The wine glasses are empty, the food trays are nothing but crumbs, the posters and signs have come down, the code clinic lab coats have been folded and put away for another year, and all that remains of NESUG at the Burlington Hilton are a couple of discarded game show whistles and buzzers and memories of a fantastic SAS educational conference. But if you're flying over the Northeast and the lights from below seem a little brighter than normal, that's because 343 of its residents all turned on their own light bulbs and those of their colleagues by sharing and applying valuable information and programming tips they picked up at the conference.
 
Attendees had over 140 presentations from which to choose presented by 117 authors in a variety of formats including Coders Corner, Posters, and traditional presentations. Ample opportunity was also available to hear from SAS employees, either through these presentations, at the keynote address on Sunday or the follow-up panel discussion on Monday morning, the Statistics tutorial, the SAS and XML seminar on Tuesday morning, or in the demo room, either at their stations or at the super demos. And of course there was no shortage of networking and fun with the Sunday night Opening Session mixer, the NESUG game show, and the Tuesday night attendee party.
 
We want to thank all the presenters, session coordinators, registration volunteers, section chairs, and especially all the attendees for a great conference and a wonderful experience in beautiful Burlington.

Read on for more information about the 2009 conference and an introduction to our 2010 Conference Co-Chairs.