Prof.  Gau  Li-Shiue
Asia University, Taiwan,  China

Title: Sport, Leisure Literacy, and AI: Energy Management for Sustainable Performance in the Digital Era

Abstract:

In the digital era, sport, physical activity, and leisure are no longer limited to recreation or health promotion; they increasingly serve as essential resources for sustainable human performance. At the same time, digital technologies and artificial intelligence are reshaping how people work, learn, train, recover, and manage their daily lives. This keynote speech discusses how leisure literacy and energy management can provide a useful framework for understanding sustainable performance in sport science, physical education, and digitally connected societies.
Drawing on recent research on leisure literacy and work–leisure boundary management, the speech highlights the dual nature of leisure: it can function as a restorative resource, but it may also become a source of friction when poorly regulated, especially in digitally connected environments. The speech further connects this perspective with multidimensional energy management, which includes physical, emotional, mental, and meaning-related energy as important personal resources for adaptive functioning and sustainable performance.
Artificial intelligence is introduced as both an opportunity and a challenge. AI may support personalized exercise guidance, learning analytics, sport participation analysis, and well-being monitoring, but it may also increase cognitive load, digital dependence, and boundary blurring. Therefore, the future of sport science and physical education should not only emphasize performance enhancement, but also help individuals develop the literacy and self-regulatory capacity to use sport, leisure, and AI in ways that sustain energy, health, and human development.

Biography:

Professor Li-Shiue Gau is a Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Asia University, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. in Sport Management from Florida State University, USA, and has built a cross-disciplinary academic career connecting sport management, leisure and recreation management, physical education, sustainability, and applied management research. Before joining the Department of Business Administration, he served as Professor and former Department Chair in the Department of Leisure and Recreation Management at Asia University. His teaching and research have covered sport events and sponsorship, research methods, statistics, spectator sports and life values, and leisure-related management topics.
Professor Gau’s Google Scholar-indexed publications reflect a long-standing focus on sport spectatorship, sport consumer behavior, sport values, sport participation, leisure diversity, sustainable sport management, and the role of sport and leisure in well-being. His recent works further extend into AI applications, digital learning, sustainable work performance, physical activity, and health-related management. His publications include studies in SSCI, SCI, Scopus, EI, and international conference proceedings, demonstrating both disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary reach.
As a keynote speaker for SSPE 2026, Professor Gau will bring valuable perspectives on how sport science, physical education, leisure participation, and sustainable management can jointly contribute to healthier individuals, communities, and societies in the digital era.