This plenary will focus on strategies to foster innovation and accelerate market adoption of connected and automated mobility solutions, targeting societal and environmental goals in the face of global competition. Technical priorities include improving sensor accuracy, refining decision-making algorithms, and enhancing AI-driven real-time data processing.  

Collaboration across stakeholders – industry leaders, policymakers, public authorities, and tech experts – is essential to advance these innovations. Harmonization standards, critical for interoperability and cross-border cooperation, and emerging trends considered transformative in automotive technology, such as software-defined vehicles (SDVs), will form the basis of the discussion.  

The panel will also address key issues around the integration of connected vehicles with smart city infrastructure and traffic systems, with an emphasis on a safe systems approach to build public trust in automated mobility solutions. This comprehensive discussion, which aims to chart a path for Europe’s leadership in connected and automated mobility, will also cover the urgent need to reskill the workforce to align talent with the sector’s evolving demands.