Dear members and friends of the SHCS,

The very important and almost last step of the transfer of the SHCS data center from Lausanne to Zurich has happened at the end of the year: the migration of the database was successful! This was a difficult undertaking and only possible by the help of many highly motivated and skilled people!

For this I want to thank the key players involved in this endeavor:

• Alexandra Scherrer, USZ, head of the data centre, who planned and coordinated this endeavor and showed great leadership
• Yannick Vallet from the CHUV, who prepared the database at the CHUV for migration
• Daniel Förderer from the University of Zurich, Zentrale Informatikdienste, who helped us a lot with all the technicalities in a very unbureaucratic manner
• Our very motivated and skilled ‘Zivis’  Marc Stefani, Rafael Fuchs, Daniel Lichtenstern, Johannes Abegglen and Rafael Häuselmann who did or are still doing their civilian service in the SHCS data centre.
• Bruno Ledergerber, USZ, for his support during the last year

With this, I wish you a happy new year and I am sure that with all your help the SHCS will continue to produce important scientific output at all levels. The database and the data centre are ready!

Kind regards,

Huldrych Günthard
President SHCS