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 ISCN, in Graz. At this SOQRATES meeting we further developed

1. the new EU project TRIREME where 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. a workshop using the new AI tools in cooperation with the innovation agent task force of the ASA (Automotive Skills Alliance, ASA)
4. the updates of the INTACS ASPICE for cybersecurity developments
5. the use of ASPICE 4.0 and changes from ASPICE 3.1