As part of the Research Training Group 2430, called "Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites", an international colloquium took place in Dresden during September 28th to 29th, 2021. The meeting was a hybrid event with personal and online attendance, which was mainly organised by the PhD students themselves.

24 papers were presented within these two days conference, among them the following guest speakers:

• Dr. Anil K Bastola - University of Nottingham, UK,
• Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla - School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA,
• Prof. Elena Kramarenko - Moscow State University, Russia,
• Prof. Mitsumi Kimura - Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan,
• Dr.-Ing. Paul Motzki - ZeMA, Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik gemeinnützige GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany,
• M.Sc. Elten Polukhov – University of Stuttgart, Germany,
• Dr. Samuel Rosset - The University of Auckland, New Zealand,
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Seelecke – Saarland University, Germany,
• Dr. Majid Taghavi – Imperial College London, UK,
• Prof. Jyrki Vuorinen - Tampere University, Finnland,
• Prof. Frank Woittennek - Institute of Automation and Control Engineering, UMIT - Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology GmbH, Hall in Tirol, Austria and
• Dr. Junichiro Yamabe – Fukuoka University, Japan.

The PhD students as well as the external guest scientists M.Sc. Elten Polukhov, Prof. Frank Woittennek, who managed to come to Dresden, presented their scientific results live, while the other speakers connected remote on a professional online platform. In total, more than 120 people took part in the international colloquium. Due to the hybrid event, the students were happy about having such renowned scientists for specialist lectures. In addition to the organisation, the PhD students of the RTG2430 facilitated the individual sessions and were thus able to demonstrate not only their organisational talent, but also their communication skills.

Colloquium 2021 − Review

Within the purposes of poster sessions, the PhD students also presented the results of their collaboration work as joint posters. These poster sessions were also used for discussion and exchange within the participants. The hybrid format of the event, the professional recording studio for the lectures and a specially set up event platform was rated very positively by all involved parties. Further, it gives the opportunity to involve a larger number of international experts in Corona times.

Finally, we would like to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for the support of the Research Training Group 2430 "Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites". We also like to thank all speakers and listeners for their participation, which made a significant contribution to the success of the colloquium.

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About Research Training Group 2430 "Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites"