Welcome to the PharmaSUG 2016 Interactive Schedule Grid. Use the links below to jump to a portion of the schedule, then click on a paper title to view the abstract and other details!

(Revised April 28)

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Monday AM Early

Section 8:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
Career Planning Dont be a Diamond in the Rough: Tips to Employment Career Path for SAS profession in Pharmaceutical Industry
Data Standards Tips and tricks when developing Trial Design Model Specifications that provide Reductions in Creation time Results-Level Metadata: What, How, and Why
Hands-on Training Hands-on SAS® Macro Programming Essentials for New Users
Healthcare Analytics PrecMod: An Automated SAS® Macro for Estimating Precision via Random Effects Models Working with composite endpoints: Constructing Analysis Data
Management & Support Increase Your Bottom line and Keep More Money in Your Pocket  A Practical Guide to the Self-Employed Outcome of a Clinical SAS University training program in Eastern Europe How are graduates performing in a real work environment?
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Cox proportional hazards regression to model the risk of outcomes per double increase in a continuous explanatory variable Latent Structure Analysis Procedures in SAS®
Submission Standards Creating Define-XML version 2 including Analysis Results Metadata with the SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit Strategic Considerations for CDISC Implementation
Demo Theater Spotfire & SAS

Monday AM Late

Section 9:45 AM 10:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
Career Planning Whats Hot  Skills for SAS® Professionals Journey from the student to the full time programmer
Data Standards Moving up! - SDTM 3.2  What is new and how to use it Getting Started with Data Governance It is a standard, so it is simple, right?: Misconceptions and Organizational Challenges of Implementing CDISC at a CRO
Hands-on Training PROC REPORT: Compute Block Basics
Healthcare Analytics What's the Case? Applying Different Methods of Conducting Retrospective Case/Control Experiments in Pharmacy Analytics Four "Oops" Moments While Using Electronic Health Records to Identify a Cohort of Medication Users
Management & Support Getting Clouds Moving across the Pacific - a case study on working with a Chinese CRO using SAS ® Drug Development QA and Compliance insights using SCAPROC Procedure Schoveing Series 2: Self-Management: The Science of Balancing Work and Life
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Programming Support for Exposure-Response Analysis in Oncology Drug Development Scrambled Data - A Population PK/PD Programming Solution Unequalslopes: Making life easier when the proportional odds assumption fails A Dose Escalation Method for Dual-Agent in Phase 1 Cancer Clinical Trial using the SAS MCMC Procedure
Submission Standards Preparing Legacy Format Data for Submission to the FDA - When & Why Must I Do It, What Guidance Should I Follow? A Practical Approach to Re-sizing Character Variable Lengths for FDA Submission Datasets (both SDTM and ADaM)
Demo Theater Best in Class vs. One Size Fits All SAS® Studio: The Best of All Worlds Interview preparation company and candidate perspective

Monday PM Early

Section 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 2:15 PM 2:30 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM
Applications Development The Benefits and Know-how of Building a central CDISC Terminology Dictionary Efficient safety assessment in clinical trials using the computer-generated AE narratives of JMP Clinical
Beyond the Basics Color, Rank, Count, Name; Controlling it all in PROC REPORT Performing Pattern Matching by Using Perl Regular Expressions
Data Standards Data Standards, Considerations and Conventions within the Therapeutic Area User Guides (TAUGs) SDTM Trial Summary Domain: Putting Together the TS Puzzle
Data Visualizations & Graphics Now You Can Annotate Your GTL Graphs! Clinical Graphs using SAS
Hands-on Training New for SAS® 9.4: A Technique for Including Text and Graphics in Your Microsoft Excel Workbooks, Part 1
Industry Basics What makes a Statistical Programmer different from a Programmer Introduction of Semantic Technology for SAS programmers Programming checks: Reviewing the overall quality of the deliverables without parallel programming Compilation of Errors, Warnings and Notes!
Techniques & Tutorials Removing Duplicates Using SAS® The Dynamic Duo: ODS Layout and the ODS Destination for PowerPoint
Demo Theater Creating Define-XML v2 including Analysis Results Metadata with CST Get smart about resourcing with DOCS flexible outsourcing models that drive business outcomes. Empowering Self-Service Capabilities with Agile Analytics in Pharma

