Redefining developers, from GitHub Copilot to RAG
In this curated agenda, Brian Douglas, founder of OpenSauced, highlights sessions that show the significant advancements in AI implementations within GitHub Copilot, and the evolution of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. The importance of AI in the development landscape is undeniable, and as the role of developers continues to evolve, these sessions will shed light on the shifting expectations in the industry and redefine what it means to be a developer in the future. You won’t want to miss the opening keynote and these AI-specific sessions.
The AI-native developer experience - DEV1982M
Developer experience has always been at the core of what we do at GitHub. It drives our AI-powered platform with the goal of increasing your code velocity, quality, and impact. Join us as we highlight key new features throughout the product, together with a sneak peek into our AI-native future.
An inside look at how GitHub uses LLMs, fine-tuning, and prompt engineering in GitHub Copilot - AI1332P
GitHub Copilot was the first at-scale AI assistant for code completion in software development. Join our moderator, Matthew Masarik, director of applied science, and panelists, Cooper Nederhood, machine learning engineer, Joe Bourne, staff product manager, and Mitch Naylor, senior applied machine learning researcher, all from GitHub, to learn how our Applied Science team is enhancing the quality of Copilot's code completion. Together, they'll discuss how GitHub uses LLM fine-tuning, RAG, prompt engineering, and other techniques to increase accuracy and supercharge productivity.
Cleared for takeoff: Embracing open source within the enterprise - DEV1460B
Navigating the friendly skies of open source within an enterprise requires strategic alignment, internal buy-in, and a vibrant open source community. In this session, Jeffrey Berthiaume, senior innovator, Southwest Airlines, will share a step-by-step approach for transitioning internal projects to open source while fostering a culture of collaboration. You'll learn practical strategies for gaining executive support, overcoming legal challenges, and building a sustainable ecosystem that drives innovation.
Tap into the power of AI, NTT DATA InnerSource, and GitHub to supercharge innovation and collaboration - AI1574D
In the vortex of today's digital revolution, AI is the game-changer that propels organizations into the future, merging the streams of innovation and collaboration into a powerful river of progress. The session, "Tap into the power of AI, NTT DATA InnerSource, and GitHub to supercharge innovation and collaboration," promises a deep dive into how AI is revolutionizing the way we think about enterprise collaboration and development.
How to measure the effectiveness of GitHub Copilot - AI1458D
Developers using GitHub Copilot know its value, but how do you show that value to get continued buy-in from the business? How do you know if you're measuring what matters most, and how do you use those metrics to craft a story for executives? If these questions keep you up at night, this session is for you. Join GitHub's Senior DevOps Architect, Kitty Chiu, and Staff DevOps Architect, Mickey Gousset, for a walk through the Copilot Metrics API. You'll learn how to tell your Copilot-powered productivity story and get additional support and investment from the business.
An engineer’s guide to starting your company - DEV1878B
This session aims to provide a step-by-step guide for engineers who want to start a company, raise your first million, and gain your first 1,000 customers. Hear from Dani Grant, Jam CEO, about everything Jam has learned—from day zero to raising over $10 million and earning 125,000+ users. She'll break down each step along the path to growth and share actual examples of Jam's email outreach to venture capitalists (VCs), fundraising pitch decks, and outbound messages aimed at early users. In this session, you'll see how engineers have the power to change the world through software, and Dani will make sure you’re armed with information you need to raise capital, attract users, and go forth to build your startup.
Pay down security debt with Copilot Autofix - SEC1511D
GitHub customers often deal with large backlogs of security vulnerabilities. These are time consuming to address and take focus away from new development. That's why the introduction of Copilot Autofix in GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) is a game changer. This feature provides suggested fixes for security issues and reduces the time and effort spent remediating alerts in your codebase. Learn how we're helping customers "get clean," quickly, all while streamlining collaboration between security and engineering teams. Join James Fletcher, senior product manager at GitHub, for a demo of our groundbreaking new tools.
Building 1 billion developers - 1951K
With our vision for AI clear, we’ve set our sights on another generation-defining aspiration: making GitHub the future of 1 billion developers. But this aspiration isn’t just about GitHub—it’s about the millions (and soon billion) developers changing the world with software for the sake of humanity. In this keynote, GitHub COO, Kyle Daigle, together with our community, will showcase how every developer, from the enterprise to open source developer, student to professional, plays a critical role in this journey, making our aspiration one that’s shared by all who create with code—wherever they are, whoever they are.
