Name of the Event: International Youth Competition of scientific and creative works "Horizon 2100’23"
Working language: English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Russian or French
Last Date of Applications: November 10, 2023
Application link:
The main purpose of the Competition is to motivate thinking youth from different countries with an active lifestyle to carry out a creative search for scientific, scientific-practical ideas, hypotheses, and sci-fi ideas about the distant future; identify the best gifted and active young people who are passionate and capable of scientific creativity, analysis and forecasting of the future.
About the competitions
Horizon 2100’23 International Youth Competition is a competition of scientific and science fiction works in which young people aged 16 to 30 of any nationality, ethnic group and people from different countries present their vision of the future at the turn of 2100. The competition has been held since 2019 and during this time has involved more than 1,500 smart creative young people who are passionate about the future. In general, including experts and participants in forums and various sessions, the project has reached more than 2,300 people from 92 countries.
The choice of the horizon of research, study, modeling and management of the future at the level of 2100 is not accidental. The youth, being the main generator of change, in itself represents the foreseeable future and it is they who will have to form the subsequent scenarios for its development.
Nominations of the Horizon 2100’ Competition 23
For the best scientific work - an article, research, scientific and practical work - reflecting innovative and original ideas, scientific vision about the future of the planet and humanity at the turn of 2100,
For the best Sci-Fi work - a story, an essay, a report - describing imaginary innovative and original ideas, fantastic events, phenomena and prospects for the future at the turn of 2100, giving them a scientific explanation
Including, offering ideas and solutions for strategic planning and management of the future, aimed at creating prerequisites and mechanisms for strengthening the resilience of mankind to possible challenges and shaping a future in which the authors of the works would like to live themselves, and which, in their opinion, will be fair to future generations.
Directions and topics
Man of the Future
The future of society
The future of the global world
The Future of science
The future of technology
The future of the world economy
The future of the environment and sustainable development
Energy of the future
The future of human habitat environment
Intellect and mind
Terms of participation in the Competition
Who can participate?
Young people from any country, of all nationalities, ethnic groups and nations aged 16 to 30 are invited to present their vision of the future of the planet, capable of:
to conduct research, to formulate scientific hypotheses in the field of forecasting the future of the planet and humanity and the prospects for the development of its various scenarios at the turn of 2100;
to generate a sci-fi picture of the distant future, fantastic events, phenomena and processes at the turn of 2100, describe them in literary works and find a scientific, not supernatural, explanation for them;
and also to offer solutions aimed at:
reducing the vulnerability of humankind in the face of future pandemics;
creation of prerequisites and mechanisms in any spheres for the development and strengthening of mankind's resilience to possible challenges of the future;
he formation of such a future in which the authors of the works would like to live themselves, and which, in their opinion, will meet the needs of the present and the needs of future generations.
How to participate?
To participate in the competition, you need to choose a specific nomination, direction, to register on the website, to prepare and send us a scientific article, scientific-research, practical-scientific work or a science fiction work (story, essay) in which you present your vision of the Future by the year 2100.
Requirements on the procedure for submitting scientific and creative works to the Competition:
The package of documents submitted for the competition should include:
— The Application Form of the participant of the competition filled out on the website, indicating the direction of the competition, nomination, information about the author and scientific advisor (if any);
— scientific or creative work.
Works submitted to the competition must be original. You can include links or citations from publications and books by other authors in selected areas. This will help you develop your ideas, hypotheses and imagination. However, when quoting or presenting the ideas of someone else, you should mention in your work who you are quoting and submit a link.
Plagiarism in competitive work is not allowed!
The Organizing Committee has the right not to accept work that does not comply with the provisions reflected in these recommendations, about which messages are sent to the Participants within 7 working days from the date of submission of the scientific work. At the same time, these Participants are not deprived of the right to submit work again, if the deadline for accepting applications for the Contest has not expired.
Participants confirm that the submitted works do not violate the rights of third parties — copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, including rights to photos, videos and images.
Participants acknowledge that they accept these terms and conditions and agree to the display and public presentation of works, including photos, videos and images.
All scientific or sci-fi works by participants, submitted to the competition along with all rights relating to them, including, where applicable, the copyright of texts, photos, videos and images and any other intellectual property rights, are under the control of the author, whose rights are valid and legally exist. The organizer does not acquire ownership rights to the participants.
The terms of participation are the Agreement, according to which the authors — participants of the Competition, provide the Organizer with a non-exclusive free perpetual worldwide permission for:
storing, using and reusing texts, photos, videos and images in whole or in part;
integration and inclusion of texts, images, photos, videos, or parts of them in any existing or future work of the Organizer for promotional purposes;
distribution of copies of texts, photos, videos and images for promotional purposes;
public presentation of texts, images, photos, videos;
reproduction of texts, images, photos, videos on any equipment and on any media, including paper and electronic media, digital, electronic or non-electronic format.
The exercise of the rights granted to the Organizer by this Agreement shall be publicly displayed on the Organizer’s website, and the participants, the authors of the submitted scientific and creative works, shall reflect and confirm their consent to these conditions of participation and this Agreement in the Application Form when submitting work to the Competition.
The exercise of the rights provided by this Agreement is governed and interpreted in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Competition Dates and Planned Events
Acceptance of works for the Competition in 2023 will begin on August 1.
Submissions must be received by November 10, 2023.
The examination of works will take place from November 11 to November 30, 2023.
The results of the competition will be announced on the website and in the VKontakte group on January 31, 2023.
All winners of the competition will be invited to the International Youth Foresight Forum "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY 2100: FORECASTS, VISION, SCENARIOS AND PLANS" where diplomas will be awarded.
The International Youth Forum "World 2100: Global Trends and the Future through the Eyes of the Young" is scheduled for February 5-7, 2024 in one of the 4 countries.
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY! All participants of the Horizon 2100 competition are invited to the World Youth Festival 2024. Register for the festival - https://fest2024.com/en?setLang=True?utm_source=gorizont2100. When registering for the competition, be sure to apply for the festival: by specifying the status "Participant of the HORIZON 2100 competition of the Center for Modeling the Future", you will receive additional points during the competitive selection and increase your chances of participation!
The works of the winners in each profile direction (I, II, III places) will be presented on the Internet at: http://www.futurible.space/en/winners/
The main prize - the title of GRAND PRIX - is awarded to the best participant in each of the nominations.
All participants will receive a PDF certificate or diploma online.
Diplomas will be awarded to all winners - participants of the forum.
Diplomas and certificates in paper form are not sent.
You can submit your work for the competition, familiarize yourself with the Terms of Participation, Directions of the Competition 2023, Recommendations for the design of SCIENTIFIC AND SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL WORKS and Recommendations for the design of SCI- FANTASTIC WORKS at the link:
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Promo video about the competition in English language - https://youtube.com/shorts/bcrDnOV7ZNc