Empower your developer teams with the right tools
Elevate your team’s performance with sessions focused on developer-centric tools. Discover the essential elements of successfully scaling GitHub Copilot, focusing on comprehensive rollout strategies that empower developers rather than simply distributing licenses. Explore how streamlining application security can lead to a more cohesive developer experience, and how to embrace a fail-forward approach when it comes to complex migrations.
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.
GitHub Copilot: Leading the AI revolution in software development - AI1904M
Developers and enterprises adopting AI coding assistants expect these tools to be increasingly accurate and personalized to their needs. GitHub Copilot is leading the charge, delivering major improvements in code suggestion quality, enhanced customization via fine-tuned models, and building a growing ecosystem with extensions. Join our partner Adobe and GitHub's Shuyin Zhao, VP of product management, and Simina Pasat, senior director of product management, to see all the latest Copilot innovations. You'll also learn how collaboration in GitHub.com is getting better with the power of AI agents and how you can use new, optimized workflows in the age of AI.
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.
Streamlining AppSec for a better developer experience - SEC1634B
Join Chris Colahan, senior security engineer, and Joe Harrington, senior security engineer, as they share Principal Financial Group's journey with application security. Not too long ago, the company relied on multiple source code management systems and a variety of application security tools. They lacked an enterprise inventory of code repositories, a common pipeline solution, and even a shared understanding of application security across the org. This left them with an incomplete picture of risk and a team of unhappy developers, who were often not sure what was expected of them. Chris and Joe will share their story and lessons learned from merging onto a single platform with a common set of developer-focused security tools—all towards the goal of happier developers and better security.
A little time saved goes a long way: AMD’s AI story - AI1418B
The best companies and engineering teams focus on improving engineering efficiency to effectively defy time. Working a few hours faster each day gives you back a few extra days each month or months each year. When this valuable time is applied to innovation, it leads to outstanding results. Join Alexander Androncik, senior director of software development at AMD, to hear more about AMD's journey with AI and how it improves the developer experience and helps find more time for developers to create tangible business value.
Introducing the next chapter for GitHub Enterprise - DEV1443M
GitHub Enterprise was released as a "self-hosted GitHub for your company" back in 2011. Later, businesses had the option to continue self-hosting using GitHub Enterprise Server or adopt the GitHub Enterprise Cloud, hosted by GitHub. Over time, additional controls like Enterprise Managed Users, Repository Rules, and more cemented GitHub Enterprise as an industry standard for professional software development. Yet how we got here is less exciting than what lies ahead as we bring a robust data residency offering to GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Join us for a preview of the future of GitHub Enterprise Cloud, now with data residency available for customers in the EU, and other regions to come.
Thomson Reuters' journey with GitHub Copilot—from assessment to adoption - AI1469B
Join Jelena Laketić, a distinguished engineer, as she shares the journey of adopting GitHub Copilot at Thomson Reuters. Learn how the initiative moved from initial assessment to adoption, rolling out Copilot to more than 2,000 software developers across the enterprise. Jelena will share the challenges, successes, and lessons learned along the way, including how to evaluate Copilot's capabilities and measure the impact on engineering excellence and the developer experience. You'll walk away with insights, tips, and best practices to inform and inspire your own journey with Copilot.
Complex migrations: Why failing forward helps push past resistance to change - DEV1349B
Change is hard, even when you know the change is worth it. When Wayfair moved to GitHub Enterprise Cloud in 2023, the task of moving 15,000+ repositories and 3,000 active users was daunting. There were numerous security, network, and operational challenges to surmount, but with careful preparation our migration ran smoothly. We're releasing the migration toolkit Wayfair developed as open source to make it easier for others to do the same. Join us to learn how we pushed our teams to embrace discomfort and adopt a fail-forward approach, even on our most sensitive code base.
#HappyCoding! Build intelligent apps with Visual Studio Code, GitHub, and Azure - DEV2016M
Join Microsoft's Amanda Silver, CVP for Microsoft’s Developer Division, Shayne Boyer, principal manager of Product Management, and Soojin Choi, senior product manager, for this exciting, demo-driven session. They'll showcase how you can get the most out of VS Code, GitHub, and Azure to rapidly build at-scale, intelligent applications. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just beginning your coding journey, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to harness the full potential of AI in your projects. #HappyCoding!
Go big! Efficiently deploy and customize security tooling at enterprise scale - SEC1595B
Whether you're a nimble team managing 30 repositories or an expansive enterprise with thousands, the rollout of new security tools can seem daunting. In this session, Eric Bickle, senior principal application security engineer at Asurion, will show you how easy it is to deploy and tune GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) to your organization’s diverse needs. Eric will give you an in-depth look at how to deploy CodeQL at scale, respond to security alert dismissals, use Copilot Autofix to efficiently remediate existing code, and build a GitHub app for custom security workflows.
