipelines\n\nThis sess
 ion provides a practical path to maintaining certification-grade rigor whi
 le operating at software velocity.\n\nSpeaker:\n\n- Akshay Chalana – [Li
 nkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaychalana/)\n\n🔹 7:15 PM – 7:
 30 PM\n\nQ&amp;A and open discussion - Aditi Ramadwar\n\nAbout This Technical 
 Forum\n\nThis technical forum brings together OEMs\, Tier-1 suppliers\, se
 miconductor leaders\, researchers\, and innovators to address the challeng
 e of fragmentation and define a unified\, future-ready mobility stack.\n\n
 Who Should Attend:\n\n- Automotive engineers and architects\n- Safety and 
 cybersecurity specialists\n- Semiconductor and embedded systems profession
 als\n- Researchers in autonomous vehicles and AI safety\n- Technical decis
 ion-makers from OEMs and suppliers\n- Students in Automotive\, Compute\, M
 echanical &amp; Electrical Engineering\n\nWe would be delighted if you could j
 oin us and participate in shaping the future of intelligent transportation
 .\n\nSpeaker(s): Francois\, Wei \, Sachin\, Zhao\, Akshay\n\nIn-Person at:
   SEMI Headquarters\, 673 S Milpitas Blvd\, Milpitas\, California\, United
  States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/551666
LOCATION:In-Person at:  SEMI Headquarters\, 673 S Milpitas Blvd\, Milpitas\
 , California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee
 .org/m/551666
ORGANIZER:talkwithvikas@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:189
SUMMARY:The Intelligence of the Machine.. The Rigor of the Road!!
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/551666
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;isSelectedEnd&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: 
 rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration Closed Notice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;isSelectedEnd&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;Reg
 istration is now closed. Please do not register.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span styl
 e=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;Thank you for your understanding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;h3 data-section-id=&quot;m46lbi&quot; data-start=&quot;91&quot; data-end=&quot;116&quot;&gt;&lt;span role
 =&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;95&quot; data-end=&quot;116&quot;&gt;IEEE Event Agenda - Tuesday
  May 12\, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;118&quot; data-end=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 trong data-start=&quot;118&quot; data-end=&quot;139&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;245&quot; data-end=&quot;2
 69&quot;&gt;🔹 &lt;/strong&gt;5:00 PM &amp;ndash\; 5:30 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;11
 8&quot; data-end=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;142&quot; data-end=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;R
 egistration\, Refreshments\, Food &amp;amp\; Networking (Meet &amp;amp\; Greet)&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h3 data-section-id=&quot;1c7ocwl&quot; data-start=&quot;207&quot; data-end=&quot;243&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;211&quot; data-end=&quot;243&quot;&gt;Featured Speaker
 s &amp;amp\; Sessions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;245&quot; data-end=&quot;363&quot;
 &gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;245&quot; data-end=&quot;269&quot;&gt;🔹 5:30 PM &amp;ndash\; 6:15 PM&lt;/st
 rong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic 1: Industry Talk &amp;ndash\; Standardizing Automo
 tive Firmware for SDVs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Experts from Mercedes-Benz\, Arm\,
  and Athos Silicon will discuss the urgent need for a standardized\, secur
 e\, and vendor-agnostic firmware foundation.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key focus are
 as:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Overcoming fragmented firmware ecosystems&lt;/li&gt;
 \n&lt;li&gt;UEFI as a scalable automotive standard&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Enabling functional
  safety\, cybersecurity\, and interoperability&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Supporting chiple
 t-based and next-gen ADAS architectures&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speakers:&lt;
 /strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Fran&amp;ccedil\;ois Piedno&amp;euml\;l &amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a 
 href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoispiednoel/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;
 noopener&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Sachin Athanikar &amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachin-athanikar-18ba5914/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; re
 l=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Dong Wei&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https:
 //www.linkedin.com/in/dongweimba/&quot;&gt;&amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🔹 6:15 PM &amp;ndash\; 6:45 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic 
 2: Academic Keynote &amp;ndash\; Safe Embodied AI: From Theory to Deployment&lt;/
 strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Ding Zhao&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Carnegie Mellon Un
 iversity)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topics include:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Rare-eve
 nt safety in autonomous systems&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Safe reinforcement and imitation
  learning&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Generalizable and adaptive AI safety&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Future 
 of trustworthy embodied AI at scale&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Ding Zhao &amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.
 com/in/ding-zhao-01130730/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/l
 i&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🔹 6:45 PM &amp;ndash\; 7:15 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Topic 3: Industry Talk &amp;ndash\; Static Safety Is Dead: Continuou
 s Risk &amp;amp\; Compliance for SDVs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Akshay Chalana&lt;
 /strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(CEO &amp;amp\; Co-founder\, Saphira AI)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Modern vehicle
 s evolve continuously through software updates\, AI-driven functionality\,
  and increasing connectivity&amp;mdash\;yet safety and cybersecurity practices
  remain largely static.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This talk explores:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;What breaks when traditional safety assumptions no longer hold&lt;/
 li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Real-world ADAS/autonomy failure propagation: dataset bias\, requ
 irement drift\, and system boundary ambiguity&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Cross-domain chall
 enges between safety and cybersecurity&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;A new model for continuou
 s\, system-aware risk assessment and compliance&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Treating complia
 nce artifacts as live infrastructure integrated into development pipelines
 &lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;This session provides a practical path to maintaining cer
 tification-grade rigor while operating at software velocity.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Akshay Chalana &amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=
 &quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaychalana/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener
 &quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🔹 7:15 PM &amp;ndash\; 7:30 PM&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Q&amp;amp\;A and open discussion - Aditi Ramadwar&lt;/
 strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;1751&quot; data-end=&quot;1778&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;
  &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;About This Technical Forum&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;This technical forum 
 brings together OEMs\, Tier-1 suppliers\, semiconductor leaders\, research
 ers\, and innovators to address the challenge of fragmentation and define 
 a unified\, future-ready mobility stack.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who Should Attend
 :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Automotive engineers and architects&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Sa
 fety and cybersecurity specialists&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Semiconductor and embedded sy
 stems professionals&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Researchers in autonomous vehicles and AI sa
 fety&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Technical decision-makers from OEMs and suppliers&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li
 &gt;Students in Automotive\, Compute\, Mechanical &amp;amp\; Electrical Engineeri
 ng&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We would be delighted if you could join us and p
 articipate in shaping the future of intelligent transportation.&lt;/p&gt;
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR