World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 1:00 PM–1:30 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
Parallelize Your Development with GitHub Copilot
Pamela Fox
Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
GitHub program
Build with GitHub.
Explore real-world approaches to AI-native development—from parallel coding and agentic workflows to security, governance, and human control.
GitHub
Agenda
GitHub program sessions.
From Copilot and MCP to autonomous pull requests and agent guardrails, explore the full GitHub program at World Congress North America.
19 sessions
World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 1:40 PM–2:10 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
Building an AI-Native Development Workflow
Vanessa Minik
Senior Service Delivery Engineer at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 2:20 PM–2:50 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
Build Interactive Copilot Experiences with Canvas Extensions
James Clancey
Principal Product Manager at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 3:00 PM–3:30 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
How GitHub Helps Two Maintainers Serve 6,000 Learners
Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza
Senior Cloud Advocate at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 3:40 PM–4:10 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
Lean Intelligence: Lessons from GitHub Copilot Data Science Efforts
Rahul Pandita
Research and Technical Assistant at Microsoft
World Congress 2026 North America
Wed, Sep 23 · 4:20 PM–4:50 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 2
Lawyers who ship: How GitHub CELA used AI to rewire legal work
Bria Ford
Program Manager & Digital Transformation at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 10:20 AM–10:50 AM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
Practices, Not Prompts: Scale GitHub Copilot with AI-Ready Repositories
Luis Pujols
Staff Customer Success Architect at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 11:00 AM–11:30 AM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
Accelerating development and managing agents with the GitHub Copilot app
Christopher Harrison
Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Workshop (120 min)Stage 12
Exploring MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot
Pamela Fox
Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 1:30 PM–3:30 PM
Workshop (120 min)Stage 12
GitHub Actions
Austen Stone
Senior Field Actions Specialist at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 3:30 PM–4:00 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Mainstage
Our Brains in the AI Era
Cassidy Williams
Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 3:30 PM–4:00 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
Going beyond the code through the GitHub Copilot App: how to unlock you and your team’s superpower
Jenny Hwang
Director of User Research at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 4:00 PM–6:00 PM
Workshop (120 min)Stage 12
Agentic coding with GitHub Copilot CLI
Christopher Harrison
Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Thu, Sep 24 · 4:10 PM–4:40 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
The Reality of AI Adoption in Enterprises
Priyanka Vergadia
Cloud and AI expert at Microsoft
World Congress 2026 North America
Fri, Sep 25 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Workshop (120 min)Stage 12
Intro to Agentic Workflows and an AI-enabled SDLC
Greg Larkin
Senior Service Delivery Engineer at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Fri, Sep 25 · 10:20 AM–10:50 AM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
Agentic Code Validation and Repository Automation with Agentic Workflows
Jose Palafox
Field Copilot Specialist at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Fri, Sep 25 · 11:40 AM–12:10 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A) · Deep Dive Session (45 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
Codifying Trade-offs: Security, Cost, and Compliance as Agent Guardrails
Suzanne Daniels
Chief Developer Advisor at Microsoft
World Congress 2026 North America
Fri, Sep 25 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM
Session (30 min, incl. Q&A)Stage 6
The Autonomous Pull Request: Let Agents Ship Without Surrendering Control
Sam Jarvinen
Senior Solutions Engineer at GitHub
World Congress 2026 North America
Fri, Sep 25 · 3:00 PM–5:00 PM
Workshop (120 min)Stage 12
Secure development from pull request to production with GitHub
Sam Jarvinen
Senior Solutions Engineer at GitHub