IBUC2025
IBUC2025

Conference Program

Monday, April 7: IBUC – Pre-Conference Training Time Activity

Time Activity
09:00 -
16:30		 Preconference training
17:30 -
19:30		 IBUC 2025 Welcome Reception at Mainport Hotel “Panorama Room”

 

Tuesday, April 8: IBUC – Day 1
 

Time Activity
8:15 – 8:55 Registration and coffee
8:55 – 9:00 Logistics briefing
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Session
  • Opening remarks by IBUC Chair Gina Cheung (3 minutes)
  • Opening speech by Deputy Director-General of Statistics Netherlands Joost Huurman (10 minutes)
  • The keynote by Chief Economist of Statistics Netherlands Peter Hein van Mulligen (40 minutes)
  • Blaise and Blaise 5 at Statistics Netherlands by Harry Wijnhoven, Member of the Board of Directors and CEO Blaise, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) (10 minutes)
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Presentation Session 1 (90 minutes)
Session Chair: Roger Linssen

1. Continuing the Blaise 5 Journey: Mixed modes and Blaise 5 integrated extensions (NatCen)

2. Transitioning the Large, Complex Family Resources Survey to Blaise 5 (ONS)

3. Experiences with Multi-Topic Implementation at Statistics Norway (Statistics Norway)

4. Blaise Update from Statistics Denmark - or what are we playing around with at the moment (Statistics Denmark )
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Presentation Session 2 (90 minutes)
Session Chair: Angela Belo

5. Migration of Social Surveys onto Blaise 5 Update (ONS)

6. Blaise 5 improvements for large CAPI surveys (Westat)

7. Transition from Blaise4 CATI to Blaise5 CATI at Statistics Finland (Statistics Finland)

8. Developing National Crime Surveys on Blaise 5 (ONS)
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 17:00

Presentation Session 3 (90 minutes)
Session Chair: Marcel van der Steen

9. Multilingual Survey Development in Blaise: Streamlining Localization (UMSRC)

10. Harmonized design for different devices (Statistics Netherlands)

11 The Framework of Survey Behavior: An Extension of the Framework for Web Survey Participation (Statistics Netherlands)

12. Survey design features that matter: A meta-analysis using official statistics surveys of the Netherlands (Statistics Netherlands)

Wednesday, April 9: IBUC – Day 2

 

Time Activity
8:15 – 8:55 Registration and Coffee
8:55 – 9:00 Logistics briefing
9:00 – 10:30 Panel Session - (90 minutes) – a celebration of Blaise 40 years
  • Special Guests to reflect on Blaise's journey and accomplishments over these past four decades!
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Special Session (60 minutes)
  • Multi Mode Case Management (MMCM) Part 1 - (Gina Cheung)
    This session will discuss three example projects designed for MMCM and the MMCM dashboard features. We will give a short demo of one of those projects.
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Special Session (60 minutes)
  • Multi Mode Case Management (MMCM) Part 2 (Lon Hofman)
    This session will discuss the details of the implementation of those three example projects.
14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 17:00

Blaise Team Presents
17:30 - 21:00 Conference Excursion and Dinner at Spido Rotterdam (departure from the hotel)

Thursday, April 10: IBUC – Day 3

 

Time Activity
08:30 - 09:00 Coffee and Logistics briefing
09:00 - 10:30

Presentation Session 4 (90 minutes)
Session Chair: Mark Pierzchala

13. Challenges and opportunities of upgrading surveys to Blaise 5 (ONS)

14. Using Accordion Templates for Expandable Rosters (UMSRC)

15. Implementation of Multimode-CMA at the Survey Department of Statistics Denmark (Statistics Denmark)

16. Automated Testing Tools for Blaise 5 (Westat)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00-12:30

Presentation Session 5 (90 minutes)
Session Chair: Tim Carati

17. Some different uses of expressions with Blaise 5 resource databases (Westat)

18. Optimizing Blaise Servers for High-Concurrency Survey Environments (UMSRC)

19. Language independence using the Databridge sample (Statistics Netherlands)

20. Producing 508 and WCAG2.0 Accessible Instruments in Blaise 5: Challenges, Tools, Techniques and Best Practices (Westat)
12:30 - 14:00  Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
  • “Tony” Award for IBUC Papers and Presentations
  • 2026 IBUC announcement
  • International Blaise Users Group Meeting Closing