DAY ONE – 19th May 2026
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction to Alpha Technologies
Speaker: Miroslav Dusik – DACH – Alpha Technologies
9:15 – 10:00 Introduction to Rheology
Speaker: Dr. Endres Borchardt – Senior Developer – Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
10:00 – 10: 45– Selecting the Right Instrument for Your Lab: Alpha’s Product Portfolio & Metravib DMA+series – Extended Dynamic Mechanic Testing for rubber and polymer compounds
Speaker: Miroslav Dusik – DACH – Alpha Technologies
Speaker: Brice Taillet – Global Business Development Manager – Alpha Technologies
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:40 – How Premier RPA transforms the rubber manufacturing in a more sustainable way
Speaker: Berrin Degirmenci – EMEA Business Development Manager – Alpha Technologies
11:40 – 12:20 – Interrelations between relaxation behavior of rubbers and their molecular architecture detected by dynamic shear measurements
Speaker: Prof Dr. Mario Beiner – Fraunhofer IMWS
12:20 – 12:30 Q&A Session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:40 – 14:20 – Addressing shrinkage problems and compression set properties with Premier RPA SubZero
Speaker: Berrin Degirmenci – EMEA Business Development Manager – Alpha Technologies
14:20 – 15:00 – End to End Compound Evaluation with Rubber Process Analyzer
Speaker: Erdem Aydin – Group R&D Materials Expert – Standard Profil Turkiye
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 15:45 – Heat build-up testing for rubber materials with DMA
Speaker: Mathieu Badard – DMA Expert – Alpha Technologies
15:45 – 16:25 – Introducing a renewable functional filler to the rubber market with the help of DMA
Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Finger – Lab Manager – UPM Biochemicals GmbH
16:25 – 16:40 – Q&A session
Speaker: Miroslav Dusik – Sales Manager DACH – Alpha Technologies
PILOT PLANT CENTER GUIDED VISIT
16:40 – 17:30 Visit to The Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Center for Polymer Synthesis and Processing PAZ (Optional)
19:00 Social Dinner
DAY TWO – 20th May 2026
9:00 – 9:20 – Opening and Enterprise software updates
Speaker: Miroslav Dusik – Sales Manager DACH – Alpha Technologies
9:20 – 10:00 – DMA crack growth monitoring on rubber material
Speaker: Mathieu Badhard – DMA Expert – Alpha Technologies
10:00 – 10:30 – Airless Tires Technology: an emerging trend in the tire industry
Speaker: Berrin Degirmenci – EMEA Business Development Manager – Alpha Technologies
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:20 – Fillers distribution impact on crack propagation in rubber compound
Speaker: Mathieu Badhard – DMA Expert – Alpha Technologies
11:20 – 11:45 – Introduction to the Alpha Customer Resources Hub and RPA/DMA Learning Database
Speaker: Irene Magnani – EMEA Sales Development Representative – Alpha Technologies
11:45 – 12:00 – Q&A and Seminar Closure
Speaker: Miroslav Dusik – Sales Manager DACH – Alpha Technologies
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS