This year's theme: Balancing Security, Innovation & ROI
We invite you to join your colleagues in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the 16th Annual Automotive Cybersecurity Summit 2026, the region's top-ranking technical conference for professionals working in Product/Vehicle Security, IT/OT Security, Manufacturing Security, Application Security and Embedded Security.
Standards are now in place and regulations have come into play. Automotive organizations have implemented cyber security management systems that are compliant with R155. What should have been a clear road ahead is now filled with trepidation and challenges; cybersecurity is being seen as cost centre and proving ROI to management is challenging.
The industry is also shifting aggressively towards AI and SDV. On the one hand AI-driven cyber-attacks are becoming sophisticated, on the other, AI and LLM are being utilized to create risk profiles of new vulnerabilities, deploy patches quickly and safely, and building agents for threat modelling. ECUs and operating systems that were previously supplied by tier-1 companies are now being built in-house at OEM, sparking a need for new security features and technologies to be created for SDVs. Understanding requirements for CRA, SBOM and HBOM are crucial for companies wanting to sell vehicles and operate in globalized economy. The next big thing on the horizon for embedded cybersecurity is PQC and making devices ready for post-quantum algorithms.
Innovating while balancing cost has never been more important. Learning from shared and borrowed experiences and tackling challenges collectively as an industry is now critical to survival.
Take a pause from daily activities; come and look at what the industry and your counterparts are doing. Leave feeling more informed & more prepared than when you arrive at Automotive Cybersecurity Summit USA 2026.
2026 Agenda Key Themes
Ways to strengthen cybersecurity in the age of tighter budget without slowing down innovation
Insight into the AI threat landscape & techniques for combatting AI-driven attacks
Strategies to manage cybersecurity risk in
SDV architectures
Tools to future-proof vehicles with post quantum cryptography & make devices ready for PQC algorithms
Measures to comply with the US Department
of Commerce's rules, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and prepare SBOM & HBOM
Plus many more in-depth, technical sessions. Download the full agenda to see the full program and speakers.
Good for networking and seeing the current state of different Automotive Cybersecurity activities... The participation was of great value. The speaker line-up was strong and the discussion culture was amazing.
A great event... I liked how there was a mix of both breakout sessions, panels and solo speakers.
This event was valuable... meeting new people from the industry and discussing issues that related to all of us, hearing new ideas etc.
Great event to be up to speed and network.
2026 Speakers
Kristie Pfosi, Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Marelli
Vivek Venkatachalam, Director, Vehicle & Connected Cybersecurity, Ford Motor Company
Jennifer Tisdale, Senior Director, Strategic Engagements, North America, Upstream Security
Ellen Lu, Global Head of System Engineering, Functional Safey & Product Cybersecurity, Dana Incorporated
Robert Kaster, Chief Technical Expert, Robert Bosch LLC
Dustin Moody, Mathematician, NIST
Robert Schiff, Senior Manager, Transformation Programs, ZF Group
Srivalli Boddupalli, Senior Data Scientist, Lucid Motors (Views shared will be her own)
Falgun Dave, Manager – Electrical Systems Engineering (Functional Safety and Cybersecurity), Polaris
Sriram Yariagadda, Cybersecurity Engineering Manager - Autonomous Vehicles, AD & SDV, Latitude AI
