Functional safety plays a decisive role in industry and automotive engineering. Safety-critical systems must be developed in accordance with standards ranging from IEC 61508 as the overarching standard to specialist standards such as ISO 13849, ISO 26262 or IEC 61511.

However, with the networking of machines and production systems under the heading of 'Industry 4.0', for example, these systems must also be protected against sabotage, hacker attacks or even espionage, summarized under the term 'industrial security'. And vehicles - already the most complex nodes in the IoT - must also be protected against data manipulation.

Functional safety and security therefore go hand in hand - neither aspect should be ignored during the development or installation of the systems.

Taking this into account, the 'Safety & Security Forum' will address both topics from the perspective of the industrial and automotive application sectors and provide answers to important questions. The lecture program will range from the available hardware and software components, tools, aids and certification to the practical use of safe systems in production and in the automobile. At the accompanying trade exhibition, manufacturers and service providers will also be presenting their latest products and will be available for in-depth technical discussions.

Submit your presentation proposals via the online form by February 19, 2016! A purely technical treatment of the topic is mandatory. Marketing-oriented presentations will not be accepted.

Possible lecture topics

The following is an excerpt of possible presentation topics. Of course, we are also happy to receive suggestions on other aspects of functional safety or industrial security not listed here.

Basics:

• The various standards and their differences
• SIL and ASIL classification
• Further development of standards - what is changing?
• Implementation of functional safety - experience with safety processes
• Certification and testing
• Legal aspects
• etc.

Industry / mechanical and plant engineering:

• Development and programming systems for safe automation components
• What needs to be considered when linking several safety controllers or sensors
• Safe communication via Ethernet
• Safety in international comparison
• Safe human-robot interaction
• Practical examples: Realized functional safety projects in the industry
• Safety and standard automation in the mix
• SIL verification in practice
• Safety on PC platforms - is it possible?
• etc.

Security:

• Typical attack vectors in industry
• Infrastructure components for secure data communication
• IT security concepts
• Mobile devices in the industry
• Encryption methods
• How can cyber attacks be detected?
• Identifying security vulnerabilities
• Cyber security management systems
• Security: Which standards are relevant?
• Industrial IT security vs. classic IT security
• Remote maintenance: What needs to be considered?
• etc.