“Ferrocene - The Present and Future of Rust in Safety"

Rust is a relatively new language - released in 2015, it has taken the software programming world surprisingly and swiftly. It is surprising that - not 10 years later - we have ongoing projects and initiatives in the Functional Safety/SDV space. Rust is even seen as a front runner of open source safety initiatives. How did that happen? This talk provides an overview of currently ongoing initiatives, an assessment of challenges and an outlook into the future.

Florian Gilcher is the Managing Director and Co-Founders of Ferrous Systems, the most experienced Rust services company. He's been around Rust for over a decade, including time on The Rust Core Team and being a co-founder of The Rust Foundation. In this time, he's been observing trends and solutions in the space with a keen eye.