Opening

Hochschulcampus Merseburg, Building 130, Lecture hall 9

Welcome by Prof. Dr. Beate Langer

Welcoming remarks:

• Prof. Dr. Jörg Kirbs, Rector of the Hochschule Merseburg – University of Applied Sciences, KKZ Halle-Wittenberg
• Dr. Barbara Kaaden, Mayor of the City Merseburg
• Marco Tullner, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Industry in Saxony-Anhalt

Opening presentations

• 10.30 Uhr Zoltan Major, Johann Kepler University Linz, Austria
  Eligibility of experimental and numerical fracture mechanics methods for polymeric structures
• 11.15 Uhr Gert Heinrich, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Reaserch (IPF), Dresden, Germany
  Das Merseburger Modell der Gummielastizität: Vom Molekül zum Bauteil
• 12.00 Uhr Hans-Henning Kausch, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratorie de Polymeres, Department des Materiaux
  Bruchmechanik und Kettenmoleküle – Ein historischer Rückblick

The program for the international scientific convention „PolyMerTec“, which will be held together with the 14th conference „Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymers“ has been adopted.

For the detailed program, please refer to the flyer.