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Title Venue Location Date Author Audience Product
Emerging Technologies Roadmap
A decision tree guide to understanding SAS strengths 		Internal None 12/2009
Gregory S. Nelson
Eric Brinsfield
 All SAS Technologies
XML and JAVA
Real World Applications 		PharmaSUG Salt Lake City, UT 12/2009 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Project Manager, Architect XML, Java, SAS
How Regular Expressions Really Work
 		Internal None 11/2009 Jack Shoemaker SAS Developer Base SAS
Enabling Data-Driven Healthcare Management
The Challenge of Cost Effective Decisions 		webinar web 05/2009 Rob Phelps Healthcare provider management general
Building Your First Dashboard Using the SAS® 9 Business Intelligence Platform
A Tutorial 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009 Gregory S. Nelson
Creating Common Information Structures
Using List’s Stored in Data Step Hash Objects 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009 Shawn Edney
Data Convergence in Life Sciences and Healthcare
Overview and Implications 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009 Gregory S. Nelson
Interrogate the Interrogator
Presenting SAS® Usage Information Using BI Tools 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009
Emilio Power
Shawn Edney
Introduction to the SAS9 Business Intelligence Platform
A Tutorial 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
Leadership 101
What Everyone Should Know About Managing SAS Programmers 		SGF 2009 Washington, DC 03/2009 Gregory S. Nelson IT, technical and business professionals, including team lea
Creating a SAS Enterprise Center of Excellence
 		webinar web 12/2008
Gregory S. Nelson
Richard Phillips
How is my SAS Doing?
Presenting SAS Performance Information Using BI Tools 		webinar web 11/2008
Gregory S. Nelson
Emilio Power
Shawn Edney
 SAS professionals, IT administrators, Managers SAS BI, ARM
Create Common Information Structures Using Lists Stored in DataStep Hash Objects
 		SESUG St Pete Beach, Florida 10/2008 Shawn Edney St Pete Beach, Florida Base SAS
Interrogate the Interrogator
Presenting SAS® Usage Information Using BI Tools 		SESUG St Pete Beach, Florida 10/2008
Emilio Power
Shawn Edney
 SAS Administrators, IT Administration SAS BI, SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Web Report Stud
Introduction to the SAS9 Business Intelligence Platform
A Tutorial 		SESUG St Pete Beach, Florida 10/2008 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
SAS
The Ultimate Dashboard Machine 		SESUG St Pete Beach, Florida 10/2008 Gregory S. Nelson Managers, BI Developers SAS Enterprise BI Server, Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH
SAS® Administration, More relevant than ever
 		SESUG St Pete Beach, Florida 10/2008 Shawn Edney SAS Administrators, IT Administration SAS Management Console, SAS BI, SAS Metadata Server
Improving the Manageability of SAS
the thinking data (r) Event System 		webinar web 08/2008 Jeff Wright SAS professionals, IT administrators, Managers Event System
Building OLAP Cubes with SAS 9
A Hands on Workshop 		PharmaSUG Atlanta, GA 06/2008 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Programmers, ETL Programmers, BI Users SAS OLAP Server, Data Integration Studio
ETL and Data Quality
Which Comes First? 		PharmaSUG Atlanta, GA 06/2008
Gregory S. Nelson
Emilio Power
 Managers, Business Analysts, ETL Developers Data Integration Studio, SAS Data Quality Server, DataFlux
The Role of BI in Managing Compliance
 		webinar web 04/2008
Gregory S. Nelson
Shawn Edney
 SAS professionals, business owners, regulatory owners SAS
Building OLAP Cubes with SAS 9
A Hands on Workshop 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Programmers, ETL Programmers, BI Users SAS OLAP Server, Data Integration Studio
Business Process Intelligence (BPI)
How to Manage Data Integration and Measure ETL Successes 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008 Danny Grasse Data Warehouse Managers, ETL Developers SAS Data Integration Studio, Base SA
ETL and Data Quality
