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ALASKA - ALASKA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Art Carpenter
Email: art@caloxy.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/alaska_sas_users_group
ARIZONA - VALLEY OF THE SUN SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: William E. Benjamin, Jr.
Phone: 602-492-0370
Email: valsug.chair@valsug.org
Website: www.valsug.org
CALIFORNIA - CENTRAL COAST SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Rebecca Ottesen
Phone: 805-594-0441
Email: rottesen@calpoly.edu
CALIFORNIA - GREATER SACRAMENTO SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Leonard Seitz
Phone: 916-654-2610
Email: leonard.seitz@dot.ca.gov
Website: www.sascommunity.org
CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES BASIN SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Kim LeBouton
Phone: 562-305-1131
Email: labsug@gmail.com
Website: www.labsug.net
CALIFORNIA - ORANGE COUNTY & INLAND EMPIRE SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Lida Gharibvand
Phone: 949-230-5439
Email: lida.gh07@gmail.com
Website: http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/orange_county_and_inland_em
CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Wei Cheng
Phone: 858-367-3198
Email: saslocalgroups@gmail.com
Website: www.sandsug.org
CALIFORNIA - WESTWOOD SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Michael Johnston
Phone: 310-280-6446
Email: michael.johnston.email@gmail.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/sas_users_group_westwood
COLORADO - DENVER SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Bill Coar
Phone: 970-219-8564
Email: bill.coar@gmail.com
Website: www.denversug.org
HAWAII - HAWAII SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Ginger Carey
Phone: 808-235-4070
Email: ginger.carey@gmail.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/hawaii_sas_user_group
NEVADA - NEVADA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Takashi Yamashita
Email: takashi.yamashita@unlv.edu
OREGON - PORTLAND AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Renu Gehring
Phone: 971-235-5782
Email: renu.gehring@ace-cube.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/pasasug
ILLINOIS - NORTHERN ILLINOIS SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Zeke Torres
Phone: 312.725.9353
Email: zt@ztorres.net
Website: www.wcsug.com
ILLINOIS - WINDY CITY SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Zeke Torres
Phone: 312.725.9353
Email: zt@ztorres.net
Website: www.wcsug.com
ILLINOIS - SCHAUMBURG SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Zeke Torres
Phone: 312.725.9353
Email: zt@ztorres.net
Website: www.wcsug.com
INDIANA - INDIANA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Donna Holland
Email: hollandd@ipfw.edu
IOWA - IOWA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: John Xu
Phone: 515-778-4093
Email: johnxu@1st-consulting.com
Website: www.iowasasuser.org
IOWA - UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Sarah Bell
Phone: 319-217-0376
Email: sarah-mott@uiowa.edu
Website: uisug.org.uiowa.edu
MICHIGAN - MICHIGAN SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Nancy Brucken
Phone: 734-887-0255
Email: info@misug.org
Website: www.misug.org
MINNESOTA - MINNESOTA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Swati Kumar
Email: minnesotasasug@gmail.com
Website: www.minnsug.org
Next Meeting Date: July 13, 2017
Time: 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: University of St. Thomas | 2115 Summit Ave. | St. Paul, MN 55105
Topic: Using R in SAS® Enterprise Miner™
Speaker: Melodie Rush, SAS
Topic: Introduction to Machine learning in SAS®
Speaker: Melodie Rush, SAS
Topic: Leave Your Bad Code Behind: 50 Ways to Make Your SAS® Code Execute More Efficiently
Speaker: Bill Benjamin, SAS Press
Topic: Array, Hurray, Array: Consolidate or Expand Your Input Data Stream Using Arrays
Speaker: Bill Benjamin, SAS Press
MINNESOTA - RED RIVER SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Sidney Fisk
Phone: 701-231-6694
Email: sidney.fisk@ndsu.edu
Website: www.und.nodak.edu/org/rrvsug
MINNESOTA - TWIN PORTS AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Stephen Waring
Phone: 218-786-1280
Email: stephen.waring@eirh.org
MISSOURI - GATEWAY AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Jeffrey Crabb