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.
The real deal: EY professionals share how to prove the value of GitHub Copilot - AI1654B
GitHub Copilot is revolutionizing software development and transforming the SDLC around the developer experience. Yet it's challenging for CIOs to measure the return on investment (ROI). In this session, Debolin Dhar, technology architect manager, and Zeba Khan, technology strategy and transformation senior manager, will share how Ernst & Young (EY) built a framework to understand the metrics that most effectively measure Copilot benefits, enabling organizations to accurately calculate and communicate the ROI of Copilot. Debolin and Zeba will also share how EY supported one of America’s biggest banks to measure Copilot ROI with metrics and dashboards, highlighting the developer experience as a key enabler for overall success.
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.
Securely building GitHub on GitHub - SEC1939M
As the world’s leading Copilot-powered developer platform, GitHub embeds security directly into the developer workflow so that the platform trusted by millions of developers provides enhanced security at every step. This extends to how we adopt security controls to protect the GitHub platform and the novel ways we are building AI-native security experiences to achieve greater security outcomes. In this session, we’ll show you how we’re building GitHub more securely to support the world’s developers.
From data scientist to developer: How GlaxoSmithKline upskilled 1,300 GitHub beginners in one year - DEV1707B
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) set a groundbreaking precedent within the pharmaceutical industry by leveraging GitHub for clinical trial reporting. In this session, Eleanor Sparling, data scientist at GSK, will discuss how GSK tackled large-scale change and upskilling, and redefined workflows to capitalize on automation. Eleanor will also share the downstream effects on quality control and measures taken to ensure regulatory compliance.
Successfully scaling GitHub Copilot to thousands of developers - AI1197B
There's a right and wrong way to roll out new technology. And spoiler alert: simply handing out licenses is the wrong way! In this session, Rob Bos, DevOps consultant and GitHub trainer at Xebia, will share his experience training thousands of engineers to effectively use GitHub Copilot. He'll walk through what a comprehensive rollout and enablement plan looks like and share how to help engineers scale any learning curves. Rob will also share lessons learned along the way to supercharge usage and impact.
Building agentic systems with VS Code extensibility and GitHub Copilot at Uber - AI1719B
Join Uber's Matas Rastenis, senior software engineer, and Sourabh Shirhatti, product manager, to discover how the company elevated GitHub Copilot into a dynamic partner in development using VS Code extensibility. This session will cover how Matas and Sourabh developed agentic systems that merge automation with human input, enhancing developer productivity, and reducing toil. You'll learn about the tools and strategies they've adopted to integrate AI more deeply into Uber's coding processes. This presentation will offer practical insights into extending AI capabilities in a large-scale tech setting.
Found means fixed: Addressing security debt at scale - SEC2025M
Software vulnerabilities accumulate over time, creating security debt. While traditional AppSec tools identify issues, fixing them remains challenging due to limited expertise and time. This session with GitHub's Brittany O'Shea, director of product management, and Bryan Sullivan, senior director of product management, and Linda Fay, director, product security, Asurion, will explore how GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), powered by GitHub Copilot, revolutionizes vulnerability remediation and security debt management. The speakers will showcase current capabilities that can help developers rapidly address vulnerabilities and preview upcoming Copilot Autofix expansions. Learn how these innovations can transform security practices, enabling efficient vulnerability management and proactive security debt reduction, encouraging developers to both build and run code, and help quickly and more easily secure it.
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.
Thriving through change: A decade of engineering evolution at Spotify - DEV1998M
How does Spotify keep improving their developer experience in a fast-changing world? How has Spotify evolved to build an AI DJ? Join Sanjana Seetharam, senior product manager and David Rubin, Engineering Manager VCS at Spotify, as she shares the key to scaling change, one PR at a time. From monoliths to microservices, cloud-native platforms, and now AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Spotify’s journey has been a technological shift. This session will explore how their engineering teams navigate major tech transformations all from their IDE, their journey over the last decade with GitHub, and using Backstage for internal development. Discover how these tools empower new ways of working, fuel innovation, and help Spotify reach their next tech frontier, from audiobooks to an AI DJ.
Scaling security: Deploying GitHub Advanced Security in your organization - SEC1989D
As organizations grow, ensuring consistent and effective security practices across multiple repositories and teams becomes increasingly complex. GitHub’s code security configurations help address this challenge by enabling organizations to easily deploy and manage security tools at scale. In this session, Catu Berretta, product designer II at GitHub, will walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up and customizing these configurations. See firsthand how to integrate these tools into your workflows and ways to effectively scale security practices across your organization to help protect your organization from secret leaks and vulnerabilities.