Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition
Scenarios provide plausible alternative views of the future. Building and using scenarios can help us explore what the future might look like and the likely challenges of living in it. Join the Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition and shape the way we live, work and play!
Since 2016, Shell has been inviting university students to imagine the future of more and cleaner energy in Asian cities and how it will change the way we live, work and play.
Key Dates for Singapore Nationals 2021/2022:
Deadline for Submissions: 10 February 2022, 1700hrs
Singapore Competition Finals: 18 February 2022, 1230hrs
Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2021/2022 | Join Us Now!
Title: Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition Singapore Sign-Ups
Duration: 45 seconds
Description:
Montage video on the ITF students, and their ideas on plausible scenarios in 2050.
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Timelapse of Shanghai
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Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition
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Miniature of buildings
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Why should you join?
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This competition really got me thinking about the future that I want to create for myself.
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A group of students wearing masks in discussion
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Students presenting
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Male interview.
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A group of students acting out a skit.
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A student sharing her ideas to a group.
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It forces us to think more about future scenarios, not just 5 years ahead, but decades and even centuries
ahead.
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A student speaking while gesturing with his hands
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Female interview
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A student trying out a VR headset and controls.
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A female presenting
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A student gesturing at a display while presenting.
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A student explaining while amongst his teammates.
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Learn how we
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Ariel shot of a city
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Live,
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People crossing a road
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Work
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Two people observing a machine 3D printing an object
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And Play
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A crowd at a concert
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In 2050
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A child looking out of a car window
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Two students working on their laptops at a desk
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I think if we work together, we’ll be able to find a better solution for a better tomorrow.
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Female interview
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A student trying out a VR headset.
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A male student looking at his exhibit
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Explore
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Visual effects on a person’s eye
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Discover the possibilities
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A land rover surveying a planet
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We never know what kind of circumstance may happen along the way, and that really boils down to how
we can find opportunities amidst them
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A student looking at a video on a screen
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Female interview
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A student sharing a photo of his phone
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Female student smiling while talking to his groupmates
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A female student explaining while gesturing
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Female interview
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A group of students looking at a book
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How do you imagine the future
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Timelapse of a train moving
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Join us now
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Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2020/2021 Singapore Finals | The Journey
Title: The Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition Singapore Journey
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Description:
Montage video on the ITF students, and their ideas on plausible scenarios in 2050.
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Miniature man and building figurines and a Male student talking.
[Dialogue: Male]
This competition really got me thinking about the future that I want to create for myself.
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Male interview.
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Students standing in a line with masks.
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We are very divided currently, when we can actually evolve more to be like, a unified human race.
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Two Male students looking down.
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A Male student helping a Female student with a camera.
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Female interview.
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Male student presenting
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Imagine The Future
Scenarios Competition
The Singapore Journey
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We had to re-imagine what life would be like in cities in 2050.
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Female interview.
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Male student adjusting exhibition
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Scenario planning helps us to find patterns in chaos and make sense of what’s going on in the world.
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Chinese spoons, plates and bamboo steamer on a table.
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Brochures and souvenirs on a table.
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Male interview
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Female student using Virtual Reality device.
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I think it really test our imagination while getting us to stay grounded in creating plausible yet innovative scenarios.
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Male student explaining to Male Judge about Virtual Reality device.
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Female Judge looking through book.
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Male interview
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Female student talking to workshop instructor
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Having such a competition allowing young individuals to gather together and brainstorm on what are the possibilities. It’s really important because that will drive the direction for the future.
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3 students balancing on one leg.
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3 students holding a paper and performing.
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Female interview
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Judges taking their seats.
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Students walking to prepare to present.
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Flash floods become increasingly more frequent.
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Male student presenting
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Female judge listening
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Gojek has slowly integrated technology into each of our everyday lives.
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Male student presenting
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Female judge talking
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The government saw this as a chance to re-develop the land in a way that’s never been tried.
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Male students presenting
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Female student presenting
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We're even projected to reduce crime rates by 89%.
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Male student presenting
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Male Judge listening
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Male Judge talking
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What we have to think about is how to use energy and progress our society beyond our imagination.
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Students standing in a line with masks.
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Male interview
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Workshop instructor talking to students
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This competition has made me come to grip with the fact that the lives that we live in are very much dictated by uncertainties that can shape the world that we live in fundamentally.
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Workshop instructor talking to students
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Two male students discussing
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Male student showing a photo on a phone
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Male interview
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Male student presenting alongside other students
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There is definitely a big impact that people from the current times will be living on the future generations, which is why it’s important for all of us to think of how we can make the impacts good and to minimize any negative consequences as a result of our actions.
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Female Judge talking
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Male student talking alongside other students
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Male student letting a Male Judge try the Virtual Reality device
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Male student using a computer
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Male student explaining to Judges about his team’s exhibit
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Female interview
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Female interview
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Group of students discussing about their exhibit
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Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2020/2021 Singapore Finals | How do you imagine the future?
Title: The Imagine The Future Journey
Duration: 49 seconds
Description:
Montage video on the ITF students, and their vision of a cleaner and more sustainable world in 2050.
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How Do You Imagine The Future
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Female student interview
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2050 will be a year where people will be more environmentally-friendly.
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Female student talking to computer.
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Renewable energy becomes cheaper and there’s less reliance on fossil fuels.
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Male student interview.
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Male student listening to computer with his chin resting on his hand.
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I imagine a world that is more volatile and more resilient.
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Male student interview.
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Male student interview.
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People have access to sustainable food.
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Male student interview.
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And all civilizations will be underground.
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Male student gesturing to computer.
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There may be more transnational collaboration.
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Female student interview.
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And language and location are no longer obstacles working together.
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Female student interview.
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A male instructor talking and gesturing to computer.
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Two male students listening to computer.
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It will be a technologically connected one where governments and societies come forward to solve inescapable problems.
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Male student interview.
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Male student using computer.
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Group of students discussing.
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I imagine a future that’s vibrant, resilient and sustainable. And is filled with innovations and possibilities.
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Female student interview
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How do you imagine the future?
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Group of students interview.
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Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition
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Imagine the Future scenarios
How would we live, work and play in 2050?
Building and using scenarios can help us explore what the future might look like and the likely challenges of living in it.
The panel of judges discussing the scenarios presented by the Singapore teams.
Scenarios provide plausible alternative views of the future.
Discover what possibilities lie in the future of energy through the Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition.
Together, we can Imagine the Future.
A team member sharing her reflections on the competition journey.
Teams attending a storytelling workshop where methods or techniques were shared to help present their scenarios more creatively at the National Finals.
A team putting their creative thinking skills into action.
A team acting out an alternative scenario during the storytelling workshop.
