# The present and future of Rust in Safety Rust is a new language - released in 2015, it has taken the software programming word surprisingly swiftly. Now, not even 10 years later, we have ongoing projects and initiatives in the Safety/SDV space. This talk provides an overview of currently ongoing initiatives, an assessment of challenges and an outlook into the future. --- Florian Gilcher is one of the Management Directors 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.