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Toronto Area SAS User Group - TASUG Meeting

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
11:30 am-1:30 pm EST
In-Person at SAS Toronto Office, 181 Bay Street, Suite 2710
(Virtual Option Available)

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Agenda

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11:30-12:00

Networking & Refreshments (Lunch will be provided)

12:00-12:05

Welcome and Introductions: David Cruickshank, TASUG President, & Michelle Yang, TASUG VP

12:05-12:20

TASUG Community Presentation #1:
From Zero to Hero - An Upskilling Journey from Base SAS to SAS Viya
Lucy Feng, Senior Manager, Global Risk Management, Scotiabank

  • Lucy will present how she transformed from a traditional SAS user into a SAS Viya expert and demonstrate how you can accelerate skill development and effective adoption of a modern analytics platform.

12:20-12:40

TASUG Community Presentation #2:
Using PROC REG to Estimate the Parameters of Exponential Distributions
Adnan Alkhouri, SAS Consultant
  • Adnan will demonstrate some examples of how to use PROC REG.

12:40-1:00

The Very Best SAS Tips & Techniques
Chris Sammut, Systems Engineer, SAS

  • As a long-time SAS user, Chris will share his best and most useful SAS 9 tips & techniques for everyday use.

1:00-1:15

SAS Communities Virtual Tour
Shelley Sessoms, Senior Digital Marketing Specialist, SAS

  • Shelley will show how you can use SAS Communities to ask a “how-to” questions, network, and learn SAS tips & techniques from over 45K SAS users and SAS experts.
1:15-1:25SAS “50thAnniversary” Fun Facts Quiz, Survey & Prizes!
1:25-1:30Closing Remarks: David Cruickshank, TASUG President

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Speakers

Lucy Feng
Senior Manager, Account Management | Risk - Credit Cards & Unsecured Lending (RCUL) Scotiabank | Global Risk Management

Presentation: SAS Viya: From Zero to Hero - An Upskilling Journey from Base SAS to SAS Viya

To share how a participant, in a short period of time, transformed from a traditional SAS user into a SAS Viya expert through formal training, Innovation Lab projects, internal challenges, self learning, and independent exploration. It also demonstrates how a solid SAS foundation, combined with the right mindset and necessary support, can accelerate skill development and effective adoption of the modern analytics platform, SAS Viya.

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Lucy Feng is a risk analytics professional with over ten years of hands on experience using Base SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide, and SAS Enterprise Miner for model development, data analytics, visualization, and reporting. She has extensive risk management experience across Canada and China. In her current role at Scotiabank, she focuses on credit risk and account management strategies for lending products.