TOPICS 1. Industrial applications 1.1 Transmissions for energy systems, e.g. power plants, wind generators, water turbines etc. 1.2 Transmissions for mobility systems, e.g. gear boxes in the marine, aircraft, railway and automotive sectors 1.3 Transmissions for production machinery, e.g. transportation in manufacturing lines 2. Design, analysis and simulation of gears and transmissions 2.1 New designs for all types of gears (cylindrical, bevel and worm gears, beveloids) with improved efficiency and reduced noise and vibration 2.2 New gears, asymmetric involute gears, low-loss gears, cycloid gears and gear modifi cations for better efficiency and lower noise emission 2.3 New materials, heat treatment, lubrication and coatings for higher durability 2.4 Improved simulation programs for lightweight design and better life time prediction 3. Manufacturing 3.1 New manufacturing technologies to improve product quality and manufacturing time 3.2 Improved tools for future demands on production systems 3.3 New technologies for ecologically sustainable production and those which preserve natural resources 3.4 Simulation of manufacturing processes 3.5 Production/manufacturing related component properties 4. Materials 4.1 New materials, new steel alloys, sintered materials and reinforced gears with carbon and glas fiber 4.2 Heat treatment, new carburizing and nitriding methods 4.3 Lubrication and coatings for higher durability 5. Testing 5.1 New methods for lifetime, effi ciency and noise behavior 5.2 Correlation of system and component tests 5.3 Time scaling strategies for fatigue tests of transmissions (e.g. Windmill transmissions) 5.4 New sensors and test procedures