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Microsoft’s journey with Rust reflects a commitment to building safer and more efficient software. In this keynote, we’ll explore how Microsoft is driving change by adopting Rust across key products and platforms. From security improvements to integration challenges, we’ll share insights, lessons learned, and what’s next as Microsoft continues to evolve with Rust.

Rust has won systems programming, but can it be used for more? The biggest barrier to “high level Rust” isn’t performance or safety — it’s ergonomics and developer productivity. In this talk we explore Rust’s potential as a high-level programming language and how Dioxus is solving the fundamental challenges. We’ll dive deep into the design of innovations like linker-based asset bundling, cross-platform deployment, and even sub-second Rust hot-reloading. The future of application development is Rust, and we’re making it a reality.

Rust is spreading. In this talk, you’ll learn how one team used Rust at every layer: a fast command-line core, a desktop UI, and native components integrated into a non-Rust backend. This talk is about where Rust fits, where it struggles, and how it can work alongside other tools instead of trying to replace them.

Rust has moved past the initial ‘being adopted’ stage and it’s time to talk about what’s next. Over the last year, these and other leaders within the Rust project have been talking to Rust users—and non-Rust users!—to find answers to some big questions: What do people love about Rust? What do they hate? And what is Rust good for, anyway? This talk shares what is being discovered how this research is being approached, and how these insights can help shape Rust’s future alongside the RFC and project goals processes.