Reverse engineers and malware researchers enjoyed high-quality speakers and networking at MRE 2024, and we are now preparing MRE 2026, which will be held on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th of February, 2026 as a part of our BSides Ballarat event.

MRE-2026 is a bridge between industry, government and academia, with a strong focus on practical results from research and development projects in reverse engineering and malware research.

The conference aims to cover:

• AI security,
• Automated cyber operations,
• Reverse engineering and compiled program analysis,
• Behavioral and attribution analysis of malware,
• Incident response,
• Impacts into critical infrastructure,
• Threat intelligence.

Venue

Registration

Tickets for MRE 2026 will be available from Eventbrite.

Speakers

2026 Organizing Committee

Our organizing committee is composed of security researchers and engineers from academia and industry.

• Paul Pang, Chair - Acting Director, ICSL Federation University,
• Paul Black - Post Doctoral Fellow - Cybersecurity, ICSL,
• Joarder Kamruzzaman, Co-Director - Centre of Smart Analytics,
• Iven Mareels - Executive Dean - Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability,
• Syed Islam - Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation),
• Suryani Lim - Senior Lecturer, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability,
• Pooja Mishra - Lab Tutor - Cybersecurity, ICSL,
• Robert Layton - Eurekative,
• Scott Mellis - Mastercard,
• David  Mulraney - The Repair Group,

Sponsors

The ICSL is currently seeking sponsors for MRE 2026. Please reach out to Paul Black p.black@federation.edu.au.