History
GUMFERENCE is a scientific conference focused on the advanced testing of soft polymeric materials. The origins of GUMFERENCE date back to 2011 when its first edition was held in Zlín, located in the southeast of the Czech Republic, where the polymer industry is concentrated within the Czech Republic.
The aim of the event was and is to develop cross-border cooperation in rubber science, especially between the industrial and academic sectors and research and development institutions. Seven editions of this one-day conference have already been organized in the spirit of this idea. Initially, the conference had a regional character. However, the growing popularity of the conference ensured its development from a local to an international event. This culminated in the sixth edition, held in 2022 and organized for the first time by a consortium of international partners consisting of Tomas Bata University in Zlín (Czech Republic) and the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (Germany). Since this edition, the conference has been organised online in a virtual manner, which has facilitated access for participants from all over the world and arranged a program of distinguished scientists. In February 2024, 12 speakers from academia and industry originating from 6 different countries across Europe and North America presented their research work.
The following very interesting scientific programme was presented last Gumference 2024:
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| Sven Henning | Advanced microscopy methods for morphology characterization of elastomers |
| Xavier Morelle | Study on structure heterogeneity of silicone rubbers by swelling, DMA and NMR analysis |
| Radek Stoček | Introduction into the M-ERA.Net-Project "ModEl FuturE" |
| Samir El Masri | Numerical computation of wear parameters using meta model |
| Rebeca Cedeno | Non-linear viscosity modeling and simulation: accounting of the preload effect |
| Jakub Pawlas | Effect of test parameters on the measurement of the internal strength of rubber |
| Subhradeep Mandal | New elastomer generations for sustainable tire applications |
| Frank Schmerwitz | Real world tire wear emission |
| Drahomír Čadek | Influences of copper and manganese compounds on thermo oxidation of NR |
| Michaela Džuganová | Perspective application of lignin as a component of rubber compounds |
| Rafal Anyszka | Micromorphology of filled butadiene/silicone rubber blends for Mars exploration |
| Richard Pazur | Investigating the heat resistance of peroxide cured silicone rubber |
