SHRUG - SAS Halifax Regional User Group

The semi-annual SHRUG meetings offer presentations, discussions and networking opportunities which can help Halifax-area SAS users get the most out of their SAS software.

To access past presentations, learn about upcoming events and to connect with the Halifax-area SAS community, please visit the SHRUG website or contact John Fahey.

Get involved…

John Fahey and the SHRUG team are looking to build an enthusiastic and dedicated Executive team for the Halifax Users Group. Please see our Executive team Roles and Responsibilities to learn more about these opportunities.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact John Fahey.

The next SHRUG meeting will take place February 24th, 2012 at the Dalhousie Student Union Building (6136 University Ave.) in Room 224 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm.  Remember, it's free to attend! You may register here, and the agenda is as follows:

AGENDA

12:00 pm to 12:30 pm    Lunch Buffet 

12:30 pm to 12:40 pm    Welcome & Introductions

12:40 pm to 1:10 pm      Enterprise Miner 7.1 (Lorne Rothman, Principal Statistician, SAS Canada)

1:10 pm to 1:40 pm       The Use of SAS in Marketing (Patrick Vandermeulen, Senior Director, Customer Insight & Loyalty, Lawtons)

 1:40 pm to 2:00 pm       Networking Exercise

 2:00 pm to 2:15 pm       Break

2:15 pm to 2:45 pm       Text Analytics (Fiona McNeil, Global Product Marketing Manager – Text Analytics, SAS)

2:45 pm to 3:00 pm       Reporting Made Easier (Devbani Raha, Staff Epidemiologist with Cancer Care Nova Scotia)

3:00 pm to 3:20 pm       Managing a Research Trial Using PROC Report Dashboards (Kevin Druhan, Research Officer, Department of Health & Wellness)

3:20 pm to 3:40 pm       SAS Update (Matt Malczewski, Communities Manager, SAS Canada)

 3:40 pm to 4:00 pm       Wrap-Up & Prizes

 
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