Like in the previous conferences, the meeting provided a four-day program plus an additional workshop with a wide range of scientific talks, poster sessions and ample opportunities for networking and discussing science and possible future collaborations. The hospitality of the hosts in combination with the great work of the local organizer committee prepared the ground and facilitated the crosspollinating and highly inspiring meeting.

The event was an excellent mirror of the present Spanish user community and its current research interests. The excellence of the presented talks demonstrates the community’s competitiveness and together with the diversity of the speakers show the high impact of the community and make hope for their future role in solving essential societal challenges. Especially, the virtuosity of the presentation and excellence of the accomplishments of many participating early career scientists and PhD students made this meeting an impressive forum.

A central message of many presentations was focused on the transition from understanding the underlying basics of matter and life on the highest level towards the innovation process, often crossing multiple discipline boarders. With showing successful examples for excellent basic science which had ultimately resulted in innovative products, the conference was inspiration and motivation at the same time.

Klaus Attenkofer, scientific director of ALBA, and Caterina Biscari, director of ALBA, show their gratituted to the AUSE association, the user community as a whole, all the speakers and the large number of people who were essential in making this conference and the workshop possible.