Workday's September 2026 Developer Program Update Call is a big one — Nick Moores and the DevRel crew unveil the Open Developer Program waitlist, open up MVP applications, and hand the mic to special guests Sam Li and Sharon Liang for a live demo of the AI Conversation Bridge, connecting Workday to super apps like WeChat, DingTalk, and KakaoTalk. Plus: a Merge Conflict Manager update from Himali, a virtual (and very on-brand) Tony Time, and five new Outstanding Contributor Award winners. 🔓 NEW: Open Developer Program waitlist is live — anyone can join, get pro-certified, and build with Workday. Head to developer.workday.com/about and click "Get Started" 🏆 MVP applications are open now through end of month — become the face of the Workday Developer Program 🌏 AI Conversation Bridge demo with Sam Li & Sharon Liang — a live chat integration bringing Workday into regional super apps (WeChat, DingTalk, KakaoTalk, Line) via Workday MCP servers, now open source 🔀 Merge Conflict Manager update with Himali — new diff views on the App Activity and Promotions pages to compare code changes before you promote 🤖 Virtual Tony Time — effort-level benchmarks across Fable 5.1, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5 (spoiler: low effort is often just as accurate, and a lot cheaper) 🌏 Developer Days update — Sydney is locked in, Tokyo confirmed for November 5–6, and dev tenant migration reminders from Obinna 🎉 5 new Outstanding Contributor Award winners announced — congrats to this quarter's leaderboard climbers 📍 Find a developer meetup near you or sign up to host: https://luma.com/workdaydeveloperevents 📝 Submit a pitch for the Workday Developer Blog: https://forms.gle/RtfjUBB2df8eLAED8 🍕 Host a Developer Meetup: https://forms.gle/eJ8TF8EJCv5WSXR68 🐙 GitHub examples repo (contribute your own!): https://github.com/Workday/Developer-Relations Chapters [0:02] Welcome & Forward-Looking Statements [0:41] Open Developer Program Waitlist is Live [2:37] MVP Applications Now Open [3:34] Obinna: GitHub Contribution Demo (Examples Repo) [10:46] Dev Tenant Migration Reminders [13:34] Prema: Developer Days Sydney & Bengaluru Recap [18:10] Himali: Merge Conflict Manager — New Diff Views [22:32] AI Conversation Bridge: Sam & Sharon (Super App Integration Demo) [32:29] Virtual Tony Time: Frontier Model Effort-Level Benchmarks [35:09] Developer Blog, Meetup Hosting & Ambassador Program [36:49] Outstanding Contributor Awards — 5 New Winners [38:13] Chris: Upcoming Deep Dive Call (Git Part 2) [39:50] Prema: Upcoming Meetups (Atlanta, Indianapolis, Hyderabad) [40:44] Next DPUC & Community Updates [41:37] Q&A: Rising Sessions, O4I, DevAgent + Copilot, UMSA

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