Monday PM Late

Section 3:30 PM 3:45 PM 4:00 PM 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 4:45 PM 5:00 PM 5:15 PM
Applications Development SAS integration with NoSQL data All Aboard! Next Stop is the Destination Excel The Little-Known DOCUMENT Procedure, a Utility for Manipulating Output Delivery System (ODS) Content
Beyond the Basics An Intersection of Pharma and Medical Devices - Development of Companion Diagnostics in Conjunction with Targeted Therapies Go Compare: Flagging up some underused options in PROC COMPARE
Data Standards Conformance, Compliance, and Validation: An ADaM Team Lead's Perspective Implementation of ADaM Basic Data Structure for Cross-over Studies
Data Visualizations & Graphics Waterfall plot: two different approaches, one beautiful graph Fifty Ways to Change Your Colors (in ODS Graphics)
Hands-on Training Usage of Pinnacle 21 Community Toolset 2.1 for Clinical Programmers
Industry Basics Practical Implications of Sharing Data: A Primer on Data Privacy, Anonymization, and De-Identification Good versus Better SDTM: Data Listings
Techniques & Tutorials Controlling Colors by Name; Selecting, Ordering, and Using Colors for Your Viewing Pleasure Generalized Problem-Solving Techniques for De-bugging and Diagnosing Logic Errors SAS Functions You May Have Been MISSING
Demo Theater Transparency in Pharma-CRO Relationship Introducing SAS® Life Science Analytics Framework The Fourth Lie, False Resumes. How we screen against a plague of false resumes

Tuesday AM Early

Section 8:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
Beyond the Basics DOSUBL and the Function Style Macro Superior Highlighting: Identifying New or Changed Data in Excel Output using SAS
Career Planning Are you thinking about becoming an independent contractor? Things to consider as you plan for your new entrepreneurship. My First Job Dos-and-Donts A Survival Guide for Your First Statistical Programming Job in the Industry
Data Standards Deconstructing ADRS: Tumor Response Analysis Data Set TRTP and TRTA in BDS Application per CDISC ADaM Standards
Hands-on Training Building and Using User Defined Formats
Management & Support Recruiting and Retention Strategies for 2016 in the SAS Programmer Staffing Organizations Quality, Timely and Within Budget Analysis and Reporting - Yes, you can have all three! A process and tool to achieve this goal
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Everything or Nothing - A Better Confidence Intervals for Binomial Proportion in Clinical Trial Data Analysis I Want the Mean, But not That One!
Submission Standards New Features in Define-XML V2.0 and Its Impact on SDTM/ADaM Specifications To IDB or Not to IDB: That is the Question Up-Versioning Existing Define.xml from 1.0 to 2.0
Demo Theater Clinical Graphs Using SAS®

Tuesday AM Late

Section 9:45 AM 10:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
Beyond the Basics Meaningful Presentation of Clinical Trial Data with Multiple Y Axes Graph Novel Programming Methods for Change from Baseline Calculations
Career Planning A Review of "Free" Massive Open Online Content (MOOC) for SAS® Learners There is No Time Like Present-Being from Elf to the True Self
Data Standards Associated Persons Domains  Who, What, Where, When, Why, How? Prepare for Re-entry: Challenges and Solutions for Handling Re-screened Subjects in SDTM Transforming Biomarker Data into an SDTM based Dataset
Hands-on Training Combining TLFs into a Single File Deliverable
Management & Support Change Management: The Secret to a Successful SAS® Implementation The CDISC's are coming!!
Statistics & Pharmacokinetics Simulation of Data using the SAS System, Tools for Learning and Experimentation ROC Curve: Making way for correct diagnosis
Submission Standards What is high quality study metadata? Achieving Clarity through Proper Study Documentation: An Introduction to the Study Data Reviewers Guide (SDRG)
Demo Theater Get smart about resourcing with DOCS flexible outsourcing models that drive business outcomes. Leading without Authority Real-World Evidence Analysis … REALLY?
Panel Discussions Panel Discussion - Define.XML

Tuesday PM Early

Section 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 2:15 PM 2:30 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM
Applications Development Enhanced OpenCDISC Validator Report for Quick Quality review! The Power of Perl Regular Expressions: Processing Dataset-XML documents back to SAS Data Sets. The Devil is in the Details  Reporting from Pinnacle 21 (OpenCDISC) Validation Report
Beyond the Basics I Object: SAS® Does Objects with DS2 Name the Function: Punny Function Names with Multiple MEANings and Why You Do Not Want to be MISSING Out.
Data Standards Codelists Here, Versions There, Controlled Terminology Everywhere
Data Visualizations & Graphics Stylish Kaplan-Meier Survival Plot using SAS(R) 9.4 Graph Template Language Creating Customized Graphs For Oncology Lab Test Parameters Annotating Graphs from Analytical Procedures
Hands-on Training Cool Tool School
Industry Basics Importance of Niche Provider for Successful NDA Submission: Rescue Case Study Handling Interim and Incomplete Data in a Clinical Trials Setting
Quick Tips Log Checks Made Easy SAS Techniques for managing Large datasets Quick and Efficient Way to Check the Transferred Data
Techniques & Tutorials Array of Sunshine: Casting Light on Basic Array Processing Best Practices: Subset Without Getting Upset Formats and Informats - Concepts and Quick Reference
Demo Theater Concepts and Strategies for Developing Effective Data Visuals Best in Class vs. One Size Fits All Therapeutic Applications of Patient Data
Panel Discussions Panel Discussion - SDTM

