NJSUG 2026 Webinar

Future of Statistical Programming

Fri, May 8, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM ET

Agenda

Opening Remarks
NJSUG
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM ET
PROC PPF - Past, Present, Future
Danny Modlin
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM ET
Le petit SAS package - a workshop about the "Hello World" SAS package.
Bartosz "Bart" Jabłoński
10:35 AM - 11:35 AM ET
Closing Remarks
NJSUG
11:35 AM - 11:40 AM ET

Speakers

Speaker Lineup

Portrait of Danny Modlin

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM ET

PROC PPF - Past, Present, Future

Danny Modlin

SAS

As SAS celebrates its 50th anniversary, take a moment to consider the past, present, and future of statistical programming. In this presentation, look back at our roots, the SAS procedural programming language, reminisce over graphical user interfaces that changed the way we interact with code, and look to the future where AI tools assist with our programming based on an iterative, back-and-forth conversation with SAS copilots.

Presenter Bio

Danny Modlin is a Senior Analytical Training Consultant at SAS world headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Since starting at SAS in 2011, Danny has taught and developed courses that span many areas of statistics and SAS platforms, with a specialization in the application of Bayesian analyses. Danny received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Elon College (now Elon University), a Masters of Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and a Masters of Statistics from North Carolina State University.

Prior to his time at SAS, Danny was a mathematics, statistics, and computer science teacher at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels. Outside of SAS, Danny's interests include local sports and meteorology.

Portrait of Bartosz "Bart" Jabłoński

10:35 AM - 11:35 AM ET

Le petit SAS package - a workshop about the "Hello World" SAS package.

Bartosz Jabłoński

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This presentation will introduce the idea of SAS packages and answer questions such as what they are, what kinds of jobs they can be used for, and how they can benefit users. Since this session is workshop based, it will also include a demonstration showing how easy it is to get started with SAS packages and build one.

Presenter Bio

Bartosz "Bart" Jabłoński is a consultant, SAS educator, and longtime analytics professional with experience across higher education, telecommunications, clinical trials, and banking. A seasoned SAS programmer since 2009, he has taught SAS Programming at the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science at Warsaw University of Technology since 2015.

Bart is also a frequent speaker at local and international SAS conferences and the author and developer of the SAS Packages Framework, a practical code-sharing framework for SAS. He is an active member of the Polish SAS Users Group (PolSUG) and is widely known for his hands-on, problem-solving approach to SAS programming.

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