“Getting to know different requirements and perspectives, but also similar problems and suitable solutions.” That is what one participant at UC4 – the fourth BaSYS User Conference – said when asked what he liked best about the conference. UC4 under the motto “Data salad – suffocate or act!” was held on 12 and 13 June 2013 in the convention centre of the Juliusspital in Würzburg.

However, the user conference did not focus on the Franconian wines but the presentations of users reporting about the practical application of the network information system BaSYS. Aside from discussing current topics and challenges, the focus was also on special projects that have been completed successfully. Every presentation was concluded by discussions where questions about the topic were answered and the specific exchange of experiences between the participants gathered speed.

Workshops on four different topics related to the use of BaSYS in practice were held with smaller groups of participants in parallel to the presentations, imparting “compact knowledge quickly without overtaxing you” (participant comment). The workshops were repeated three times during the event so that every UC participant had the opportunity to choose a suitable time for a topic of interest without missing a presentation that was important to them. Generous coffee breaks for get-together were also part of the agenda so that the participants could easily get into direct contact with each other.