VALDCON
Our annual, week-long, global team convention at VALD headquarters in Brisbane, Australia
Get together with your peers to learn, share ideas and celebrate.
VALDCON is your chance to meet your VALD team mates from around the world, learn from leaders and industry experts, share ideas and celebrate our successes as a team.
Hosted in sunny Brisbane, Australia, at VALD's global headquarters, VALDCON is a week of hard work, learning and fun that brings us together as a team and crystallizes our vision and goals for the future.
Sports Medicine Clinician and Researcher
Hear from leaders and experts about industry trends and best practices.
At VALDCON we bring together internal and external experts to present on topics ranging from product strategy to engineering, clinical practice to healthcare systems, strength and conditioning to high performance, sales and marketing, and more.
Previous guest speakers include:
- Dr. Peter Brukner - Sports Medicine Clinician and Researcher
- Don Meij - CEO of Domino's Pizza Enterprises
- Drew Contreras - Vice President, APTA
- Jo Clubb - Founder, Global Performance Insights
- Alex Natera - Sports Science Manager, NSWIS
- Rob Pacey - Founder, SportSmith
- Paul Read - General Manager, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH)
- Nicol Van Dyk - Medical Research Lead, Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU)
Celebrate our wins.
We take the opportunity to reflect and acknowledge our best and brightest, with awards for a range of achievements, teams and individuals who have excelled. Some awards from VALDCON 2025 include:
- Viking of the Year Award:
Tim Frazer (Lead Data Engineer) - Wombat Award*:
Ashleigh Balmer (Social Media & Design Manager) and Liesl Thrum (Senior Technical Writer) - BDM of the Year Award:
Xander De Corte (Regional Manager, Europe — North) - Feature of the Year Award:
“Exercise Favorites” in Program Builder
* Awarded to the team member who best embodies VALD’s team spirit and culture.
VALDCON 2023
Let your hair down.
Enjoy a range of social activities with your team mates, get to know each other better and celebrate together.
Some events have included paper, scissors, rock competitions, team dinners and the famous 'United Nations' dress-up party, where team members come dressed in traditional garb or as an iconic character from their home country.