Rust is a language with a new vision of systems programming. It gives you low-level control and predictability but also provides the safety and ergonomics of much higher-level languages (like Ruby or Python). The secret sauce is Rust's core notion of "ownership", which enables memory safety without garbage collection, concurrency without data races, and abstraction without overhead.

In this talk, I'll explain ownership and show how Rust uses it to guarantee thread safety, amongst other things. I'll also talk about how Rust goes beyond addressing the pitfalls of C++ to do something even more exciting: unlock a new generation of systems programmers by providing a safe, high-level experience -- while never compromising on performance.