Find answers to all of your questions about SAS Hackathon 2026

SAS Hackathon is a month-long global competition where teams from around the world use enterprise-grade AI and analytics on SAS Viya to build their solutions. Unlike a weekend hackathon, you'll have weeks to explore, build and refine with SAS learning resources and support along the way. At the end of the month, you'll leave with a solution built for real-world impact.

Registration is open for the 2026 SAS Hackathon! Register now through Sept. 15.

• Registration period: June 17-Sept. 15.
• Enablement access to Virtual Learning Portal: July-Oct. 31.
• SAS Hackathon environment access begins: Oct. 1.
• Environment access ends: Oct. 31.
• Record your video: Oct. 30-Nov. 2.
• Submit your video: By Nov. 2.
• Jury voting: Nov. 9-13.
• Awards ceremony: Dec. 16.

Students can participate in the SAS Hackathon – in fact, we have a track designed just for you! Find out more about the Student Track.

Follow the registration steps to register for an industry track:

1. The team lead will register the entire team.
2. Each team member will receive a confirmation email.
3. To complete registration, each team member must confirm their participation by accepting the terms and conditions. 
4. To accept, visit the registration site, enter the confirmation number provided in your confirmation email, select Modify, review the registration details and accept the terms and conditions.

Participants will have access to:

• Our Virtual Learning Portal for learning resources.
• The cloud environment running SAS Viya (more details about the environment will be posted closer to the start date).
• Each industry track team will be assigned a mentor.
• The SAS Hacker’s Hub.

All participants will have limited-time access to the Virtual Learning Portal to build data and AI skills, from July–Oct. 31.

SAS Hackathon teams benefit most from a mix of technical and business skills. For example, a good team may include a developer/data scientist together with a businessperson or storyteller. From a technical standpoint, it's helpful to have a team member who is familiar with SAS and a team member with open source skills. Team members can brush up on these skills using the available training.  

For students, we encourage an openness to learning.

Industry track teams own their IP and have the opportunity to pursue commercialization. Read the Terms & Conditions to learn more.

View more frequently asked questions in this article on the SAS Hacker's Hub.