Sessions

Explore the Universe 2025 on demand catalog. Filter by topic, audience, industry, format, or experience level.

Breakout session (40 minutes)

A focused presentation designed to inform and inspire the audience. These sessions typically feature a single speaker or co-presenters sharing expertise, insights, and practical takeaways. While this session type is primarily in a presentation format, audience engagement through Q&A, polls, and/or brief interactions is encouraged to enrich the experience.

Panel discussion (40 minutes)

A moderated session where a diverse group of experts debate or discuss fresh, timely, and thought-provoking topics shaping the industry. Panels should showcase a range of perspectives and experiences, challenging conventional wisdom and sparking new ideas. To ensure audience value, a significant portion of the session will be dedicated to Q&A and interactive engagement.

Fireside chat (40 minutes)

While similar to a panel discussion, this is a conversation between a moderator and one speaker rather than a group of experts.

Product demo (15 minutes)

A presentation focused on tips, tricks, and best practices for working in a specific product.

Discussions lounge (60 minutes)

A highly interactive gathering where two to three facilitators guides a group of 50+ attendees through dynamic small-group conversations on a specific topic of interest. Prioritizing active participation and collaboration, these discussion-driven sessions do not include slide presentations.

Sandbox session (60 mins)

This session combines both a demo-style and workshop format with practical exercises. Facilitators will demonstrate live the fundamental concepts, tools, or techniques they used to solve a specific challenge in the software development landscape. This will be followed by an opportunity for participants to actively engage in interactive exercises similar to the ones demonstrated to solidify their understanding.

Workshop (90 minutes)

Similar to a sandbox session (but without the demo portion), this session type focuses entirely on interactive exercises for a deeper, more immersive learning experience. This is your traditional workshop format, where facilitators guide attendees step-by-step through targeted activities. Participants will actively engage with the material, gaining practical insights and applying concepts in a collaborative setting tailored to enhance their understanding and skills. Note: Workshops require an additional fee of $99, which you can add to your registration in the Attendee Portal.

Level 100 – Introductory

Designed for those new to the topic, these sessions focus on foundational knowledge, covering basic concepts, features, and benefits. No prior expertise is assumed.

Level 200 – Intermediate

Best suited for attendees with a working understanding of the topic. These sessions explore real-world applications, technical details, and best practices.

Level 300 – Advanced

Intended for experienced practitioners, these sessions dive deep into complex, real-world challenges, advanced techniques, and expert-level insights.

In-person

Join us live at Universe for the full interactive experience with speakers and fellow attendees.

Recorded

Catch this session on-demand after the event—perfect for revisiting key insights or sharing with your team.

Livestream

Watch live from anywhere, then access the recording later. Get the real-time experience remotely.

On-demand

Available to watch anytime after Universe. Dive in when it fits your schedule.

AI summary

New this year: Get instant key takeaways with an AI-generated summary available shortly after the session ends.

Browse 2025 Sessions

37 sessions

9:00 am PDT - Oct 28

11:00 am PDT - Oct 28

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Secure
    Automate
    Level 100: Introductory
    Applicable to All
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    Security Professional
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    Open source
    Security (RASP, supply chain, threat modeling, vulnerability detection)
    For developers: How Immutable Releases help you trust the assets you consume in your projects
    For maintainers: How to use Immutable Releases to provide transparency and verifiability for your consumers, and reduce support burden related to asset integrity
    For the open source community: Learn how to streamline supply chain immutability, empower package managers, and enable broader, automated, and verifiable attestations for software assets
    https://youtu.be/5ifrlabINMQ
    Automate and scale with confidence
    What's new from GitHub?
    Open source
    https://static.rainfocus.com/github/universe25/static/staticfile/staticfile/session-automate-large_1755504861317001HKfZ.png
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/immutable-releases?utm_source=universe-web-page-docs-codesecurity&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Tuesday, Oct 28
    11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct 28
    BuildIn-person
    Tag mutability has long been a major pain point for maintainers and consumers alike. But with Immutable Releases, GitHub is introducing a way for maintainers to enforce the immutability of releases and provide cryptographically verifiable attestations for their assets. This session will cover an introductory-to-intermediate explanation and demo of Immutable Releases and illustrate how they can enable greater trust, transparency, and verifiability for everyone consuming release assets.

