For the love of <code>; Hack on! The Hackathon lasts all March.?
A global Hackathon for curious minds everywhere
Calling all developers, students, startup businesses, SAS customers and technology partners! Embrace your curiosity. Bring your innovative thinking. And, turn your ideas into practical action.
Meet the mentors
We’re assembling an outstanding group of mentors from around the world with tremendous domain expertise. Their hackathon know-how will enhance each team’s experience and success by providing key support and coaching.
Taking shape: Our jury
An impressive panel of judges will be selecting the winning teams. Our jury will represent a diverse mix of industry leaders.
Building something brilliant together
Empower diversity: Together, we can improve the world.
Great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. We are creating the most diverse hackathon ever with unique partnerships!
Thanks to our innovative sponsors.
Intel, Microsoft and Core Compete embrace the Hackathon spirit!
Robust interest in the Hackathon!
More than 1,400 problem-solving code lovers submitted use cases. If your use case wasn’t selected – we’ve got an opportunity for you! We’re planning sprints.

More than just a competition
Bringing practical innovation to the marketplace – that’s what the Hackathon is all about. We know you have great ideas!?
Teams can be made up of people within your organization, your organization and a technology partner, or an individual looking to join a group. You and your team will be creating a potentially viable product using analytics to build a better world in one of these areas.
Get your creativity flowing! Show the world your brilliance using the power of SAS? and open source on Microsoft Azure.
Hackathon timeline
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January - February 2021
Get an edge on your competition by taking advantage of free enablement resources.
March 2021
Let the Hackathon begin! This is the time to let your creativity shine – use data and SAS to solve your challenge.
April 2021
Finalists selected and introduced to the SAS Vector Labs team for further application development.
May 18 - 20
Winners will be announced at Virtual SAS? Global Forum 2021.

Why join a Hackathon?