Phone: 636-261-9303
Email: jeffrey.p.crabb@citi.com
Website: www.gauss-stl.org
NEBRASKA - NEBRASKA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Anne O'Keefe
Phone: 402-598-0825
Email: beatlehead@gmail.com
Website: www.nebsug.org
OHIO - CENTRAL OHIO SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Christopher Aultman
Phone: 614-365-0944
Email: president.cosug@gmail.com
Website: www.cosug.net
OHIO - CINCINNATI SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Douglas Williams
Phone: 513-632-0759
Email: doug.williams@8451.com
Website: www.cinsug.org
OHIO - CLEVELAND SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Mary MacDougall
Phone: 440-232-2745
Email: clevesug@gmail.com
Website: www.clevesug.org
OHIO - OHIO SAS USERS
Contact: Doug Williams
Email: doug.williams@8451.com
Website: http://cinsug.org/ohio-odc.html
SOUTH DAKOTA - SOUTH DAKOTA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Tobey Eich
Phone: 605-357-3929
Email: teich@premierbankcard.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/sdsug
WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Zeke Torres
Phone: 312-725-9353
Email: zt@wcsug.com
Website: www.milsug.com
WISCONSIN - WISCONSIN ILLINOIS SAS USERS
Contact: Craig Wildeman
Phone: 920.457.4441 x72118
Email: craig.wildeman@kohler.com
Website: www.wiilsu.org
Next Meeting Date: Jun. 28, 2017
Time: 9:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Location: Woman's Club of Wisconsin | 813 E Kilbourn Ave | Milwaukee, WI 53202
OKLAHOMA - OKLAHOMA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Jessica J. Hale
Phone: 404-343-2724
Email: jessica.j.hale@gmail.com
Website: www.oksug.us
TEXAS - HOUSTON SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Kevin Davidson
Phone: 832-842-7050
Email: kevin.davidson@times.uh.edu
Website: http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/houston_users_group_-_sas
TEXAS - NORTH TEXAS SAS USER GROUP
Contact: Sean Dwyer
Phone: 469-964-6574
Email: dwyer_resources@yahoo.com
Website: www.notsug.org
TEXAS - TARRANT COUNTY SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Gary Pool
Phone: 817-352-6308
Email: gary.pool@bnsf.com
Website: www.tcsug.net
ALABAMA - BIRMINGHAM SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: David Maddox
Phone: 205-560-6339
Email: garland.maddoxjr@regions.com
Website: www-epi.soph.uab.edu/bugs
Next Meeting Date: Thursday, June 22, 2017
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: The University of Alabama at Birmingham | Shelby Research Building, Room 105 | 1825 University Blvd. |
Birmingham, AL
Topic: Investigating Big Data Crime Scenes
Speaker: Theresa Ngo, Systems Engineer, SAS
Topic: The Steps to Follow in a Multiple Regression Analysis
Speaker: Theresa Ngo, Systems Engineer, SAS
DC - DC SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Yesvy Gustasp
Phone: 301-625-9576
Email: yesvy.gustasp@usdoj.gov
Website: news.dc-sug.org
Next Meeting Date: Jun. 13, 2017
Time: 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Bureau of Labor Statistics - Postal Square Building | Janet Norwood Conference Center | 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE | Washington, DC 20212
Topic: Exploring Popular Topics for SAS® and Microsoft® Excel Users
Speaker: Kirk Paul Lafler
Topic: Point-and-Click Programming Using SAS® Enterprise Guide®
Speaker: Kirk Paul Lafler
GEORGIA - GREATER ATLANTA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: David Steves
Phone: 404-827-6581
Email: david.steves@suntrust.com
Website: www.sascommunity.org/wiki/gasug
MASSACHUSSETS - BOSTON AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Jean Roth
Phone: (617) 588-0338
Email: basugwm@basug.org
Website: www.basug.org
MISSISSIPPI - JACKSON SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Gregory Wilson
Phone: 601-979-8757
Email: gregory.wilson@jsums.edu
NEW HAMPSHIRE - DARTMOUTH AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Jianjun Hua
Phone: (603) 646-6552
Email: jianjun.hua@dartmouth.edu
Website: www.dasug.dartmouth.edu/
Next Meeting Date: July 13, 2017
Time: 12:30 – 4:30 PM
Location: Rockefeller Class of 1930 Room | The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center | Dartmouth College | 2 Webster Avenue | Hanover, NH 03755
Topic: Introduction to Machine Learning in SAS®
Speaker: T Winand, SAS
Topic: What's New for Analytics in SAS® 9.4?
