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The Future Problem Solving International Conference features four days of fun, friendship, competition, exploration, and celebration. Teams from around the world meet to compete and solve problems. The 2023 competition will be held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Annually the top teams and individuals in FPSPI affiliate and mentored programs are invited to the Future Problem Solving International Conference. Hosted on the campus of a prominent university, over 2,000 gather to vie for the title of international champion in team and individual Global Issues Problem Solving, Scenario Writing, and team and individual Community Problem Solving. Students leave the international conference with friends and memories that last a lifetime. 

"Of all of the many options for teaching students research and problem solving skills, Future Problem Solving is my favorite! FPS enables students to use their academic and creative talents and problem solving skills to make a difference in the world. This is a goal that all children should pursue."

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"I feel like FPS made it okay to be smart again. The FPS process can be applied to so many of life's sticky situations. In general, FPS made me the person I am today and I will continue to participate in whatever way possible. Through international conference, I've made friends in New Zealand with whom I still keep in contact."

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2024 International Conference (IC) 2023 IC Topic: Currency 2022 IC Topic: Antibiotic Resistance 2021 IC Topic: Neurotechnology 2020 IC Topic: Terraforming  2019 IC Topic: De-extinction 2018 IC  Topic: Criminal Justice 2017 IC Topic: Biosecurity

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FPSPI International Conference: Recap + How to Get Involved during the 2022-23 School Year and Beyond!

Posted July 18, 2022 by Miranda Marshall

June 5 th -9 th , over 1,600 students from elementary to high school gathered both in-person and virtually at Future Problem Solving Program International’s (FPSPI) International Conference to compete in variety of challenges addressing antibiotic resistance . Our very own CEO, Josh Neubert, even attended to check out some of the amazing work done by FPSPI students and present during the opening ceremony. We wanted to give a huge shout out and congratulations to the many talented students who participated!

FPSPI is all about emphasizing the importance of creative and critical thinking and decision-making by teaching students how to approach problem-solving – not telling them what to think. Through FPSPI competitions, students learn and practice a clear and logical approach that they can use in any type of creative problem-solving scenario throughout their lives. From environmental and social issues, to travel, technology, and medicine, FPSPI has covered a wide range of interesting and relevant topics that students can really explore and take ownership of.

The IC 2022 Future Scene challenged students to come up with new ways to detect environmental pollution and reduce the risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria circulating through water and soil in Tasmania’s cherry orchards. Their projects address concerns the Tasmanian government may have about the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria during farming, all while considering the importance of cherry yield for the Tasmanian economy.

During the International Conference (IC) students were recognized in the following categories:

PAP (Presentations of Action Plan)

Students from all divisions – Junior, Middle, and Senior – developed their PAP submissions in response to the IC 2022 Future Scene. Check out the presentations from one of the first-place teams at time stamp 42:00 during the IC Awards Ceremony video . This team’s plan involved killing bacteria with rays of UV light from Drone UV admitters (DUV) on a predetermined flight plan!

Multi-Affiliate Global Issues Problem Solving Competition (MAGIC)

The MAGIC contest took place on-site during the International Conference, which allowed students from around the world to collaborate with one another. Competitors were randomly assigned to teams based on division and worked together with other students from different states and countries to complete a handwritten booklet (similar to the Global Issues Problem Solving competition). The MAGIC booklet included eight challenges, eight solution ideas, and a shortened grid for students to complete within two hours.

Scenario Performance (ScP)

Students competing in the Scenario Performance category developed and acted out stories based on their future projections about antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Their performances were evaluated based on their storytelling technique, audience awareness, use of voice, development of story, characterization, creative and futuristic thinking, and overall connection to the topic.

Scenario Writing (SW)

Scenario Writing competitors also got creative by writing original futuristic short stories about their projections about the same topic. Their written works were assessed on creative and forward thinking, idea and character development, style/voice, mechanics, research, and how well they were able to entertain and inform the audience about antibiotic resistance in their Future Scene.

Community Problem Solving (CmPS)

The 361 students who took part in the Community Problem Solving competition addressed an area of concern from their own communities. By providing a framework to move beyond traditional service learning, students apply the problem-solving process to identify and address local, state, national or global issues that result in measurable outcomes. On-site students prepared their displays for evaluation at the International Conference.

Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS)

The Global Issues Problem Solving category allows both teams and individuals to respond to the Future Scene using the Six-Step Process. 835 students completed in-depth research about Antibiotic Resistance before the competition started.  Students involved in GIPS practice powerful problem-solving skills that engage their critical and creative thinking. Hundreds of creative solutions were presented on to address the Future Scene! Check out the final results of each competition here .

