Tag: SGF

NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2013 Feedback #sasgf13

I just completed the conference survey. Overall I had a good conference – nobody booed during either of my papers, so that’s a positive outcome! I liked the conference city (San Francisco), the conference venue was relatively compact (avoiding long wal…

NOTE: Editing SAS #sasgf13

I don’t get to write many SAS programs these days,  less still Base SAS code. However, I couldn’t help but be impressed by the Macumba editor that was described and demonstrated by Michael Weisz of Bayer Pharma yesterday at SAS Global Forum. Sadly…

NOTE: SGF Technology Connection #sasgf13

Now that this morning’s Technology Connection plenary session is over (see it yourself at http://www.livestream.com/sasglobalforum), I have a much clearer picture of the range of new developments that SAS are introducing with v9.4 across 2013 (yes, not…

NOTE: SAS Global Forum Day #1 #sasgf13

It’s Monday morning at SAS Global Forum; the conference gets into gear today. Yesterday evening the 4,000 attendees in San Fancisco attended the Opening Session and heard SAS senior staff describe the key topics for the event. All were centred around t…

NOTE: Catching the SGF Agenda #sasgf13

I’ve never paid much attention to the SAS Global Forum (SGF) online agenda builder before. I’ve preferred the pen on paper approach, using the pull-out printed agenda in the conference programme. However, with the introduction of an Android version of …

NOTE: In The Picture #sasgf13

While I’m packing for my trip to SAS Global Forum, I thought I’d share some San Francisco pictures with you.

There’s a link at the end of this article.

They’re by Trey Ratcliff, who almost shares a surname with me, and they cover a mixture of San F…

NOTE: Fast Facts From SAS Global Forum #sasgf13

SAS Global Forum (SGF) kicks off Sunday evening, but if you can’t make it to the conference there are several ways to avoid missing out.

Many of the individual papers plus all of the key sessions will be streamed live to the web; this includes the ope…

NOTE: Android at SAS Global Forum! #sasgf13

Who knew?! There’s been an iPod app for SAS Global Forum (SGF) for the last couple of years but now there’s an Android equivalent. Hurrah!

I didn’t see any publicity about its availability; I just discovered it today. It’s fab. I can see all the sessi…