GitHub Universe 2026 to feature AI-powered development sessions

GitHub has released the schedule for Universe 2026, its two-day developer conference focused on AI-powered development. The October 28-29 event at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center will feature sessions from AMD, Figma, NVIDIA, Coinbase, Anthropic, and OpenAI experts. Key topics include configuring GitHub Copilot for complex tasks, optimizing AI coding agents across multiple models, and implementing stacked pull requests. Early bird registration with $300 discounts is available until August 19. The agenda includes technical deep dives, enterprise AI adoption case studies from UPS, and open-source development insights from Home Assistant's 20,000-contributor community.