CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
 

 

Conference Registration & Pre/Post-Conference Class Fees
Register online anytime at: http://www.regonline.com/wuss2012
You will need the information listed in the Conference Registration Worksheet to register for the WUSS 2012 conference and/or the optional Pre/Post-Conference Classess.
Important dates to remember are:
August 6, 2012, Midnight PDT- Early Registration Deadline
August 27, 2012, Midnight PDT - - Regular Registration Deadline
You may register onsite at the conference hotel starting September 5, 2011.
 
-Early-
paid by 8-6-12
-Regular-
paid by 8-27-12
After 8-27-12
and
-Onsite-
Registration Type/Class Type
Regular Conference Registration
 $395 $450 $550
Full-time Student
Proof Required1
 $150 $200 $300
Academic2
 $295 $350 $450
Full-Day Class***
(Tuesday or Saturday)
$250 $250 $300
Half-Day Class***
(Wednesday or Friday)
$125 $125 $150
WUSS Federal Tax ID: 33-0546744
Included in your conference registration: Admittance to opening session, all presentations, including those by the SAS Institute, Code Clinic, Exhibit and Demo area, Hands-on Workshops, SAS Essentials Workshop, Wednesday evening reception, Thursday and Friday continental breakfasts and Thursday SAS Customer Appreciation lunch.
1For full-time student registration, register online and then email or mail a copy of your student ID and class schedule to the WUSS 2012 Registrar at the address below.
2You must be employed by a dregree-granting institution, college or university.

WUSS 2012 Registrar
 Casey Cantrell, 4404 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066
registrar@wuss.org
Refund for cancellation:
A full refund is ONLY allowed if written notice of cancellation (to the WUSS registrar, see above) is postmarked or e-mailed to registrar@wuss.org by August 27, 2012
*** Note: You may be able to change classes after August 27, but changes are not guaranteed and there will be a $50 processing fee.
If you have any questions, please contact the WUSS Registrar at registrar@wuss.org
Conference Guidelines

Recruiting
No direct recruiting may be conducted at the conference. A Position Referral Notebook will be available in the Registration Area. This notebook may be used at the conference by companies to list positions available and by individuals to list their resumes. Information on positions and resumes is not accepted prior to the conference.

Attendance and Registration
All users and prospective users of SAS products are invited to attend the Western Users of SAS Software, Inc. (WUSS) Regional Conference. All WUSS attendees, including exhibitors, conference planners, presenters, and SAS staff, must register for the conference.

Handouts and Other Displays
Sales literature or product descriptions of a sales nature may not be displayed on bulletin boards or tables or made publicly available at the conference except by invited exhibitors in the designated Demo Area. The Conference Chairs are responsible for administering this policy on behalf of the WUSS Executive Committee (EC). Questions regarding this rule as it applies to a publication can be addressed to a Conference Chair, who makes the final decision on this issue. Only exhibitors that have been invited by the EC or a Conference Chair may displays and handouts in the Demo Area that were approved before the conference by a Conference Chair.

Invited Papers
Section Chairs are responsible for inviting a limited number of speakers to participate in their sections. Those invited include speakers from SAS. The registration fee for up to two invited speakers per presentation is waived by the EC.

Papers and Speaker Handouts
An abstract of each presentation, except online Demonstrations, must be submitted and approved by the Academic Program Chair. When a presentation is approved, guidelines for submitting a written version of the paper for the Proceedings are sent by the Section Chair to the contact author. The author is required to send an electronic copy of the final paper in PDF form by the deadline given. Papers not received by this deadline are not normally included in the Proceedings. The written paper, the presentation, and any handouts may not include price lists, support commitments, promotional data, or other descriptions of a sales nature, but may include the author’s name and contact information.

Paper Content
Users are urged to present papers describing real world applications using SAS products. Theoretical and general overview papers are also welcome. The subject must pertain to one of the Section topics. Papers describing systems used in conjunction with SAS products and papers comparing SAS products with other products are welcome. Papers describing non-SAS products or products marketed in direct competition with SAS products must be approved by the Academic Program Chair and SAS. These papers must describe how the product works, how the product interfaces or relates to SAS products, how users can benefit from its use, and must not be a direct marketing effort for the product. All papers must give proper trademark recognition when SAS and non-SAS exhibitor products are mentioned. The names of user-written procedures, functions, interfaces, systems, or other products cannot use any SAS trademarks.

Informal Presentations
Attendees are encouraged to conduct informal meetings to discuss topics of common interest.

Demonstrations
SAS and other invited exhibitors may demonstrate their products in the Exhibit and Demo Area. All invited demonstrations are to be educational and informative. Direct marketing efforts outside of the official Exhibit and Demo Area, such as hospitality suites and handbills that include product pricing, are prohibited. Invited exhibitors may have product literature available to interested users in the Demo Area only. SAS may invite publishers to distribute their computer industry trade journals to attendees. Publishers not so invited may not arrange with the conference hotel to distribute any materials.

Exhibitor Participation
Each exhibitor must accept these guidelines from the EC before participating in the conference. Invited exhibitors must complete registration forms, pay exhibitor fees, and receive conference identification from the Registration Desk. Exhibitors not formally invited to the conference may not engage in any direct marketing effort, including handbills, demonstrations, sales presentations, and hospitality suites. This applies but is not limited to exhibitors of software, hardware, services, training, and publications.

Participant Conduct
All conference participants must conduct themselves and their activities in a manner that is at all times professional and marked by integrity, a spirit of fair play, and respect for other attendees.

Right of Withdrawal
The Conference Chairs, on behalf of the EC, reserve the right to determine if any activity is in violation of these Guidelines and may, at their option, withdraw a presentation or demonstration or direct the dismissal of individuals from the conference area.