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RustConf 2026 ran Sep 8–11, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. It is a Rust conference. ConferenceGrid lists 84 speakers, 18 sponsors and 86 sessions. The next edition, RustConf 2027, is Sep 7–10, 2027 in Vancouver.

Lineup updated Oct 17, 2026 · dates verified May 4, 2026

RustConf is the flagship annual conference dedicated to discussions and content about the Rust programming language and the open source software ecosystem. For its 10th year, RustConf brings together the Rust community to explore cutting-edge ideas, connect with teams and individuals passionate about the language, and focus on what’s next for Rust and modern…

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84Speakers
18Sponsors
86Sessions
68Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at RustConf, in alphabetical order.

Ada Hieta
Applied AI Engineer · Softlandia
Alexandru Radovici
Assistant Professor · Politehnica University of Bucharest
Alex Zenla
CTO · Edera
Alyssa Evans
Software Engineer · Ditto
Amelia Payne
Microsoft Azure
Arthur Cohen
Compiler Engineer · Embecosm
Arthur Pastel
Bart Massey
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Portland State University
Benoit Cortier
Brendan O'Brien
Brennan Vincent
Dash0
Bryan Cantrill
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Oxide Computer
Camille Gruen
Camille Owens
Cloud Engineer · Development Seed
Christian Legnitto
Founder · VectorWare
Cindy Xiao
Security Researcher · Decoder Loop
Craig Alfieri
Craig Hamilton
Staff Flight Software Engineer · Umbra Lab, Inc.
Daniel Almeida
Consultant Software Engineer · Collabora
Daniel McCarney
Open source maintainer
Daniel Prilik
Systems Software Engineer · Meta
David Lawrence
Roboticist · Robotics and AI Institute

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ConvexDiamond
SolanaDiamond
DevolutionsGold
JetBrainsGold
SovereignGold
ZedGold
ArmSilver
CognitionGold+
devITjobsMedia Partner
devitjobs.comMedia Partner
GoogleGold+
KDABLivestream and Session Recording
Lawrence HarveyRecruiting Sponsor
Linux MagazineMedia Partner
MicrosoftGold+
OneChronosGold+
PeeriotGold+
Polar SignalsGold+

Agenda

Selected from 86 sessions.

  • Thursday, September 10, 09:00 EDT

    Keynote: Rust, In Sickness & In Health

    Keynotes
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:00 EDT

    Keynote - To Be Announced

    Keynotes
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:30 EDT

    Sponsored Lighting Talk - Microsoft: Rust (in production) Without Fear

    Sponsored Lightning Talks
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:35 EDT

    Sponsored Lightning Talk - Peeriot: Myrmic: An Open Rust Runtime for Distributed Edge Applications

    Sponsored Lightning Talks
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:40 EDT

    Project Update: Safety-Critical Rust Consortium

    Project Updates
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:40 EDT

    Project Update: The Safety-Critical Rust Consortium Two Years In

    Project Update
  • Thursday, September 10, 09:55 EDT

    Sponsored Lightning Talk: OneChronos - Rust in Finance

    Sponsored Lightning Talks
  • Thursday, September 10 - 10:00 EDT

    Project Goals : Funding :: Chocolate : Peanut Butter

    Breakout Sessions
  • Thursday, September 10, 10:10 EDT

    Sponsored Lightning Talk - Google: How We Replace Common C⁠ and C++ Libraries with Rust at Scale

    Sponsored Lightning Talks

Quick answers

When is RustConf 2026?
RustConf 2026 ran Sep 8–11, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. The next edition, RustConf 2027, is Sep 7–10, 2027 in Vancouver.
Where is RustConf 2026 held?
RustConf 2026 was held in Montreal, Canada.
Who is speaking at RustConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 84 speakers, including Ada Hieta (Applied AI Engineer, Softlandia), Alexandru Radovici (Assistant Professor, Politehnica University of Bucharest) and Alex Zenla (CTO, Edera).
Who sponsors RustConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 18 sponsors, including Convex, Solana, Devolutions, JetBrains and Sovereign.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 68 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

68 companies. two 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.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
51Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Google·Convex

Speakers by seniority

11% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite56%
  • Founder / Owner11%
  • VP-level11%
  • Director / Head of22%
  • Manager / Lead1012%
  • Engineer · IC2226%
  • Research / Science67%
  • Other roles3744%

Of 84 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1GoogleSponsor · Gold+3
2ConvexSponsor · Diamond1
3ArmSponsor · Silver-
4AWS3
5CognitionSponsor · Gold+-
6DevITJobs.ukSponsor · Media Partner-
7DevolutionsSponsor · Gold-
8JetBrainsSponsor · Gold-
9KDABSponsor · Livestream and Session Recording-
10Lawrence HarveySponsor · Recruiting Sponsor-
11Linux MagazineSponsor · Media Partner-
12MicrosoftSponsor · Gold+-
13OneChronosSponsor · Gold+-
14PeeriotSponsor · Gold+-
Sponsors by tier
diamond2
11% of 18
gold4
22% of 18
silver1
6% of 18
recruiting sponsor1
6% of 18
livestream and session recording1
6% of 18
gold+6
33% of 18
media partner3
17% of 18
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.

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