Demo Proposal: Agentic Platform Engineering with GitHub Copilot for IDP Evolution

[dcasati]

• City Chapter: Calgary
• Draft Title: Agentic Platform Engineering with GitHub Copilot for IDP Evolution
• Length: (20 min)

Platform engineering teams must deliver secure, scalable, self‑service platforms while supporting more teams and environments. AI‑assisted development and agentic workflows are reshaping how platforms are built and run. This session shows how GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and AKS can automate scaffolding, enforce standards, generate IaC, and reduce cognitive load. Attendees learn patterns to embed AI so platforms become self‑evolving systems.

• Agentic development in real-world projects
• Building with GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude agents
• Agentic CI/CD pipelines and automation patterns
• Workflows beyond the IDE/terminal (Using Agents in Github.com)

Repo: Agentic Platform Engineering

Speaker Bio

Speaker 1:

• Name: Diego Casati
• Mini-bio: Principal Solution Engineer on Microsoft's Azure Global Black Belt team specializing in Kubernetes, platform engineering, and cloud-native architectures. Outside of work, he enjoys camping, electronics tinkering, and off-grid radio.
• Would you like help with your demo?
• Social media link(s): LinkedIn, Azure Global Black Belts

Speaker 2:

• Name: Ray Kao
• Mini-bio: Husband, Dad & award eligible primate. AI Dev Tools & Platform Engineering on the CAIP Developer Global Black Belt Team @microsoft.
• Would you like help with your demo?
• Social media link(s): LinkedIn, Azure Global Black Belts

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[VeVarunSharma]

This is great! This touches on the key things we'll be focusing on for GDC Calgary. Looking forward to hearing from you and @raykao

Adding this one for the Calgary event :)