Special Forum : Textile sport bioengineering: sports physiology, sports performance, sports functional requirements, etc 

Forum Chair: Prof. Li Liu / Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Biography：

Prof. Li Liu is a tenured professor (Level II) and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, as well as Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of the Fashion Technology Research Institute. She is a recipient of the National Youth Talent Program (2023), a Young Beijing Scholar (2022), a “China Winter Sports Scientist” (awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China).

As the leader of the key project of the “Science and Technology for the Winter Olympics” under the National Key Research and Development Program, she led the team to break the dependence on imported winter sports competition clothing, developing high-performance equipment featuring drag reduction, impact protection, thermal insulation and moisture permeability, filling the gap in the R&D system of winter sports competition clothing, which effectively reduced resistance by more than 10% in four sports events.

Her research team developed training and competition clothing for 9 national sports teams including short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating, and freestyle skiing aerials in China, contributing to the Chinese delegation's achievement of 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, achieving the best result in the history of the Winter Olympics.

Afterwards, her team continued to improve the equipment, helping winter sports teams achieve 50 gold, 53 silver, and 66 bronze medals in the 2022–2026 season, as well as an outstanding result of 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals at the Milan Winter Olympics. The sleep equipment served 138 athletes on the Paris Olympic team.

Description on Forum

The Textile Sport Bioengineering Symposium will bring together leading experts from universities and research institutions worldwide. The forum will focus on cutting-edge topics including sports physiology, athletic performance, and functional demands in sports. It aims to foster in-depth dialogue among textile engineering, sports science, biomechanics, and intelligent manufacturing, highlighting the latest advances in intelligent fibers, wearable sensing technologies, and athlete ‑ equipment ‑ environment systems engineering. The symposium is dedicated to delivering transformative innovations for competitive sports, rehabilitation, and daily athletic performance.