Center for modeling the future

REGULATION

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION OF SCIENTIFIC, SCIENTIFIC, PRACTICAL AND SCI-FI WORKS "HORIZON-2100"

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1. This Regulation defines the conditions and procedure for the International Youth Competition of scientific, scientific, practical and sci-fi works "HORIZON-2100", then the Competition.

1.2. The competition is organized by the Center for Modeling Future in education, science, economics and the social and humanitarian sphere and is held online in absentia.

Participation in the Competition is voluntary and free.

II. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION

2.1. 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.

2.2. The goals and objectives of the competition in 2021:

2.2.1. Admission to the Competition of scientific papers reflecting scientific hypotheses and scientific vision about the future of the planet and humanity at the turn of 2100;

2.2.2. Admission to the Competition of creative works containing a sci-fi idea of the future of the planet and humanity at the turn of 2100, original innovative ideas, fantastic events and phenomena, and giving them a scientific explanation;

2.2.3. Identification of works offering the best solutions aimed at:

- reducing the vulnerability of humanity 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 future challenges;
- the formation of a future in which the authors of the works would like to live on their own, and which, in their opinion, will meet the needs of the present and the needs of future generations.

2.2.4. Encouragement of the most gifted Participants of the Competition, focused on independent scientific and creative activity in the field of scientific vision of the future and modeling of its scenarios demanded by mankind;

2.2.5. Creation of an online and offline environment aimed at scientific and creative communication of young people from different countries, expanding the number of participants and experts of the Project who are passionate about generating new ideas, scientific hypotheses, fantastic, philosophical and other ideas about the distant future.

III. Competition Organizers

3.1. In order to successfully conduct the Competition, the Initiator invites other Organizers — non-state and state educational, research organizations and development institutions from different countries, sharing the ideas and goals of the Competition and carrying out the necessary organizational, administrative, informational, financial and logistical activities for its successful implementation. The initiator of the Competition takes up the functions as the Responsible Organizer.

3.2. The Organizers of the Competition from among well-known authoritative scientific, creative and public figures, representatives of government, business circles and Organizers create the Organizing Committee, then — the Organizing Committee, which is entrusted with general management of the organization and conduct of the Competition.

IV. Nominations and Profile Directions of the Competition — 2022

4.1. The competition is held in two nominations:

- 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 science fiction 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.

4.2. Competition is carried out according to the following profile directions:

Human of the Future:

- Health: treatment, preservation and strengthening of health and ability to work (including disease prevention, medical and environmental rehabilitation, healthy lifestyle and nutrition, medical and biological recreation, etc.); health - national and global systems; AI technologies (including mechanical or electronic devices integrated into the body - cyber-physical systems; "smart" and growing prostheses; medical exoskeletons, etc.); human existence in a microgravity environment, consequences and mutations; bioethics of human reproduction in space; legal and ethical aspects of human reproduction, life extension;
- Life activity and human development: knowledge economy, investment in human capital; education, employment, distribution of labor, professional activity, quality and standard of living; mobility, accessible environment, recreation, tourism, leisure, culture, self-realization and development, strengthening of intelligence.

Future of Society:

- Social development: social relations of individuals, groups, organizations and communities in the course of their economic, political, cultural, etc. activities, the implementation of social statuses and social roles, the distribution of benefits, social mobility, social conditions and ensuring life safety, social institutions and infrastructure, patterns of development;
- Society: family, associations, separate groups of people within society, cultural communities, geographical community, socio-cultural identity, civil society; justice system, rights and mutual obligations, moral standards, information society and communities.

Future of the Global World:

- International relations and cooperation, geopolitical processes and new key agents and actors (countries, integration associations, transnational corporations, electronic governments, etc.); new players in international business and new coalitions - a change in the economic balance, space as a global environment and the common heritage of mankind; international cooperation in space exploration; international security, national threats in the context of global problems, regional conflicts, wars, armed forces and weapons;
- World civilizations and world culture, economic and social aspects of human development, migration, ethnography, demography; inequality and social gap on a global scale, issues of pandemics in the context of globalization and an increase in the number of inhabitants of the Earth.
- World order: unipolar, multipolar or multipolar. Evaluation of a multipolar world: "islands", federations of states or confederations. Will the waves of Industry 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, etc. to the creation of a planetary super-civilization in the 21st century?

