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SAS®ProfessionalsConventionMarlow2014
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ACADEMIC STREAM09:00 Welcome – Geoffrey Taylor, SAS Academic Manager, SAS UK&I and Dr Kathy Maitland, Director, SAS Student Academy INNOVATION HUB
Session 1: SAS in the University Curriculum
09:20 SAS for Analytics – Dr Amanda Winn, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Brighton INNOVATION HUB
09:50SAS Programming for Undergraduates – Prof Richard Hill, Computing and Mathematics Department, University of Derby
INNOVATION HUB
10:30SAS for Postgraduates – Dr Anabel Gutierrez then SAS for Post-graduates – Dr Mee Chi So, School of Management, University of Southampton
INNOVATION HUB
10:50 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
Session 2: SAS for Research
11:20 Supervising PhDs – Prof Richard Self, Computing and Mathematics Department, University of Derby INNOVATION HUB
11:40The DAA Method: data analysis for business intelligence – Dr Kathy Maitland, School of Computing, Telecommunications and Networks, Birmingham City University
INNOVATION HUB
12:00 Using SAS in my PhD Research – Xiao Yao, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh INNOVATION HUB
12:20 Using SAS in my PhD Research – Dr Iain Brown, SAS, graduate of University of Southampton INNOVATION HUB
12:40 LUNCH COURT MARQUEE
Session 3: SAS for Employability
13:45 Skills Development for the Information Economy: the challenge for universities – Bob Clift, e-Skills UK INNOVATION HUB
14:15 Developing SAS Analytical Talent: case studies – Dr Catherine Truxillo, Head of Analytical Education, SAS USA INNOVATION HUB
14:45 Panel Discussion led by Geoffrey Taylor with Bob Clift and Dr Catherine Truxillo INNOVATION HUB
15:15 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
16:00 SAS Student Academy Meeting: agenda to be determined by matters arising during the course of the day INNOVATION HUB
16:45 CLOSE
SAS®ProfessionalsConventionMarlow2014
Hello,
I’d like to welcome you, our customers, to 2014’s SAS Professionals Convention held at our glorious Marlow headquarters.
It’s great to see such a wide array of SAS users from across various industries, the public sector and academia. As a SAS customer, you are incredibly important to us and I hope that the next three days provides you with the learning, networking and career development opportunities you’ve come to expect from SAS Professionals.
I’d also like to extend the welcome to our sponsors, Amadeus, CSP, Hortonworks, IBM, SAS Grid Computing and Metacoda, and thank them for supporting the convention. I encourage you to drop by their stands in The Court area.
I hope you gain valuable insights from your time at the SAS Professionals Convention and that you find it an enjoyable experience.
Best regards,
Mark WilkinsonManaging Director, SAS UK & Ireland
AGENDA – TUESDAY 24 JUNE
AGENDA – TUESDAY 24 JUNE
CERTIFICATION08:00 REGISTRATION – You will be required to show your photo ID COURT RECEPTION
08:00 BREAKFAST COURT MARQUEE
09:00 Welcome – Myles Hannon, Head of Education, SAS UK MAIN MARQUEE
CERTIFICATION EXAMS13:15 ALL DELEGATES SITTING EXAMS TO ASSEMBLE COURT RECEPTION
13:30 HENLEY, DANESFIELD, MEDMENHAM, HARLEYFORD, KEARLEY & WITTINGTON
TRAINING ROOMS
11:00 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
12:30 LUNCH COURT MARQUEE
CERTIFICATION REVISION SESSIONSMAIN MARQUEE HENLEY MEDMENHAM
09:30SAS® Certified Base Programmer for SAS®9
(Parmoor Group)SAS® Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS®9
(Shelley Group)SAS® Certified Predictive Modeler for SAS®9
(Jerome Group)
DANESFIELD HARLEYFORD WITTINGTON
09:30SAS® Certified
Platform Administrator for SAS®9(Borlase Group)
SAS® Certified Business Intelligence Content Developer for SAS®9(Remnantz Group)
SAS® Certified Data Integration Developer for SAS®9(Higginson Group)
16:30 Celebration of Achievement – Myles Hannon, Head of Education, SAS UK COURT MARQUEE
16:45 CURRY BUFFET COURT MARQUEE
17:00 Costa Rica vs England – Live TV MAIN MARQUEE
TECHNOLOGY STREAMSINTEGRATED MARKETING
MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS HADOOP
GARDEN ROOM MAIN MARQUEE DEMO SUITE
14:00 &
16:00
Modelling Caravan ChurnKat Miller and Emma Miller of Haven Holidays
Best Practices for Analytical StrategyTuba Islam, Analytics Centre of Excellence, SAS UK&I
An Overview of HadoopChris Harris, Hortonworks
14:30 &
16:30
Why Marketing is the Centre of the UniverseSimon Hughes, Director, Retail & Customer Intelligence, SAS Americas
Simulating your World Anne Smith, Analytics Centre of Excellence, SAS UK&I
Filtering the Data LakeDoug Green, Principal Business Solutions Manager, SAS UK&I
15:00 &
17:00
What Kind of Marketer are You? Dr Charles Randall, Head of Solutions Marketing, SAS UK&I
Location, Location, Location – Using Geodemographic Indicators within Business and Consumer UtilitiesRebecca Coram, British Gas
Using PROC IMSTAT and IMSTAT with HadoopWarren Ireson, Principal Solutions Implementation Consultant and Peter Pugh-Jones, Technology Specialist, SAS UK&I
