British Columbia SAS User Groups
Tuesday, November 29 | Victoria
Wednesday, November 30 | Vancouver
Cost: Complimentary
Victoria User Group | Tuesday, November 29
12:30 pm - 4:20 pm
University of Victoria
Student Union Building - Upper Lounge
3800 Finnerty Rd
Victoria, BC. V8W 3P3
Vancouver User Group | Wednesday, November 30
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Holiday Inn Vancouver-Centre
Cypress Room
711 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC. V5Z 3Y2
SAS Users Groups provide an excellent opportunity to meet other SAS users, share knowledge and experience, and learn more about SAS solutions from colleagues, peers and SAS professionals. Whether you're a seasoned SAS software user with experiences to share or a newcomer who'd like to interact with other users, a users group is an excellent way to help you get the most value from your SAS technology. Users groups offer a unique opportunity to:
- Get an immediate return on your time investment. You can apply the techniques and skills you've learned as soon as you return to work.
- Learn what's worked from other users and SAS professionals dealing with similar challenges
- Get to know other SAS users and tap into local SAS resources
We look forward to seeing you!
"SAS user groups embody the spirit of sharing and collaboration needed to discover and develop best practices. It is these intrinsic values that make each user group a success." Eric Lacombe, MONSUG President
Victoria Agenda
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm | Registration and Light Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 1:05pm | Opening Remarks Peter Ott, BC MoF |
| 1:05pm - 1:15pm | What's New at SAS? Alice Yuan, SAS Canada |
| 1:15pm - 1:55pm | Modernizing Your SAS Platform As SAS has modernized to its Viya cloud platform, many questions abound regarding existing SAS 9 and how to best move to Viya. This session will provide an update on the latest release of SAS 9 for clients who wish to keep running it as they see fit and also what SAS is doing to help clients who wish to migrate to SAS Viya from SAS 9 when they are ready. The agenda will include information on the ongoing support for SAS 9, the benefits of migrating to Viya when ready, and the tools SAS has created to help clients assess content for migration, prepare the data and code as well as evaluate the migration strategy and results. |
| 1:55pm - 2:35pm | Excel Magic Mike Atkinson, Acko Consulting |
| 2:35pm - 2:50pm | Networking Break |
| 2:50pm - 3:20pm | Planning the transition from SAS BI to SAS Viya Chris Clausen, UVIC |
| 3:20pm - 4:00pm | Thursty for More: Proc MCMC and Thurstonian Ranking Model Peter Ott, BC MoF |
| 4:00pm - 4:10pm | Closing Remarks and Prize Draw |
Vancouver Agenda
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Registration and Light Refreshments |
| 9:00am - 9:05am | Opening Remarks Colleen McGahan, BC Cancer |
| 9:05am - 9:20am | What's New at SAS? Alice Yuan, SAS Canada |
| 9:20am - 10:00am | Modernizing Your SAS Platform As SAS has modernized to its Viya cloud platform, many questions abound regarding existing SAS 9 and how to best move to Viya. This session will provide an update on the latest release of SAS 9 for clients who wish to keep running it as they see fit and also what SAS is doing to help clients who wish to migrate to SAS Viya from SAS 9 when they are ready. The agenda will include information on the ongoing support for SAS 9, the benefits of migrating to Viya when ready, and the tools SAS has created to help clients assess content for migration, prepare the data and code as well as evaluate the migration strategy and results. |
| 10:00am - 10:20am | Form Over Function? Why Not Both? - Using SAS to Complete a Form Jeremy Hamm, BC Cancer |
| 10:20am - 11:00am | Networking Break |
| 11:00am - 11:20am | The Power of PANDA Penelope Nica, PHSA |
| 11:20am - 12:00pm | Topic Exploration Using SAS Visual Text Analytics Bissell Center is a nonprofit that works towards eliminating poverty in Edmonton, Canada. Our staff routinely tracks the progress community members make to understand the impact of Bissell Centre’s efforts. Our principal evaluation is focused on the six domains of the self-sufficiency matrix (SSM) - housing, support, employment, finance, physical health, and mental health. However, given the nature of our programs and the sheer volume of participants, a lot of the data we gather is qualitative and cannot be comprehensively assessed using traditional methods. This is particularly the issue with the case notes that our staff complete. This presentation will demonstrate how we utilized the SAS Viya platform to classify thousands of case notes into topics. This activity helped us identify topics and assess whether the domains we assess (housing, support, employment, finance, physical health, and mental health) are sufficient. |
| 12:00pm - 12:10pm | Closing Remarks and Prize Draw |
Victoria User Group
University of Victoria
The Student Union Building - Upper Lounge
3800 Finnerty Rd. Victoria, BC. V8W 3P3
Vancouver User Group
Holiday Inn Vancouver-Centre
Cypress Room
711 West Broadway. Vancouver, BC. V5Z 3Y2
Questions
Alice.Yuan@sas.com
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