As the industry moves from 'miles driven' to 'quality of scenarios,' the relationship between OEMs/technology providers and tier suppliers is being forced to evolve from a hardware-purchase model to a deep, integrated software-validation partnership. Potential topics for panel or talks: - Deterministic software versus AI - Filtering the 'noise' (normal driving) from the 'signal' (valuable edge cases) - Prove safety through structured evidence - The 'sim-to-real' gap