International CTI Symposium „Innovative Fahrzeug-Getriebe“
The International CTI Symposium „Innovative Fahrzeug-Getriebe“ together with the technical exhibition „Transmission Expo“ is THE meeting place in Europe if you want to get an update on the latest technical developments in the field of automotive transmissions!
HERE YOU WILL MEET experts from Europe, America and Asia.
Press release 8th International CTI-Symposium Innovative Automotive Transmissions
30 November - 3 December 2009


Transmissions remain the key to increasing efficiency
8th International CTI Symposium “Innovative Automotive Transmissions
Düsseldorf/Berlin, December 2009. The electrification of the drive train and/or transmission is one of the defining topics in the automotive industry. This year, nearly 50 per cent of the 650 participants at the 8th International CTI Symposium “Innovative Automotive Transmissions” (1 and 2 December 2009, Berlin) indicated in a TED survey that they are intensively involved with this topic. For a further 15.4 per cent of the transmission and drive experts surveyed, electrification is a central or primary topic. Conventional multiple gear transmissions are still regarded by 19.3 per cent of those surveyed as a transmission technology with an electrified future.
CTI honours new talent for the first time with the CTI Young Drive Experts Award at the 8th International CTI Symposium “Innovative Automotive Transmissions”
Düsseldorf/Berlin, December 2009. “Improving the vehicle’s customer-relevant characteristics through automotive transmission systems is the guiding theme running through the research work of the four CTI Young Drive Experts Award winners,” announced Dr. Ferit Küçükay (Technical University Braunschweig) on the occasion of the first new talent award for transmission specialists at the 8th International CTI Symposium “Innovative Automotive Transmissions” (1 and 2 December 2009, in Berlin). Under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the new award, brought to life by the conference and seminar organiser CTI, hopes to encourage new talent to become involved with the interesting and important field of drive train and transmission technology. “The works honoured with the CTI Young Drive Experts Award clearly show that the next generation of engineers is aware of its responsibility to sustainable mobility, ensuring better protection of the environment.
» Impressions of the CTI Symposium 2008
An extensive 4-day programme awaits you!
- Introductory day:
Basics and practice of conventional and alternative drives and transmissions - 10 Plenary speeches
- 10 Parallel sessions with more than 70 technical presentations on the following topics:
- Trends und markets
- Manual, automated manual and automatic transmissions
- Dual clutch transmissions
- CVT / IVT
- All-wheel-drive components, torque vectoring
- Development and simulation tools
- Transmission control
- Transmission components
- Electric and hybrid vehicles
- Hybrid components
- Energy storage and management
- Panel discussion
- CTI Young Drive Experts Programm
Under the patronage of the German Federal Ministery of Economy and Technology - Evening event
- Technical exhibition „Transmission Expo“ with more than 70 exhibitors (As at: August)
- CTI Test Drive the latest transmission and alternative drive concepts and applications
Listen to the following plenary speeches
Dr. Jörg Adolf
Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH
Dr. Andreas Truckenbrodt
Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation (AFCC)
Dr. Christian Mohrdieck Daimler AG
Rolf Najork
GETRAG Corporate Group
Toshimasa Doi
Jatco Ltd.
Prof. Dr. Leopold Mikulic
Daimler AG
Gerald Killmann
Toyota Motor Europe
Dr. Johannes Liebl
BMW Group
Georg Weiberg Daimler AG
Dr. Thomas Schlick
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

