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RustWeek 2026

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ustWeek 2026 is the world's biggest Rust conference, returning to Utrecht. It welcomes over 900+ community members, professionals, and maintainers of Rust. The week includes one day of workshops, two days of talks, a hackathon, an unconference, and the Rust Project All Hands, alongside various social activities.

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6Voices
26Underwriters
0Exhibitors
28On the bill · sessions
29Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at RustWeek, in alphabetical order.
Æva Black
Non-binary hacker, veteran of the first dot-com bubble, and the former Section Chief for Open Source Security at the U.S. CISA. · U.S. CISA
Alice Ryhl
Tokio maintainer, Rust for Linux core team, Android Rust Team at Google · Google
Andreea Costea
Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Delft University of Technology at TU Delft · Delft University of Technology
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Fellow at the Linux Foundation and Linux kernel developer · Linux Foundation
Taylor Cramer
Crubit Development Lead at Google, former member of the Rust lang team · Google
waffle
Member of Rust's compiler team
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AWSDiamond
GoogleGold
JetbrainsGold
Zed IndustriesGold
EspressifSilver
InfineonSilver
Oxide ComputersSilver
ExpressVPNBronze
GitButlerBronze
OxidOSBronze
PolarsBronze
TandemDriveBronze
ArmSupporter
CanvaUnconf supporter
ComperCoffee sponsor
Ferrous SystemsUnconf partner
GiGa infosystemsWorkshop partner
HexcatOrganizing partner
KiesraadHackathon Gold sponsor
LinaroWorkshop partner
MicrosoftSupporter
NLnet LabsSupporter
RustJobsSupporter
TechnolutionSupporter
Tweede golfOrganizing partner
VectorWareSupporter
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The Programme

Selected from 28 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:25 (15 min)

    Rustaceans on The Move — The Global Impact of Rust

    Industry track
  • 10:25 (35 min)

    Stabilizing decade-old features

    Compiler track
  • 10:25 (35 min)

    When is never?

    Main track
  • 10:45 (15 min)

    Tales of a transformation journey at Proton

    Industry track
  • 11:40 (35 min)

    Compilers are just programs: Fixing a bug in the Rust compiler

    Compiler track
  • 11:40 (35 min)

    Knock, knock. Race condition! Who's there? — A Refactoring Story

    Main track
  • 11:40 (35 min)

    Scaling up Rust development at the Dutch Electoral Council

    Industry track
  • 12:25 (20 min)

    How we replace common C⁠(⁠+⁠+⁠) libraries with Rust at scale

    Compiler track
  • 12:25 (20 min)

    Rust for Secure and Sustainable Smart Metering

    Industry track
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 29 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

29 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
1All threespeak · spons · exh
25Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
3Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Google

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

17% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite117%
  • Manager / Lead117%
  • Engineer · IC117%
  • Other roles350%

Of 6 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01GoogleSp·G2V
  2. 02ArmSp·S
  3. 03AWSSp·D
  4. 04CanvaSp·U
  5. 05ComperSp·C
  6. 06EspressifSp·S
  7. 07ExpressVPNSp·B
  8. 08Ferrous SystemsSp·U
  9. 09GiGa infosystemsSp·W
  10. 10GitButlerSp·B
  11. 11HexcatSp·O
  12. 12InfineonSp·S
  13. 13JetbrainsSp·G
  14. 14KiesraadSp·H
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
diamond1
4% of 26
gold3
12% of 26
silver3
12% of 26
bronze5
19% of 26
supporter6
23% of 26
unconf partner1
4% of 26
unconf supporter1
4% of 26
workshop partner2
8% of 26
coffee sponsor1
4% of 26
hackathon gold sponsor1
4% of 26
organizing partner2
8% of 26
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters