What does it take to build embedded systems that are safe, secure, maintainable – and future-proof? And how can Linux and Open Source Software make a real difference – e.g. with regard to digital sovereignty?

The eLSA symposium invites all those who are developing today the solutions that must meet tomorrow's regulatory requirements for security, functional safety, high data integrity (legal metrology, WELMEC), and long-term maintainability. The focus is on concrete technical solutions and new approaches from industry and research in the field of embedded Linux and open source software within a regulatory context.

The lineup includes representatives from industry and research with a view on a landscape of approaches for practical use, such as Daniel Klawitter from Vaillant with a talk on long-term stable Linux systems – despite and with CRA and NIS-2, Ingo Budde from Fraunhofer IEM with insights for safe and secure Rust or Bernd Grobauer from Siemens AG who will take a look at how to think about OSS scoring for due dilligence without going CRA-zy. Beyond that eLSA provides information on game changing technologies, such as Clemens Lang from Red Hat with the post-quantum transition in open source and embedded software or Michael Armbruster from emlix with his talk on blended safe AI running on supervised Linux, as well as speakers from various communities like Jan Altenberg from OSADL with a view on FOSS licensing for industrial products.

The eLSA symposium (embedded Linux for Safe and Secure Applications) is taking place on October 1–2, 2026 in Göttingen. See the full program on https://elsa-symposium.com/program.