ALT Six people are arranged in two rows on a promotional poster for GitHub Universe 2026. The event logo and year are displayed at the top. The text at the bottom encourages voting for sessions to feature on the main stage.

ALT A promotional image featuring the text: "Why sketching in code matters more in the age of AI." Below are two portraits. On the left, Qianqian Ye is associated with the Processing Foundation and USC. On the right, John Maeda is associated with Microsoft.

ALT Session titled 'How AI reshaped open source.' Features photos of three individuals: Angie Jones from Agentic AI Foundation, David A. Wheeler from OpenSSF and The Linux Foundation, and Priya Pahwad from Django Software Foundation.

ALT Session titled: "The Human Side of AI: How building community drove 94% Copilot adoption". Below, there is a black and white photo of a person smiling, with text. "Brittany Istenes, OSS Strategist and Community Architect".

ALT GitHub Universe ’26 session graphic for “Open PRs, don’t merge them: Fine-grained authorization for hosted MCP servers.” Ship & Tell, October 29, 2026, at 10:20 AM ET. Presented by Nick Taylor, Developer Advocate/Software Engineer at Pomerium. Includes Nick’s photo and a yellow rubber duck illustration.

ALT Person looking very happy playing a piano of Furbies.

ALT A promotional graphic for Universe 2026. The left side reads "Our stage. Your story. Submit your proposal now through May 1." The right side shows a busy waterfront scene with the Golden Gate Bridge visible in the background.