Toronto Area SAS User Group Meeting on June 3, 2025---Virtual option also available!

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Join us June 3^rd, 2025 at the SAS Toronto Office for an informative, in-person experience featuring presentations that will cover unique ways for SAS users to collaborate and drive innovation and also learn about the benefits of working with synthetic data.

Details of the Toronto Area SAS User Group Meeting (TASUG):

Date: Tuesday, June 3^rd , 2024

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Lunch will be provided)

Location: SAS Toronto Office, 181 Bay St. Suite 2710, Toronto (Virtual Option available)

Cost: Complimentary-- Register Here

AGENDA

11:30-12:00	Networking & Lunch
12:00-12:05	Welcome and Introductions
12:05-12:45	Scotiabank-SAS Viya Innovation Lab - Accelerated Results Through Partnership David Cruickshank Director, Risk Technology and Data Solutions Scotiabank Global Risk Management
12:45-1:15	Beyond Real: How Synthetic Data Fuels AI Innovation and Eliminates Bias Narcisse Torshizi, PhD, Customer Solution Lead at SAS
1:15-1:20	SAS Innovate Highlights & Reference Material
1:20-1:25	Survey & Prize Draw
1:25-1:30	Closing Remarks

Speakers

David Cruickshank
Director, Risk Technology and Data Solutions
Scotiabank Global Risk Management

David is a strategic analytics leader with 25 years of experience across Risk, Client and Product Analytics at numerous banks, under various architectures. In his current role at BNS he is leading a team that is leveraging data automation, AI and cloud-native capabilities to help risk stakeholders remove data siloes and modernize their analytics solutions.  He is a proven leader able to convert constraints into growth opportunities and thrives in bringing all levels of the team along for the journey from land to lake to cloud – driving value for stakeholders and skills development for his team along the way. 

Narcisse Torshizi, PhD
Customer Advisory Solution Lead at SAS

Narcisse Torshizi is accomplished leader in technology and advanced analytics, dedicated to driving impactful, AI-driven solutions within the financial sector through data and innovation. Currently, Narcisse is a Customer Solution Lead at SAS, leveraging expertise in advanced analytics and AI to drive impactful, client-focused solutions within the financial sector. Previously, Narcisse directed the development of the premier Conversational AI product of Scotiabank which won 2023 Digital Transformation Award and she is also the winner of Scotiabank’s Top Individual Performance in the 2023 Best of the Best awards. At Scotiabank, Narcisse led a team of AI specialists in the development and end-to-end implementation of an LLM-powered internal search engine, built on Google's framework.

Her core competencies include AI Solutions, Machine Learning, Linguistics, LLMs, NLU, Evaluation & Tuning, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Python, R, SQL, HTML, XML, Git, Matlab, Power BI, Tableau, SAP Platform, Google DialogFlow CX & ES, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and SAS Viya.