We have wrapped up another great conference this year. We hope to see you in 2019 in the Cincinnati area. To view content from the 2018 event please click here. For specific details regarding other events in your area visit your local area's website or LinkedIn page. Thank you! See you in Cincinnati in 2019.
Featured Speakers
Chevell Parker is a member of the Foundation SAS® group in the SAS Technical Support Division. He supports the SAS® Output Delivery System and XML technologies, and he also supports integration of Python into SAS® software.
William “T” Winand is a computer software professional and analyst with 25 years’ experience in program design and development, data management, statistical analysis and reporting. For the majority of his 16 years at SAS, T has focused his efforts on helping organizations achieve value and growth through the effective use of analytics: statistical analysis, descriptive and predictive data mining, text mining, forecasting, and model management.
Lingxiao Li is a principal software developer in Data Visualization at SAS. His areas of expertise are Graph Template Language (GTL), ODS Graphics Designer, ODS Graphics Editor, Visual Analytics Graphics, and data visualization techniques. Lingxiao joined SAS in 1995.
Post-conference Trainers
Josh Horstman is an independent statistical programmer based in Indianapolis with 20 years’ experience using SAS in the life sciences industry. He specializes in analyzing clinical trial data, and his clients have included major pharmaceutical corporations, biotech companies, and research organizations. A SAS certified programmer, Josh loves coding and is a frequent presenter at SAS Global Forum and various regional and local SAS users group. Josh holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science, and a master's degree in statistics from Colorado State University.
Kirk Paul Lafler is entrepreneur, consultant and founder at Software Intelligence Corporation, and has been programming with SAS® software since 1979. Kirk is a SAS certified professional, application developer, programmer, mentor, provider of SAS consulting and training services, advisor and adjunct professor at the University California San Diego Extension, emeritus sasCommunity advisory board member, and educator to SAS users around the world. As the author of six books including Google Search Complete! (Odyssey Press. 2014) and PROC SQL: Beyond the Basics Using SAS, Second Edition (SAS Institute. 2013); Kirk has written hundreds of papers and articles; served as an invited speaker, trainer, keynote and section leader at SAS user group conferences / meetings around the world; and is the recipient of 25 “Best” contributed paper, hands-on workshop, and poster awards.