Speaker: T Winand, SAS
NEW JERSEY - NEW JERSEY SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Ted Vittas
Phone: (908) 903-2052; (973) 513-3672
Email: nj.sas.users.group@gmail.com
Website: www.njsug.net
Next Meeting Date: June 23, 2017
Time: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location: Bristol Myers Squibb | 311 Pennington Rocky Hill Rd. | Pennington, NJ 08534
Topic: PROC DATASETS; The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Speaker: Michael Raithel, Westat, SAS Press Speaker
Topic: Introduction to the SAS Macro Facility
Speaker: Shannon Moore, SAS
NEW YORK - GENESEE VALLEY SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Stephen Bosch
Phone: (315) 529-4542
Email: swbosch@gmail.com
Website: www.gvsug.org
NEW YORK - NEW YORK AREA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Henrietta Wolland
Phone: (917) 921-0833
Email: NYASUG@gmail.com
NORTH CAROLINA - CHARLOTTE SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Stephen Harris
Phone: 704-383-4180
Email: stephen.harris2@wellsfargo.com
Website: www.charlotte-sug.com
NORTH CAROLINA - RESEARCH TRIANGLE SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Ken Borowiak
Phone: 919-840-8981
Email: ken.borowiak@gmail.com
Website: www.rtsug.org
PHILADELPHIA - PHILADELPHIA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: John Cohen
Phone: 302-559-2060
Email: membership@philasug.org
Website: www.philasug.org
SOUTH CAROLINA - SOUTH CAROLINA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Charlie Holman
Phone: 843-730-3225
Email: chholman@claflin.edu
TENNESSEE - MEMPHIS SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Jun Shi
Phone: 901-606-9715
Email: johnjshi@gmail.com
Website: www.facebook.com/masugtn
VIRGINIA - VIRGINIA SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Andrea Wainwright-Zimmerman
Phone: 540-872-3625
Email: andreanwzimmerman@gmail.com
Website: www.vasug.org
Virtual Users Groups
BANKING 5-50 SAS USERS GROUP
Contact: Charyn Faenza
Phone: 724-734-0543
Email: charyn.faenza@gmail.com
Next Meeting Date: June 19, 2017
Time: 2pm ET
Topic: CECL: Change Is Coming to Your Loss Allowance Process
Speakers: Erich Reuter, Fulton Financial Corporation & Laurent Birade, SAS
Registration Link: https://www.sas.com/en_us/events/users-groups/17q2/current-expected-credit-loss.html
INSURANCE & FINANCE SAS UG (IFSUG)
Contact: Andrea Wainwright-Zimmerman
Email: ec@ifsug.org
Website: www.ifsug.org
SAS MANUFACTURING USERS GROUP (SMUG)
Contact: Jack Chen
Phone: 512-728-6541
Email: jack_y_chen@dell.com
Next Meeting Date: July 18, 2017
Time: 2pm ET
Topic: Next Generation Demand Management: People, Process, Analytics and Technology
Speaker: Charlie Chase, SAS
Registration Link: https://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=GMS54985_83880
SAS RETAIL USERS GROUP (SRUG)
Contact: Trina Gladwell
Email: tgladwell@beallsinc.com
Website: communities.sas.com/srug
Next Meeting Date: June 16, 2017
Time: 3pm ET
Topic: How to Maximize and Manage Retail Processes With Retail Analytics
Speaker: Brittany Bullard, SAS
Registration Link: https://www.sas.com/en_us/events/users-groups/17q2/maximize-and-manage-retail-processes.html
SAS UG FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH (SUGIR)
Contact: Karl Konsdorf
Website: www.sas.com/reg/web/corp/2363113
SAS USERS GROUP FOR ADMINISTRATORS (SUGA)
Contact: Shelley Sessoms
Email: shelley.sessoms@sas.com
Phone: 919-531-0440
Website: communities.sas.com/deployment
SAS UTILITIES USERS GROUP (SUUG)
Phone: 919-531-5888
Email: sabrina.edwards@sas.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sasutilitiesusergroup/home
Next Meeting Date: August 24, 2017
Time: 3pm ET
Topic: Inference from Smart Meter Data Using the Fourier Transform
Speaker: Tom Anderson & Prasenjit Shil
Registration Link: COMING SOON
Regional Users Group Conferences
Regional users groups have annual multiple-day conferences. These conferences are great opportunities for sharing your experiences with colleagues and peers.
Date: Sep. 20-22, 2017
Location: Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, California
Date: Oct. 8-10, 2017
Time: 8:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
Date: Nov. 5-7, 2017
Location: SAS Campus and Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham/Research Triangle, NC
Date: Oct. 15-17, 2017
Location: Crowne Plaza Dallas near the Galleria in Addison, TX
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