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    <title>topic Spring 2026 BC Health SAS User Group Meeting - Agenda and Presentations in SAS User Groups Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/Spring-2026-BC-Health-SAS-User-Group-Meeting-Agenda-and/m-p/988658#M509</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Thank you to our Vancouver-based SAS Healthcare Users for joining us in-person and virtually on May 20 for an insightful morning! We really enjoyed the discussions; we hope you did too. We're already looking forward to the next one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:"&gt;😁&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Meeting Agenda:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;8:30 AM - 9:00 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Registration &amp;amp; Hot Breakfast&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:00 AM - 9:05 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Welcome Remarks&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:05 AM - 9:20 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SAS Canada Marketing &amp;amp; Events Update&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Alice Yuan, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:20 AM - 9:50 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dynamic and Reproducible Health Analytics Using SAS Macros&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Ruth Zhang, PHSA&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:50 AM - 10:10 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;From AN Answer to THE Answer: Why Composite Agentic AI Delivers Confidence at Scale&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Suellen Ventura, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;10:10 AM - 10:40 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Networking Break&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;10:40 AM - 11:10 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Extracting ICD Codes and Assessing Comorbidities Using Administrative Data&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;James Wilton, PHSA&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;11:10 AM - 11:50 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Time-Series Forecasting in Healthcare&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Lorne Rothman, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;11:50 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Closing Remarks&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In this post, you will find the presentations attached.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;See you at the next one!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 17:18:38 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>AliceYuan</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-05-25T17:18:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Spring 2026 BC Health SAS User Group Meeting - Agenda and Presentations</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/Spring-2026-BC-Health-SAS-User-Group-Meeting-Agenda-and/m-p/988658#M509</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thank you to our Vancouver-based SAS Healthcare Users for joining us in-person and virtually on May 20 for an insightful morning! We really enjoyed the discussions; we hope you did too. We're already looking forward to the next one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:"&gt;😁&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Meeting Agenda:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;TABLE border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"&gt;
&lt;TBODY&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;8:30 AM - 9:00 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Registration &amp;amp; Hot Breakfast&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:00 AM - 9:05 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Welcome Remarks&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:05 AM - 9:20 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SAS Canada Marketing &amp;amp; Events Update&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Alice Yuan, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:20 AM - 9:50 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dynamic and Reproducible Health Analytics Using SAS Macros&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Ruth Zhang, PHSA&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;9:50 AM - 10:10 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;From AN Answer to THE Answer: Why Composite Agentic AI Delivers Confidence at Scale&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Suellen Ventura, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;10:10 AM - 10:40 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Networking Break&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;10:40 AM - 11:10 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Extracting ICD Codes and Assessing Comorbidities Using Administrative Data&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;James Wilton, PHSA&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;11:10 AM - 11:50 AM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Time-Series Forecasting in Healthcare&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Lorne Rothman, SAS Canada&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;11:50 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD colspan="1" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Closing Remarks&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;/TBODY&gt;
&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In this post, you will find the presentations attached.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;See you at the next one!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 17:18:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/Spring-2026-BC-Health-SAS-User-Group-Meeting-Agenda-and/m-p/988658#M509</guid>
      <dc:creator>AliceYuan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-25T17:18:38Z</dc:date>
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