Announcing the RustConf 2025 Speaker Lineup

June 10, 2025/Rust Foundation Team

The Rust Foundation is excited to unveil the speaker lineup for RustConf 2025, the original Rust programming language conference. This year’s event brings together an outstanding group of developers, maintainers, and technical leaders who are shaping the future of Rust across industries, domains, and global contexts.

Keynotes

Keynotes at RustConf are designed to open and close each main conference day with broad insights, bold ideas, and deep reflections on the state and future of Rust. This year’s keynote speakers bring experience from across open source leadership:

  • Mark Russinovich – CTO, Microsoft Azure
  • Ellie Huxtable – Creator of Atuin
  • Jonathan Kelly – Founder of Dioxus

… and one more to be announced soon!

Marquee Talks

Marquee talks at RustConf are featured sessions that highlight significant technical contributions, long-term community impact, or emerging ideas that deserve the spotlight. They are designed to be must-see sessions at the heart of the conference.

We’re thrilled to have the following marquee speakers on the RustConf 2025 stage:

  • Chandler Carruth – Software Engineer, Google & Carbon Language Lead
  • Jeremy Soller – Creator of Redox OS, Principal Engineer at System76
  • Nathaniel Simard – Creator of Burn, Co-founder of Tracel-AI
  • Marco Ieni — Infrastructure Engineer, the Rust Foundation

Session Talks

We are also delighted to welcome a number of session speakers to the RustConf 2025 stage! These speakers will collectively touch on a number of important themes, including:

  • Async Internals & Concurrency Models – From advanced language features to real-world performance strategies.
  • AI & Edge Computing – Including low-latency inference, hardware integration, and embedded systems.
  • Rust in Production – Adoption stories and lessons from teams at global tech companies, nonprofit organizations, and public interest groups.
  • Security & Observability – Practical tools and protocols for building safer, more maintainable systems.
  • Community Perspectives – How Rust is being used to solve problems across sectors and regions around the world.
  • Interop & Migration – Case studies of Rust replacing or complementing C, C++, and other languages in large codebases.

We’re especially excited to continue spotlighting Rust Global sessions — talks specifically focused on how Rust is adopted and scaled in professional and leadership environments around the world.

Find the full speaker lineup here: https://rustconf.com/speakers/

Registration, Workshops, & Schedule coming soon!

RustConf 2025 will take place September 2–5 in Seattle, Washington, with a virtual experience available for attendees around the world. We’ll announce more details soon — including the full program, schedule, add-on workshops, and Friday UnConference details.

Please join us in congratulating our list of 2025 RustConf speakers! We’re looking forward to celebrating the creativity, impact, and growth of the Rust ecosystem with you this September! 🦀

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