Schedule at a Glance

WUSS 2019 September 4-6, 2019, Hyatt Regency, at Seattle’s Southport
Pre and Post-Conference Classes (extra fee event) September 3, 4, and 6
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
7:00am – 8:00am Conference Registration and Information Open for Tuesday Full-Day Classes Only (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
8:00am – 5:00pm Tuesday Full-Day Classes (extra fee event)
Wednesday September 4th, 2019
7:00am – 8:00am Conference Registration and Information Open for Wednesday Half-Day Classes Only (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
8:00am – 11:30am Wednesday Half-Day Classes (extra fee event)
9:00am – 5:00pm Conference Registration and Information, Giveaways Open (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
10:00am- 12:00pm Resource Central Open: SAS® Booths, Exhibitors, ePosters, WUSS Theater and Solutions in the Round
12:15pm- 12:45pm What’s Up WUSS: Conference Orientation
1:00pm – 2:00pm Opening Session with Keynote Address: by Jared Dean
2:00pm – 2:30pm Welcome Reception
2:00pm – 6:00pm Resource Central Open: SAS® Booths, Exhibitors, ePosters, WUSS Theater and Solutions in the Round
2:30pm – 6:00pm Academic Presentations, SAS® Essentials Workshop, Hands-On-Workshops, WUSS Theater, Solutions in the Round
5:00pm – 5:30pm Afternoon Yoga with Li-Wei Jen, Yoga Room in Fitness Center
6:00pm – 6:30pm Birds of a Feather Meetup – SAS Training and Education, Resource Central
6:00pm – 9:30pm Networking Mixer
Thursday September 5th, 2019
7:30am – 8:00am Superbrain (Morning) Yoga with Charu Shankar, Yoga Room in Fitness Center
8:00am- 8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00am- 11:00am Resource Central Open: SAS® Booths, Exhibitors, ePosters, SAS® presents RefreshYour   Profile
8:00am- 5:00pm Conference Registration and Information, Giveaways Open (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
8:30am- 11:00am WUSS Theater and Solutions In The Round, Resource Central
8:30am- 12:00pm Academic Presentations, Hands-On-Workshops
9:00am- 12:00pm Escape Room  Play the ultimate team game! You and your fellow WUSSies must work together to solve an elaborate series of clues and puzzles in under 30 minutes. Patience, problem-solving, logic, and perhaps a little dumb-luck are all that is needed to crack the codes and win the prize.
9:30am- 10:00am Morning Coffee Break, Resource Central
10:00am- 10:30am Birds of a Feather Meetup – Machine Learning, Resource Central
11:00am – 12:30pm Lunch Ticket Exchange (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga with Charu Shankar, Yoga Room in Fitness Center
1:30pm – 5:30pm Academic Presentations, Hands-On-Workshops, WUSS Theater, Solutions in the Round
2:00pm- 7:00pm Escape Room  Play the ultimate team game! You and your fellow WUSSies must work together to solve an elaborate series of clues and puzzles in under 30 minutes. Patience, problem-solving, logic, and perhaps a little dumb-luck are all that is needed to crack the codes and win the prize.
3:00pm – 3:30pm Afternoon Coffee Break / Birds of a Feather Meetup – Open Integration, Resource Central
3:00pm- 7:00pm Resource Central Open: SAS® Booths, Exhibitors, ePosters, SAS® presents Refresh Your   Profile, WUSS Theater and Solutions in the Round
4:30pm – 5:00pm Afternoon Yoga with Li-Wei Jen, Yoga Room in Fitness Center
5:00pm – 7:00pm Meet the ePoster Presenters, Resource Central
5:30pm – 7:00pm SAS Customer Appreciation Reception
5:30pm – 6:00pm Birds of a Feather Meetup – Analytics/Data Science, Resource Central
Friday September 6th, 2019
8:00am – 8:30am Superbrain (Morning) Yoga with Charu Shankar, Yoga Room in Fitness Center
8:30am – 12:00pm Conference Registration and Information Open (between Mercer Terrace & Exec Boardroom)
8:30am – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 11:00am Resource Central Open: SAS® Booths, Exhibitors, ePosters, WUSS Theater and Solutions in the Round
9:00am – 12:00pm Academic Presentations, Hands-On-Workshops, Solutions in the Round
10:00am- 10:30am Morning Coffee Break, Resource Central
10:30am- 11:00am Birds of a Feather Meetup – On the Job Learning and Collaboration, Resource Central
12:00pm- 1:00pm Closing Session: Best Contributed Paper Awards, Prize Drawings
1:30pm – 5:00pm Friday Half-Day Classes (extra fee event)
1:30pm – 5:00pm Post-conference Kickback (social gather too informal to call a party) and Development Sprint (common tech-conference fixture for working on projects – together or separately in a communal space). Stop by to help us bring both to WUSS this Friday afternoon before heading home. Free event, Grand VII.