Dev Days | Los Angeles, California
Join us for a community-led developer event focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. During this event, we'll introduce you to the GitHub Copilot app and GitHub Copilot CLI.
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.
📅 Agenda (Sessions + Workshop)
5:30pm – Check-in, Networking, & Food
6:00pm – Welcome & Opening
6:00pm – GitHub Copilot CLI, Francis Batac, Senior Software Engineer @ GitHub
6:20pm – GitHub Copilot app, Maira Wenzel, Principal Program Manager @ Microsoft
6:45pm – Workshop: Hands-on with the GitHub Copilot app, Maira Wenzel, Principal Program Manager @ Microsoft and Katie Savage, Technical Program Manager @ Microsoft
All workshop content is available at github.github.com/dev-days/.
8:00pm – Closing & Next Steps
👤 Speaker Info
Francis Batac, Senior Software Engineer @ GitHub
Bio: Francis Batac (@francisfuzz) is a daily power user of Copilot CLI, building custom skills and workflows. He brings a practitioner's perspective on integrating agent-assisted coding into real engineering workflows, drawing on his experience on GitHub's New User Experience team making agent-assisted work visible and trustworthy for end users. In this talk, Francis will share hands-on patterns and lessons learned for getting the most out of Copilot CLI in day-to-day development.
Maira Wenzel, Principal Program Manager @ Microsoft
Bio: Maira Wenzel is a Principal Program Manager on Microsoft’s CoreAI team with 20 years across software development, consulting, technical writing, and program management. She leads strategy and engineering for Microsoft’s major developer sites, including .NET, Microsoft Developer, and Reactor.
Katie Savage, Technical Program Manager @ Microsoft
Bio: Katie Savage is a Technical Program Manager working on the CoreAI team at Microsoft. Through her time as a PM, she's worked with .NET, Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot. She is particularly passionate about working with the community.
Disclaimer: this event utilizes AI credits. While the workshops can be completed with Copilot Free, it will take up a large amount of those credits, so ensure you're preserving where makes sense knowing you'll be attending this event.
Code of Conduct
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all participants. Please review the event Code of Conduct before attending.
👉 Event Code of Conduct: https://github.com/github/dev-days/blob/main/EVENT_CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md