Announcing the 2024 SAS Customer Recognition Awards

Proud of something you've accomplished using SAS software? I encourage you to enter the SAS Customer Recognition Awards contest, which celebrates SAS customers around the globe who help us change the world through analytics. Entries will be accepted through Friday, Jan. 19.

First-place winners will be announced at SAS Innovate 2024 in Las Vegas April 16-19, 2024. Each winner will receive one trip to the event*, a SAS trophy and SAS swag. Winners will create a short video to describe their winning submission for a compilation video to show during the conference.

*Please visit the SAS Customer Recognition Awards site for the program details, rules and to submit an entry.

Peruse the roster of previous award seekers and 2023 winners. Think your project's a winner? Keep reading, then complete an entry!

Contest details

The SAS Customer Recognition Awards live on the SAS Support Community which allows customers to submit photos, documents and videos with their entry and allows us to do online voting. Winners will be chosen based on a combination of public votes and scores from a judging panel.

Submit Entry Dates: December 4, 2023 – January 19, 2024

Voting Dates: January 22, 2024 – February 2, 2024

Panel Judging Dates: January 22, 2024 – February 2, 2024

Winners Notified: Week of February 12, 2024

First-Place Winners Announced: April 16-19, 2024 at SAS Innovate (complete winner list posted in the SAS Support Community)

Winners: First place, second place, third place (pending quantity of entries)

Award categories that accept nominations

(Votes by customers combined with scores from a judging panel determine winners.)

Community Uplift Award: Awarded to a SAS customer who has made an impact in their community at large using SAS products.

Curious Thinker: Awarded to a SAS customer that has an inspiring career story to share and highlights how SAS played a part in that journey.

Innovative Problem Solver: Awarded to a SAS customer who uses SAS in innovative ways to solve a business problem.

ROI Rock Star: Awarded to a SAS customer demonstrating the greatest business benefit and return on investment (ROI) using SAS products.

SAS Analytics Explorers Advocate: Awarded to a SAS customer who is leveraging the SAS Analytics Explorers program to grow their skills, their career and/or their network.

Award categories where winners are selected by SAS

(One winner selected for each category.)

Customer Impact Award – Public Sector: Awarded to a public sector customer who has had the most impact through a willingness to share their analytics journey, successes and lessons learned with others.

Customer Impact Award – Private Sector: Awarded to a private sector customer who has had the most impact through a willingness to share their analytics journey, successes and lessons learned with others.

SAS Support Communities Hero: A customer that answers many questions in Communities and goes above and beyond helping other users on the SAS Support Communities.

SAS Users Group MVP: Awarded to a SAS Users Group leader demonstrating a dedicated passion for the success of users group members.

User Feedback Award: Awarded to a customer who provides valuable feedback on SAS products and has been an essential reference for product improvements.

Please reach out to Juan Cabanillas with any questions.
SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY | 2024 SAS Customer Recognition Awards
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