{"id":95093,"date":"2026-04-08T09:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/?p=95093"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:35:49","slug":"github-universe-is-back-we-want-you-to-take-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/news-insights\/company-news\/github-universe-is-back-we-want-you-to-take-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub Universe is back: We want you to take the stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone’s favorite global developer event is back for another year of learning, connection, building, and donuts. We hope you’re excited to join us at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on October 28–29. Of course, you don’t just have to be in attendance this year: Our Call for Sessions is open now through Friday, May 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT<\/strong>. If you’ve been thinking about taking the stage, this is your moment. Submit a proposal<\/a> that shares what you’ve been building over the past year, what you’ve learned, and what other builders can take away from it. And if you know someone who deserves a mic, you can also nominate a speaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need some inspiration? Below, we have five past Universe sessions that have captured our imaginations (so much so that we’re still talking about them). These sessions perfectly encapsulate what Universe is all about: learning, fun, and just a little magic. We can’t wait to see what they spark for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Git’s nine lives: Taming frontend chaos with Git’s hidden features (2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Pillippa<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pillippa Pérez Pons took a problem every frontend team recognized: messy rebases, ever-growing monorepos, mysteriously vanishing commits, and general Git chaos, and made it delightfully weird by framing the whole thing as a cat’s nine lives. Each “life” unlocked a lesser-known Git feature or optimization—sparse checkouts, partial clones, reflog rescues, and performance boosts—delivered with storytelling, visuals, and just enough humor to make the tricky parts stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breath of Copilot: Level up your DevEx with GitHub Actions and GitHub Advanced Security (2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Matteo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This full-on fantasy adventure, presented by Matteo Bianchi (GitHub) and Alexandra Aldershaab (Eficode), cast CI\/CD as a castle, reframed ancient scripts as lurking monsters, and sent the audience on a quest to modernize automation without inviting supply chain dragons into the build. Under the playful storytelling, the session delivered a genuinely practical payoff: secure GitHub Actions patterns (with Copilot as a trusty sidekick) that helped teams speed up workflows while keeping security front and center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream it in the morning, build it in the afternoon: Collapsing the distance from idea to impact (2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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