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Dates
Usually October (next dates not announced)
Where
San Francisco, CA · In person and online
Cost
Free expo floor; session passes $1,399. In-person pass $1,399; $1,119 each for teams of 4+; virtual pass free; Day of Learning workshop $99 (Oct 30).
Type
Conference · Free expo, paid sessions
Organizer
GitHub
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Cheaper ways in: Free virtual pass (keynotes, virtual-only content, recordings); team price $1,119 per pass for 4+.

Speaking opportunities

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Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Open source and developer relations, Software engineering leadership

Roles: open source maintainer, developer advocate, engineering manager

The field it serves: Technology & Software

Verified open jobs
about 67,766

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$152,000 a year (middle half $114,000 to $200,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,804 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
30% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
−4.2% in information, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Full Technology & Software snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

  • Agentic AI Foundation Speaking 2026
  • Alliance AI Speaking 2026
  • GFT Technologies Speaking 2026
  • kody.codes Speaking 2026
  • Levi Strauss & Co. Speaking 2026
  • Microsoft Speaking 2026
  • Nuevo Foundation Speaking 2026
  • Open Home Foundation Speaking 2026

Read from the event’s own pages: githubuniverse.com.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Angie Jones

    Agentic AI Foundation

  • Bea Mendez Gandica

    Nuevo Foundation

  • Cameron Hamilton

    Alliance AI

  • Franck Nijhof

    Open Home Foundation

  • Jenny Patchen

    Levi Strauss & Co.

  • John Maeda

    Microsoft

  • Julio Arruda

    GFT Technologies

  • Kent C. Dodds

    kody.codes

Read from the event’s own pages: githubuniverse.com

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in San Francisco, CA. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: dates not announced
  • 2026: October 28, 2026 to October 29, 2026, San Francisco, CA

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