Dallas and SAS Global Forum 2015 (Part 2)

A giant 30-ft tall Eyeball at the Joule Hotel
A giant 30-ft tall Eyeball at the Joule Hotel

I may have had 4 exciting and techie days of SAS Global Forum, but you may be asking: Did you get out and do anything else? How Is Dallas?

Well yes, I do like to travel and explore, so it wasn’t all just SAS nerdery. This was my short non-conference experience in a nutshell.

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Dallas and SAS Global Forum 2015 (Part 1)

The Dallas Convention Center. Home of SAS Global Forum 2015.
The Dallas Convention Center. Home of SAS Global Forum 2015.

Everything is bigger in Texas… that’s a saying, right? Now I can’t claim that I had a true Texan experience (whatever that means) in the few days I was in Dallas, but I will say that SAS Global Forum 2015 was the largest meeting of SAS nerds yet. With the number of registrants nearing five thousand, we took over the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Centre for four days of keynote presentations, hands-on workshops, breakout sessions, and lots of SAS tips and tricks.

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