Embedded Safety & Security Summit (ESSS) 2021 Announces Speaker Line-up for Virtual Conference
11.5.2021 15:00:00 EEST | Business Wire | Press release
The Embedded Safety & Security Summit (ESSS) today announced its first set of speakers for the inaugural virtual event, scheduled for June 17, 2021. Based on LDRA’s long-running annual conference, ESSS brings together embedded technology enthusiasts, industry thought leaders and regulators worldwide to share emerging trends, best practices, technical deep dive, and practical examples on empowering the development of safe and secure embedded systems.
In addition to Ian Hennell, Operations Director of LDRA, confirmed speakers and their presentations include:
Technical Panel : Next-gen Technologies: Safety and Security Implications
Dr Nigel Tracey, Vice President – RTA Solutions, ETAS, Germany
Suresh Kumar R, CTO CCS India & Digital Incubators, GE-Healthcare, India
Bill. St. Clair, Director – US Operations, LDRA, USA
Shinto Joseph, Director – South East Asia Operations, LDRA, India
Industrial Cybersecurity System (ICS) defenses what is next?
Felipe Sabino Costa, LATAM Industrial Cybersecurity (IACS) Expert, Brazil
MISRA C in the ISO 26262 Context
Andrew Banks, Chairman of the MISRA C Working Group, Technical Specialist, LDRA, UK
UNECE WP.29 Regulations for Automotive Security – A View from India
Khushwant Pawar, Head, Cybersecurity Solutions – Mobility, ETAS, India
Balancing the Load of a Safety Critical Multi Core System
Mohamed Zuhair, Electronics Engineer, TASKING, India
Challenges in Testing & Certification of AI-ML based systems in Aerospace
Shashi Kumar P, Principal Engineer – Certification, Honeywell Aerospace, India
Koilpillai George, Chief Engineers – Software, Honeywell Aerospace, India
Do All Your Build Tools Need To Be Qualified?
Chris Tapp, Chairman of the MISRA C++ Working Group, Technical Specialist, LDRA, UK
Hardware Enablers for Security in Industrial IoT
Mini TT, Principal Engineer, ABB, India
FACE Standard Verification and Validation for Safety Environments
Ehsan Salehi, Field Application Manager & FACE™ VA, LDRA, USA
System Safety Enhancement using Fault Tolerant Design
Manju Maheve, System Safety Engineer, Collins Aerospace, India
Priya Peter, System Safety and Reliability Engineer, Collins Aerospace, India
Verification Activities to be Considered for Achieving IEC 62304 Compliance
Anil Kumar N.G, Sr. Technical Manager, LDRA, India
“The deep-dive technical sessions from industry experts across the aerospace & defence, automotive, industrial, and medical domain offer an ideal mix of insights into the growing significance of implementing safe and secure practices and technologies in embedded systems,” Hennell said. “While we’ll miss being in-person this year, we expect even more within the embedded community will benefit from these valuable virtual sessions and the networking opportunities that everyone has grown to expect at ESSS.”
The virtual conference platform will offer industry-focused tracks and allow myriad networking opportunities for attendees and speakers with chat room features and live Q&As. For more information and to register for free, please visit https://www.embedded-safety-security.com/.
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