Future of Science:

- Development of natural, technical, humanitarian and social sciences, fundamental and applied research of problems related to the prospects for the development of science, technology, education and innovation, vectors and trends in their development; forecast of the need for new knowledge, sciences and areas of research (including the direction of global space research, the science of sustainable development, etc.); resolution of contradictions between individual and general education
- Knowledge and innovation management, transformation of educational processes using new technologies and tools, Internet technologies in scientific activity - new speeds, forms and methods (search, processing, storage of information, opportunities for scientific communication, methods of monitoring and analysis, etc.) .); vision of new creative methods and technologies (which are not available today) to improve the efficiency of scientific activity and the introduction of innovative, effective scientific solutions and technologies in the development of all spheres of human life; science forecasting in the context of global processes and problems.

Future of Technologies:

- New technological waves and new technological paradigms; AI, digital environment, bionics, blockchain technologies, business intelligence, nanotechnologies, nano and cyber-physical technologies in medicine, computational nanotechnologies and nanosystems, hybrid intelligence, technologies for creating fundamentally new food products and other key technologies, ethical issues of creating an artificial person, unification of information and biotechnologies into a single system;
- Modeling the process of thinking, intelligent systems, expanding the scope of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning of neural and analytical networks, the Internet of things, robotics, augmented reality and virtual reality, global networks, the "dark side" of the digital future.

Future of the World Economy:

- Macro-industries (sectors) of the economy - industry (energy, light, space, mining and metallurgical industries; mechanical engineering, consumer goods production, pharmaceuticals and biomedical industries, food industry, etc.); agro-complex and agriculture; automotive industry, construction industry; branches of the non-productive sphere (including the financial sector; communication services, information technology and the media; housing and communal services, transport and logistics; trade, management and security, healthcare, education, science, non-productive types of consumer services, etc.);
- Industry 5.0, 6.0 and subsequent waves of Industry 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, etc.: system transformation and a new level economy (including innovative business ecosystems, smart infrastructure, platform business models; long-term forecasts, planning and systems management based on Big Data, Blockchain in all industries, etc.); prospects for the development of a cognitive, behavioral and sharing economy or sharing economy; the evolution of money; green economy, a new model of economic structure and restructuring of the foundations of industries.

Future of the Environment and Sustainable Development:

- Science of sustainable development; sustainable development research; biosphere resources, social structure, geoecology and geography, agroecology, the second "Green" revolution in the context of sustainable development, resource development and the impact of production on the environment, problems of organic pollution, space debris; renewable energy sources, non-traditional energy sources, energy saving, heat supply, energy and security, sustainable energy resources;
- Environment, local, regional and global ecosystems, biodiversity; global climate change, anthropogenic impact factors, consequences of climate change; organizational and legal mechanisms of nature management, management in the field of nature management and protection of the natural and environment, public environmental relations.

Energy of the Future:

- renewable energy sources, non-traditional energy sources, electrical networks, energy saving, heat supply, energy systems, energy and diplomacy, energy and security, development of alternative energy

Future of Human Habitat:

- Living environment on Earth - urban planning and urban planning, landscape architecture and planning - architectural, engineering and environmental parameters; urban, rural development, smart city infrastructure, types of future housing and digital tools, evolution and perspectives of digital design tools in the context of housing design; improvement and development of territories (yards, recreation areas, parks, squares, pedestrian zones, water bodies, opportunities for active cultural life); land transport (road, rail), water and air and transport systems, other systems for providing comfortable living (objects of trade, sports, culture, etc.);
- Exploration of interstellar space and space resources, orbital production, development of space civilization, human expansion into space and to other planets, space settlements, space colonies, orbital habitats, orbital settlements or orbital colonies; use of space resources; artificial gravity; providing for the needs of people in the space environment - food production, space dwellings, the creation of comfortable living areas, the preservation and provision of health, recreation and areas for recreation and sports.

V. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS

5.1. Young people, schoolchildren and students aged 16 to 26 years of age carrying out scientific research, scientific-practical and engineering design and / or science fiction literary creativity in the subject area of the Competition are invited to participate in the competition.

5.2. For participation can be represented:

5.2.1. Scientific, scientific and practical works prepared individually or in collaboration, but not more than 3 co-authors;

5.2.2. Creative works prepared individually.

VI. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF SCIENTIFIC AND SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL WORKS

6.1. Scientific and scientific-practical works are presented in one of a specific direction:

- As MS Word files in .doc or .docx formats.
- Page settings - A4 format, portrait orientation. The fields are standard. Font Times New Roman, font size 12, 13 or 14 point, justified alignment, line spacing 1.5, indentation 1.25 cm. In the case of scientific work when compiling tables, it is allowed to use fonts of smaller sizes.
- The volume of work must be at least 3600 and not more than 36000 printed characters, including spaces, works of a larger volume will not be accepted.

The work can be in English or Russian.