Want to get involved in future FPSPI competitions? Parents, educators, and students from all around the world are invited to participate in categories like the ones from the 2022 International Conference! Learn more about the different types of competitions here , or find an FPSPI Affiliate to get started .

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Teaching Students How to Think Not What To Think

Designed for teachers to help encourage critical and creative thinking while also teaching a problem solving process that can be used in virtually any career. From day one, students will learn how to think about the future, define challenges, and create solutions to become decision makers who solve today’s problems and those of the future.

Empowering Young People to Create a Better Tomorrow

Future Problem Solving teaches a unique six step problem solving process which can be applied in the real world, in all types of careers, in local and global communities, as well as in future societies. This process teaches critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and decision making.

Future Problem Solving Programs Encourage Critical and Creative Thinking Skills

Global Issues Problem Solving

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Community Problem Solvi ng

Available for teams and individuals, CmPS encourages students to become agents of change by defining problems and solutions in their local and global communities.

Scenario Writing

Available for individuals, SW teaches students creative writing skills while also helping to enlarge, enrich, and capture their view of future problems and solutions through actions and events.

Scenario Performance

Available for individuals, ScP is for students who enjoy telling stories. Students will learn futuristic thinking while creating a story projected twenty years into the future.

Action-Based Problem Solving

AbPS is designed for the classroom curriculum and can be used at the primary level (K-3) and up to grade 9. AbPS teaches a simplified version of the problem solving process.

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• Global citizens who take initiative to solve problems.

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“Inspired by the problem solving approach I learned in FPS, I used these tools to discover an innovative solution to a problem I had witnessed in my community. I discovered that farms in my local community were increasingly damaged by crop diseases, something I learned about from the Biosecurity topic. Working through the FPS process, I developed a self-driving robot capable of fighting crop disease before it happened. I ended up placing 1st at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, something that would not have been possible without my discovery of FPS.”

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The FPSP IC was held virtually in June 2021 with participants from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States of America. During the conference, 63 CmPS projects were shared, 203 GIPS teams wrote booklets and 138 Scenario Writers responded to a Neurotechnology Future Scene.

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COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING (MIDDLE DIVISION)

Project ImPETus  mentored by Mr Yeo Jun Han placed 4th in ‘Civic/Cultural & Environmental Concerns’ category. Its members are as follows.

• Manya Sethi
• Reine Ong Eng Qin
• Sarah Claire Ng Yan Rong

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Project Mindflayer  mentored by Mdm Aliah Shariff placed 5th in ‘Education’ category. Its members are as follows.

• Chew Shao Yee
• Clarissa Lee Yen Yee
• Esther Woon Sue Ann
• Gwen Chong Jia Yng
• Lim Yann Ying, Kayla
• Wang Yining, Marianne
• Yeo Fu Xuan Joyce

Cyberwellness: The New Normal  mentored by Ms Nora Kamsir Charlene Ying Xin placed 6th in ‘Education’ category. Its members are as follows.

• Atiqah Zahra Ahmed
• Aisyah Nur Humyra Binte Mohamed Riduan
• Megan Kwek Tze Ying
• Lau Jia Shing
• Lim Xuan Qi
• Tan Gin Juat

GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING (MIDDLE DIVISION)

The RGS team, mentored by Miss Foo Ling Ling, was awarded 9th. Its members are as follows.

• Angela Meng Fantian

SCENARIO WRITING (SENIOR DIVISION)

Charlene Ong Yingxin, mentored by Ms Ong Shu Juin, was awarded 8th. Charlene graduated in 2020 and currently studies in RIJC.

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Future Problem Solving Program International’s (FPSPI) Hybrid International Conference will host over 1,800 champion problem-solvers from around the globe. The Opening Ceremony on June 9th, 2022 will kick off this annual event. These 4th-12th grade students have displayed futuristic thinking and the creative problem-solving skills; local and national qualifying competitions earned them a coveted invitation to the conference. This year two Pakistani students Ahmed Wahab Khalid, A 9th grader from Beaconhouse School System, Kharian and Ayleen Sheikh from TNS Beaconhouse, Lahore in Grade 11 have qualified for the International Conference.

Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS) competitors will tackle potential problems set in the near future on this year’s topic Antibiotic Resistance. These teams and individuals must research all aspects of Antibiotic Resistance to be prepared for competitive events where a futuristic scenario will be analyzed and addressed.