Tuesday PM Late

Section 3:30 PM 3:45 PM 4:00 PM 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 4:45 PM 5:00 PM 5:15 PM
Applications Development Best Practice Programming Techniques for SAS® Users Building a Better Dashboard Using Base-SAS® Software
Beyond the Basics Surviving the SAS® Macro Jungle by Using Your Own Programming Toolkit Preparing the data to ensure correct calculation of Relative Risk
Data Visualizations & Graphics Swimmer Plot by Graphic Template Language (GTL) What HIGHLOW Can Do for You Empowering Users by creating data visualization applications in R/Shiny
Hands-on Training Hands On Training-Automated Patient Narratives and Tabular and Graphical Patient Profiles using JReview
Industry Basics AE an Essential Part of Safety Summary Table Creation Access OpenFDA A Cloud Based Big Data Portal Using SAS® Moving from Data Collection to Data Visualization and Analytics: Leveraging CDISC SDTM Standards to Support Data Marts
Quick Tips Keeping Up with Updating Dictionaries Scalable Vector graphics (SVG) using SAS Adding Statistics and Text to the Panel Graphs using INSET option in PROC SGPANEL Trivial Date Tasks? PROC FCMP Can Help A SAS Macro Tool to Automate Generation of Customized Patient Profile in PDF Documents Selecting Analysis Dates - A Macro Approach Using Raw Data for Expediting Results Data Validation: Bolstering Quality and Efficiency Breaking up (Axes) Isnt Hard to Do: A Macro for Choosing Axis Breaks
Techniques & Tutorials May the Function Be With You: Helpful SAS Functions, Particularly When Handling CDISC Data Exploring HASH tables vs. SORT/Data step vs. PROC SQL
Demo Theater Assessing Data Integrity in Clinical Trials Using JMP Clinical How to become the most desirable pharma programmer in the market place? - help people with their career development and job search
Panel Discussions Panel Discussion - ADaM

Wednesday AM Early

Section 8:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
Applications Development Automating Patient Narratives  The Medical Writer Loves Me! The New STREAM Procedure as a Virtual Medical Writer
Beyond the Basics The Power of Data Access Functions: An example with Dataset-XML Creation Macro to get data from specific cutoff period
Data Visualizations & Graphics Displaying data from NetMHCIIPan using GMAP: the SAS System as Bioinformatics Tool A Different Approach to Create Swimmer Plot Using Proc Template and SGRENDER
Quick Tips Lab CTCAE  the Perl Way SAS and R - stop choosing, start combining and get benefits Tips on Checking and Manipulating Filenames with SAS When ANY Function Will Just NOT Do Becoming a more efficient programmer with SAS® Studio PROC SQL : To create macro variables with multiple values and different use in Clinical programming
Submission Standards A SAS® Macro Tool to Automate Generation of Define.xml V2.0 from SDTM Specification for FDA Submission Submission-Ready Define.xml Files Using SAS® Clinical Data Integration
Techniques & Tutorials Lets Make Music: Using SAS Functions for Music Composition Setting the Percentage in PROC TABULATE Beyond IF THEN ELSE: Techniques for Conditional Execution of SAS Code
Demo Theater How to create submission-ready Define.xml 2.0 in 30 minutes An Investment in the Future – A Global Data Standards Organization to Drive End-to-End Standards

Wednesday AM Late

Section 9:45 AM 10:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM
Applications Development Consider Define.xml Generation during Development of CDISC Dataset Mapping Specifications SAS® Office Analytics: An Application In Practice Monitoring and Ad-Hoc Reporting Using Stored Process
Beyond the Basics The Impact of Change from wlatin1 to UTF-8 Encoding in SAS Environment UTF What? A Guide to Using UTF-8 Encoded Data in a SDTM Submission
Data Visualizations & Graphics Get a Quick Start with SAS® ODS Graphics By Teaching Yourself Elevate your Graphics Game: Violin Plots
Quick Tips A Macro to Automatically Flag Baseline in SDTM SAS® Abbreviations: a Shortcut for Remembering Complicated Syntax Enhancing the SAS® Enhanced Editor with Toolbar Customizations Using PROC GENMOD with count data Plan Your Work Using PROC CALENDAR Remember to always check your simple SAS function code!
Submission Standards The Standard for the Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND): History, Basics, and Comparisons with Clinical Data
Techniques & Tutorials Capturing Macro Code when Debugging in the Windows Environment: The Power of MFILE and the Simplicity of Pasting Duplicate records  it may be a good time to contact your data management team
Demo Theater A Better, Clearer View into Patient Data Metadata-Driven Dataset Generation Chiltern – Designed Around You