Illustrative materials in aggregate can be no more than 3 sheets of A4 format, if the volume is exceeded, it is recommended that illustrative materials be placed in a separate application.

At the request of the author, materials are accepted in the form of including video, animation, flash presentations, slide shows, infographics, any other genres and formats for visualizing scientific work, the volume of which cannot exceed 25 MB. If this volume is exceeded, it is recommended to move the visualization materials of the scientific work into a separate application using the Internet link.

6.2. Recommendations on the structure and content of scientific and scientific-practical work

We recommend including the following sections:

— Title page, which indicates only the topic of work (without specifying information about the author, supervisor (if any) and place of study or work);
— Introduction, which should contain an assessment of the current state of the topic under consideration within the chosen area, relevance and scientific and/or practical novelty, goals and objectives of the implemented forecasting;
— The main part, in which the data reflecting the essence of the work, the justification of the chosen methods for solving problems, the description of the formed scientific hypothesis;
- Conclusion, which indicates the brief conclusions on the results of the conducted research;
— List of sources used;
— Annex (if you have).

Works submitted to the competition must be original. Plagiarism in competitive works is not allowed. You may include references or quotations from publications and books by other authors. This will help you develop your ideas, hypotheses and imagination. However, when quoting or presenting the ideas of someone else, you must mention in your work who you are quoting and provide a link.

The Organizing Committee has the right not to accept work that does not meet the requirements reflected in these Regulations, about which Participants are sent messages within 7 working days from the date of submission of the scientific work. However, these Participants are not deprived of the right to submit work again, if the deadline for accepting applications for the Contest has not expired.

If you would like to clarify something, please write to us in English: contest2100@futurible.space

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF SCI-FI WORKS

7.1. Sci-fi work — sci-fi story, essay, reportage, journalism, etc. are presented in one of a specific direction:

- As MS Word files in .doc or .docx formats.
- Page settings - A4 format, portrait orientation. The fields are standard. Font - TimesNewRoman, font size - 12, 13, 14 point, alignment - in width, line spacing - 1.5, paragraph indent - 1.25 cm.
- The volume of work must be at least 3600 and not more than 36000 printed characters, TimesNewRoman font, including spaces, larger works will not be accepted.

The work can be in English or Russian.

Illustrative materials in aggregate can be no more than 3 sheets of A4 format, if the volume is exceeded, it is recommended that illustrative materials be placed in a separate application.

7.2. Sci-fi work should include the following sections:

— title page, which indicates only the title of the work (without specifying information about the author and the place of study or work);
— the introductory part — the preface, the address of the author, from the author, prologue, etc., in which the author addresses the reader, reports a few words about himself and what goals were set when writing the work, describes the history of its creation and some peculiarities, which he encountered during his work, stresses the reaction he expects from readers;
— the main part is the text of the work itself — an essay written in the science fiction genre about the future of the planet and humanity at the turn of the year 2100. Purely realistic works, without a science fiction component, will not be accepted.
— the final part — afterword, epilogue, postscript, etc. — to the discretion of the author, in which brief conclusions are presented, or his own vision of the work and the idea of the science fiction themes and aspects covered in it, additions which, in the author’s opinion, cannot be included in the main part of the work.
— a list of sources used, substantiating the scientific explanation of the fantasy events, phenomena and processes presented in the work.

7.3. Works submitted to the competition must be original. Not accepted works published or pending in well-known publishers or magazines. Plagiarism in competitive work is not allowed. The Organizing Committee has the right not to accept work that does not meet the requirements reflected in these Regulations, about which Participants are sent messages within 7 working days from the date of submission of the scientific work. However, these Participants are not deprived of the right to submit work again, if the deadline for accepting applications for the Contest has not expired.

VIII. PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING SCIENTIFIC AND SCI-FI WORKS TO THE COMPETITION

8.1. The package of documents submitted for the competition should include:

- the application form of the participant, filled out in the personal account on the competition website, indicating the direction of the competition, nomination, information about the author / authors and supervisor (if any);
- scientific or sci-fi work.

8.2. The Organizing Committee has the right not to accept work that does not meet the requirements reflected in this Regulation, about which notifications are sent to the Participants within 7 business days from the day the work is submitted. At the same time, these Participants are not deprived of the right to resubmit work if the deadline for accepting applications for the Competition has not expired.

IX. PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC AND SCI-FI WORKS

9.1. Assessment of scientific, scientific-practical and sci-fi works is carried out separately for each direction and each nomination in the manner established in this section.

9.2. Scientific, scientific-practical and creative works are submitted by the Organizing Committee to the specialized experts corresponding to the directions of the Competition.

