Recommended SAS Global Forum Sessions

by the OCS Team


At OCS the yearly SAS Global Forum sparks excitement across the whole company. Its always interesting to see the interests of colleagues and how they differ across the different disciplines. The following list compiles a wide range of recommendations from managers, functional consultants and technical consultants.

Please have a look at the full list of the sessions.


Kenneth Blokland – Manager, SAS Managed Services

Accelerate Your Migration to SAS® Viya®

Best Practices When Moving SAS® to Microsoft Azure.

Connecting the Dots Between SAS® Viya® Products

Introduction to Azure Kubernetes Service and SAS® Viya® 2020

SAS® Connectivity in the Cloud

Tips for Providing Effective and Budget-Friendly SAS® Development in a Remote Environment

Twenty Ways to Run Your SAS® Programs Faster and Use Less Space

What's New in SAS® Data Management.


Wouter Burggraaf – Functional Consultant, SAS Consultancy Services

Git Strategic Management of Code and Data – SAS® , Python, R and More – inSPyred!

Next-Generation Data Mining and Machine Learning: Python and SAS® Together at Last

An Introduction to Reinforcement Learning in SAS® Viya®

What's New in SAS® Data Management.

Interactive Modeling in SAS® Visual Forecasting

Stephan Driel – Functional Consultant, SAS Consultancy Services

Back to Basics: Running an Analysis from Data to Refinement in SAS®

Cutting-Edge Techniques and SAS® Macros to Clean, Prepare and Manage Data

Improving Public Health Decisions Through Data and Analytics

Making SAS® Tables Smaller and Faster Without Data Loss

Twenty Ways to Run Your SAS® Programs Faster and Use Less Space

What's New in SAS® Visual Analytics 2021


Raymond Ebben – Delivery Manager, SAS Consultancy Services

Best Practices When Moving SAS® to Microsoft Azure.
Bridging the Gap Between Legacy SAS® and SAS® Viya® at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

Git Strategic Management of Code and Data – SAS® , Python, R and More – inSPyred!

Advancing the Use of Real-World Evidence to Enable Health Care Decision Making
Migrating to SAS® Studio on SAS® Viya®


Richard Paterson – Functional Consultant, SAS Consultancy Services

Accelerate Your Migration to SAS® Viya®

Best Practices When Moving SAS® to Microsoft Azure

Introduction to Azure Kubernetes Service and SAS® Viya® 2020

Moving SAS® Viya® Contents: A RESTful Way

Stretch Your Mind and Your SAS® Grid

Twenty Ways to Run Your SAS® Programs Faster and Use Less Space

What's New in SAS® Data Management


Juan Sanchez –Technical Solutions Architect, SAS Managed Services

What's New (in SAS® Data Management, SAS® Visual Analytics and SAS® Certification)

Hyperautomation With SAS® Decisioning and Microsoft Power Automate

SAS® Connectivity in the Cloud

Accelerate Your Migration to SAS® Viya®

Best Practices When Moving SAS® to Microsoft Azure

Introduction to Azure Kubernetes Service and SAS® Viya® 2020

Improving Mean Time to Resolution and Root-Cause Analysis for Complex SAS® Environments (Boemska)

Transcoding: Understand, Troubleshoot and Resolve a Most Mysterious SAS® Error

SAS Community Spotlights (Q&A and a tournament!)