Call for Papers and Presenter Information

The Call for Papers is now open!

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
-- Margaret Fuller

We want you! SAS and JMP software are so rich in function and application that everyone is an expert on something. This year, share your expertise with fellow users at MWSUG 2012.

Below is some of the essential information to guide you as you create your paper and prepare your presentation or poster. Before submitting a paper proposal, please review the information below carefully. If you have any questions about your paper proposal or the submission process, please contact the Program Chair, Donalee Wanna, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Submission Basics

Your proposal will need to include a paper title of no more than 250 characters and a summary (abstract) of no more than 250 words. You will also be asked to provide the name of each author along with each author's affiliation (company, etc.), email address, and a short biography of no more than 75 words. Biographies should be written in the third person.

To improve the chances of your paper being selected for the conference, it is strongly recommended that you include a working draft or outline. This will give the section chair a better idea of the content, style, and quality of your paper.

Presentation Options and Sections

There are several ways to present: 50-minute papers, 20-minute papers, 10-minute papers (a.k.a., the Coders Corner Section), and posters. There will be several concurrent sections or presentation tracks at the conference; the final list of sections is not yet determined and will depend on what proposals are submitted and accepted. For your proposed paper, the title, abstract, working draft (if provided), and categories that you select to characterize your paper will help our reviewers decide which section would be appropriate. If we are in doubt as to the best choice, we will talk to you.

Among the sections we expect to be part of the Conference Program are:

• BI Applications/Architecture
• Coders Corner
• Customer Intelligence
• Data Management/Data Mining
• Data Visualization and Graphics
• Healthcare/Pharma
• Hands-on Workshops
• JMP
• Posters
• SAS 101
• Statistics and Analysis

Presenter Guidelines

Every presentation and poster requires submission of a companion paper. MWSUG will not publish a printed version of the Conference Proceedings. The proceedings will be loaded onto the MWSUG site. To meet the expectations for publication in the Proceedings, please refer to the MWSUG Presenter Guidelines (available soon) document for detailed information.

Presenter Obligations and Timetable

If the proposed paper/poster is accepted for presentation at MWSUG 2012, the author(s) agree to:

1. Submit the Copyright Grant Form (available soon) signed by all authors on or before July 30, 2012;
2. Submit a final paper in PDF format consistent with the MWSUG Presenter Guidelines (available soon) on or before August 31, 2012; and
3. Register for the conference on or before the early registration deadline of August 17, 2012. Registration opens on June 11, 2012.

If any of the above terms and conditions is not met, MWSUG reserves the right to remove the presentation from the Conference Schedule and exclude the paper from the Conference Proceedings.

Important Dates