Q3: SAS FANS User Event | SAS office, London | 24 September | 16.00 - 19.00

PiaRønnevik — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:03:38 GMT

Join us for an inspiring afternoon at the SAS London office, where SAS users and experts come together to dive into practical techniques, share real-world experiences, and connect with peers—followed by pizza, refreshments, and networking.

Date & Time: Thursday, 21 May, 16.00 - 19.00.
Venue: SAS Office, 10 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4xy

Register and meet up to exchange ideas with like-minded professionals, learn from SAS experts, and strengthen your professional network.

16.00 – 16.15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

16.15 – 16.45

Download/send files from SAS 9 and Viya to Microsoft 365

Daniel Ringqvist, Nordic User Group Manager

Users will learn how to easily move files between SAS and Microsoft 365 - downloading reports, sending outputs to SharePoint or Teams, and automating routine deliveries - so they can work faster, collaborate better, and eliminate manual steps.

16. 45 – 17.00

Break

17.00 – 17.30

More Signal, Less Noise: Synthetic Data for Model Accuracy

Alina Dudnyuk, Data Scientist, SAS

Imbalanced data remains a persistent hurdle in predictive modeling, particularly in credit risk where default events are rare but critical. This session demonstrates how synthetic data techniques, specifically SMOTE within SAS Studio, can bridge the gap in rare-event scenarios. We will walk through practical, end-to-end workflows to generate and validate synthetic samples while measuring their direct impact on model accuracy. Crucially, we’ll move beyond the math to address the ModelOps perspective -integrating synthetic data as a governed, operationalized component of the analytics lifecycle. Attendees will learn to improve model robustness while avoiding common pitfalls like overfitting, leaving with a blueprint for building production-ready models in data-scarce environments.

17.30 – 19.00

Pizza, refreshments and networking

Changes in the agenda might occur.

If you would like to give a presentation at the Network Meeting, please contact Pia Skare Rønnevik.

This event is exclusive to SAS customers, SAS associates, and approved partners.

Registration

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