GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Zurich

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.

Agenda

- 4:30pm: Doors open, Snacks, and Networking
- 5:00pm: Welcome, Community update
- 5:10pm~5:40pm: Tech talk: GitHub Copilot overview
- 5:40pm~6:40pm: Tech talk: GitHub Copilot in Practice
- 6:40pm~7:30pm: Open discussion and closing

Tech talk: Mastering GitHub Copilot CLI
Speaker: Aymen Furter - Cloud & AI Solution Engineer, Microsoft
Abstract: Learn to harness the power of agentic development by transitioning to autonomous, multi-step terminal workflows. This session focuses on mastering plan-based execution, repository-aware context, and integrating external data via the Model Context Protocol.

Tech talk: GitStop Using GitHub Copilot Like a Toy
Speaker: Emanuele Bartolesi - GitHub Tech Lead, Xebia
Abstract: GitHub Copilot is easy to love in a demo. Real projects are different. Production codebases come with legacy code, missing context, inconsistent patterns, unclear requirements, and delivery pressure. That is where GitHub Copilot either becomes a real advantage or just an expensive toy. This talk focuses on practical ways to use Copilot in real development workflows, going beyond autocomplete. Agent mode, skills, Copilot CLI, and better prompting can make a real difference when working in messy repositories and under real deadlines. Designed for developers and tech leads who want more than flashy demos, this session shares concrete tactics to get better output, reduce noise, and make Copilot genuinely useful in day-to-day software delivery.