I'm not just talking about all the energy put in planning, scheduling, and supporting this great event, which is in Dallas, TX next week, April 26-29.

I'm talking about all the presentations about using analytics in energy related industries, particularly in Utilities and in Oil and Gas.

There is a lot to hear and see at SAS Global Forum, but for those in the energy industry, here are some highlights not to miss out on:

Monday, Apr 27, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM– C143 20 Minutes
3501 - Predicting Transformer Lifetime Using Survival Analysis and Modeling Risk Associated with Overloaded Transformers Using SAS® Enterprise Miner™ 12.1

Monday, Apr 27, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM– C143 20 Minutes
3439 - An Innovative Method of Customer Clustering

Monday, Apr 27, 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM– C140 20 Minutes
3406 - Modeling to Improve the Customer Unit Target Selection for Inspections of Commercial Losses in the Brazilian Electric Sector: The case of CEMIG

Monday, Apr 27, 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM– C140  20 Minutes
3508 - Using Text from Repair Tickets of a Truck Manufacturing Company to Predict Factors that Contribute to Truck Downtime

Monday, Apr 27, 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM– C156 20 Minutes
SAS1681 - Using SAS/OR® to Optimize the Layout of Wind Farm Turbines

Monday, Apr 27, 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM– C144 50 Minutes
SAS1958 - Real-Time Risk Aggregation with SAS® High-Performance Risk and SAS® Event Stream Processing Engine

Monday, Apr 27, 5:00 PM - 5:20 PM– C156 20 Minutes
3218 - A Mathematical Model for Optimizing Product Mix and Customer Lifetime Value

Tuesday, Apr 28, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM– The Quad E-Poster Station 5  30 Minutes
3198 - Gross Margin Percent Prediction: Using the Power of SAS® Enterprise Miner™ 12.3 to Predict the Gross Margin Percent for a Steel Manufacturing Company

Tuesday, Apr 28, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM– Ballroom C4 20 Minutes
SAS1770 - Practical Applications of SAS® Simulation Studio

Tuesday, Apr 28, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM– The Quad E-Poster Station 8 30 Minutes
3401 - Assessing the Impact of Communication Channel on Behavior Changes in Energy Efficiency

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM– C156 20 Minutes
3405 - Prioritizing Feeders for Investments: Peformance Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM– C148 50 Minutes
3354 - Applying Data-Driven Analytics to Relieve Suffering Associated with Natural Disasters

Tuesday, Apr 28, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM– The Quad Super Demo Station 1 20 Minutes
SASSD4634 - An Introduction to SAS Energy Forecasting

Tuesday, Apr 28, 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM– C155 20 Minutes
SAS1865 - Drilling for Deepwater Data: A Forensic Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Tuesday, Apr 28, 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM– C149 20 minutes
SAS1910 - Unconventional Data-driven Methodologies Forecast Performance in Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs

Wednesday, Apr 29, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM– Ballroom C2 50 Minutes
SAS1957 - Meter Data Analytics—Enabling Actionable Decisions to Derive Business Value from Smart Meter Data