In an Australian first, The KAILO Summit will bring together pioneering health experts, research and trends from the USA and Australia to Brisbane. Showcased in an interactive environment to educate and empower Australians on their wellbeing, the event will feature exclusive curated experiences from the iconic US tastemaker brand, goop.
Brisbane June 2024: Australia’s No1 awarded luxury wellness brand KAILO, announces The KAILO Summit 2025 with exclusive curated elements and touch-points from Gwenyth Platrow’s brand, goop, the powerhouse fashion, beauty and wellness brand. The 4 day event pipe-line brings together the top leaders in the health and wellness field to educate and empower Australian’s on the latest health research to make empowered choices to support their health.
Following the success of KAILO’s summit in 2022, the 2025 summit has been meticulously crafted to encompass the latest in medical based research and holistic health and healing modalities to support your journey to optimal health and mental well-being.
The main summit event – 1st May 2025 will take place in the soon to be opened The Star Brisbane Event Centre (part of the new $3.6 billion investment Queen’s Wharf Brisbane precinct). A large-scale 1,000 person capacity event that will bring together Australia’s and America’s leading names in wellness, to educate consumers on the pioneering wellness and health trends. The KAILO Summit will be one of the first events to take place in the highly anticipated venue.
Speakers at The KAILO Summit include sexologist and relationship expert Chantelle Otten, Former Australian of the year and paralympic gold medallist Dylan Alcott, celebrity trainer Jay Cardellio (former PT of J-Lo and Jay-Z), Harvard psychiatrist Dr Jane Caplan, Longevity Expert and stem cell pioneer, Dr Adeel Khan, Australia’s top fertility specialist, reproductive endocrinologist and gynaecologist Dr Devini, human design expert Krystal Woods, award-winning chiropractor and founder of Spinal Energetics Dr Sarah Jane.
In an Australian first, the wellness summit will include a live panel discussion curated by goop’s editors to debunk health trends and discuss the secrets to ageing gracefully. Each guest will go home with an exclusive goop curated goody bag valued at over $500.
This landmark event boasts additional collaborative experiences with goop, including the VIP Live Boldly brunch exclusively for ‘goop experience’ ticket holders. Taking place at The Calile Hotel on May 2nd and will feature a goop curated menu and product gift of the GOOPGLOW Microderm Instant Glow Exfoliator from goop’s award-winning beauty products, sold at Mecca in Australia. The event includes a panel discussion with speakers and special guest, Maggie Ciafardini, Global Beauty Executive, and former long-standing CEO of YSL beauty.
The unique event pipe-line will span over the course of 4 days, offering guests the chance to book add-on experiences to the main wellness event allowing event-goers to tailor their weekend according to their personal interests. Add-on options include a 2 day wellness retreat hosted by a trauma informed spiritual mentor and astrologer, Belinda Matawali, with residential stays at The Calile Hotel (May 2nd – May 4th, 2025).
To complement the summit day; Australia’s renowned medium and clairvoyant; David The Medium will be running a live show and live reading on May 2nd; this live event follows the success of his sold out Australian tour, tickets are limited to 175 to ensure an intimate setting.
The Aussie-born founders behind the KAILO brand, Kath Merlo and CEO, Kristy Morris’s passion for health research stemmed from their mutual experience of researching treatments for their sons whilst living in LA. Realising a gap in the market for a one-stop shop of health and wellness in Australia, they launched the KAILO Medi-spa in 2018. Kailo Medi-spa is a self-funded, female founded and operated business that has proudly gone on to win an array of awards, including Australia’s No1 medi-spa for 5 consecutive years and was recently awarded Australia’s No1 luxury wellness brand.
Having spent the last 2 years extensively researching in both Australia and the USA, Merlo and Morris have secured a pipe-line of pioneering speakers and leading health experts to cover a wide range of health topics. Their intention behind the KAILO summit is to educate consumers on mental wellbeing and health options outside of the status-quo.
Their relationship with the goop brand began two years ago before meeting with the brand in LA. Having seen a shared vision and brand alignment goop’s involvement was one of natural synergy and their very first activation in Australia.
Senior Editor at goop, Kelly Martin commented “Connection, curiosity, and the pursuit of well-being are all such a deep part of goop’s DNA, and KAILO’s too. How cool is it that we get to dive into it together, over two deeply nourishing days? There’s so much to learn—always—and I’m so ready for the insights that come out of the experts and thought leaders on the panel we’ve curated for the event.”
Kath Merlo, co-founder of KAILO commented “We are so excited to bring this one of its kind wellness event to Australia. Since the day Kristy and I met at our sons’ school, we have been passionate about sharing with others the abundance of health resources and healing modalities available to families, and individuals, to live better lives”.
Kristy Morris, CEO and Co-founder added “To have goop collaborate with us is an honour and a dream come true for us”.
“Brisbane is really evolving as a destination – we are proud to call it home. It’s a fantastic city, and the new Queens Wharf precinct is a world-class facility – so it is the perfect place to host our event!” Kristy added.
The KAILO Summit is set to be a pioneering event like no other in Australia; the must go-to event for Australia’s health conscious community.
