Novi, Michigan. The CTI Symposium USA is the International Congress and Expo for Automotive Transmissions, HEV and EV Drives. The event features a two-day introductory seminar, a transmission expo, evening networking party and test drives for the latest development cars. Participants include automotive suppliers, transmission manufacturers, OEMs, metal processing, mechanical engineering and others from North America, Europe and Asia. Topics include powertrain technologies, hybrid transmissions, future considerations, commercial vehicles, starting devices, manufacturing and more. Autonomous driving, NVH, tools and performance forecasting will also be discussed. Speakers this year include Dave Filipe, vice president, global powertrain engineering, Ford, Mayank Agochiya, managing director at FEV Consulting, Inc., Mamatha Chamarthi, CDO at ZF, Stephan Tarnutzer, president, AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc. and many more. Gear Technology and Power Transmisssion Engineering are co-sponsoring this event.