About the Hackathon

We’re bringing together the brightest minds from around the world to use analytics, AI and open source to compete in this one-of-a-kind hackathon.

A big takeaway from the 2020 Hackathon and 2019 Hackathon challenges is that analytics plays a major role in tackling real-world problems, such as humanitarian or business issues. We are excited to announce that we are expanding the Hackathon in 2021 to bring together teams from different regions, backgrounds and skills to collaborate and come up with innovative solutions to problems worth solving.

It’s more than a competition.

We believe that curiosity and ideas need to be nurtured. The Hackathon is unique because it’s more than a one-time event – it’s a sprint within a marathon – that spans several months. We encourage you to enjoy this journey!

Top five reasons you should participate:

Collaborate with fellow coders – from experienced data scientists to novice technology partners and SAS experts – using SAS and open source on Microsoft Azure.
Tackle a real-world challenge – a business or humanitarian issue – that is meaningful to you and your team.
Develop your application for the marketplace – and you might get help from our newest innovation hub, SAS Vector Labs. (And earn major bragging rights!)
Get free enablement resources and coaching on AI, cloud environment and industries.
Extend your professional network from a local to global perspective.

Anyone from anywhere can join.

The Hackathon is for developers, students, startup businesses, SAS customers and technology partners. Teams can be made up of people within your organization, your organization and a technology partner, or an individual looking to join a group.

Guidelines

A description of the real-world challenge – a business or humanitarian issue – that your team is going to tackle is required.
Technology partners can create teams with customers and students.
Startups can create teams with customers and students.
The issue can be a customer’s problem. Customers who work with a technology partner can also be working toward a partnership that leads to a new market together.
Students and community developers cannot form a team. However, they can participate if they join a customer, partner or startup team.
The Hackathon is not a proof of concept. We are looking for a new, creative solution that is extendable to the marketplace and society.

Signing up is easy.

Registration is closed. A description of the real-world challenge – a business or humanitarian issue – that your team is going to tackle is required. Once your registration is confirmed, you’ll receive important emails with details and instructions. Please be on the lookout for these emails – they are key to your participation and success in the Hackathon.

The event language is English.

The Hackathon is a global event. All communications, resources and support provided by the Hackathon will use English language. Your team’s work and final submission must be in English.

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Engage with the Hackathon

A SAS^®community just for you

Collaborate with fellow hackers – from experienced data scientists to novices to technology partners and SAS experts – on all things Hackathon.

Visit communities.sas.com (set up a profile) then subscribe to Hacker’s Hub, a special community designed for the Hackathon. In this community, you’ll see teams and mentors working together, and the excitement that comes from tackling problems worth solving.

Check out Hacker’s Hub

Real-time collaboration

Ideas flow freely (and fast) on this Twitter feed! Join the weekly, informal conversation to get a sneak peek at a Hackathon topic related to the tracks.

Don’t worry if you miss a #SASchat, we’ve got you covered. We capture the conversations in Twitter Moments, so you’ll never miss out!

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The Team Behind the Scene

Diversity is key to producing a global hackathon. Our team represents a wide variety of disciplines and professional experiences. This is the crew that makes things hackin’ and moving forward!

Einar Halvorsen
Hackathon Producer

Peter Lundqvist
Hackathon Director

Bas Belfi

Chris Hemedinger

Cynthia Rowe

Frederik Vanderberghe

Hans Edert

Kate Ulveling

Mark Morreale

Matt Cali

Thiago de Souza

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Taking innovation to society and the marketplace

Our commitment to innovation is strong and pervasive in everything we do. SAS Vector Labs delivers on that promise. We help SAS customers, partners, entrepreneurs and startups take their novel ideas – ones that disrupt and change business as usual or complement the overall organizational needs – and turn them into practical applications and products.

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