9.3. The Organizing Committee distributes the works among experts in accordance with their subject and specialization.

9.4. Experts evaluate the work according to seven criteria, assigning to each of them from 0 to 10 points (an integer number). Each work is reviewed and evaluated by three experts independently of each other. If the assessments of one expert diverge significantly from two others, the Organizing Committee decides on an additional assessment of the work by other experts.

9.5. The results of the examination in each direction of the competition are drawn up by the relevant with a protocol signed by the chairman of the Organizing Committee and of the relevant experts.

9.6. Within a week after the completion of the expert work, the protocols are submitted by the chairman of the Organizing Committee to the International Competition Jury to summarize and determine the winners.

9.7. The composition of the experts involved is closed and not disclosed. Expert reviews are not sent to authors.

9.8. The decision of the competition experts cannot be challenged by the participants of the competition.

9.9. Scientific and creative works, in which plagiarism of more than 10% of the text is revealed without indication of references to primary sources, are excluded from the competition by the Organizing Committee.

9.10. With a small number (less than 9) or a low level of submitted scientific and science fiction works in any profile block-direction, the Organizing Committee, in agreement with the chairman of the competitive jury, may decide to declare the Competition invalid in this direction.

X. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE COMPETITION WINNERS

10.1. Summing up the results of the Competition is carried out by the International Competition Jury no later than a week after the submission of the protocols.

10.2. Winners are determined based on the average rating given by the experts who reviewed the work.

10.3. For each nomination of the Competition within one profile direction of the Competition, no more than three scientific and three science fiction works are determined, which took from first to third place. Their authors are recognized as the winners of the Contest.

10.4. In addition to the winners, the International Competitive Jury for each nomination can determine the winners of the GRAND PRIX Competition - the best of the works that took 1st place.

10.5. The results of the competition are documented in a protocol signed by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Competition and the Chairman of the International Competition Jury.

10.6. The list of winners of the competition is posted on the websites of the Organizers of the Competition, on the websites of information partners and in social networks.

XI. AWARDING THE WINNERS AND LAWNERS OF THE COMPETITION

11.1. The winners of the Competition are awarded with special diplomas.

11.2. The winners of the GRAND PRIX Competition are awarded with special cups and diplomas.

11.2. The scientific and science-fiction works of the Contest winners are published in the Internet collection of scientific works and the Internet Almanac of science-fiction works on the Contest Organizer's website.

11.3. Works are not returned to the participants of the Contest.

11.4. All participants of the Contest receive certificates (except for those who sent works containing plagiarism and / or not complying with the conditions, nominations and directions of the Contest).

XII. COPYRIGHT

12.1. Responsibility for the observance of the copyright of the work participating in the competition is borne by the participant who sent this work to the competition.

12.2. By submitting their work to the competition, the authors give the Organizing Committee of the competition the right to use the submitted material and personal data specified by the author for non-commercial purposes (posting on the Internet, in print media, at exhibition stands).

XIII. SPECIAL CONDITIONS

All conditions specified in this Regulation are a public offer. According to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation Article 435:

1. An offer is recognized as an offer addressed to one or several specific persons, which is quite definite and expresses the intention of the person who made the offer to consider himself to have entered into an agreement with the addressee who will accept the offer.

The offer must contain the essential terms of the contract.

2. The offer binds the person who sent it from the moment it was received by the addressee.

If the notice of withdrawal of the offer was received earlier or at the same time as the offer itself, the offer shall be considered not received.

XIV. DATE OF THE COMPETITION IN 2022:

14.1. Acceptance of scientific and creative works from October 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022.

14.2. Examination of works - from December 1 to December 25, 2022.

14.3. Determination of the finalist works that won prizes I, II, III places, the title of GRAND PRIX and the announcement of the results of the Competition - from December 25 to December 31, 2022.

14.4. The works of the winners in each profile direction (I, II, III places) will be presented on the Internet at: http://www.futurible.space/ru/winners/ until January 31, 2023.

14.5. All participants will receive a PDF certificate by January 31, 2023.

14.6. All winners of the competition will be invited to Moscow from February 5 to February 9, 2023 to the International Youth Foresight Forum "World 2100: Global Trends and the Future through the Eyes of the Young", where diplomas will be awarded.

14.7. Winners who are unable to fly to Moscow for the forum will have the opportunity to participate online.

14.8. Submit your work for the competition, read the Terms of participation, Directions of the competition - 2022, Recommendations for the design of SCIENTIFIC AND SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL WORKS and Recommendations for the design of CREATIVE WORKS at the link: http://www.futurible.space/ru/project/horizon-2022/

XV. CONTACT INFORMATION

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