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GitHub Copilot Dev Days (English)

Thursday, 19 March 2026
14:00 to 17:00 CET
Location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj5_YHCfKzg

14:00 – 14:10
Welcome
Dr. Alexander Wachtel, Microsoft AI MVP & MCT, CEO @ESC Deutschland GmbH

14:10 – 14:45
[Roundtable]
AI in Software Engineering: Curse or Blessing?
Dr. Matthias Liebeck
Alexander Opalic
Dr. Alexander Wachtel

14:45 – 15:45
[Deep Dive]
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio: AI as a Pair Programmer & Best Practices
Dr. Matthias Liebeck, Senior Solution Architect @ anyMOTION GmbH

How can GitHub Copilot be used efficiently in a .NET environment? This session shows how developers can effectively integrate GitHub Copilot into their daily workflows in Visual Studio 2026. Matthias demonstrates step by step how GitHub Copilot supports writing, refactoring, testing, and documenting code — and how agentic coding with Agents and Instruction Files can be used productively. Participants will receive practical best practices for using GitHub Copilot consciously and effectively in their own .NET projects.

15:45 – 16:45
[Deep Dive]
Next Level GitHub Copilot: Agents, Instructions & Automation in VS Code
Alexander Opalic, Developer @ Otto Payments

GitHub Copilot is far more than just code completion. This talk provides a compact introduction to the new ecosystem of prompts, custom instructions, and autonomous agents. I will show how to configure web applications and project structures so that Copilot gets the context it needs to work highly efficiently. Learn how to transform the tool from a simple assistant into an automation engine for complex tasks — and revolutionize your workflow.

16:45 – 17:00
Summary and Outlook