# Community & Meetups

**./pulse is the product of an open, cross-disciplinary community.** Experts in finance (KPMG), teardown cost analytics (A2MAC1), feature-lifecycle economics (BinaryCore), lean systems engineering (Spicy SE), legal contracting (Reusch Law), MBSE research (TU Berlin & Steinbeis FSTI), API/virtualisation (Axway, Bosch, MHP), AI-driven CI/CD (Spread.ai), homologation (Certivity), agile + ASPICE (iProcess), crowd-testing (TestBirds), market intelligence (SBD Automotive), tool-chain enablement (ETAS) and developer-ecosystems (SODA.auto) all contribute.

**pulse.meet**: We work in **open monthly meet-ups**, share assets transparently, and invite any OEM or supplier to join and extend the framework. The schedule below shows the upcoming sessions and the expert perspectives that shape each topic.

| Date                                                                                                           | Topic                      | Expert                                | Perspective                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 26 Jun 2025: [event link](https://www.linkedin.com/events/pulse-meet-1-thesdvbusinesscase7340603190066782210/) | **SDV Business Case**      | KPMG                                  | CFO perspective – investment KPIs, ROI gates                                                                |
|                                                                                                                |                            | A2MAC1                                | Tear-down data – hardware & BOM cost baseline                                                               |
|                                                                                                                |                            | BinaryCore                            | Feature-lifecycle economics – SW cost & value levers                                                        |
| 24 Jul 2025                                                                                                    | **Lean RM / Lean SE, SCM** | Spicy SE                              | Lean RM / Lean SE methods & toolchain                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                |                            | Reusch Law                            | Outcome-based contracting & legal risk-sharing                                                              |
| 28 Aug 2025                                                                                                    | **SDVx MBSE + Shift-Left** | Prof. Rainer Stark / Jens Lachenmeier | SDVx MBSE project with prostep ivip                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                |                            | Bosch                                 | Virtualisation & early validation (“shift-left”)                                                            |
| 25 Sep 2025                                                                                                    | **Loose Coupling**         | Axway                                 | API-first, service gateway patterns                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                |                            | Bosch                                 | Vehicle API implementation & governance                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                |                            | MHP                                   | Two-speed delivery model & operating model design                                                           |
| 23 Oct 2025                                                                                                    | **Continuous Improvement** | Spread.ai                             | Agentic engineering intelligence & AI-assisted CI/CD/CT                                                     |
|                                                                                                                |                            | Certivity                             | Continuous homologation & regulatory traceability                                                           |
|                                                                                                                |                            | iProcess Consulting                   | Agile + ASPICE integration                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                                |                            | TestBirds                             | Crowd & remote testing at SDV pace                                                                          |
| 27 Nov 2025                                                                                                    | **Enabling**               | SBD Automotive                        | Market intelligence & competitive benchmarking                                                              |
|                                                                                                                |                            | ETAS                                  | Toolchain enablement – DevSecOps, ECU & cloud integration                                                   |
|                                                                                                                |                            | SODA.auto                             | Developer-ecosystem catalyst – open-source SDKs, API sandbox, community onboarding for third-party SDV apps |


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