Software‑defined vehicle architectures and AI‑driven validation are reshaping the testing landscape, increasing complexity across compliance, workflows and system behaviour. The ATTI Forum delivers the essential insight needed to remain ahead of these changes, enabling testing professionals to build resilient, future‑ready validation capabilities.
Themes in the ATTI Forum
Regulatory readiness, safety cases & SOTIF
Evolving rules and assurance frameworks that govern automotive testing
Sub topics:
- Regulatory requirements (Euro 7, Euro NCAP 2026)
- Safety frameworks (SOTIF, functional safety, cybersecurity)
- Compliance, traceability and risk reduction
- Ensuring testing processes meet legal and safety standards
Intelligent Test Technologies (AI, Digital Twins, Automation)
Next-generation tools and intelligent methods reshaping how tests are designed, optimized and executed
Sub topics:
- AI‑enabled testing methods
- Real‑time digital twins
- Intelligent automation and decision support
- Moving innovations from research into production
Virtualization / ECU Testing
Practical testing workflows that replace hardware with virtual models and automate ECU validation
Sub topics:
- Virtual sensors replacing physical prototypes
- How we execute validation faster and smarter
- Real‑time HIL/SIL/MIL environments
- Automated ECU regression and zero‑touch validation
- Faster control‑system development with fewer hardware constraints
Why these topics are being addressed
- Euro 7 – Understand how new regulatory demands extends testing scope, increases workflow scale, and focuses OEMs on industry readiness ahead of the 2026 compliance deadline.
- Transforming Vehicle Testing Through Intelligent Technologies - Explore how AI, digital twins, and data‑driven automation are reshaping modern automotive testing.
- Virtualization & Automated ECU Validation – Learn how OEMs can reduce hardware dependence, shorten iteration cycles and deploy scalable validation workflows that support continuous testing.
- SOTIF, Functional Safety & Cybersecurity – Gain clarity on cohesive test strategies for software‑defined vehicles.
- Intelligent Data Platforms & Scalable Analytics – Understand how unified platforms reduce redundant testing and dramatically speed up engineering decision‑making.
- Simulated vs Real‑World Testing – Hear how the experts are balancing virtual validation and physical testing to meet performance, safety and cost targets.
- Euro NCAP 2026 – Prepare for expanded scenario coverage, new post‑crash requirements and evolving documentation workflows that will redefine test operations.
