OT - MWSUG 16 Conference In Cincinnati, OH October 9-11, 2005

Tall Stacks... Tall on SAS!"
The 2005 Midwest SAS® Users Group Conference will be held October 9 - 11,
2005 at the Hilton Netherland in downtown Cincinnati.
This year, our 16th conference, will offer two full days of papers and
presentations. The conference is designed as a forum to share your
knowledge with other SAS software users.
The papers, posters, hands-on workshops, and two days of close contact
with your colleagues will assist you in increasing your SAS skills. This is the Professional Development Event you must attend in 2005!
In addition, the SAS Institute will be there to provide their unique
expertise and insight. As always, this will be an excellent chance to
expand your SAS horizons.
MWSUG Events
B&B Riverboats Cruise
This year on Monday evening we are having a B&B Riverboat Cruise and
Dinner. B&B Riverboats is the premier charter riverboat cruise service in
Cincinnati. Their boats are replicas of the riverboats that could be seen
steaming down the Ohio River in the 1800s. This will be a great
opportunity to network with other conference attendees and to see the
skyline of Cincinnati from the Ohio river.
Sunday Charity Event
No limit Texas Hold 'em Tournament
A wise man once said that 'gambling was for people who were bad at statistics...' So we thought that this would be a wonderful opportunity to pit some of
the greatest minds in the region against one another, and raise money for charity at the same time!
Prior to the opening session on Sunday, we will be holding a charity Hold
'em tournament to benefit Children's Hospital Medical Center. There will be a $25 buy in, with prizes for the top place finishers!
MWSUG 16 Co-Chairs
George J. Hurley
George has worked for Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since
January 2000. There, he has worked on both clinical and consumer research
for several personal health care products, including ThermaCare®
Therapeutic HeatWraps, on which some of his work was published in The
Journal of Reproductive Medicine. Currently, George is working on upstream
research using gene expression data from Affymetrix® Gene Chips. He has
presented at several professional meetings including the 2002 Joint
Statistical Meeting, 2003 Spring Research Conference, MWSUG 15, MWSUG 14,
and MWSUG 13, where he won outstanding statistics session presentation for
"A Macro to Assess the Key Drivers of Overall Product Acceptance Using the
SAS® System." He has also presented a number of papers and posters
internally at Procter and Gamble. In addition to his work at P&G, George
currently is teaching Introduction to Statistical Methods to
undergraduates at Northern Kentucky University.
Kenneith Swann
Kenneith is employed at Disabled American Veterans a nonprofit association
as there Senior Database Marketing Manager since November 2001. He is
responsible for model development/deployment, utilization of production
databases to manage direct mail/internet segments more efficiently and
providing executive summary analytics to upper management. Ken is the SAS
Liaison for the Cincinnati SAS User Group and one of the key people for
restarting the SAS User Group in the Cincinnati Area.
Interested in Sponsoring?

MWSUG is a great regional venue for your company to promote itself to SAS
professionals and individuals. Contact Zeke Torres ( zt@mwsug.org ) for
more information on sponsoring with MWSUG.
Top Reasons to Attend MWSUG 16
1. It's A Quality and Effective Professional Development Event.
That offers pre- and post-training, presentations, posters, workshops,
direct contact with SAS Institute as well as fellow SAS Users from the
Region. There are few events that offer such an opportunity to gain so
much knowledge in such a short period of time.
Other important reasons are...
Get an immediate return on your investment.
You can apply the techniques and skills you've learned as soon as you
return to work.
Network with users and SAS staff from around the region.
Get ideas and strategies from a wide variety of presentations, posters and
demonstrations.
Gather information from the latest solutions and make them work for you.
Learn new techniques in the hands-on workshops.
Envision your solution at demonstrations of SAS' latest offerings.
See software in action.
Learn what's worked for other users.
See the latest complementary products and services from SAS' strategic
partners in the Alliance Area.
Volunteer or Submit a Paper

Want to help with MWSUG 2005? Contact George Hurley today at
hurley.gj@pg.com
The Call For Papers (CFP) is now available at our website,
www.mwsug.org/cin2005.


Michael P. Bramley
Senior Biostatistician
Kendle International, Inc.
1200 Carew Tower
441 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Direct: 513.345.1528
Fax: 513.345.1598
Past Chair, Greater Cincinnati, OH Area SAS Users Group (CinSUG)
Board Member, Midwest SAS Users Group (MWSUG)