Heidi Markovitz & Sarah Woodruff

With SESUG in the Washington, DC area, we are looking for SAS^® applications designed to serve government and/or health care entities.  Papers should describe both the technical innovations that help to meet their needs and the features which are uniquely suited to those industries.  Have you developed an application that helps with mandated reporting?  Can you share a strategy used to diagnose patient conditions?  Have you used SAS to monitor compliance with regulations?  Do you have a more effective method to analyze outcomes from treatment?  Any application designed to minimize costs in these industries is also welcome.  Take this opportunity to share your applications insight with your colleagues.

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Harry Droogendyk & Erik Larsen

Beyond the Basics papers articulate advanced programming concepts and SAS functionality.  Papers accepted to this section address a broad spectrum of advanced SAS Foundation topics including ODS, Macro, and sophisticated, efficient PROC and DATA Step programming, SAS Enterprise Guide^®, RDBMS data and the reporting and analytics provided by the SAS Business Intelligence suite.

These papers will provide the knowledge needed to implement enhanced techniques and take advantage of the many possibilities afforded by SAS software.

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Diane Cunningham & Peter Eberhardt

According to the ancient Chinese, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

According to modern reckoning, there are many steps along the journey as well.  The Step by Step section will give you the opportunity to share your journey with SAS detailing the steps taken along the way, providing attendees the practical knowledge required to implement solutions immediately.  Just as there are easy and arduous journeys, some of the papers will cover introductory topics while others will cover more advanced problems.  This section is about the process; each paper must include all steps required to arrive at your solution.

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Claudine Lougee & Andrea Wainright-Zimmerman

Do you have an intriguing or innovative piece of SAS code to share?  Have you written a creative solution to a problem that other SAS users could benefit from seeing in action?  Is there a useful SAS option or technique that you find is underutilized?  These are just the sort of ideas to be explored in Coders’ Corner.  With 10-minute presentation time slots, this fast-paced, dynamic section is just the place to share a bit of your savvy.  Whether you are a SAS veteran using this as an opportunity to share a smaller scale idea or a relative newcomer who has found a fresh perspective, you want to make a submission to Coders’ Corner.  The full range of SAS applications and levels of experience can be explored here.

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Bob Bolen & Mira Shapiro

It’s all in the name.  The common name for Hands-on Workshops, HOW, describes the goal: Attendees will learn how to use the aspect of SAS or JMP you are showing thru real hands-on experience in a directed workshop environment.  Hands-on Workshops require focus and a delicate blend of lecture and exercises.  If you have the imagination to show people how to use your corner of SAS and the creativity to put together a meaningful mix of lecture and exercises, we want to hear from you.

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Brian Adams & Carol Martell

SESUG2011 will include, for the first time, an exciting new focus–presentations demonstrating the interactive data visualization capabilities of JMP®, the statistical discovery suite developed by SAS.  Topics appropriate to this section include, but are not limited to:

• Data Visualization using JMP
• Predictive modeling techniques, including decision trees and neural networks
• Customized reports, graphics, and maps
• JMP to Excel and other Microsoft products
• Tips and tricks for JMP users

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Carol Martell & Brian Adams

This section will feature presentations that visually reveal the nature of data and use this visualization to communicate quantitative information.  Topics appropriate to this section include, but are not limited to:

• Customized reports, graphics, and maps
• Business intelligence dashboards/balanced scorecards
• SAS® to Excel and other Microsoft products
• Customization of ODS output including ODS statistical graphics output
• SAS Visual Data Discovery tools for visual analytics, visual querying and data filtering
• SAS integration with Google Earth and GPS data

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Venita DePuy Bowden & William Benjamin

Although it's broadened into many related areas, SAS was originally designed for statistical analysis.  Why not get back to our roots and talk about interesting analysis methods?  Whether it's a novel new approach or a new look at an old favorite, this is the place to talk about statistics, data analysis, and data mining.

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Milorad Stojanovic & Mirjana Stojanovic

The Poster Section covers any and all uses of SAS software.  Posters should be self explanatory.  While there will be a time slot when authors are available to discuss their posters with conference attendees (“Meet the Presenter” session), your poster will more often be viewed in your absence.  Posters are on display throughout the entire conference, allowing attendees to review the ideas in a quiet, self-paced environment.  Please note “One picture is worth more than a thousand words”.  The best posters are a combination of images, graphs, tables and many more to express your ideas and present methodologies in a creative manner.  Submissions are welcomed from attendees at all levels of SAS experience.

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Howard Schreier

The Panel Presentation section includes topics of general interest to the SAS community.  Panelists are selected to provide a variety of perspectives.  Audience participation and discussion are encouraged.

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