future problem solving international 2024

Global Issues

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Creative Writing
Storytelling
Problem-Solving Method
Real World Issues
Future Scenarios
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Who were the winners of the IC 2024 competition?

In our 2024 International Conference, and highest level competition, 1,263 champion problem solvers from 12 countries and 242 different schools/groups competed at Indiana University June 5-9, 2024. Their challenge topic was Air Quality . For more information on the event and participants, see the infographics attached below. Congratulations to all our Future Problem Solving world finals winners.

Action Plan Presentations

Global Issues teams present their action plan to judges and an audience at our International Conference. Students create props from the approved material list . Presentations can be up to four minutes long. The first place winners in each division present their action plan performance on stage at the awards ceremony.

Scenario Performance (aka Storytelling)

Scenario Performance competitors present live at the International Conference. The story they tell uses the International Conference topic as inspiration and is a logical outgrowth of actions or events in the future.

Scenario Writing (aka Creative Writing)

Scenario writing competitors get two hours to write a creative scenario of up to 1,000 words. Their creative story uses the provided future scene about the International Conference topic as inspiration.

Community Projects competitors submit a proposal, report, and promotional video to FPSOnline prior to attending the International Conference. During the world finals, community project participants participate in an interview, create a tabletop display, and submit their portfolio to evaluators. Students present their projects to the Future Problem Solving community at the Community Project Showcase.

Juniors – Individuals

Juniors – teams, middles – individuals, middles – teams, seniors – individuals, seniors – teams, project management excellence award.

Future Problem Solving and Project Management Institute Education Foundation (PMIEF) present the Excellence in Project Management Award to community problem solving projects students who effectively implement project management strategies to enhance their work. The award is based on a new free publication from Future Problem Solving, the Guide to Project Management Implementation in Community Problem Solving . The award includes a grant from PMIEF to help teams continue their projects.

Multi Affiliate Global Issues Competition (MAGIC) competitors enjoy a unique experience at our world finals. When competitors arrive at their competition room, they are assigned to a team with students from different regions.

Our Global Issues competitors, after researching and analyzing the topic of air quality prior to event, students get just two hours during the world finals to complete our 6-step problem-solving process for the given future scene.