Sessions
6 Keynote Speakers
35+ Speakers
13 Super Demos
Learning Cafe
1:1 Meet the SAS Experts
1:1 Meet the SAS Management
1:1 Meet the SAS Designers
Mini Theatre Sessions
- Learning and Education
- Tech Tips
- Consulting and Premium Support
- SAS Super Demos
- Customer Stories
- SAS Presents
- Technical Insights
- SAS Super Demos
- SAS Connections
Learning and Education stream
| Tuesday 26th September | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 pm | Machine Learning: All models are wrong, but some are useful Aoife D'Arcy, The Analytics Store |
| 12:00 - 12:30 pm | "There's a unicorn in the inside lane!" Chris Dillon, SAS Education Caroline Tew, SAS Education |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | Working with the grain to develop Analytical and Data Science talent Geoffrey Taylor, SAS |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | "Quick! Someone find me a data scientist" Myles Hannon, SAS Education |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm | Customer Panel: It’s ALL about People not Data! HMRC, Barclays, HSBC & Vanquis Bank |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | The SAS Learning Subscription: Aspire, Achieve, Advance Gemma Robson, SAS Education Nigel Armstead, SAS Education |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Models of University-Industry engagement on Data Science projects & talent Professor Mak Sharma, Birmingham City University |
Tech Tips stream
| Tuesday 26th September | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 am | Making Graphs Easier to Validate - The Benefits of ODS Graphics Phil Holland, Holland Numerics Ltd |
| 12:00 - 12:30 pm | SAS Grid Implementation Lessons learned Ali Dootson, d-Wise |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | Introduction to ETL with SAS Vasilij Nevlev, Analytium Ltd |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Using SAS Stored Processes Phil Mason, Wood Street Consultants |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Live and Let DI - A SAS Developer's experience with DI Studio Anthony Lee, Bahram Consulting Ltd |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Understanding and Managing User Behaviour on SAS Grid Matthew Truslove, Love-IT Consultancy Ltd |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Easy AF Modernisation with SAS and HTML5 Allan Bowe, Boemska Nikola Markovic, Boemska Michael Saunders, Allianz |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Mind-Map the Gap - Sentiment Analysis of Public Transport Tamas Bosznay, Amadeus |
Premium Support stream
| Tuesday 26th September | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 am | Catching motor insurance fraudsters using SAS social network analysis Dipesh Meghani, SAS |
| 12:00 - 12:30 pm | Plan and Deliver. How to get ahead with SAS Visual Analytics Gavin Khanna, SAS Warren Ireson, SAS |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | Bish-bash-BOSH: SAS Viya and Cloud Foundry Chris West, SAS |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Supercharge your SAS support. Maximise your capability, minimise your risk Adam Evans, SAS |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Catching motor insurance fraudsters using SAS social network analysis Dipesh Meghani, SAS |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Plan and Deliver. How to get ahead with SAS Visual Analytics Gavin Khanna SAS, Warren Ireson, SAS |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Bish-bash-BOSH: SAS Viya and Cloud Foundry Chris West, SAS |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Supercharge your SAS support. Maximise your capability, minimise your risk Adam Evans, SAS |
SAS Super Demos stream
| Tuesday 26th September | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 am | SAS Forecasting – The Future Jozef Moffat, SAS |
| 12:00 - 12:30 pm | SAS 9.4 M5 - new features Paul Jones, SAS |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | The new visual pipeline within SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning - an introduction John Spooner, SAS |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | New Machine Learning algorithms Iain Brown, SAS |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | What's new in Visual Analytics on SAS Viya Rajeeve Narula, SAS |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | What's new in SAS Visual Investigator? Susan Trueman, SAS |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | SAS Viya for SAS 9 Programmers Steve Ludlow, SAS |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | SAS for GDPR Dave Smith, SAS |
Customer Stories stream
| Wednesday 27th September | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Using Model Manager at British Gas Paul Malley, British Gas Amadeusz Bartoszuk, British Gas |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Forecasting Applied to Tactical and Strategic Management... Implementation of a Demand Forecast System for Viesgo Juan Ignacio Moreno, Innova Joan Marti, Viesgo |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Supporting the Strategic Goals of the Risk Function by using SAS Technologies Thomas Clifford, Deloitte & Touche LLP |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Why data quality still matters in a Hadoop world: schema on read is not a magic wand to banish ETL work Sara Boltman, Butterfly Projects |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Using Mathematical Optimisation to Innovate for a Portfolio of Consumer Goods Products Natalie Esquejo, Procter & Gamble |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Combating Payments Fraud Colin Bristow, SAS |
SAS Presents stream
| Wednesday 27th September | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | SAS Viya Journey Caroline Hermon, SAS Doug Green, SAS |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | GDPR. Its impact and how SAS can help? Mike Wake, SAS |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | SAS Viya on demand Rajeeva Narula, SAS Hadley Christoffels, Sopra Steria Nikola Markovic, Boemska |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | The journey to general AI - a view to where SAS analytical products are heading John Spooner, SAS |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Challenge SAS with your Business Problems Joanna Lee, Senior Business Analyst, SAS |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | What value is in the Picture – an introduction to considerations and approaches for Image Analysis Matthew Stainer, SAS |
Technical Insights stream
| Wednesday 27th September | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | The Learnings, Challenges and Triumphs of Implementing Retail IFRS9 Models in a SAS/Grid Environment Janet MacQuire, Nationwide John Hines, Nationwide |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | SAS Clients Portal - client software at your fingertip Sergey Iglov, Royal Bank of Scotland |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Auditing in SAS Visual Analytics Elena Muriel, Amadeus |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Introducing SAS Visual Analytics at NHS Digital Elena Muriel, Amadeus Ian Bowles, NHS Digital |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Price Markdown Optimisation in Fashion Douglas Simmonds, Antuit |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Building Lightning Fast Web Apps with HTML5 and SAS Allan Bowe, Boemska |
SAS Super Demos stream
| Wednesday 27th September | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | SAS Viya for SAS 9 Programmers Steve Ludlow, SAS |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | SAS Artificial Intelligence Iain Brown, SAS |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Customer Intelligence 360 - Customer Journeys and Algorithmic Attribution Rob Taylor, SAS |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Voice of the Customer – measuring and understanding the experiences you are delivering to your customers Matthew Stainer, SAS |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | SAS for GDPR Dave Smith, SAS |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | What's new in SAS Visual Investigator? Susan Trueman, SAS |
SAS Connections stream
| Wednesday 27th September | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Delivering Operational Analytics Solutions Leveraging the SAS Platform Shiva Kommareddi, CoreCompete |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Building a Multi-Functional Cloud based Data Lake - Profiling Data to simplify and enrich Data Sources with SAS and Dataflux Nayan Patel, BusinessData Partners Jacqueline Marland, Shop Direct |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | How to leverage analytics to address the AML and KYC challenges of today & tomorrow Roland Theys, SAS |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Becoming an Insight Driven Organisation Tom Bevan, Deloitte James Gardner, Deloitte |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Building applications with the SAS Mobile BI SDK Shaine Ismail, RBS |
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