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Wednesday, September 9
 

09:00 EDT

Opening Remarks
Wednesday September 9, 2026 09:00 - 09:15 EDT
An introduction to RustConf 2026 from your host, the Rust Foundation!
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Rebecca Rumbul

Dr. Rebecca Rumbul

Executive Director & CEO, Rust Foundation
Dr. Rebecca Rumbul leads the Rust Foundation as Executive Director & CEO. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics and Governance and has worked as a consultant and researcher with governments, parliaments, and development agencies all over the world, advocating for openness and transparency... Read More →
Wednesday September 9, 2026 09:00 - 09:15 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

09:15 EDT

Keynote: Rust Adoption at Scale With Ubuntu
Wednesday September 9, 2026 09:15 - 09:45 EDT
When Ubuntu 25.10 shipped with Rust-based rewrites of core system packages like coreutils and sudo, it marked the first milestone toward making memory-safe utilities the default in Ubuntu. In this talk, Jon Seager charts the journey behind that decision, including the motivation, tradeoffs and surprises along the way. Canonical has now shipped Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, the first long term support release to feature these utilities with our trademark 15-year support and security maintenance. Also covered is the upki project, a collaboration between Canonical and the Rustls project, all the ways you can develop with Rust on Ubuntu, and our plans for the future.
Speakers
avatar for Jon Seager

Jon Seager

VP of Engineering, Canonical
Jon is VP Engineering at Canonical, where he leads the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Foundations, and Debcrafters teams. He conceived and led the "Oxidizing Ubuntu" initiative, making Ubuntu 25.10 the first major Linux distro to replace its coreutils and sudo implementations with Rust-based... Read More →
Wednesday September 9, 2026 09:15 - 09:45 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

17:45 EDT

Closing Remarks
Wednesday September 9, 2026 17:45 - 17:50 EDT

Wednesday September 9, 2026 17:45 - 17:50 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal
 
Thursday, September 10
 

09:00 EDT

Keynote - To Be Announced
Thursday September 10, 2026 09:00 - 09:30 EDT

Thursday September 10, 2026 09:00 - 09:30 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

16:35 EDT

Fireside Chat - Stewarding Rust & Python
Thursday September 10, 2026 16:35 - 17:20 EDT
What does it take to steward two of the world's most widely used programming languages — and what can Rust and Python learn from each other?
To close RustConf 2026, the executive leaders of the Rust Foundation and the Python Software Foundation sit down for a candid conversation on the challenges facing open source communities today: AI's impact on language ecosystems, cross-ecosystem interoperability, security priorities, governance lessons, and how to lead global communities in a rapidly changing world. 
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Rebecca Rumbul

Dr. Rebecca Rumbul

Executive Director & CEO, Rust Foundation
Dr. Rebecca Rumbul leads the Rust Foundation as Executive Director & CEO. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics and Governance and has worked as a consultant and researcher with governments, parliaments, and development agencies all over the world, advocating for openness and transparency... Read More →
avatar for Deb Nicholson

Deb Nicholson

Executive Director, Python Software Foundation
Deb Nicholson is a free software policy expert and a passionate community advocate. She is the Executive Director at the Python Software Foundation which serves as the non-profit steward of the Python programming language. She has previously served the open source ecosystem through... Read More →
Thursday September 10, 2026 16:35 - 17:20 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

17:20 EDT

Closing Remarks
Thursday September 10, 2026 17:20 - 17:30 EDT

Thursday September 10, 2026 17:20 - 17:30 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal
 
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