2016 Call for Papers and Presenter Information

The Call for Papers is now closed.

We want you! SAS software is so rich in function and application that everyone is an expert on something. This year, share your expertise with fellow users at MWSUG 2016.

Below is some of the essential information to guide you as you create your paper and prepare your presentation or e-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 Academic Chair, Richann Watson, 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 Rapid Fire Section), and e-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.

Click here to review the list of sections and their descriptions.

Paper Guidelines

Every presentation requires submission of a companion paper. These papers will be published as part of the official Conference Proceedings at the MWSUG website. To meet the expectations for publication in the Proceedings, please refer to the MWSUG 2016 Paper Guidelines, Paper Template, and other tools available in our Presenter Resources. For e-poster submissions, papers are optional.

Presenter Obligations

In order to sustain the high quality of past MWSUG conferences for our participants, authors are required to follow several guidelines and deadlines. In fact, before an abstract is accepted for presentation, author(s) are provided by their section chair a complete list and agree to comply. If any of these guidelines or deadlines are not met, MWSUG reserves the right to remove the abstract and presentation from the Conference Schedule and exclude the paper form the Conference Proceedings. Here are four of the more notable requirements:

1. Submit the Copyright Grant Form signed by all authors on or before September 9, 2016;
2. Submit a final paper in PDF format consistent with the MWSUG Submission Guidelines on or before September 9, 2016; and
3. Register for the conference on or before the early registration deadline of September 2, 2016. Registration opens on June 13, 2016.
4. Be available to present your paper at any point during the conference from 8:00am Monday (October 10, 2016) through 4:00pm Tuesday (October 11, 2016). Due to the complexity of the scheduling process, special scheduling requests cannot be honored. Make your travel plans accordingly.

Presenter Timetable