Speakers

Meet the experts and thought leaders at RustConf 2026

Important Notice: Speaker information is subject to updates and changes. We are not responsible for any inaccuracies. For the most current and official speaker lineup, please visit the official conference website.

Deb Nicholson

Keynote Speaker

Executive Director

Python Software Foundation

Rebecca Rumbul

Keynote Speaker

Executive Director and CEO

Rust Foundation

Jon Seager

Keynote Speaker

VP of Engineering

Canonical

Daniel Almeida

Presenter

Consultant Software Engineer

Collabora

Divya Chakarwarti

Presenter

Software Engineer, Rust Core Dev Team

Google

Francesco Ciulla

Presenter

Head of DevRel

Zerops

Arthur Cohen

Presenter

Compiler Engineer

Embecosm

Lisa Crossman

Presenter

Bioinformatics Consultant

SequenceAnalysis.co.uk

Manuel Drehwald

Presenter

PhD Student

University of Toronto

Thomas Eckert

Presenter

Software Engineer

Redpanda Data

Melih Elibol

Presenter

Senior Research Scientist

NVIDIA

Mordecai Etukudo

Presenter

Software Engineer

Rust Africa

Julius Gustavsson

Presenter

Expert, System Architect

Volvo Car Corporation

Ada Hieta

Presenter

Applied AI Engineer

Softlandia

Martin Ombura Jr.

Presenter

Senior Software Engineer

Scarlaria LLC