RustConf 2016 - Opening Keynote by Aaron Turon & Niko Matsakis
Aaron and Niko will deliver an update on the state of all things Rust. You don't want to miss it!
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On the eve of Rust 2018, we have so much to celebrate! From the core language to tools to community outreach to adoption, the Rust project has made enormous strides. But with success comes new challenges. Looking ahead to the next Edition of Rust, this keynote will lay out some of these challenges along three dimensions: Stakeholders, Governance, and Product. I’ll pitch some personal ideas for how to grapple with these challenges, taking a frank look at what’s working well and what needs to change, and inviting community-wide discussion as we go into our planning for next year.
Opening Keynote by Aaron Turon, Carol Nichols and Niko Matsakis
Aaron, Carol, and Niko will deliver an update on the state of all things Rust. You don't want to miss it!
Growing with our users: How the Rust Project is reshaping our communication by Jack Huey and Niko Matsakis.
Over the past fifteen years, Rust has grown from a small project used by Mozilla and few others, to being used by millions of developers. But our communication patterns haven't scaled well with that growth. In this talk, we'll present some of the initiatives that the Rust Project is undertaking, and participating in, in order to reshape the way we listen to and collaborate with our users. Structured efforts like the Vision Doc and User Research teams, the Project Goals process, and the Content Team, as well as ongoing collaborations such as with the Rust for Linux and Rust for CPython projects, each serve as tools to and lessons in how to communicate with and listen more effectively to our users.
About Jack Huey (he/him):
Jack Huey has been contributing to the Rust Project since 2019 and currently serves many roles, including co-leading the Types and Vision Doc teams, formerly acting as a leadership council representative, and currently acting as a Project Director. His passion in Rust is type system design and experimentation, but spends signficant time on Project health and governance.
- git: https://github.com/jackh726
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-huey-phd/
About Niko Matsakis (he/him):
Co-lead Rust vision doc & Language team, Sr. Principal Engineer at Amazon
- git: https://github.com/nikomatsakis
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nikomatsakis.com
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-matsakis-615614/
- website: https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/
This talk was given at RustWeek 2026 as part of the Main track on Tuesday 19 May.
You can find a playlist of all talks in this track at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Q1w7Ff68DCvQXADosMcF0aMvLhGXU4S, and a playlist of all RustWeek 2026 talks at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Q1w7Ff68DBpmF38rcIAf8Z9Gj2TnlgM
For information about RustWeek 2027, go to https://2027.rustweek.org. We hope to see you there!
Keynote: Rust is poised to grow rapidly, if we keep our eyes on the prize
Speaker: Niko Matsakis — Co-lead, Rust Language Design Team | Senior Principal Engineer, Amazon
Niko Matsakis opens Rust India 2026 with a keynote on where Rust stands today and where it's headed.
Rust's reliability, efficiency, and productivity make it a natural fit for the hardest problems in systems engineering — large-scale networked applications, resource-constrained embedded development, and everywhere in between. Teams come to Rust for help with one problem, and end up wanting to use it everywhere. But growth brings its own risks.
In this keynote, Niko reflects on what has made Rust successful, what threats could slow that momentum, and what the community needs to keep its eyes on to stay on the right path.
Niko Matsakis is one of the original designers of the Rust language, co-leads the Rust Language Design Team, and has been shaping Rust's direction for over a decade.
🔗 Conference: https://rustindia.org
🦀 Join the Rust India community:
💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/p3uaTXS6NP
🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/IndiaRust
🦋 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rustindia.bsky.social
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rust-india
📡 Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#rustindia:matrix.org
📱 Telegram: https://t.me/RustIndia
#RustLang #RustKeynote #NikoMatsakis #SystemsProgramming #RustIndia2026
Niko Matsakis -- Over the last few months the Rust Vision Doc project group has been conducting interviews of folks using Rust, Rust project maintainers, and global Rust interest groups. Come and hear about the data we’ve gathered thus far and help us figure out the next steps in the process!
Follow Niko on:
twitter: https://twitter.com/nikomatsakis
github: https://github.com/nikomatsakis
This talk was given at RustNL 2024, in Delft, The Netherlands.
Playlist of other talks from RustNL 2024: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Q1w7Ff68DBZZbJt3ie5MUoJV5v2HeA7
Want to come to RustWeek 2025 in-person? go to https://2025.rustnl.org
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