Dear Readers,

Santa Claus time! I’m very happy to announce that the new SAS Learning Edition has become available now. We also need to hear from you, as the 2007 SASware Ballot is open for your suggestions about our software. For those preparing a thesis with SAS, you can participate to the Student Ambassador Competition for the SAS Forum International. Further, we would like to welcome you to our next SAS Overview Seminar in Tervuren.

Enjoy reading!

Katrien

SASŪ Learning Edition 4.1 is available!

The SAS Learning Edition provides you with a unique opportunity to gain SAS software experience and propel your career in new and exciting directions. SAS users at all levels, from novice to advanced, will appreciate this innovative and comprehensive personal learning version of SAS. Maximize your learning experience with SAS Enterprise Guide®, which gives you point-and-click access to the power of SAS, or write and modify SAS code using the SAS Program Editor.

The new SAS Learning Edition comes on two self-installing CD-ROMs and is ideal to be used in academic institutions as student version. Contact your SAS representative to get your copy!

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SAS Forum Belgium & Luxembourg
Aula Magna, Louvain-la-Neuve, 12 Octobre 2006

On October 12th, more than 500 people attended the SAS Forum in Louvain-la-Neuve. Both SAS customers and SAS experts gave over 50 presentations, demonstrations and hands-on sessions about business cases, SAS technology and business topics.

This year there were two academic papers:

• Bart Larivière from the University of Ghent gave a very successful presentation on “Churn Prediction at AXA Belgium: Pitfalls and Methodological Concerns” which more than 70 people attended.
• Prof. Eddy Torfs from VUB presented the collaboration between SAS and VUB for the development of a Business Case using SAS/ITSLM that was and will be used in a course on “Auditing, Security, Privacy and Ethical Problems” at VUB.

For an impression of this enlightening and inspiring day, please look at the Photo Gallery.

SAS Overview Seminar, SAS Office, Tervuren, 8 February 2007

If you are interested in getting an overall status of the strengths of our SAS® 9 platform and of decision support trends, you are welcome to our next free SAS Overview Seminar on 8 February 2007 in Tervuren.
More on: www.sas.com/belux/events/sso

2007 SASware Ballot®

The 2007 SASware Ballot® is now available. This is your opportunity to vote for new features that you would like us to add to our software or services. All SAS users from around the world are invited to participate in the survey. Simply visit the Web to complete the SASware Ballot. But don't delay: Your ballot must be completed by Jan. 5, 2007, to be counted. We value your opinions and ideas, and look forward to receiving your SASware Ballot entry each year!