The next BASAS meeting on March 5th, 2012!

We are pleased to announce that the next BASAS meeting will be co-hosted by BASAS and Predictive Analytics World (PAW). The meeting will be on Monday evening, March 5, 7:30 pm to 10 pm. There will be a reception at 6:10 pm.

Location:
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Presentations:
Topic: There’s nothing ODiouS about ODS!
By Aaron Rabushka, INC Research, Inc.

Aaron has been programming with SAS for over 20 years. He hasspent 7 years working on clinical trial data, and has spoken on SAS topics atseveral local and regional user group gatherings. Aaron is currently a Clinical consultant at Assent Consulting and Affymax

Topic: SAS Marketing Automation: Application, Architecture and Security
By Sarmad Pirzada, MD, MPH, Capgemini, South San Francisco

Sarmad is a SAS BI Architect with Capgemini in the Bay Area. Prior to joining Capgemini, Sarmad has worked with a number of technology, clinical and financial organizations on the West Coast and Mid West. Most recently, he has helped design the SAS BI architecture for General Motors in Detroit. Currently, he is focusing on SAS Platform Management, SAS Data Integration Studio and SAS Marketing Automation applications.

Topic: Some Comments about Comments
By Albert Mo and Tom Garacani, Biometrics Department of FibroGen Inc.

SAS comments seem so simple, straightforward, and easy to use. But, do we truly understand the ins and outs of them? In this presentation, Albert Mo and Tom Garacani will make some comments about different commenting techniques, pros-and-cons among them, and pitfalls in using them. Albert & Tom will even show you some tricky spots that might surprise or puzzle a long-time SAS user like you!

Albert Mo and Tom Garacani work at the Biometrics Department of FibroGen Inc., a bio-tech company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both have over 20 years of SAS programming experiences, in particular in Statistical Programming in the clinical trial environment. They look forward to having a lively discussion with BASAS members on some comments about SAS comments.

Registration:
This event is co-hosted by Predictive Analytics World (PAW), and Bay Area SAS Users Group. Please use the following link to register in our event.

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Bay Area SAS Users Group
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