Which Comes First? 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008
Gregory S. Nelson
Emilio Power
 Managers, Business Analysts, ETL Developers Managers, Business Analysts, ETL Developers
Exploiting OLAP Cubes with SAS 9
A Hands on Workshop 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Programmers, ETL Programmers, BI Users OLAP Server, Data Integration Studio
SAS
The Ultimate Dashboard Machine 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008 Jeff Wright Managers, BI Developers SAS Enterprise BI Server, Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH
The Sum of All Fears Or
So, You're the SAS Administrator? 		SGF San Antonio, TX 03/2008
Richard Phillips
Danny Grasse
 IT staff, SAS practitioners, manager SAS
Introduction to the SAS9 Business Intelligence Platform
A Tutorial 		PharmaSUG Denver, CO 06/2007 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
Planning for and Designing a Data Warehouse
A Hands-On Workshop 		PharmaSUG Denver, CO 06/2007 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
Using SAS(r) 9 in Clinical Research
 		PharmaSUG Denver, CO 06/2007 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
Architecting SAS in a Modern World
Best Practices for Design, Configuration, and Management of SAS9 		SGF Orlando, FL 04/2007
Gregory S. Nelson
John Loether
 general interest, managers, programmers
Introduction to the SAS9 Business Intelligence Platform
A Tutorial 		SGF Orlando, FL 04/2007 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
Planning for and Designing a Data Warehouse
A Hands-On Workshop 		SGF Orlando, FL 04/2007 Gregory S. Nelson general interest, managers, programmers
A Pragmatic Programmers Introduction to Data Integration Studio
A Hands on Workshop 		SUGI 31 San Francisco, CA 03/2006 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Programmers, Managers SAS Data Integration Studio
Base SAS vs. ETL Studio
Understanding ETL and the SAS tools used to support it 		SUGI 31 San Francisco, CA 03/2006
Gregory S. Nelson
Danny Grasse
 SAS Programmers, Managers SAS Data Integration Studio, Base SAS
Drawkcab Gnimmargorp
Test-Driven Development with FUTS 		SUGI 31 San Francisco, CA 03/2006 Jeff Wright SAS Programmers FUTS, Event System
Real Time
What is it and what are we doing about it 		SUGI 31 San Francisco, CA 03/2006
Gregory S. Nelson
Richard Phillips
 SAS Programmers, Developers, managers All
Are You Ready to Roll? SAS9(r) Implementation Lessons Learned ABSTRACT: No doubt, over the past year, you’ve been eyeing that shiny new SAS9(r) Business Intelligence Architecture and kicking its tires. You’re probably learning more about its robus
SAS9(r) Implementation Lessons Learned 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005 Tim Walter
Catch the Stream
Stored Processes, ODS, and Java 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005 Jeff Wright
Catch the Stream
Stored Processes, ODS, and Java 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005 Jeff Wright
Designing a Global SAS9(r) Architecture for Clinical Trials Analysis and Reporti
 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005
Gregory S. Nelson
Michael Walega
PreMIS
Pre-hospital Medical Information System 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005
Jeff Wright
Patrick Alston
Sharon Schiro
Tim Walter
SAS(r) User Roadmap
 		SUGI Philadelphia, PA 04/2005 Gregory S. Nelson
Automated Tesitng and Real_Time Event Management
An Enterprise Notification System 		SUGI 29 Montreal, Canada 05/2004 Gregory S. Nelson Technical leads, developers, programmers
BAM! Event Monitoring and Notification for SAS Applications
 		SUGI 29 Montreal, Canada 05/2004
Gregory S. Nelson
Jeff Wright
Tim Walter
 Technical leads, functional managers, developers, programmer
Developing and Deploying Java Applications around SAS
What Thry Didn't Tell You in Class 		SUGI 29 Montreal, Canada 05/2004 Gregory S. Nelson  Java, SAS programmer
Developing and Deploying Java Applications around SAS
What They Didn't Tell You in Class 		PharmaSUG 2004 San Diego, CA 05/2004 Gregory S. Nelson Java, SAS programmer
Real Time Decision Support
