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

[MaryR]

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

[CarolB]

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
•  

[MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE]

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.

[CarolB]

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

[Davanden]

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 SAS® 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

[mbuchecker]

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

[ChrisHemedinger]

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

[mbuchecker]

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.

[LoriGoldman]

@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 SAS® Data Sets. I hope they have a big room for that presentation.

[djrisks]

Hello,

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

Many thanks,

Kriss HARRIS

[MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE]

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!

[MaryR]

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.

[gmbaker]

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.ht...

Great question!

[djrisks]

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.

[MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE]

djrisks,

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

----MMMMIIIIKKKKEEEE