FRAUD SAS® VISUAL ANALYTICS SAS® ADMINISTRATION
LIBRARY INNOVATION HUB WEST WING
14:00 &
16:00 Detecting Fraud using Social Network Analysis – A Practical MasterclassJohn Elmer, Fraud Centre of Excellence, SAS UK&I
Using SAS Visual Analytics to Create a Dashboard for SAS AdministratorsMichelle Homes, Business Development Manager, Metacoda
Best Practice using the SAS Audit and Performance ToolAlessio Tomasino, Principal Infrastructure Support Consultant, SAS UK&I
14:30 &
16:30
A Visual Revolution at Assurant Solutions with SAS Visual AnalyticsGeorge Graham, Finance Manager, Assurant Solutions and Elena Muriel, Amadeus
Best Practices for SAS Grid and LSF DeploymentsAndy Gadsby, Customer Loyalty Executive, SAS UK&I
15:00 &
17:00
Detecting Fraud at the Belgian Tax Office Jerome Bryssinck, Director of Fraud Solutions, SAS EMEA & AP
SAS Visual Analytics - Roundtable discussionled by Neil Constable, Principal Specialist Education Consultant, SAS UK&I and Rajeeve Narula, Technology Specialist, SAS UK&I
Best Practice for Creation and Maintenance of a SAS InfrastructurePaul Thomas, SAS expert and owner of ASUP Ltd
15:30 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
17:30 BRAZILIAN THEMED PARTY & BBQ MAIN MARQUEE
AGENDA – WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE
SAS books can be ordered or purchased from the SAS Publishing desk in Court Reception
SAS®ProfessionalsConventionMarlow2014
08:30 REGISTRATION COURT RECEPTION
08:30 BREAKFAST COURT MARQUEE
10:00 Welcome – Philip Male, Marketing Programmes Manager, SAS UK MAIN MARQUEE
10:30 What Makes a Great Data Scientist? – Peter Robertshaw, Director of Marketing, SAS UK&I MAIN MARQUEE
11:00 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
11:30 Bridging the Analytical Talent Gap – Dr Catherine Truxillo, Head of Analytical Education, SAS USA MAIN MARQUEE
12:30 LUNCH COURT MARQUEE
INDUSTRY STREAMSBANKING INSURANCE COMMERCIAL GETTING MORE FROM
YOUR SAS® TECHNOLOGY
MAIN MARQUEE LIBRARY INNOVATION HUB WEST WING
14:00 Better Exploitation of Mainframe Data Andrew Gadsby, Customer Loyalty Executive, SAS UK&I
The Importance of Data Quality Nigel Light, Business Intelligence Consultant, Ecclesiastical Insurance
Demand Driven Forecasting and Inventory ManagementJames Marshall, SAS and Simon Read, Solution Architect ,Tesco
Developing Web Applications with SAS Stored ProcessesPhil Mason, Consultant
14:30 Macroeconometric Retail Stress Test using PH Cox ModelsJorge Ribeiro, Vice President of Credit Risk Models, Barclays
What’s New in Insurance? Simon Kirby, Risk Solution Specialist, SAS UK&I
Using SAS Visual Analytics to Maximise Results for the Travel IndustrySimon Chapman, Senior Analyst, Thomas Cook
Data Driven SchedulingShane Flynn, Principal Solutions Implementation Consultant, SAS UK&I
15:00 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
MAIN MARQUEE LIBRARY INNOVATION HUB WEST WING
15:30 Risk AggregationVince Kilcoyne, Capital Markets Specialist, SAS UK&I
Economies of Scale in Data DeliveryJason Cabral, Zenith Insurance and Guy Garrett, Achieve Intelligence
Size does matter: Big Data and the British Retail SurveyProf Philip Trealeaven, UCL
Working with Microsoft® Excel®: DDE not requiredPeter Hobart, Principal Architecture Consultant and Mark Mulvaney, Senior Architecture Consultant SAS EMEA & AP Professional Services
16:00 My Top Recommendations when using SegmentationDr Catherine Truxillo, Head of Analytics Education, SAS USA
The Mobile WalletTim Vaughan, SAS UK&I
The Evolving World of Data Panel discussion facilitated by Cindy Etsell, Commercial Sector Industry Marketing Manager, SAS UK&I
Converting SAS/GRAPH Plots to ODS GraphicsPhil Holland, Holland Numerics
16:30 CLOSE COURT MARQUEE
08:30 REGISTRATION COURT RECEPTION
08:30 BREAKFAST COURT MARQUEE
10:00 Welcome – Nick Eayrs, Senior Director, Consulting, EMEA & AP Professional Services – Analytical Platform MAIN MARQUEE
10:30 The Power to Row: Building a Winning Team using Analytics – Mark Homer, British Rowing and John Spooner, Analytics Centre of Excellence, SAS UK&I MAIN MARQUEE
11:00 BREAK COURT MARQUEE
11:30 The Importance of People in the Analytics Process – HSBC MAIN MARQUEE
12:00 Technology for Data Science – John Easton, IBM Distinguished Engineer MAIN MARQUEE
12:30 LUNCH COURT MARQUEE
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AGENDA – THURSDAY 26 JUNE
SAS®ProfessionalsConventionMarlow2014
OUR SPONSORS
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CSP’s preferred partner in Business Intelligence Is SAS and our solutions are based on the extensive use of SAS tools including Visual Analytics. CSP is a SAS certified partner with a pedigree in Business Intelligence innovation, incorporating the use of in-memory and Big Data analysis tools. Our project In Unicredit was one of the first implementations of SAS Visual Analytics in Europe, requiring close collaboration with SAS in the US which helped shape the development of the product.
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