Creating a Flexible Architecture for Real-Time Analytics 		SUGI 29 Montreal, Canada 05/2004 Gregory S. Nelson Technical leads, functional managers,developers,programmers
SASUnit
Automated Testing for SAS 		PharmaSUG San Diego, CA 05/2004 Gregory S. Nelson SAS programmers FUTS, Event System
The Softer Side of Software Development
Strategies for Managing Change 		SUGI 29 Montreal, Canada 05/2004
Tim Walter
Jodi Barnes Nelson
 leads, functional managers, developers, programmers, users
Automated Testing and Real-time Event Management
An Enterprise Notification System 		SESUG St. Pete Beach, FL 09/2003
Gregory S. Nelson
Danny Grasse
Jodi Barnes Nelson
 SAS programmer
Developing and Deploying Java Applications Around SAS
What they didn't tell you in class 		SESUG St. Pete Beach, FL 09/2003
Gregory S. Nelson
Jeff Wright
 Java, SAS programmer
XML and SAS
XML Primer for SAS® Programmers 		SUGI Seattle, WA 04/2003
Gregory S. Nelson
Jack Shoemaker
 SAS Developer XML, Base SAS
XML and SAS
A Primer for SAS Programming XML Hands on Workshop 		SUGI Seattle, WA 04/2003
Gregory S. Nelson
Jack Shoemaker
 SAS Developer XML, Base SAS
Emerging Technologies Roadmap
A decision tree guide to understanding SAS strengths 		Internal None 10/2002
Gregory S. Nelson
Eric Brinsfield
 All SAS Technologies
Performance Management
Communicating the Results 		SESUG Savannah, GA 09/2002
Gregory S. Nelson
Barrett Joyner
 Project Manager, Virtual Teams FullSeven, SAS' Strategic Performance Management Solution
Web Development
Best Practices for Developing Enterprise Applications 		SESUG Savannah, GA 09/2002
Gregory S. Nelson
Danny Grasse
 Software Developer, Manager, Architect, Project Manager Web, Object Oriented technologies
Managing SAS Services
A System Administrator's Guide to Enterprise Applications 		SUGI Orlando, FL 04/2002 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer, Architect, Project Manager, System Administra SAS, UNIX, Schedulers
Web Development
Best Practices for Developing Enterprise Applications 		SUGI Orlando, FL 04/2002
Gregory S. Nelson
Danny Grasse
 Software Developer, Manager, Architect, Project Manager Web, Object Oriented technologies
XML and SAS
A Primer for SAS Programming XML Hands on Workshop 		SUGI SUGI 04/2002 Jack Shoemaker SAS Developer XML, Base SAS
XML and SAS
A Primer for SAS Programming XML Hands on Workshop 		SUGI Orlando, FL 04/2002
Gregory S. Nelson
Jack Shoemaker
 SAS Developer XML, Base SAS
Avoiding eOverload
Personalizing Web Content through Security, eIntelligence and Data Mining 		Views Marlowe, United Kingdom 11/2001 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Manager, Architect, System Administrator Web Technologies, Portals, SAS
Introduction to Java for SAS Programmers
Overview of Object Oriented Programming Methods and Tools for Java 		Views Marlowe, United Kingdom 11/2001 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer, Java programmer Java, AppDevStudio
Web Development
Best Practices for Developing Enterprise Applications 		Views Marlowe, United Kingdom 11/2001
Gregory S. Nelson
Danny Grasse
 Software Developer, Manager, Architect, Project Manager Web, Object Oriented technologies
XML and SAS
An Advanced Tutorial 		Views Marlowe, United Kingdom 11/2001 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS™
Web-Based Project Management
Systems for Collaboration 		PMI Cary, NC 07/2001 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Web Technologies
Collaborative Commerce
Bridging the Worlds of Operational and Strategic Information 		PharmaSUG Boston, MA 05/2001 Gregory S. Nelson Project Manager, Virtual Project Teams ClinicalExchange.com
Introduction to Java for SAS Programmers
Overview of Object Oriented Programming Methods and Tools for Java 		PharmaSUG Boston, MA 05/2001 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer, Java programmer Java, AppDevStudio
Web Site Personalization
From ASPs to Portals - Creating Dynamic Interfaces in Web Applications 		SUGI Long Beach, FL 05/2001 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Architect, Manager SAS, XML, HTML, SAS/IntrNet, AppDev Studio