    , Staff Software Engineer, GitHub

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    Track: Build, Secure, Automate
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

12:00 pm PDT - Oct 28

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Level 100: Introductory
    All / Cross-Industry
    Business Services
    Computers & Electronics
    Consumer Services
    Education
    Energy & Utilities
    Financial Services
    Food & Beverage Services
    Government
    Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
    Manufacturing
    Media & Entertainment
    Non-Profit
    Real Estate & Construction
    Retail
    Software & Internet
    Telecommunications
    Transportation & Storage
    Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
    Wholesale & Distribution
    Applicable to All
    Food & Beverage Manufacturing
    Agriculture & Mining
    GitHub Copilot
    Enterprise - Engineering Leadership
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    Educators & Students
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    AI (Agentic AI, Generative AI, Fine-tuned modeling, Models)
    Pair programming
    Software Engineering
    Productivity
    Ship code faster by delegating complex, multi-step workflows to an autonomous agent that plans, code, tests, and iterates — all from your terminal
    Stay in control and gain full transparency through direct approval, with the ability to stop tasks mid-flight, along with enterprise-grade security built into every interaction
    With your existing Copilot paid subscription, you can start seamlessly with the only GitHub-native CLI agent
    https://youtu.be/82jciNezDMY
    Build faster, stay in flow
    What's new from GitHub?
    Agentic AI + Model Context Protocol (MCP)
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    Hidden (Manual Add)
    https://github.com/features/copilot/cli?utm_source=universe-web-page-features-copilot-cli&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Tuesday, Oct 28
    12:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 28
    BuildIn-person
    Transform your terminal into an AI-powered development environment with GitHub Copilot CLI, which brings the same runtime that powers GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your command line. In this demo, discover how you can use Copilot CLI to build, debug, and understand code through natural language interactions. Watch as the team demonstrates real-world terminal-first development workflows invoking a coding agent, while maintaining full transparency and control throughout.

    , Product Manager, GitHub

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    Track: Build
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

1:00 pm PDT - Oct 28

2:00 pm PDT - Oct 28

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Automate
    Level 100: Introductory
    Applicable to All
    GitHub Copilot
    Enterprise - Engineering Leadership
    Enterprise - Developer
    Security Professional
    Startups
    Educators & Students
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    AI (Agentic AI, Generative AI, Fine-tuned modeling, Models)
    Collaboration
    Productivity
    Education
    Learn how to navigate GitHub using natural language to help find files, issues, and insights faster
    Discover how to take action directly in chat, including creating issues and analyzing images
    Gain insight into new Copilot features that boost productivity and simplify workflows
    https://youtu.be/uXpbkbhaANI
    Build faster, stay in flow
    What's new from GitHub?
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://github.com/features/copilot?utm_source=universe-web-page-features-copilot&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Tuesday, Oct 28
    2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 28
    BuildIn-person
    Tired of juggling tabs, re-explaining logic, and losing time to context switching? GitHub Copilot is designed to help address these challenges. Beyond writing code, Copilot now helps you manage issues, answer repository questions, and automate repetitive tasks — all through natural language. In this session, we’ll explore how Copilot is being designed to help developers stay focused and productive, and share a preview of upcoming capabilities that aim to simplify common tasks.

