GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Edmonton - #1

​​Join us for the first GitHub Copilot Dev Days event in Edmonton!

We're bringing together builders, maintainers, and developers across Edmonton's growing tech community for a night focused on modern GitHub‑powered workflows, open tooling, and hands‑on learning.

​​Whether you use VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Claude Code, or any other tool in your stack, this meetup is GitHub‑centric but fully tool‑agnostic — come as you are, code how you like.

​​What to Expect

• ​​Practical insights into real GitHub workflows and modern AI‑assisted development

• ​​Live demos from local engineers and community builders

• ​​A friendly, social environment to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another

​​🎤 Speakers:

• ​Brent Fox - Solution Engineer @Microsoft: From Requirements to Running Code: Using Pronghorn, GitHub Spec Kit, and a Secure Azure Landing Zone

• ​Terry -SWE - Government of Alberta: Agentic Development in Practice: Building Orbit with GitHub Copilot 

• ​​Ve Sharma - Solution Engineer @Microsoft: Teaching your CI/CD Pipelines to Think

• ​​​Potentially you! Submit a talk here (or up vote one) github-dev-club/GitHub-copilot-dev-days-canada

​​Agenda

​​4:30 PM — Doors Open
Arrive, settle in, and meet fellow builders. Pick up GitHub Merch.

​​5:15 – 6:45 PM — Lightning Talks, Demos & Q&A
Short, high‑signal sessions focused on GitHub workflows, automation, AI‑assisted coding, and real project demos

​7:00 – 7:30 PM — Community Social
Hang out, swap ideas, and meet other GitHub‑driven developers

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​​⭐ Star this repo to follow GDC and to submit a talk or vote/thumbs-up talk: github-dev-club/GitHub-copilot-dev-days-canada

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🏠 Space hosted by AIDP https://www.ualberta.ca/en/research/innovation/artificial-intelligence-discovery-place