Wow - what a day it was! 🤗 Thank you to everyone who joined us at The Moth Cafe for a morning of learning, conversations, and coffee. ☕ We had a great time connecting with all of you. We hope you found the day valuable.
Here was the agenda for the day for reference:
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Breakfast Buffet and Registration |
| 9:00am - 9:05am |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:05am - 9:20am |
What's New at SAS?
Alice Yuan, SAS Canada |
| 9:20am - 9:45am |
Assessment $ Change for Designated Industrial Properties (DIP), Definition, Methodology, and Reporting
Gavin (Shitang) Ding & Yiming Zhu, Government of Alberta |
| 9:45am - 10:30am |
Operational Forecasting in Healthcare
Lorne Rothman (@CanLdr), SAS Canada
Operational time series forecasting uses historical data to forecast future operational needs. It enables organizations and facilities to anticipate future demand to optimize resource allocation, staffing, and budget for capacity planning. We will explore some examples from healthcare using SAS Viya forecasting, designed for mass, automated forecasting of many times series using statistical and machine learning models.
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| 10:30am - 11:10am |
Networking Break & Snacks |
| 11:10am - 11:50am |
State of AI & Open Discussion: All Things AI
Moderated by SAS Canada experts
What are you doing with AI? What do you hope to do with AI? Let's share our ideas in this discussion time.
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| 11:50am - 12:00pm |
Closing Remarks |
The presentations are attached in this post.
You can find the The Data and AI Impact Report that was mentioned in the discussion time here.
For those looking for more resources on GenAI, here is the SAS information page. You will find helpful industry information and resources to get you started.
SAS also offers a Generative AI Using SAS course via Coursera.
We hope to see you again at our next meeting in Spring 2026! 💃
