From 19.05. to 23.05.2024 Dennis Kleinschmidt and Jonas Petzke attended the international conference PPS-39 (39th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society) in Cartagena, Colombia. The conference was attended by around 430 people, with over 200 oral presentations and 50 poster presentations. Dennis Kleinschmidt presented his results on "IMPROVEMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE CORRECTION OF WALL SLIP EFFECTS IN RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES OF FILLED RUBBER COMPOUNDS". Content on the topic "SIMULATIVE APPROACH FOR PREDICTING THE HEATING BEHAVIOR OF ELASTOMERS IN THE SOLID-STATE MICROWAVE HEATING PROCESS" was presented by Jonas Petzke.