Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched!

The GitHub Universe 2026 schedule has been released, featuring sessions, demos, and panels centered around AI-powered development. This two-day event will gather experts from various tech companies such as AMD, Figma, NVIDIA, Coinbase, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Topics include delegating work to Copilot, measuring AI at enterprise scale, and security for MCP servers. Attendees can also engage in Ship & Tell sessions where teams showcase their build, and partner booths to explore the latest technology.

The event takes place on October 28-29 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA. Early Bird passes are available for $300 off, with prices increasing after August 19. Registrations are encouraged before August 19 to secure the discounted rate.

Some of the sessions to look forward to include "Stop prompting, start delegating: Configure Copilot to own the work" by Ken Muse and Mickey Gousset from GitHub, and "Inside GitHub Copilot's coding harness: Optimizing across every model" by Julia Kasper from Microsoft. Topics cover optimizing AI agents, stacked pull requests, building AI fluency at companies like UPS, and the future of AI-assisted development.