Move and Thrive in an AI World
The 32nd ACHPER International Conference
12–14 November 2025
Melbourne, Australia
As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes the educational landscape, it is essential for health and physical education (HPE) researchers, educators, and professionals to critically engage with its impacts, opportunities, and ethical complexities.
Rather than standing in opposition, AI is already transforming movement education practice and research — enhancing teaching and learning, and supporting students and athletes with diverse strengths and needs in dynamic new ways. Yet, these advancements come with real dilemmas and tensions that demand thoughtful exploration.
The 32nd ACHPER International Conference — Move and Thrive in an AI World — invites researchers, educators, coaches, industry professionals, and thought leaders to submit abstracts that explore the challenges, breakthroughs, and possibilities of AI in movement and health education.
Join us 12–14 November 2025 in vibrant Melbourne, Australia, as we move, learn, and lead in a world shaped by artificial intelligence.
Together, we’ll explore how AI is changing what it means to teach, move, connect, assess, and flourish — and how we can build a future where movement remains essential to life.
Conference Themes
Abstract submissions must align with one or more of the following themes:
- Movement in an AI World
- Grounding Indigenous Knowledges in and Through AI and Digital Technologies
- Being and Emerging as Human in an AI World
- Social and Emotional Learning and Student Wellbeing (including TPSR and SEL)
- I Pedagogies (digital PE, digital PETE, gamification)
- Supporting Human and Planetary Flourishing
- Rethinking and Transforming Assessment through AI
Presentation Types
We welcome a diversity of formats:
- Individual Paper (30 mins)
- Symposium (3–4 papers, total 90 mins)
- Conversation Café (Up to 6 short talks, total 90 mins)
- Practical Workshop (30 or 60 mins)
- Plenary Presentation (by invitation only, 60 mins)
Interactive, practice-based submissions are highly encouraged.
Submit Your Abstract
Submission deadline: Monday 9th June
Use the our form to submit your abstract and join the global conversation on the future of movement education in an AI-shaped world.
Why This Conference Matters
Every week, ACHPER’s national network delivers over 250,000 hours of movement education, while sports clubs and community organisations deliver hundreds of thousands more.
But as AI transforms how we live, learn, and move — we must ensure movement, connection, and human thriving remain at the centre.
This conference is your chance to:
Lead the conversation on AI and HPE
Showcase cutting-edge practice and research
Inspire peers and shape future directions
Connect with a national and global movement community
Be Part of It
Join us in vibrant Melbourne, where innovation meets inclusion — and the future of health and movement education will take shape.
Move. Learn. Lead.
In a world changed by AI.
