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Mid-May is lighter on dedicated functional safety events — but that is exactly when it pays to look at what is happening in industry-adjacent programmes. We have one standout workshop later this month, plus we have also pulled together the full June preview so you can plan registrations before the summer slowdown hits.
- Core events this month
- Industry-adjacent events this month
- Core events coming up in June
- Industry adjacent events coming up in June
Core events this month
What we mean by “core events”: Functional safety is the event’s central subject, not a side track. The whole programme is built around it — keynotes, panels and working sessions all come back to it — so the entire event earns its place on your calendar. These are the ones we block out first.
eARTS 2026 (6th European Automotive Reliability, Test & Safety Workshop)
One-line summary: Hardware safety validation and reliability engineering practitioners, in one room in Chania.
- Date: 28–29 May 2026
- Location: Chania, Crete, Greece
- Type: Workshop (fringe event of IEEE ETS 2026)
- Organizer: IEEE ETS — European Test Symposium (managed by Politecnico di Torino)
- Website: https://cas.polito.it/eARTS/
Why join?
A practitioner-focused workshop at the intersection of hardware reliability, failure analysis, and safety validation. Good cross-domain signal if you work on FMEDA reviews, hardware safety validation, or automotive reliability engineering.
Note: Co-located with the 31st IEEE ETS as a fringe event.
Keywords: automotive reliability, hardware safety validation, FMEDA, safety validation, automotive electronics
Industry-adjacent events this month
What we mean by “industry adjacent”: Conferences and expos from adjacent safety-critical industries that carry confirmed functional safety sessions on their programme. We include them only when the field is genuinely safety-critical, and the FuSa sessions are confirmed. If you already work where those worlds meet, they are worth your time.
Automotive Software Strategies 2026
One-line summary: An SDV software strategy conference where safety-critical software runs through 4 named sessions.
- Date: 19–20 May 2026
- Location: Munich, Germany (SZ Tower)
- Type: Conference
- Organizer: Ultima Media Germany GmbH
- Website: https://www.ultimamedia.de/automotive/automotive-software-strategies/
Why join? Worth attending if you’re navigating the SDV transition. FuSa sessions spotted:
Day 1 – 19th May
- “Keynote: Open-Source Development for Safety-Critical Series Projects” — Dr. Martin Wagner, BMW AG
- “From Open Source to Automotive-Grade: Distributing Eclipse S-CORE for Safety-Critical and Real-Time Embedded Systems” — Paula Herzog, Qorix GmbH
Day 2 – 20th May
- “From Vibe Coding to Spec-Driven Development — How AI Agents Transform Automotive Software Engineering” — Georg Doll, Microsoft.
- “The RTOS as a Differentiating Commodity” — Arnaud van den Bosche, Green Hills Software.
Keywords: SDV, software architecture, safety-critical software, open-source, AI in safety engineering
MedConf 2026
One-line summary: Highly relevant for safety-critical software and device development in medical technology.
- Date: 19–21 May 2026
- Location: Munich-Unterhaching, Germany
- Type: Conference
- Organizer: heise conferences GmbH
- Website: https://medconf.de/
Why join?
One confirmed FuSa session — “Functional Safety — Safety Relevant Software on COTS Hardware” by Tom Scott Kroslowski (20 May, 12:25) — inside a broader programme on ISO 14971 risk management, IEC 60601 series, regulatory requirements, and AI in medical devices. Worth tracking if your work touches medical safety-critical software or crosses between industrial and medical FuSa.
Keywords: medical device safety, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, safety-critical software, regulated industries
Core events coming up in June
SCSC Workshop: How to Make the Most of AI (for Safety Engineers)
One-line summary: AI tools for safety engineers — framed specifically for FuSa practice, not generic productivity advice.
- Date: 25 Jun 2026
- Location: Hilton London Euston, London, UK
- Type: 1-day Workshop
- Organizer: Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC)
- Website: https://scsc.uk/events-diary/scsc-seminars/how-to-make-the-most-of-ai-a-workshop-for-safety-engineers
Why join?
A practical workshop framing AI specifically for safety engineers — how to use AI tools meaningfully when the output ends up in a safety case, argument, or review. Rare in that it addresses the FuSa-specific question, not generic productivity advice.
Keywords: functional safety practice, AI tooling, safety-critical systems, safety engineering
Safety.AD USA 2026
One-line summary: Functional, operational & system safety for L3+ automated vehicles — the US edition.
- Date: 29–30 Jun 2026
- Location: San Francisco, USA
- Type: Conference
- Organizer: we.CONECT Global Leaders
- Website: https://www.we-conect.com/events/safety-ad-usa-2026
Why join?
The US counterpart to Safety.AD Europe — discussion-heavy panel format on SOTIF, AD system-level safety argumentation, and US operational safety practice. A good read on how US OEMs and regulators approach AD safety.
Keywords: ADAS/AD safety, operational safety, functional safety, SOTIF, L3+ vehicles
R.A.M.S. Europe 2026
One-line summary: Reliability, availability, maintainability & safety — cross-industry, practitioner-focused.
- Date: 24–25 Jun 2026
- Location: Trondheim, Norway
- Type: Practitioner Conference
- Organizer: R.A.M.S. Europe
- Website: https://rams-europe.org/
Why join?
Cross-industry practitioner conference at the intersection of safety assurance, reliability, and dependability (energy, rail, process, automotive). Relevant for FuSa engineers who build safety cases that integrate reliability/availability arguments or work at the IEC 61508 system level.
Keywords: RAMS, reliability, safety assurance, IEC 61508, dependability
Industry adjacent events coming up in June
iVT Expo Europe 2026
One-line summary: Two confirmed FuSa-relevant sessions for off-highway and mobile machinery.
- Date: 10–11 Jun 2026
- Location: Köln Messe, Germany
- Type: Expo + Conference
- Organizer: UKi Media & Events
- Website: https://ivtexpo.com/
Why join?
Relevant if you work on functional safety for off-highway machinery, fail-functional system architectures, or CAN/embedded-networking safety. Two confirmed FuSa-relevant sessions inside —
- “CAN-related standards and specifications for embedded networking in mobile machines” (10 Jun, 10:20–10:40) by Martin Merkel, CAN in Automation (CiA)
- “Safety you generate yourself — Husco’s unique fail-functional SbW system” by Simon Yardley and Dave Joyce, Husco (11 Jun, 14:40–15:00).
Keywords: off-highway, mobile machinery safety, steer-by-wire, fail-functional, CAN networking
Automate 2026
One-line summary: Two confirmed FuSa sessions in the “Safety in Automation & Manufacturing” track.
- Date: 22–25 Jun 2026
- Location: Chicago, USA
- Type: Trade Show + Conference
- Organizer: Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
- Website: https://www.automateshow.com/
Why join?
Relevant if your work touches industrial robot safety, machine safety, or ISO 10218 / ISO 13849 territory. Two confirmed sessions in the “Safety in Automation & Manufacturing” track —
- “Maximizing Robot Throughput and Safety with Industrial Safety Agents” (22 Jun, 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM)
- “Exploring the New ISO 10218 Standards and Revised R15.06” by Roberta Nelson Shea, Universal Robots (23 Jun, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM).
Keywords: industrial robot safety, ISO 10218, ISO 13849, machine safety, automation safety
The June edition of the Functional Safety Events Radar drops mid-June — covering the second half of June and looking ahead to July.
Attending an event not on the list? Or know one we should track?
Let us know — we’ll check it for the next edition.
Event details are sourced from organizer websites and are correct at the time of publishing — always verify dates and registration directly with organizers before booking travel.
