SAS defines analytics as “data-driven insight for better decisions.”  Popular topics in this section include aspects of data modeling, mining, and forecasting, as well as demonstrations of analytic procedures, such as analysis of variance, logistic regression, mixed models, factor analysis, and time series analyses.  Presentations offered include practical applications and results of statistical methods used to analyze data from a variety of fields.

This section features presentations that focus on the design, development and implementation of SAS products that are jointly integrated as a business solution.  These solutions may feature extensive use of metadata, business intelligence approaches, web-enabled applications and/or applications that integrate SAS software products.  These presentations may describe an entire application or simply practical techniques used to create an application.

Quick 10-minute presentations of useful code and tips is the format of this section.  Topics include handy syntax, widely applicable macros, and creative uses or undocumented features of SAS.  SAS programmers of all levels present and attend this section. 

This section focuses on the design, creation, management, optimization and documentation of databases and warehouses.  Popular topics include efficient transformation and handling of data, working with metadata and large data sets, administration of databases and SAS servers, utilizing grid computing, as well as creating strategies for accessible data-driven information.

This section focuses on the use of SAS products to convey information through various media.  Topics range from graphics, data visualization, publishing and reporting.  Talks in this section include the use of ODS, SAS/GRAPH, styles and templates as well as a variety of techniques to produce results in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications.

Hands-on Workshops allows 'hand-on-the keyboard' interaction with SAS software during each presentation.  Experienced invited presenters guide attendees through graduated examples of SAS software techniques and capabilities while offering the opportunity to ask questions and to learn through practice.

Presentations in this section emphasize methods and statistical analyses supporting health care research or outcomes research.  Possible topics include comparative effectiveness research, patient safety, quality of life research, health care data analysis, clinical trials research, and issues of confidentiality and security with handling patient records.

This section demonstrates the flexibility of SAS Enterprise Guide to create solutions for users all levels by applying the application's programming and menu-driven functions.  Talks in this section include creating stored processes from existing programs, querying data using tasks,  representing data with reports and graphs, and exchanging data between different applications.

This section allows novice users to attend a day-long series of presentations that guide them through fundamental concepts of the BASE SAS DATA step and PROC syntax, followed by two hands-on-workshops the next day.  All SAS Essentials presentations are conducted by experienced SAS users whom are invited to present.

Tutorials offer step-by-step presentations on a wide variety of topics and products for SAS users at all levels. All presentations are given by experienced SAS users whom are invited to present.

Participants in this section prepare a visual display, rather than conducting a lecture-style presentation, that is available to all attendees to view throughout the conference.  The section often displays high-resolution graphics and/or thought-provoking concepts or ideas that require some independent study by conference attendees.