Portland, Oregon. The Power Transmission and Gearing (PTG) Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design Engineering Division invites guests to participate in the ASME 2013 Power Transmission and Gearing Conference. This conference will be held in conjunction with the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conferences (IDETC/CIE 2013). Power transmission and gearing researchers and engineers from around the world attend this conference. This is an ideal forum for enhancing power transmission and gearing engineering, providing attendees an opportunity to become familiar with the latest research findings and applications that address critical engineering issues. Topics include gear geometry, gear analysis, gear dynamics, gearbox design, lubrication and wear, transmission systems, bevel gears, power transmission topics and more.