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Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 140 days away
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GitHub Universe 2026
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Two-day developer conference with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke keynote. Major Copilot updates, agentic coding announcements, GitHub Actions, Codespaces, and Advanced Security improvements.
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githubuniverse.com
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2026-04-30
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Single-date event with source time 09:00 in America/Los_Angeles.
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The clock above counts down to GitHub Universe 2026, GitHub's annual developer conference, scheduled for October 28-29, 2026 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The opening keynote from GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke anchors the morning of October 28 at 09:00 PT.
GitHub Universe is where GitHub sets the year's roadmap for the platform that hosts most of the world's open-source software. It draws roughly 2,500 in-person attendees plus a much larger online audience, with a tightly produced two-day format anchored by a CEO keynote, a developer keynote, and 50+ breakout sessions covering Copilot, Actions, Codespaces, Advanced Security, Issues / Projects, and the broader GitHub developer experience.
The 2026 edition arrives with Copilot positioned as a multi-model agentic platform spanning Claude, GPT, and Gemini, deeper Copilot Workspace and coding-agent capabilities, and a sharper enterprise security and policy story. Universe is also where GitHub typically launches the developer survey and expands the Stars / educator programmes.
Thomas Dohmke's opening keynote is expected to centre on agentic coding (Copilot coding agent, Workspace, Spaces, Spark), multi-model orchestration, and GitHub's enterprise policy controls for AI. Expect major Actions and Codespaces updates, new Advanced Security capabilities (secret scanning, dependency review, code scanning at scale), and partner-led sessions from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft.
Day two leans developer-deep, with hands-on labs, open-source maintainer panels, and Octoverse data drops on language popularity, AI adoption, and contribution patterns.
The opening keynote streams free on githubuniverse.com and GitHub's YouTube channel. The keynote begins at 09:00 PT on October 28, 2026, which is 12:00 ET, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET, 21:30 IST, and 01:00 JST on October 29. Breakouts publish to the Universe on-demand library shortly after they air.
GitHub Universe sits inside the broader developer-AI calendar with Microsoft Build 2026, Vercel Ship 2026, Next.js Conf 2026, and Microsoft Ignite 2026. For the year's marquee security industry event, see the RSA Conference 2026 countdown.
When does GitHub Universe 2026 start? Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 09:00 PT, with the conference running through October 29. Where is GitHub Universe 2026? Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California. How can I watch GitHub Universe 2026? Live on githubuniverse.com and GitHub's YouTube channel; on-demand sessions follow within hours. What is the focus of Universe 2026? Copilot agentic coding, multi-model orchestration, Actions, Codespaces, and Advanced Security.
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https://githubuniverse.com/Structured data posture
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