BSides Brisbane 2026: Time Travel - Journey through the past, present, and future of cybersecurity!
Join us for a dynamic and inclusive cyber security conference that transcends time, offering a welcoming environment for individuals at all stages of their professional journey.
Event Details
04 July 2026
QUT Gardens Point Campus - Z Block
From zero to community: BSides Brisbane 2019
July 2019 still feels like yesterday for some of us on the crew: the first time we put BSides Brisbane on the calendar, not really knowing if anyone would care. Turns out they did. About 300 of you walked into QUT Gardens Point for a day we’d been sketching on whiteboards and Discord for months.
What we wanted was simple on paper and hard in practice: a community-run security conference with room for honest technical talks, actual conversations in the hallways, and sideshows (including CTF-style challenges) that didn’t feel bolted on. The feedback we got back then (great talks, great people, space for newcomers as well as old hands) is still the bar we measure ourselves against.
If you want to wander down memory lane, we’ve kept the 2019 booklet online.
Who spoke
Huge thanks to everyone who got on stage for our very first programme. If you’re hunting slides or recordings, your best bet is still to reach out to speakers directly. Availability varies year to year.
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| Mike Monnik | A beginner's introduction to drone security |
| Chris Biggs | Solving the pigeon obesity crisis |
| David | Purple containers: Attack and defence across thefull container stack |
| Monique Mann | 'Ass Access' but not a backdoor? |
| Bruce Large | Blue teaming yo ICS |
| Simon Harvey | Mental health first aid |
| Riley Kidd | Red teaming cowboys: why should we care about infrastructure |
| Anthony Tellez | Beyond the hype: Machine learning for security |
Sponsors
We couldn’t have launched without organisations willing to back an unproven idea. Thank you, sincerely, to everyone who sponsored BSides Brisbane 2019.
