
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 and Middle Eastern cities and how it will change the way we live, work and play.
Key Dates for National Finals 2022/2023:
Deadline for submission: 12 January 2023, 1700hrs SGT
National Finals: 18 January 2023, 0830hrs SGT
Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2021/2022 Regional Finals | How do you imagine the future?
Title: Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition The National Finals
Duration: 45 seconds
Description:
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It's all about utilising your imagination.
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Student presenting.
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Whatever we want to bring to life. We had to imagine.
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Group of students working on a model.
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Student presenting.
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It’s incredibly important to anticipate the future,
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To exploring the unknown,
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and to play an active role in making a more informed decision.
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Teams from Singapore, Thailand, Egypt
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Teams from Singapore, Thailand, Egypt standing in a group.
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Small decisions can lead to a vastly different outcomes,
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and we need to be ready for these changes.
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Exploring
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Students using VR headset.
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What the future might look like
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Students sitting in the conference room with their tablets and laptops in front of them.
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You can make your own future. Nothing is impossible.
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People using touch screens.
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Discovering possibilities
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We are just a group of students trying to help the world one step at a time.
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People standing in a group with a board in hand.
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We all want a better future, so don't just stand around.
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Students and judges stand around giving a thumbs up sign.
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Students sitting and standing in front of the camera and waving their hands.
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You will make a difference.
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How do you Imagine the future?
shell.com.sg/imaginethefuture
Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2021/2022 Singapore National Finals
Title: Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition Singapore Journey
Duration: 01 minute 33 seconds
Description:
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For A Better Future
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For a better future, stretch your thinking,
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Think not only for yourselves, but for your kids,
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think not only for yourselves, but for your kids,
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And do whatever it takes to save the earth.
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and do whatever it takes to save the earth.
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Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition
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Singapore Finals
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Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition, it's about reimagining how scenarios will play out.
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A trainer giving advice to students
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Painting a scenario in 2050.
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Student in a group discussion
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It allows us to stretch our perspectives.
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Thinking about the future is incredibly important. We always need to anticipate the future.
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Student presenting
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. So I think scenario planning really encapsulates that.
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Two mini dolls behind a paper sign “Enter the Metaverse here!”
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A group of students setting up their model
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One is never certain about what exactly what future will hold.
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A group of students setting up their booth
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The world today is very, very fragmented. However, there’s only one earth and hence we should all put aside our differences.
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Students setting up their cardboard model
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Students getting their booth ready
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We need to be able to be nimble in our feet to be forward thinking and fast.
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A student explains to the judges while another presents their idea on a watch
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A student explains while holding onto a laptop
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A lot of times we try a very reactionary measure, but I think we could try a more proactive measure when we take steps to address the world's problems.
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A student holds up a board as he explains.
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A student presents while gesturing
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A judge listens intently
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A student holds up a board as he explains.
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Think all those small steps really count.
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Small decisions can lead to vastly different outcomes in the future. Regardless of where we stand in society, we need to be ready for these changes.
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A male student presents confidently to the judges.
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A student presents in front of his team members
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What is required of each and every one of us is having a tenacity as a human, as people on this earth to adapt and overcome the challenges.
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We are all human, and some things in life are perennial, such as the need to love one another, empathize and be kind.
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There are small actions we can take to make big contributions in our efforts towards sustainable living.
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And together as a human race, we can overcome all challenges.
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Students and judges stand around giving a thumbs up sign
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shell.com.sg/imaginethefuture
Shell Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition 2021/2022 Singapore National Finals | The Journey
Title: Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition Singapore Finals
Duration: 45 seconds
Description:
Montage video on the ITF students, and their ideas on plausible scenarios in 2050.
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How Do You Imagine The Future?
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In the year 2050, I believe that we would have achieved our goals of a greener and more sustainable future.
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Students looking at their laptops
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I imagine a future to be a smart city run by data.
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Technology would be deeply integrated into every single aspect of human life.
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Students having a discussion
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We won't have as many workplaces and not many schools as well.
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A trainer guiding a student as she writes on a piece of paper.
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A student gesturing while discussing with his group.
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Everyone is environmentally conscious as well as for the world to be using more renewable energy sources.
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Trainers listening
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Trainer explaining and giving her comments
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Students smiling while listening
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The future encompasses not only growth but caring for nature in the only planet that we have.
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Students snapping their fingers along with a beat
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A student deep in thought
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It is really an exciting time. I'm just looking forward to see what we as a world can come up with.
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Imagine The Future Scenarios Competition
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Imagine the Future scenarios

Discover what possibilities lie in the future of energy through the Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition.

Scenarios provide plausible alternative views of the future.

Imagine how we would live, work and play in 2060? How different would it be?

Each team will choose a city of choice and begin crafting their scenarios for the Competition.

Teams will work closely together to better develop their scenarios.

Teams receive immediate feedback to work on their understanding of the materials during the scenarios training session.

Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition allows the teams to explore ideas that are out of the box.

Powering progress together through ideas and discussions on the future of energy.

Teams attending a workshop, conducted by the Centre for Strategic Futures, to learn more about scenario planning in Singapore.

Teams engaging the trainers on their scenario analysis.