SAS Halifax Regional User Group Meeting
Date and Time: Thursday November 25, 2010 (12:00 – 4:00 pm)
Location: Dalhousie University Student Union Room 224, 6136 University Avenue, Halifax
Registration: If you haven't received a registration message from SAS Canada please RSVP via http://www.sas.com/reg/offer/ca/SHRUG-Nov2010
Agenda
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Light Lunch (30 minutes)
Welcome (5 minutes)
Jo-Anne Douglas ( Health Information Office, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Privacy, Department of Health )
What's New at SAS? (5 minutes)
Wally Thiessen ( Head of Customer Programs, SAS Canada )
Example Involving Missing Values (10 minutes)
Gordon Flowerdew (Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University)
Bootstrapping Program (20 minutes)
Lynn Lethbridge (WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning & Research)
Techie Tips (30 minutes)
Multiprocessing (10 minutes)
Pantelis Andreou (Dalhousie University)
Proc Format (20 minutes)
John Fahey (Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia)
Introductions (15 minutes)
Coffee Break (25 minutes)
How Do I Look It Up If I Can't Spell It: An Introduction to SAS® Dictionary Table (45 minutes)
Peter Eberhardt (Fernwood Consulting Group, Toronto)
SAS and Social Media: What’s in it for Me? (30 minutes )
Wally Thiessen
