RustConf 2025 Program LIVE!

The Rust Foundation is thrilled to announce that the program and schedule for RustConf 2025 is now live!

View the schedule of talks and content here: https://rustconf.com/schedule

View the recently-published RustConf speaker list here: https://rustconf.com/speakers

We think the roster of keynotes, session talks, and workshops will get you even more excited to join us, whether in-person in Seattle or online, from September 2-5, 2025. As you’ll see from our schedule, RustConf 2025 attendees have meaningful keynotes, practical talks, global community conversations, hands-on workshops, and a Friday unconference to look forward to. Whether you’re an experienced systems engineer, a Rust-curious developer, or somewhere in between, RustConf is where the next wave of Rust innovation comes into focus.

Event Dates

• Tuesday, Sept 2 – Optional workshops (to be announced and open for registration soon)
• Wednesday, Sept 3 & Thursday, Sept 4 – Main conference days
• Friday, Sept 5 – UnConference

📍 Location: Seattle, WA at the Hyatt Regency Downtown and online!

🌐 Website: https://rustconf.com

Here’s an in-depth look at the newly-announced RustConf 2025 program: 

Tuesday Workshops

Four immersive, hands-on workshops will run from Tuesday morning until mid/late afternoon (timing specific to each workshop), offering focused learning with expert instructors:

Workshops require a separate ticket add-on during registration. Capacity is limited! More information to come soon!

Keynotes & Marquee Talks

The two-day main program features keynotes and “marquee” speakers pushing the boundaries of what Rust can do:

• Mark Russinovich (CTO, Deputy CISO, & Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure) — “From Blue Screens to Orange Crabs: Microsoft’s Rusty Revolution”
• Ellie Huxtable (Founder & Lead Developer, Atuin) — “Rust All the Way Down”
• Jonathan Kelly (Creator & Founder, Dioxus) — “High-Level Rust and the Future of Application Development”
• Jeremy Soller (Creator, Redox OS) — “10 Years of Redox OS and Rust”
• Chandler Carruth (Distinguished Software Engineer, Google) — “Memory Safety Everywhere with Both Rust and Carbon”
• Nathaniel Simard (Co-Founder, Tracel-AI) — “Rust for AI & Accelerated Computing”
• Marco Ieni (Infrastructure Engineer, Rust Foundation — “How We Made the Rust CI 75% Cheaper”)

… and more more to be announced soon!

Sessions

Following morning keynotes and marquee talks, RustConf will have two parallel tracks, featuring the following “session” talks. Click speaker names to learn more about them and find the link to learn more about their sessions!

• Ally Salim — “Rust at the Last Mile in Healthcare”
• Brad Gibson — “Rusty New ars: Look, Ma, No C Added!”
• goingforbrooke — “Rust Against the Odds: Fighting Human Trafficking with Software That Runs Everywhere”
• Konstantinos Stathopulos — “To the Stratosphere and Beyond: Rust at 100,000ft”
• Lalit Kumar Bhasin — “Auto-Instrumenting Rust Applications Using eBPF and OpenTelemetry”
• Leon Schuermann — “Memory Safety is Merely Table Stakes: Safe Interactions with Foreign Languages through Omniglot”
• Luca Palmieri — “Rewrite, Pptimize, Repeat: Our Journey Porting a Triemap from C to Rust”
• Rain — “Cancelling async Rust”
• Russell Cohen — “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Adopting Rust at Your Company”
• Sam Lijin — “Shipping Rust to Python, Typescript, and Ruby Users”
• Wojciech Kargul — “Scaling a Rust Community: Lessons from the Frontlines”
• Yang Zhou — “Rust for Robotics: Safer, Faster Systems for Autonomous Applications”
• Yuri Astrakhan — “Adapting Rust @ Rivian Cars: Coolest Tech to the Next-Gen EVs”
• Danilo Chiarlone & Ludvig Liljenberg — “Re-Engineering Microsoft’s Hyperlight in Rust”
• Taylor Cramer & Tyler Mandry — “Fine-Grained C++ Interop”
• Daniel Hugenroth, Sam Cutler, & Zeke Hunter-Green — “Secure Messaging: Leveraging Rust to Create the Guardian’s Anonymous Whistleblowing System”

Browse the schedule today! If you attended RustConf previously, you’ll find a handy change on the program this year: talks are tagged with focus areas like Interop, Async, Security, AI, Tooling, and Rust Global — so you can map out the experience that fits your interests. You can also sort by track.

Friday UnConference

We’re bringing back the RustConf UnConference on Friday, Sept 5 — a relaxed and collaborative space for Rustaceans who want to have meaningful conversations outside of the sometimes formal structure of a conference. Registration will be separate and more details are coming soon.

Showcase Your Support for Rust at RustConf Through a Sponsorship

RustConf is supported by incredible organizations committed to open source and technical excellence. Sponsorships are still available at the Gold, Silver, and Recruiter levels — with a 10% discount for Rust Foundation members. Sponsors receive a compelling suite of benefits, but biggest advantages include brand visibility amongst some of the more passionate members of the Rust ecosystem, networking opportunities with other open source advocates and leaders, and a private sponsor lounge. Learn more and get in touch.

A huge thank you to the generous organizations who have already come aboard as sponsors, including Gold Sponsors Microsoft and JetBrains. Follow our growing sponsor base here: https://rustconf.com/sponsors 

We can’t wait for you to hear from these amazing voices in Rust this September.

📋 Browse the Program & Schedule

🎤 View Speaker List

Registration

Registration will open and workshops will be announced very soon! Stay tuned for more information and in the meantime, mark your calendars for RustConf 2025!