Industry Track

May 19 — Utrecht, NL

The must-attend track for decision makers exploring the adoption of Rust
in their organisation.

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Industry Track

Date & time: Tuesday 19 May, 9:30 - 17:00 CET.

Morning session: Inspiring Talks
The 2026 morning program will be open to anyone with a valid RustWeek ticket. Speakers include Pete LeVasseur from Woven by Toyota and Lori Lorusso, Director of Outreach at the Rust Foundation.

Afternoon session: Expert Tables and Networking
This year adds Facilitated Networking to the Expert Table Sessions, because getting to know your peers who are pursuing the same goals, is at least as useful as learning what to do. To attend the Expert Tables and Networking in the afternoon, please make sure to buy the add-on "Industry Track Expert Tables participation" when you register for RustWeek.

Expert Table topics:

  • How to plan your Rust migration - by Matthias Endler
  • Software life cycle costs - by Martin Kooij
  • Introducing Rust in a conservative environment - by Julius Gustavsson
  • Hiring and training - tba
  • Safety Critical Rust - tba
  • Embedded Rust- tba

Schedule

  • 9:00
    Registration
  • 9:30
    Hugo van de Pol
    Opening
  • 09:40
    Pete LeVasseur - Woven by Toyota
    Popping the Hood on Rust in the 2026 Toyota RAV4
  • 10:25
    Lori Lorusso - Rust Foundation
    Rustaceans on The Move - The Global Impact of Rust
  • 10:45
    Jeremy Lempereur - Proton AG
    Tales of a transformation journey at Proton
  • 11:00
    Break
  • 11:40
    Mark Janssen - Dutch Electoral Council
    Scaling up Rust development at the Dutch Electoral Council
  • 12:25
    TBA
    7M smart meters running Rust
  • 12:45
    Lunch
  • 14:00
    Hugo van de Pol
    Opening afternoon program (Industry Room)
  • 14:15
    Various industry experts
    Expert Tables & Networking Round 1
  • 15:00
    Matthias Endler
    Live Podcast recording
  • 15:50
    Break
  • 16:20
    Various industry experts
    Expert Tables & Networking Round 2
  • 17:05
    Hugo van de Pol
    Closing
  • 17:20
    Drinks
  • Tickets

    The morning program of the Industry Track requires a regular RustWeek ticket. The track's talks will be open to all vistors of RustWeek to attend; priority access will be given to those with the add-on "Industry Track Expert Tables participation".

    To attend the afternoon program (Expert Tables and Networking) choose the add-on "Industry Track Expert Tables participation" (EUR 99,- ex vat) after choosing your regular ticket type.

    Already confirmed for 2026

    Picture of Pete LeVasseur

    Pete LeVasseur

    Staff Software Engineer at Woven by Toyota
    Picture of Lori Lorusso

    Lori Lorusso

    Director of Outreach at Rust Foundation
    Picture of Jeremy Lempereur

    Jeremy Lempereur

    Software engineer at Proton AG
    Picture of Mark Janssen

    Mark Janssen

    Software Architect at the Dutch Electoral Council
    Picture of Julius Gustavsson

    Julius Gustavsson

    System Architect at Volvo Cars
    Picture of Hugo van de Pol

    Hugo van de Pol

    Director at Tweede golf and Trifecta Tech Foundation
    Picture of Matthias Endler

    Matthias Endler

    Founder and Rust Consultant at Corrode
    Picture of Martin Kooij

    Martin Kooij

    Engineering team Embedded Software at ROCSYS

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