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SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

joeFurbee — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:03:04 GMT

SAS Explore is scheduled for September 27-29, 2022 (the 28th and 29th in EMEA and AP). What is SAS Explore? It's an event for SAS enthusiasts who want to connect with experts, engage with peers and explore technology. With over 100 sessions, 50 breakouts, and free training, we're very excited to host the event. So much so, we're dedicating September's SAS Bowl to it.

Game Details

The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, at 10 AM ET.
Register for the event and receive an invite to a Microsoft Teams meeting and a calendar event.
On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.

More on SAS Explore

Many may ask, "Is SAS Explore a replacement for SAS Global Forum (SGF)?" We don't like the word replacement, but prefer the term transformation. The pandemic forced SAS to re-evaluate how we get together and share all-things SAS. In a given year, we'd have 6-8K people at SGF. In the past two years at our virtual events, we've had between 25-30K participants. Yes, we all miss the ability to gather in once place and talk shop; however, we're now able to reach so many more people in a virtual format. Who know what the future holds? For now let's Explore.

For the trivia event, we'll focus on SAS Explore, but we also want to embrace the past. We'll incorporate questions about the upcoming event and will also celebrate past Global Forums, Analytics Experiences, and regional conferences. What does the acronym SUGI mean to you? Here are a few resources to browse to get familiar with SAS Explore as well as a few to highlight past events we find interesting:

SAS Explore: A Virtual Event for Technologists – Main page for SAS Explore with highlights, schedules, and registration info
SAS Conference Proceedings (1976 - present) – SAS retiree Lex Jansen's page comprised of 35K+ papers from past SAS events
SAS Global Forum Proceedings 2021 – Communities page for SAS Global Forum presentations from the 2021 conference event
SAS Explore Communities Forum – Communities Hub for all things SAS Explore
SAS Global Forum Group Hub – Communities Hub for all things SGF

Please check back as we may add to this list as more resources are created for SAS Explore.

SAS Bowl and event details

For those who may be new to the SAS Bowl, you can find game history and specifics in this Community memo. There you'll also find links to previous events, which include recordings.

Register for the event and receive an invite with game details and a Teams meeting link. On game day, Join the TEAMS meeting to play, and show off your SAS and worldly knowledge while competing for bragging rights and SAS Community game gear.

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MarkusWeick — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:05:27 GMT

I am Iooking forward tom it!

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MichelleHomes — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:04:06 GMT

Same here! Congrats @MarkusWeick in being the random draw prize winner at SAS Bowl XXII 🙌

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MarkusWeick — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:19:39 GMT

Thanks @MichelleHomes, I have seen you so often in the Top 3.

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MichelleHomes — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:12:17 GMT

As I mention in the post, SAS Explore Galore!, I'm hoping for a Roman Numerals question at SAS Bowl XXIII 😉🤞

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

brucdens — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:32:22 GMT

Congratulations @MarkusWeick , @MichelleHomes , and @ronan !

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

brucdens — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:46:08 GMT

@joeFurbee ... Thanks for the "Canadian content". I thought I heard you say that SUGI 29 was held in 2005 in Montreal, Canada. According to the event t-shirt I was wearing during the SAS Bowl, it was 2004 (and @ChrisHemedinger was right about the SUGI 29 swag). And @MichelleHomes there was a roman numerals question for you. See you all next month!

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MarkusWeick — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:47:03 GMT

Thanks @brucdens

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ChrisHemedinger — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:51:02 GMT

@brucdens That long-sleeve red shirt! Memorable conference for me because I got stuck, along with several colleagues, in Montreal for an extra day due to weather in the US. Next day we all turned up to the airport in those red shirts because it was the only clean item we had to wear.

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MarkusWeick — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:06:57 GMT

Hi @MichelleHomes, you were subject of a question. Congratulations!

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NavSandhu — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:25:55 GMT

Well done all!!

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MichelleHomes — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:22:31 GMT

It made me LOL when I saw that! Laughed even more when I saw 2 people had selected that option.

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MichelleHomes — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:27:39 GMT

Roman numeral questions are always fun don’t you think @brucdens? However in my midnight daze when I first saw it I thought it was an algebraic question with X% then I realised XX%=20%. A good question @joeFurbee! I like how creative you are with the Roman numerals questions! 🤓😎

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

epower — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:41:00 GMT

So while there is a transition... I see this still available? Is this 100% cancelled or transitioned to something next year? https://conventioncalendar.com/orlando/SAS-Global-Forum--395662

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

ronan — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:54:50 GMT

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the pouch ! Another nice, SAS-branded swag straight from Cary 😎. I appreciate a lot.

see you at the next Bowl

Ronan

Re: SAS Community Trivia - SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore

MarkusWeick — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:19:45 GMT

Hi Support Community team,

when I returned from vacations I found the wireless charger in my mail stack.

Thankyou very much!

In enjoy having my smart phone loaded by magic.

Best

Markus