Idan Gazit
Head of GitHub Next, GitHub
Speaking in 3 sessions at AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 — unofficial import demo
Bio
Idan Gazit leads GitHub Next, the birthplace of GitHub Copilot, and many more prototypes that explore how AI will make software development faster, easier, safer, and more accessible for developers everywhere. As a hybrid designer and developer, his interests span a variety of fields. Idan is keenly interested in data display issues, typography, and color. You're likely to hear him talk about the pit of success, and the importance of good nouns. Idan was previously a principal engineer at Heroku, and is an alumnus of the Django web framework's core development team. He is a firm believer in the power of web technologies, and is most at home in them, though many evenings you can find him soldering a new keyboard or muttering foul language while trying to get Rust to run on a microcontroller.
Sessions
- Build agents fast with GitHub Copilot (from idea to working app)Tuesday, June 30 · 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM · Track MTrack M
- Build agents fast with GitHub Copilot (from idea to working app)Tuesday, June 30 · 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM · Expo Stage 2 NWExpo Stage 2
- Realtime multiplayer, automation, and you!Thursday, July 2 · 2:50 PM – 3:10 PM · Track 8Agentic Engineering
For developers: this programme is open data — JSON, iCal, schedule XML and an MCP endpoint.Show endpointsHide
- JSONEvery published session and speaker, in one request./aie-worldsfair-2026-import/feed.json
- iCalSubscribe in Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar./aie-worldsfair-2026-import/feed.ics
- Schedule XMLfrab / pentabarf — the format conference apps import./aie-worldsfair-2026-import/feed.xml
- MCP + RESTPoint Claude at the programme. OpenAPI 3.1 included./agents
No key, no signup, CORS open. Everything here is generated from the same data the organisers edit.