Using your repository for RAG: Learnings from GitHub Copilot Chat - AI1282D
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a tool that can enrich questions sent to AI models with relevant data from specific knowledge bases, to help models tailor their answers to that domain. But how do engineers know what's "relevant"? Or, if the knowledge base is your repo, can the model respond with a solution that follows your coding practices? In this session, Kim-Adeline Miguel, senior software engineer at GitHub, will approach RAG from an engineering perspective and walk through some lessons learned while building a RAG workflow using GitHub Copilot Chat.
Opening keynote - 1975K
Kick off Day 1 with the highly anticipated opening keynote. Celebrating our 10th Universe, GitHub CEO, Thomas Dohmke, will take the stage to reflect on GitHub’s incredible journey and share our bold aspiration to empower 1 billion developers. Expect exciting announcements on the latest products, features, and ships that are set to redefine the future of software development.
Putting product requirements within easy reach using AI - AI1405D
Developers deliver what customers need according to product requirements. Yet they often lose time during development by switching between Jira and VSCode to ensure that the code delivers the necessary requirements. This is where AI can help—it can return hours of productivity to teams by bringing in the business context from Jira and Confluence during code development and when chatting with GitHub Copilot. In this session, Melissa Miller, head of Product Marketing, AI at Atlassian, will share how you can integrate Atlassian and Copilot to streamline the development flow and leverage Rovo (Atlassian’s AI agents) to better manage requirements and knowledge. This makes it easier and faster for developers to get the information they need to build features within their IDE.
Copilot Autofix: Shaping the future of secure coding practices - SEC1367S
Discover how AI is transforming code security in this dynamic session on Copilot Autofix in GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), facilitated by Arthur Neves, staff software engineer, and Pierre Tempel, staff product manager, at GitHub. Learn to detect and fix vulnerabilities in real time through pull requests, ensuring better code integrity before production. Additionally, explore how GitHub's newest tools can enhance your security posture and compliance, and join us to help lead the charge in advancing security with AI. Note: This stage has limited capacity and will seat attendees at a first come first serve basis. Adding this session to your schedule does not reserve a seat. Please attend early.
Simplifying collaboration across multiple organizations using GitHub Projects - DEV1857D
GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects support engineers writing code and leaders collaborating at a large scale across organizations. Join Claire Stehley, staff technical program manager at GitHub, and Gabriel Marangoni Moita, product owner of GitHub at SAP, as they unpack the benefits of collaborative project management with clear and transparent communication. They'll walk through a GitHub and SAP partnership case study, showcasing how GitHub's native tooling fosters collaboration, enabling teams to work together as one. You'll learn more about the challenges faced, how they were resolved, and the successful engineering execution model GitHub uses to drive our partnerships.
No training required: Easy ML model deployment using Arm-based GitHub Runners - DEV1879S
In the dynamic landscape of machine learning operations (MLOps), streamlined workflows are essential for successful model deployment. This technical workshop facilitated by Arm's Jason Andrews, distinguished engineer, and Pareena Verma, principal solutions architect, focuses on leveraging Arm-based runners within GitHub Actions to create robust MLOps pipelines. This session is tailored for machine learning use cases and will explore how to deploy pre-trained and quantized Large Language Models (LLMs)—without the need for additional training. Note: This stage has limited capacity and will seat attendees at a first come first serve basis. Adding this session to your schedule does not reserve a seat. Please attend early.
Help your API developers out with a custom GitHub Copilot Extension - AI1876D
Learn how easy it is to create a GitHub Copilot Extension based on your README documentation. In this session, Anandkumar Patel, partnership engineer at ReadMe, will share a few uses cases and explain the benefits of creating your own Copilot Extension. You'll also walk through the step-by-step process of creating one. Join Anandkumar to transform your docs into a chat-worthy experience!
Open source for all: Skilling the next generation of developers - DEV1844L
There are similarities between diversity and inclusion efforts in tech today and software development in the early days of open source. That is to say: even with many resources and funds invested, efforts are often disjointed, siloed, or sidelined. As GitHub scales to becomes home for one billion global developers, we aim to fix this. Join facilitators, Ruth Ikegah, open source consultant at CHAOSS, and Sarah Oyetubo, senior DI&B program manager at GitHub, for a discussion on how to foster collaboration and help skill new developers, lowering the barrier of entry to open source for all.