Blueprint to Brilliance
We're thrilled to announce the next Pega Community Hackathon, running November 3-7, 2025.
Prizes awarded to first place and runner-up!
Event details
This Hackathon showcases the power of Pega Infinity '25, featuring groundbreaking capabilities like Pega GenAI Blueprint, enhanced low-code development tools, and AI-powered automation.
Whether you're ideating the next big solution or building production-ready applications, Infinity '25 gives you the tools to transform ideas into impact at unprecedented speed.
How to Participate
When: November 3-7, 2025
Who: Open to all Pega Community members – participate individually or form teams
Hackathon registration closes on November 2nd.
When: November 3-7, 2025
Who: Open to all Pega Community members – participate individually or form teams
Hackathon registration closes on November 2nd.
Prizes Awarded
A winner will be awarded for each category.
First place prize: $500 Visa gift card
Runner-up prize: $250 Visa gift card
Choose your category
We're challenging community members to explore two distinct pathways that represent the full spectrum of application development – from initial vision to deployed solution.
CATEGORY 1
Vision to Blueprint
Focus on ideation, discovery, and outcome alignment. This category celebrates the most creative use of Blueprint to solve complex business problems. Show us how you can take a challenging business scenario and craft a compelling vision that maps business needs to technical possibilities.
What we're looking for: Creative problem-solving, strategic use of Blueprint for ideation, clear business outcome alignment, and innovative approaches to complex challenges.
CATEGORY 2
Blueprint to Production-Ready
Starting with Blueprint as your foundation, showcase how an initial design can expand into a fully functional, production-ready application. Leverage Infinity 25's low-code capabilities, GenAI-powered development tools, and robust platform features to build applications that demonstrate not just what Blueprint envisions, but how it becomes reality.
What we're looking for: Technical sophistication, effective use of Infinity 25 features, demonstration of development best practices, and applications ready for real-world deployment.
Meet our judges
Don Schuerman
CTO & Head of Marketing
David Vidoni
Chief Information Officer
Stephen Bixby
Sr. Vice President, Product Engineering
Drew Piekarski
Vice President, Product Management
Dennis Grady
Vice President, Platform Engineering
Eric Musser
Global Head of Solutions Consulting
Stephanie Louis
Sr. Director, Pega Community and Developer Engagement
Anu Shah
Sr. Director, Specialist Solution Consulting
Chris Venne
Sr. Director, TSO Delivery Services
Matt Healy
Sr. Director, Product Marketing
Chris Boone
Enterprise Technical Solutions Director
Suman Kumar Bhowmick
Director, Product Management, Security
Kamil Janeczek
Technical Solutions Director
Ivan Anikanov
Technical Solutions Director
Brad Tanner
Consulting Manager
Marc Cheong
Principal Business Architect
FAQs
Have a product question?
Ask the experts in our Blueprint & App Design Expert Circle. Be sure to use the hashtag #PegaHackathon in the body of your post so our experts can find your questions and help you out!
Need an environment?
Your free Pega Community Edition environment for the Hackathon will be available on November 3, 2025. On that date, you and all team members enter at sign-up can access your Hackathon system at My Trials. Be sure you are logged into your Pega account and that you add your team when signing up.
When the Hackathon concludes on November 12th, you will no longer have access to your instance, so be sure to export any work you want to save!
Need training on a product or capability?
Check out the hundreds of free courses on Pega Academy.