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June 12, 2009
Presented by:
Natalie Forde
SAS Global Forum 2009
 National Harbor, Maryland
 Over 3200 attendees (down a little from last year)
 25% came from outside of the US
 Industries represented:
 Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
 Banking
 Education
 Insurance
 Government
 Telecommunications
 Retail
SGF 2009 Is a Wrap!
SAS® Global Forum 2009: It's a Wrap!
Congratulations to the SAS Global Users Group for
another successful SAS Global Forum. More than
3,300 attendees are returning from Washington,
DC, with plenty of new SAS knowledge.
We've gathered a few resources to help you share
in the experience:
Netvibes: Visit this site for SAS Global Forum
2009 blog entries, videos, news, press releases
and more.
Conference proceedings: Download presented
papers, information about future conferences and
more.
SAS Social Networking
Website:
http://www.netvibes.com/sasglobalforum09#Welcome
 Directly link to SAS Global Forum 2009 Homepage:
 Online site for blogging, twittering and access to videos, news and press
releases for all SAS users
 http://support.sas.com/events/sasglobalforum/2009/index.html
 Crowdvine: social networking site to connect with people at the
conference:
 http://sasglobalforum09.crowdvine.com/
 SAS Global Forum Blog: http://blogs.sas.com/sgf/
 Direct link to SASCommunity.org (main year-round SAS online community)
http://www.sascommunity.org/
SGF 2009 Proceedings
Website:
http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings09/TOC.html
 Download all papers presented at this year’s conference
 By Section: Applications’s Development, Beyond the Basics,…, Systems
Architecture
 Find Papers from previous SGF/SUGI 24-31 Conferences (Search Engine)
 Keep up to date for 2010 conference throughout the year
Making the Most of It
 Presentations
 Internationsal, Featured, Industry-Focused
 Pre-conference seminars/Tutorials
 Coders Corners sessions
 Get Involved
 Learn while volunteering highly recommend: Paper 144-2009 by Morgan,
Derek, The Essentials of SAS® Dates and Times
 Hands-on Workshops
 Demo Booth
 Interactive walk through
 What’s new in 9.2…
What’s New in SAS 9.2
 Base SAS Software:
• PROC FCMP is now fully supported
Batch jobs can now use checkpoint and restart modes that allow
you to rerun jobs that may have failed
• You can call extrenal functions written in C or C++ using PROTO
proc
• ODS Statistical Graphics
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 SAS/Graph:
New Graph procs using ODS graphics including SGRENDER proc that
allows you to customize the displays using your own templates
(GTL)
• PROC GTILE (tile charts), PROC GKPI (Key Performance indicators)
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What’s New in SAS 9.2
 Enterprise Guide 4.2
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Simplified the menu structure, contest based menus/toolbars
Introduced role based functionality
Produces sharper looking graphics
PROC Report wizard
Conditional task processing
OLAP Analyzer Enhancements
Canadian Users’ Twitter Night…
 Georgetown strip, beer and lots of wings!
 Twitter Contest on Canadian Trivia
 Still Some Controversy over the Winning Team…
Gearing up for 2010
April 11 - 14, 2010
Washington State Convention and Trade
Center
Watch for the Call for Participation
this summer!