About Rustconf

HISTORY

The Rust programming language is built by a thriving global community of open source maintainers, programmers, and enthusiasts working across a vast array of industries and domains. These “Rustaceans” and their ideas are making Rust a powerful tool for a changing technological landscape. 

Since 2016, Rustaceans have gathered each year at RustConf – the community’s largest annual conference dedicated to discussions and content about the Rust programming language and the open source software ecosystem. Over the past eight years, RustConf has been hosted and organized by an external event management company and passionate community organizers. We are grateful to them for establishing RustConf as an unmissable annual gathering! 

2024 HOST

For the first time in 2024, RustConf will be hosted by the Rust Foundation in beautiful Montreal, Canada and online. As the nonprofit steward of the Rust programming language and community, the Rust Foundation will use its expertise and resources to scale the event in order to suit the needs of the Rust programming language community.

LOCATION

With its location in Eastern North America, Montreal is accessible to both Rustaceans in the United States, Canada, and across the Atlantic Ocean, though we anticipate welcoming attendees from all over the world. By hosting RustConf 2024 in Montreal, we look forward to seeing new faces who might have previously been unable to attend events in the West Coast of the U.S.

RustConf 2024 will take place at the historic St. James Theatre in the central International District of Montreal. More details about planning your trip will be added to the RustConf website soon!

Co-Located Events

We are excited to provide several co-located gatherings at RustConf 2024, including:

  • Workshops & Trainings: Hands-on Rust language training opportunities before the main programming kicks off. Attendees will have the opportunity to add workshops onto their tickets. We will open workshop and training registration soon.
  • Rust Global: A Rust Foundation add-on event dedicated to talks and discussions about the use of Rust in enterprise, government, and global leadership settings. Rust Global will be available and free for anyone with a Nonprofit or Industry/Government ticket (while capacity remains).
  • RustConf “UnConference”: As per tradition, RustConf will feature the much-loved, freeform “UnConf” event dedicated to open dialogue about the Rust Project after the main programming concludes. We will open UnConf registration soon.

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