GitHub Copilot Developer Days | Birmingham, UK

​Join us for a community-led developer event focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.

​Whether you are new to GitHub Copilot or already using it, this event will help you better understand how to apply AI-assisted coding techniques in everyday development.

​Event date to be confirmed and agenda

​​​​✨ What to Expect

• ​🧑‍💻 Live demos from engineers

• ​🤝 A friendly, social space to connect with fellow developers

• ​🍕 Pizza

​​​​📅 Event Agenda – May 20, 2026

​Developer Meetup | GitHub & GitHub Copilot

​👉 Event Code of Conduct: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-event-code-of-conduct

​17:30 – Check‑in & Networking

​18:00 – Welcome & Opening Kickoff

​18:00– Speaker 1 - Nicholas Chang | Microsoft MVP | MCT | Senior Platform Engineer@Kainos

​Session - GitHub Copilot Overview

​18:15 – Speaker 2 - Alex Yochev | Senior Solution Engineer@Microsoft

​Session- From Primitives to Production: Building Real Agents with the GitHub Copilot SDK

​19:00 - 19:30pm – Networking and Food Break

​19:30 – Emanuele Bartolesi@ Xebia - GitHub Technical Lead, Microsoft MVP and GitHub Star

​Hands‑On Workshop / Lab: Guided, practical lab using GitHub Copilot.

​20:30 – Panel Discussion - Open discussion

​20:40 – Closing & Next Steps

​Wrap‑up, community announcements, upcoming events, and ways to stay involved.

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