BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events Calendar//iCal4j 1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T231828Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York X-PROLEPTIC-TZNAME:LMT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-045602 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:18831118T120358 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19180331T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19200328T070000Z;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19181027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19201031T060000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19210424T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410427T070000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19210925T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410928T060000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EWT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19420209T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EPT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19450814T190000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19450930T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19460428T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19730429T070000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19460929T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19540926T060000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19551030T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20061029T060000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19740106T020000 RDATE:19750223T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19760425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19860427T070000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20060402T070000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260504T072905Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T160000 SUMMARY:Spring 2026 ESUG Meeting LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T072905Z LOCATION:Bar Oro Caffè & Lounge\, Jasper Avenue\, Edmonton\, AB\, Canada TZID:America/New_York UID:message-879 DESCRIPTION:Click the link below to go to the event page:\nhttps://communit ies.sas.com/t5/Upcoming-Events/Spring-2026-ESUG-Meeting/ec-p/987082#M879\n \nAgenda 12:30pm - 1:00pm Registration and Refreshments 1:00pm - 1:15pm We lcome Remarks ESUG Planning Committee 1:15pm - 1:30pm SAS Innovate 2026 H ighlights Walie Aktary\, SAS Canada Won't be able to attend SAS Innovate t his year? Hear about the major announcements and hot topics from this year 's conference. 1:30pm - 2:00pm Word2vec and Its Applications in SAS Anthon y Wu\, Government of Alberta 2:00pm - 2:30pm Networking Break & Refreshmen ts 2:30pm - 3:00pm Composite AI: Combining LLMs and Traditional AI to Sol ve Real Business Problems Suellen Ventura\, SAS Canada Combining LLMs with NLP to build reliable\, controlled workflows across the full analytics li fecycle\, from data preparation to generating practical\, actionable insig hts with LLMs. 3:00pm-3:45pm Presentation TBD 3:45pm - 4:00pm Closing Rem arks Register Now X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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12:30pm - 1:00pm Regi stration and Refreshments
1:00pm - 1:15pm Welcome Remarks
ESUG Planning Committee
1:15pm - 1:30pm \n
SAS Innovate 2026 Highlights
Walie Akta ry\, SAS Canada
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Won't be able to attend SAS Innovate this yea r? Hear about the major announcements and hot topics from this year's conf erence.
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1:30pm - 2:00 pm Word2vec and Its Applications in SAS
Anthony Wu\, Government of Alberta
2:00pm - 2:30pm Networking Break &\; Refreshments
2:30pm - 3:00pm \n
Composite AI: Combining LLMs and Traditiona l AI to Solve Real Business Problems
Suellen Ventura\, S AS Canada
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Combining LLMs with NLP to build reliable\, control led workflows across the full analytics lifecycle\, from data preparation to generating practical\, actionable insights with LLMs.
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3:00pm-3:45pm \n
Presentation TBD
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3:45pm - 4:00pm Closing Remarks
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12:30pm - 1:00pm	Regi stration and Refreshments
1:00pm - 1:15pm	Welcome Remarks ESUG Planning Committee
1:15pm - 1:30pm	\n SAS Innovate 2026 Highlights Walie Akta ry\, SAS Canada \n Won't be able to attend SAS Innovate this yea r? Hear about the major announcements and hot topics from this year's conf erence. \n
1:30pm - 2:00 pm	Word2vec and Its Applications in SAS Anthony Wu\, Government of Alberta
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Networking Break &\; Refreshments
2:30pm - 3:00pm	\n Composite AI: Combining LLMs and Traditiona l AI to Solve Real Business Problems Suellen Ventura\, S AS Canada \n Combining LLMs with NLP to build reliable\, control led workflows across the full analytics lifecycle\, from data preparation to generating practical\, actionable insights with LLMs. \n
3:00pm-3:45pm	\n Presentation TBD \n
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Closing Remarks