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The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

MaryR — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:51:55 GMT

The Conference Scheduler (Agenda Builder) is now available for SGF 2016. What's on your agenda? Here are a few that I'm looking forward to:

SAS3801 - A Second Look at the ODS Destination for PowerPoint

3440 - PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS® Procedures

11881 - Get a Quick Start with SAS® ODS Graphics By Teaching Yourself

11340 - The SAS® Test from H*ll: How Well do You REALLY know SAS?

12260 - Ask the Experts: Output Delivery System (ODS) Graphics

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

CarolB — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:37:26 GMT

Love the agenda builder and calendar feature this year. It will be so much nicer than carrying around a stack of paper!

My schedule so far:

Charity Event
Let the CAT Out of the Bag: String Concatenation in SAS®9 4
On The Fly SAS® Reports
Key Features in ODS Graphics for Efficient Clinical Graphing
PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS® Procedures
Releasing the Power of SAS® into Microsoft SharePoint
FASHION, STYLE "GOTTA HAVE IT" COMPUTE DEFINE BLOCK
New for SAS® 9.4: A Technique for Including Text and Graphics in Your Microsoft Excel Workbooks, Part 1
Empowering People to Use SAS® as a Weapon for Work Reduction
Easing into Data Exploration, Reporting, and Analytics Using SAS® Enterprise Guide®
A Second Look at the ODS Destination for PowerPoint
Data Visualization: Changing the Way We See the World

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:25:31 GMT

Hey CB76247,

I see that you are going to attend my presentation PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS® Procedures!

Please stop by either before or after the presentation and introduce yourself. I am always interested in meeting other SAS programming professionals.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

CarolB — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:54:29 GMT

I will stop by and say hi. Proc Datasets is not something I have ever used, so I am excited to see how it can enhance my SAS toolkit.

I look forward to meeting you.

Carol

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

Davanden — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:11:24 GMT

Here is what I'm aiming for:

5581 -- Using PROC TABULATE and LAG(n) Function for Rates of Change
11864 -- Using the DOCUMENT Procedure to Expand the Output Flexibility of the Output Delivery System with Very Little Programming Effort
10620 -- Strategies for Developing and Delivering an Effective Online SAS Programming Course
9320 -- Importing Data Directly from PDF into SASÂ® Data Sets
11778 -- Comparative Study of PROC EXPORT and Output Delivery System
5620 -- Quantitle Regression versus Ordinary Least Squares Regression
5621 -- Restricted Cubic Spline Regression: A Brief Introduction
9341 -- The Three I's of SAS Log Messages, IMPORTANT, INTERESTING, and IRRELEVANT
9000 -- Kicking and Screaming Your Way to SAS Enterprise Guide
11773 -- Statistical Comparisons of Disease Prevalence Rates Using the Bootstrap Procedure
3780 -- PROC DS2 with Both Hands on the Wheel
7480 -- Don't You SAS Me: Fostering SAS Adoption in an Excel-based Organization
2700 -- Forecasting Behavior with Age-Period-Cohort Models: How APC Predicted the US Mortgage Crisis, but Also Does So Much More
1780 -- Universal File Flattener
2780 -- My ;Excellent Adventure
2120 -- More Hidden Base SAS Features to Impress Your Colleagues

--Dav

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

mbuchecker — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:27:59 GMT

Awesome Dav! I'll be presenting "Kicking and Screaming Your Way to SAS Enterprise Guide". Looking forward to seeing you there!

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

djrisks — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:28:06 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to get the pre conference sessions on the agenda please? Such as the certification exams?

Many thanks,

Kriss HARRIS

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

ChrisHemedinger — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:33:34 GMT

That's "screaming for joy", I assume. 'cuz you'll be kickin' it with your data and reports.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:33:54 GMT

Kris,

Great idea!

And, pre-conference workshops such as Michael Raithel's "How to Become A Top SAS Programmer" should be on the agenda builder too!

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

LoriGoldman — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:35:34 GMT

@dav - thank you for sharing. I haven't had a chance to review the agenda builder yet, but I'm very excited about one of your selections:
Importing Data Directly from PDF into SASÂ® Data Sets. I hope they have a big room for that presentation.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

mbuchecker — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:36:46 GMT

Well, screaming in pain going in to EG, but then joy once you've learned it!

So many traditional SAS programmers are afraid of EG, and this presentation will help them get over that fear and embrace all the great programming functionality that makes them better, faster, more efficient programmers.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

MaryR — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:45:15 GMT

Yes, the pre-conference sessions should be on the Agenda Builder already. Just make sure you have selected the correct day. If you have any trouble let me know.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

gmbaker — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:38:56 GMT

Hi @djrisks, The pre-conference sessions are in the agenda builder on Monday. Certifications are not in the agenda builder but you can find information on our website. http://www.sas.com/en_us/events/sas-global-forum/sas-global-forum-2016/training/sas-certification.html

Great question!

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

djrisks — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:44:56 GMT

Hi @gmbaker. Thank you for this link!

I couldn't see the pre-conference workshops, such as @MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE's "How to be a Top SAS Programmer" workshop. Should this be in the agenda builder?

Thank you.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:27:58 GMT

djrisks,

Oh, _THAT_ should _ABSOLUTELY- be in the agenda builder:-)!!!!!!

----MMMMIIIIKKKKEEEE

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

SASwork — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:43:34 GMT

I'd don't see the post conference won workshops either.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

djrisks — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:27:54 GMT

MMMMIIIIKKKKEEEE, that definitely should be there! 🙂 That's why I want to schedule it into my agenda as soon as possible! 😉

I know it will be great, I remember your presentation in Seattle!

Thanks.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

jwaller — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:49:12 GMT

@djrisks and anyone else who has asked the question about getting the pre- and post-conference tutorials, certification exams, or post-conference training courses into the Agenda Builder. We would like to direct people to the

SASGF 2016 Pre- and Post-Conference Tutorials page,
SAS Certification page, or
SAS Post-Conference Training page

on the SAS Global Forum 2016 website. These are extra fee courses and exams and are not included in the standard registration fee. We want to avoid any confusion of someone adding a tutorial, certification exam, or training course in the Agenda Builder and thinking that they are officially registered for that event. Anyone who would like to register for any of these events can do so at the time they register for the conference. If someone has already registered, they can modify their registration by using their confirmation number found in the registration confirmation email.

I hope this information helps.

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

djrisks — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:23:01 GMT

@jwaller thank you for letting me know, and now I understand the reasoning behind it. I was attempting to use the Agenda Builder as a calendar. I will just include the pre-conference tutorials and certifications in my calendar on my phone.

Many thanks,

Kriss

Re: The Agenda Builder/Conference Scheduler is Now Available! What's on Your Agenda?

jwaller — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:41:34 GMT

I believe you can add a personal event in the Agenda Builder too. That may be one option to get it on your conference schedule.