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Conference lineup post

Author: steveklabnik

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+title: "The 2017 Rust Conference Lineup"
+author: Rust Community
+description: "Three Rust conferences are coming up soon; join us at one near you!"
+---
+
+The Rust Community is holding three major conferences in the near future!
+
+### Aug 18-19: RustConf
+
+[RustConf](http://rustconf.com/) is a two-day event held in **Portland, OR,
+USA** on August 18-19. The first day offers tutorials on Rust given directly
+by members of the Rust core team, ranging from absolute basics to advanced
+ownership techniques. In addition to the training sessions, on Friday there will
+be a RustBridge workshop session for people from underrepresented groups in tech,
+as well as a session on [Tock](https://www.tockos.org/), the secure embedded operating system.
+
+The second day is the main event, with [talks][rc-talks] at every
+level of expertise, covering basic and advanced techniques, experience
+reports, guidance on teaching, and interesting libraries.
+
+[Tickets are still on sale!][rc-ticks] We offer a [scholarship][rc-schol] for those
+who would otherwise find it difficult to attend. Join us in lovely Portland and
+hear about the latest developments in the Rust world!
+
+Follow us on Twitter [@rustconf](https://twitter.com/rustconf).
+
+ [rc-talks]: http://rustconf.com/program.html
+ [rc-ticks]: http://rustconf.com/register.html
+ [rc-schol]: (https://tilde.wufoo.com/forms/rustconf-scholarships/)
+
+### April 29-30th & Sept 30-01: Rust Fest
+
+Hot off another successful event in Kyiv earlier this year, we invite
+you to join us at [RustFest](http://www.rustfest.eu/), the European
+Rust community conference series. Over the weekend of the 30th of
+September we’ll gather in Zürich to talk Rust, its ecosystem and
+community. All day Saturday will have talks with topics ranging from
+hardware and testing over concurrency and disassemblers, and all the
+way to important topics like community, learning and empathy. While
+Sunday has a focus on learning and connecting, either at one of the
+many workshops we are hosting or in the central meet-n-greet-n-hack
+area provided.
+
+Thanks to the many awesome sponsors, we are able to offer affordable
+tickets to go on sale in couple weeks! Keep an eye on
+[http://www.rustfest.eu/], get all the updates on the
+[blog](http://blog.rustfest.eu/) and don’t forget to follow us on
+Twitter [@rustfest](https://twitter.com/rustfest). Want to get a
+glimpse into what it's like? Check out the videos from
+[Kyiv] or [Berlin]!
+
+### Oct 26-27: Rust Belt Rust
+
+For [Rust Belt Rust](https://www.rust-belt-rust.com/)’s second year,
+we’ll be in Columbus, OH at the Columbus Athenaeum, and
+[tickets are on sale now][rbr-tick]! We will have a day of workshops
+on Thursday and a day of single track talks on Friday. Speakers
+include Nell Shamrell, who works on Habitat at Chef, Emma Gospodinova,
+who is doing a GSoC project working on the Rust plugin for the
+KDevelop IDE, and Core Team members Aaron Turon, Niko Matsakis, and
+Carol Nichols. We’d love for YOU to be a speaker as well - our
+[CFP](http://cfp.rust-belt-rust.com/) is open now until Aug 7. We
+hope to see you at the Rustiest conference in the eastern US! Follow
+us on Twitter [@rustbeltrust](https://twitter.com/rustbeltrust) for
+the latest news.
+
+ [Kyiv]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL85XCvVPmGQhvs1Rnet_24B-AI3YSM2YG
+ [Berlin]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL85XCvVPmGQh8nWR_Z-fTmPGsUWuzb-dn
+ [rbr-tick]: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rust-belt-rust-conference-2017-registration-36237335847