RustWeek 2026

May 18-23 — Utrecht, NL

The world's biggest Rust conference includes one day of workshops, two days of talks, a hackathon, social activities, and more!

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RustWeek 2026

The world's biggest Rust conference returns to beautiful Utrecht, welcoming over 900+ community members, professionals and the maintainers of Rust.

The week includes one day of workshops, two days of talks, a hackathon, and social activities. Additionally, we're hosting an unconference, and our second Rust Project All Hands!

Monday May 18
Tuesday May 19
Wednesday May 20
Thursday May 21
Friday May 22
Saturday May 23
Kinepolis, Utrecht, NL

Pre-registration

optional

11:00–14:00

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Details

TBD, Utrecht, NL

Workshops

150 attendees

12:00–17:00

7 workshops in total

See details

Kinepolis, Utrecht, NL

Conference day 1

800 attendees

08:30–19:00

3 tracks: Main, Ecosystem & Industry

Talk schedule

Kinepolis, Utrecht, NL

Conference day 2

800 attendees

08:30–19:00

3 tracks: Main, Deep Dive & Rust Project

Talk schedule

TBD, Utrecht, NL

Hackathon

200 attendees

09:00–18:00

Collaborative coding

See details

TBD, Utrecht, NL

Rust All-Hands & Unconference

250 attendees

09:00–18:00

 

Invitation only

Utrecht, NL

Social activities

in small groups

10:00–22:00

 

All activities / Join Discord

TBD, Utrecht, NL

Rust All-Hands & Unconference

250 attendees

09:00–18:00

 

Invitation only

Utrecht, NL

Social activities

in small groups

10:00–22:00

 

All activities / Join Discord

TBD, Utrecht, NL

Rust All-Hands & Unconference

250 attendees

09:00–18:00

 

Invitation only

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Speakers

We'll announce our invited speakers here. Do you also want to speak at RustWeek? Our CFP is open!

Taylor Cramer

Crubit Development Lead at Google, former member of the Rust lang team
main track

Greg Kroah-Hartman

Linux kernel developer
main track

Andreea Costea

Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
main track

Alice Ryhl

Tokio maintainer, Rust for Linux core team, Android Rust Team at Google
main track

Andrew 'BurntSushi' Gallant

Member of the Rust project's libs-api and regex teams
main track
10 year celebration at RustWeek 2025

Location: Utrecht

RustWeek 2026 will take place in Utrecht, one of the largest and most beautiful cities of the Netherlands. Utrecht is known for its medieval city centre and lovely canals, and has excellent public transport and walkability.

Utrecht's train station is the biggest and most central train station in the country, making it the central hub for (international) trains in the Netherlands.

Last year's sponsors

Interested in sponsoring? Download our Sponsorship prospectus or contact us

Flags at RustWeek 2025

About RustWeek

RustWeek is organised by RustNL, a non-profit that strives to promote the Rust programming language and support Rust's maintainers.