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If you're looking at this page, we'd like to thank you for speaking at RustWeek 2025! As a speaker, you might have some questions about the conference. We're happy to answer any questions you have, but here are at least some frequently asked question you can look at.
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If you have any questions not answered on this page, you can send Terts an email at <[email protected]>.
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If you have any questions not answered on this page, you can send an email to <[email protected]>.
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## When am I speaking?
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You can find the time of the talks in the [schedule](https://2025.rustnl.org/schedule/).
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You can find the time of the talks in the [timetable](/schedule/tuesday). We'd like to ask you to come to the stage in the break before your talk so we can give you a microphone and check that your slides are set up properly.
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## How long should my talk be?
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Depending on the time slot allocated for your talk, it should be 15 or 30 minutes. This is excluding 5-10 min questions.
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Depending on the time slot allocated for your talk, it should be 15 or 30 minutes.
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After that time, we always scheduled a gap of 5 to 10 minutes for audience questions.
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## Who should my talk be aimed at?
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The goal is to target intermediate/advanced Rustaceans, but if your talk targets beginners that's fine too. You can assume that the audience is familiar with Rust.
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The goal is to target intermediate to advanced Rustaceans.
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You can assume that everyone in the audience is at least familiar with Rust,
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so there should be no need to explain basic properties of the language.
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## What can I use for slides?
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The easiest option is to send us a PDF with your slides beforehand. If you'd like to use another format, please let us know beforehand.
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If you have any special requests, such as using your own laptop, live demoing, screencasting from a phone, or anything else, please contact Terts well in advance of the conference. The venue is experienced in handling complex setups, but they do need to know what they have to arrange.
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If you have any special requests, such as using your own laptop, live demoing, screencasting from a phone, or anything else,
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please contact us well in advance of the conference so we can notify the venue as well.
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Here are some additional factoids and tips:
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- The aspect ratio of the main screen will be the standard 16:9. There is also an additional screen on each side. If you want something to be displayed there, feel free to ask.
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- The aspect ratio of the main screen will be the standard 16:9.
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- The laptop provided by the venue won't be connected to the internet, so if you provide a PDF or a PowerPoint file, make sure to embed all videos, fonts and other assets into the file.
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- If you present from your own laptop make sure that we can connect an HDMI cable to it. If it does not have an HDMI port, please bring your own dongle.
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- Even if you present from your own laptop you can send us a PDF or similar format as backup.
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- Even if you present from your own laptop, you can send us a PDF or similar format as backup.
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- We don't need to approve your slides, but if you want feedback on them, for example to check whether they are a good fit for the expected audience, you send them to us.
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## Will the talk be live streamed and recorded?

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