Avoiding eOverload
Personalizing Web Content through Security, eIntelligence and Data Mining 		SUGI Long Beach, FL 04/2001 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Manager, Architect, System Administrator Web Technologies, Portals, SAS
Effective Presentations
Remembering Your Audience -- How To Present Technical Information 		SUGI Long Beach, CA 04/2001
Gregory S. Nelson
Neil Howard
 SUGI Presenter None
Surfacing Clinical Trials Metadata for Decision Support and Knowledge Management
Integrating Business Processes and Clinical Information Management 		DIA Savannah, GA 12/2000 Gregory S. Nelson Project Manager, Virtual Project Team ClinicalExchange.com
Collaborative Commerce
Bridging the Worlds of Operational and Strategic Information 		DIA Baltimore, MD 10/2000 Gregory S. Nelson Project Manager, Virtual Project Teams ClinicalExchange.com
Integrating Project Management with Knowledge Systems
Integrating Project Management with Knowledge Systems 		DIA San Diego, CA 06/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Web Technologies
Web Based Project Management
Integrating Business Processes and Clinical Informaion Management 		DIA San Diego, CA 06/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Web Technologies
Web Based Project Management
Integrating Business Processes and Clinical Informaion Management 		PharmaSUG Seattle, WA 05/2000 Gregory S. Nelson Project Manager, Virtual Project Team ClinicalExchange.com
XML and SAS
An Advanced Tutorial 		PharmaSUG Seattle, WA 05/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS™
Bringing Data to the Web
A Tutorial for Building Dynamic Interfaces to Your Data 		SUGI Indianapolis, IN 04/2000 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Manager, Project Lead, Architect SAS, SAS/Intrnet, Web, HTML, AppDev Studio
Effective Presentations
Remembering Your Audience -- How To Present Technical Information 		SUGI Indianapolis, IN 04/2000
Gregory S. Nelson
Neil Howard
 SUGI Presenter None
Messaging Systems
SAS Tools for Internet-Based Communications 		PharmaSUG Seattle, WA 04/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS™
Messaging Systems
SAS Tools for Internet-Based Communications 		SUGI Indianapolis, IN 04/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS™
XML and SAS
An Advanced Tutorial 		SUGI Indianapolis, IN 04/2000 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS™
No Program Is An Island
Passing Parameters to Tasks Launched by Servers and Schedulers 		SESUG Mobile, AL 11/1999
Gregory S. Nelson
Michael Davis
 SAS Developer Base SAS™
SAS Skills for the next Millennium
A geek-peek into the future 		SESUG Mobile, AL 11/1999
Gregory S. Nelson
Jodi Barnes Nelson
 All SAS Technologies
Web Based Project Management
Integrating Business Processes and Clinical Informaion Management 		DIA Durham, NC 11/1999 Gregory S. Nelson Project Manager, Virtual Project Team ClinicalExchange.com
Bringing Data to the Web
A Tutorial for Building Dynamic Interfaces to Your Data 		NESUG Washington, D.C. 10/1999 Gregory S. Nelson Developer, Manager, Project Lead, Architect SAS, SAS/Intrnet, Web, HTML, AppDev Studio
An Introduction to UNIX Shell Programming and the SAS System : An Introduction to UNIX Shell Programming and the SAS System
 		SUGI Chicago, IL 03/1996 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS, UNIX
Introducing the Sample Library File Contribution Server : Introducing the Sample Library File Contribution Server
 		MWSUG Cleveland, OH 08/1995
Gregory S. Nelson
Richard D. Langston
 SAS Developer SAS
Using SAS/GRAPH for Real Work : A Hands-on Session
 		SUGI Dallas, TX 05/1994 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer Base SAS, SAS/Graph
The SAS System UNIX Primer
SESUG Charleston, SC 04/1994 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer, System Administrator UNIX, SAS
The SAS System UNIX Primer : Considerations in End-User Documentation
 		SESUG Charleston, SC 04/1994 Gregory S. Nelson SAS Developer, System Administrator UNIX, SAS

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