SOQRATES (https://soqrates.eurospi.net/) is a working group of leading Tier 1 and consultants in the automotive and electronics field who exchange best practices about the implementation of ASPICE, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, AI, Machine Learning and SOTIF. SOQRATES was founded 2003 with the support of the Bavarian software initiative and has meanwhile partners in Germany, Austria, France, and Czech Republic. ISCN is moderator since 2003.

A SOQRATES partner meeting took place at the offices of TÜV/Trustifai, Technology Park Hagenberg. At this SOQRATES meeting we further developed

1. the new EU project TRIREME whre Automotive Skills in a strategy project are agreed / elaborated with the EU car maker association
2. the new strategy to cover ISO 560xx by an innovation assessment and using AI for the innovation
3. the new formed AI certification working group kick off
4. use of ASPICE 4.0 assessments to interface ISO 26262 based safety audits and safety assessments
5. the updates of the INTACS ASPICE for cybersecurity developments
6. the use of ASPICE 4.0 and changes from ASPICE 3.1
7. EuroSPI certifications of engineers and managers and new project EuroSPI / ASA certified cybersecurity tester