Yesterday, I was on a phone call with a disappointed SAS user who won't be attending SAS Global Forum 2014. Like many others, her organization is facing another year of reduced travel and conference budgets.
While there's no substitute for attending in person, live webcasts from SAS Global Forum make it possible to hear first-hand from conference leaders, SAS users and select SAS staff. It's like having a mini-conference right on your desktop!
You'll find a daily playlist of live webcast events on the SAS Global Forum Live and On Demand site. Here's an overview of some of the great content you can take advantage of:
- Opening Session: Join us at the main stage for some of the biggest announcements and presentations during the conference. You will hear from Marje Fecht, this year's conference chair as well as key members of the SAS executive team, including SAS CEO Jim Goodnight.
- Technology Connection: Hear more about what's new in the world of SAS technology. Plus, SAS will review the results of this year's SASware Ballot®.
- Keynotes: There’s an exciting line-up of keynote speakers for SAS Global Forum 2014.
- Session Presentations: Hear SAS staff and experts from the SAS community share tips and best practices for SAS products and tools. Check the daily schedules for topics of interest.
- Live Reports: Each 30- to 45-minute report features several brief, informative interviews with key thought leaders at the conference on a wide range of SAS topics.
- Tech Talks: Chris Hemedinger will be “Talking Tech”. Every day of the conference, Chris will take you on a tour of the technology and solutions that created a buzz on the conference demo floor.
- Inside SAS® Global Forum: Tune in to this video series, where our hosts Chris Hemedinger and Lisa Arney will be interviewing SAS executives, SAS developers, paper presenters and others, giving viewers a look at hot topics that were discussed at this exciting conference.
And don’t forget—stay tuned to your SAS Global Forum social media channels to follow #SASGF14 for up-to-the-minute announcements from the conference.