The ELISA Project’s workshop in Lund, Sweden brought together project members, contributors, and ecosystem partners for three days of focused collaboration and planning. From May 7 – 9, attendees convened at the Volvo Cars Lund Office to advance safety-critical Linux development and map out future goals.
On the afternoon of May 7, the workshop kicked off with welcome note by Philipp Ahmann (ETAS GmbH), Kate Stewart (Linux Foundation), and Robert Fekete (Volvo Cars), followed by an “Ask Me Anything” panel on ELISA and OSS safety applications featuring Philipp Ahmann and Gabriele Paoloni (Red Hat). David Cuartielles then demonstrated the Arduino Portenta X8 as community reference hardware for safe systems, and a cross-community case study highlighted collaboration with AGL, Eclipse S-Core, KernelCI, Xen, Zephyr, and more. The day closed with discussions on ELISA’s interaction with adjacent communities including Eclipse, Linaro, Rust, SPDX, and Yocto before an offsite dinner at Stäket.
Day 2 began with a comparison of Safety Linux vs. Safe(ty) Linux led by Philipp Ahmann and Paul Albertella (Codethink). Olivier Charrier (Wind River) and Alessandro Carminati (Red Hat) then explored hardware-level integration in the Linux kernel. After lunch, a series of special topics covered PX4Space (Pedro Roque, KTH), SPDX Safety Profile (Nicole Pappler, AlektoMetis), Safe Continuous Deployment (Håkan Sivencrona, Volvo Cars), and Resilient Safety Analysis (Igor Stoppa, NVIDIA). The afternoon sessions on KernelCI, BASIL & Testing (Luigi Pellecchia, Gustavo Padovan) and Requirements Traceability (Kate Stewart, Gabriele Paoloni) concluded with an engaging networking session.
On the morning of May 9, attendees discussed the Trustable Software Framework (Paul Albertella, Daniel Krippner) and examined Rust’s role in safety-critical applications. The final session on Best Practices Standard, presented by Philipp Ahmann, Gabriele Paoloni, and Olivier Charrier, distilled key takeaways and action items for ELISA’s roadmap. The workshop ended with stronger community connections and a clear plan for the project’s next steps.
We extend our thanks to Volvo Cars Lund for hosting, to all speakers and participants for their insights, and to the ELISA Project community for making this gathering a success.
Videos from the workshop are now available on the YouTube channel of the ELISA Project. Watch the full playlist here.
Slides can be accessed here at the ELISA Project directory.
Keep an eye out for details on the next in-person workshop and virtual participation options here!