GitHub Universe, a two-day conference held at Pier 70, brought together developers worldwide to discuss software development, collaboration, and deployment, featuring an animated short of the octocat created by the GitHub creative team. CEO Chris Wanstrath announced enhancements to GitHub's platform, including a partnership with Yubico to support FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) for better account security, and introduced an Integrations Directory to seamlessly use tools like Travis-CI and Slack with GitHub. The conference also highlighted Git Large File Storage (LFS), which facilitates the handling of large files by replacing them with text pointers while storing the content remotely. The event was supported by 13 sponsors, providing food, coffee, and art installations, and sessions were made available online for wider access, with plans for the event to continue next year.