    , Principal Design Engineer, GitHub

    , Senior Product Manager, GitHub

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    Track: Build, Automate
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

3:00 pm PDT - Oct 28

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Level 100: Introductory
    Applicable to All
    GitHub Copilot
    Enterprise - Engineering Leadership
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    Startups
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    AI (Agentic AI, Generative AI, Fine-tuned modeling, Models)
    Tech debt and security debt
    We are entering the age of refactoring over rebuilding
    AI agents, including Copilot coding agent, can help you continuously work through your tech debt backlog
    AI agents are easy to use and can free your engineering team up to generate customer value
    https://youtu.be/LafpndhNC_E
    Build faster, stay in flow
    What's new from GitHub?
    Agentic AI + Model Context Protocol (MCP)
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/agents/coding-agent/about-coding-agent?utm_source=universe-web-page-docs-ent-coding-agent&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Tuesday, Oct 28
    3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 28
    BuildIn-person
    Before the age of agents, tech debt often went straight from the backlog to the graveyard. While it’s important to continually identify ways to improve your services, it can be difficult to prioritize those items over customer-facing enhancements. With the introduction of AI agents, that paradigm has shifted: you can now more easily modernize and evolve your codebase, ensuring it never becomes the next legacy. This talk will cover how to embrace the process of modernizing legacy software and how to leverage AI agents, like Copilot coding agent, to keep your codebase up to date.

    , Senior Software Engineer, GitHub

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    Track: Build
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary
  • Product Demo
    Secure
    Level 200: Intermediate
    Applicable to All
    Actions
    GitHub Enterprise Cloud
    Enterprise - Engineering Leadership
    Enterprise - Developer
    Security Professional
    Security Leadership
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    Cloud-native development
    Continuous Integration + Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
    Containerized applications
    Kubernetes
    Security (RASP, supply chain, threat modeling, vulnerability detection)
    Governance and compliance
    GitHub Artifact Attestations makes it easy to start the process of securing your builds
    Write policies that ensure your builds came from your organization and used approved build workflows
    By starting policies in audit mode, you can bootstrap your way into your entire organization achieving compliance
    https://youtu.be/VeHMn9sRago
    Secure every commit
    What's new from GitHub?
    Security professionals
    https://static.rainfocus.com/github/universe25/static/staticfile/staticfile/session-secure-large_1755504861206001HzrL.png
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/secure-your-work/use-artifact-attestations/use-artifact-attestations?utm_source=universe-web-page-docs-actions&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Tuesday, Oct 28
    3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 28
    SecureIn-person
    When it comes to securing your software supply chain, the build process is often the weakest link. That’s where GitHub Artifact Attestations comes in. With just one extra step in your GitHub Actions workflow, you can sign anything built in GitHub Actions — a file on disk or a container image. This signature includes verifiable links to your source code and build process, so you can write policies requiring all images come from your GitHub organization, or even a specific build workflow. Start small in audit mode to evaluate policy impact, then scale enforcement across your builds — with minimal configuration and clear traceability.

    , Principal Engineer, GitHub

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    Track: Secure
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

4:00 pm PDT - Oct 28

10:00 am PDT - Oct 29

11:00 am PDT - Oct 29

12:00 pm PDT - Oct 29

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Level 200: Intermediate
    Applicable to All
    GitHub Copilot
    VS Code
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    AI (Agentic AI, Generative AI, Fine-tuned modeling, Models)
    Open source
    IDE Integration
    Witness how developers can leverage Copilot's agent mode within VS Code to directly interact with GitHub through the MCP Server, streamlining code generation, issue resolution, and more.
    Observe how different AI agents can communicate and collaborate via the MCP Server, showcasing the potential for highly sophisticated, multi-agent workflows.
    Understand how to make the most out of the GitHub MCP Serve to supercharge your workflows.
    https://youtu.be/LwqUp4Dc1mQ
    Build faster, stay in flow
    What's new from GitHub?
    Agentic AI + Model Context Protocol (MCP)
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server?utm_source=universe-web-page-product-mcp&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 29
    Wednesday, Oct 29
    BuildIn-person
    Discover the power of agent extensibility with a live demonstration of the GitHub MCP Server. This demo will showcase how to set up Copilot agent mode to seamlessly interact with GitHub directly from VS Code. We'll highlight key MCP tools, effective prompt engineering, and the agent-to-agent capabilities that unlock powerful multi-step workflows through natural language. See firsthand how the GitHub MCP Server redefines collaboration between humans, AI and GitHub.

