<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">In the era of the software-defined vehicle, worldwide automakers are facing challenges to quickly adopt new operational models, and adjust their approach to ongoing and upcoming trends in software development. Being pioneers in rewiring modern vehicles or falling behind, automotive industry leaders were figuring out solutions in the workshop “Mastering Automotive Software Development: Keys to Driving the Transition from Steel to Software.”</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">As a part of Automotive USA 2022 organized by Reuters, the workshop is a fireside chat and engaging roundtable discussion, examining:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">- Trends driving the automotive industry from hardware manufacturers to software developers.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">- Forecasts for the future of vehicle development and lifecycle.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">- Best practices for rethinking the approach to automotive software develop­ment and driving value.&nbsp;</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">As the end-to-end turnkey solution with ready-made platforms, tools, and service, MaaZ was widely recognized at the workshop for its capabilities to accelerate the AUTOSAR standardization process and help Car OEM partners save time, money, and labor.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#ffffff">This new MaaZ offering is the latest demonstration of FPT Software’s ongoing commitment to high safety and quality standards, a road they have been helping their automotive partners navigate in the AUTOSAR space since 2012.</font></span></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Click below to watch the full workshop:&nbsp;</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><iframe frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uJ7a9RJKzys" width="640" height="360" class="note-video-clip"></iframe></font><br></p>