    , Senior Software Engineer, GitHub

    , Principal Product Manager, GitHub

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    Track: Build
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

1:00 pm PDT - Oct 29

2:00 pm PDT - Oct 29

3:00 pm PDT - Oct 29

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Automate
    Level 100: Introductory
    Applicable to All
    Actions
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    Continuous Integration + Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
    Security (RASP, supply chain, threat modeling, vulnerability detection)
    Productivity
    Learn five practical GitHub Actions workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks like CI/CD, security checks, and dependency updates
    See real-world examples of how teams automate everything from code reviews to project management with actionable patterns you can copy
    Walk away with specific techniques to streamline your development workflow and spend more time coding and less time on manual processes
    https://youtu.be/2p1D29zJdBI
    Automate and scale with confidence
    Open source
    Developers
    https://static.rainfocus.com/github/universe25/static/staticfile/staticfile/session-automate-large_1755504861317001HKfZ.png
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    https://github.com/features/actions?utm_source=universe-web-page-features-actions&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    Wednesday, Oct 29
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 29
    BuildIn-person
    GitHub Actions has revolutionized the way developers automate workflows, streamline processes, and supercharge their development cycle. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started with automation, this talk will explore five powerful ways to leverage GitHub Actions for efficiency, reliability, and innovation. You'll uncover into key use cases — including CI/CD, security automation, dependency management, project organization, and beyond — to learn how GitHub Actions can transform your workflow. Expect practical insights, real-world examples, and actionable tips to make the most of this game-changing feature. Come discover how to unlock the full potential of automation with GitHub Actions!

    , Senior Developer Advocate, GitHub

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    Track: Build, Automate
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary

4:00 pm PDT - Oct 29

  • Product Demo
    Build
    Automate
    Level 100: Introductory
    All / Cross-Industry
    Business Services
    Computers & Electronics
    Consumer Services
    Education
    Energy & Utilities
    Financial Services
    Food & Beverage Services
    Government
    Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
    Manufacturing
    Media & Entertainment
    Non-Profit
    Real Estate & Construction
    Retail
    Software & Internet
    Telecommunications
    Transportation & Storage
    Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
    Wholesale & Distribution
    Applicable to All
    Food & Beverage Manufacturing
    Agriculture & Mining
    GitHub Copilot
    Enterprise - Engineering Leadership
    Enterprise - Developer
    Open Source Developer or Maintainer
    Security Professional
    Startups
    Security Leadership
    Educators & Students
    In-person
    Recorded
    AI summary
    AI (Agentic AI, Generative AI, Fine-tuned modeling, Models)
    Find out how Copilot Spaces delivers grounded responses using persistent and live-updating context
    Learn how to build and share spaces for your team’s real projects, with secure, permission-aware access
    Walk away with the confidence and resources to solve real pain points
    https://youtu.be/DJN99IIAjiw
    Automate and scale with confidence
    What's new from GitHub?
    Agentic AI + Model Context Protocol (MCP)
    https://static.rainfocus.com/github/universe25/static/staticfile/staticfile/session-automate-large_1755504861317001HKfZ.png
    All Approved and Published Sessions
    Hidden (Manual Add)
    https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/provide-context/use-copilot-spaces?utm_source=universe-web-page-docs-copilotspaces&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=universe25post
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 29
    Wednesday, Oct 29
    BuildIn-person
    Ever wish GitHub Copilot just understood your project the first time, without needing to re-explain context or dig through scattered docs? Copilot Spaces is your shortcut. In this fast-paced demo, Product Manager Vanessa Kalu will show you how Spaces puts the right context—files, pull requests, issues, and repos—at Copilot’s fingertips. See how Spaces helps you onboard faster, solve problems without context gaps, and finally stop chasing info across tools. We’ll create a Space, add persistent and live-updating context, and share it securely with teammates, all in a few clicks. You’ll leave ready to try Spaces yourself and see how much better Copilot can be when it’s grounded in the right context.

    , Product Manager, GitHub

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    Track: Build, Automate
    Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, AI summary