For the past two years, the event was held virtually. This year FPS will hold their first hybrid International Conference. Participants will arrive on the campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and others will take part virtually. No matter the location, these young leaders, with their enthusiasm and creativity, are ready to tackle the world’s toughest problems. “The problem-solving abilities of our students model the hope and resiliency of our future. We are immensely proud of all the work these students, and their coaches and parents, perform throughout the year. The problem solvers of today will be the change-makers for a better tomorrow!”

FPSPI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1974, has grown into an international academic program, challenging students to think creatively and futuristically. For 47 years, Future Problem Solving Program International has worked to help students develop the critical and creative thinking skills they will need to solve real-world challenges and apply those skills to find solutions that have the potential to bring about positive change. Over 15,000 students officially participated in 2020-21, and hundreds of thousands participate each year as the program also reaches students involved non-competitively in classrooms or after-school programs that use materials to enhance curriculum through critical and creative thinking.

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Welcome to the 32st annual Future Problem Solving Program - Indiana for the 2024-25 School Year . We welcome you and your students to this exciting thinking skills competition. We are a part of the International Future Problem Solving Program. Created in 1974 by Dr. E. Paul Torrance, this program has students from the United States and the world compete as creative, futuristic thinkers.

We anticipate that in our 32st year, we will have teams competing in the 4-person Global Issues Problem Solving Team (GIPS), Individual GIPS, Scenario Writing (Short Story), Visual Arts Program , and Scenario Performance.

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The future problem solving topics for the school year have been listed below. The International Conference topic will be announced in the spring of the school year at the New York State Conference. Please take advantage of researching the topics before the competition.

Practice Problem # 1: TOURISM

Tourism not only benefits host locales but those on holiday. Travel enriches their lives, expands their understanding of people and cultures, while also serving as a respite from daily life. The economic stability of such destinations depends on the sustainability of their tourist trade. As the popularity of such destinations grows, international corporations and developers typically flock to these growing places, trying to capitalize on the financial possibilities. There is money to be made in building hotels, restaurants, and in developing an area’s growing tourism industry. As outside groups seek to attract tourists and the revenue they generate, locals often struggle to maintain their location's unique appeal and ability to support local venues. As this build-up occurs, local people can have their cultures exploited, lands destroyed, and their local businesses put in jeopardy. As the tourism sector grows and expands, we are seeing the expansion of the Special Interest (SIT) market - tourists wishing to match their vacations with their interests (e.g., ecotourism, wellness tourism, event tourism, ancestry tourism, etc.) How will changing forms and trends of tourism impact tourists and hosts alike? How can the advantages of expanding tourism be balanced with the protection of destinations?

Practice Problem # 2: URBANIZATION

Today nearly half the world's population lives in an urban area. By 2050, that number is expected to reach 70% due to this increase in Urbanization. Urban areas and their large populations often hold power over governance, economic development, and international connectivity beyond their immediate regions. With proper planning, urban centers can provide educational and economic opportunities to residents not found elsewhere. However, they can also easily give rise to slums and increase income inequality. With growing footprints, cities are also struggling to provide basic needs, essential services, and safety. Future urban planners must address tough questions: What qualities in society should be valued most? What is fair and equitable? Whose interests will be served first? Planners must balance the speed of decision-making with the need for thoughtful, well-considered programs for development. As urban areas expand, how can we develop areas that are efficient, resilient, and inclusive? Future urban planners must address tough questions: What qualities in society should be valued most? What is fair and equitable? Whose interests will be served first? Planners must balance the speed of decision-making with the need for thoughtful, well-considered programs for development. As urban areas expand, how can we develop areas that are efficient, resilient, and inclusive?

Qualifying Problem: ANTARCTICA

Antarctica, the highest, driest, coldest continent, has no permanent population and is governed by a collection of agreements between fifty-four countries. The Antarctic Treaty System designates the entire continent and surrounding waters for scientific endeavors, bans military activity, and promotes environmental research and preservation. Although Antarctica remains the most remote place on Earth, it is highly regulated and heavily impacted by activities around the globe. Parts of the continent are polluted by sewage, discarded machinery, fuel products, and rubbish. Antarctica is thought to be rich in minerals and resources, though an 'indefinite' ban on mining is in place through 2048. Antarctica also holds over 60% of the Earth's fresh water in an ice sheet that contains 90% of the Earth's total ice volume. As global temperatures rise, these are breaking apart and melting faster, endangering local wildlife and entire ecosystems. Without a consistent population or a sovereign state, Antarctica possesses a unique space within political, economic, and environmental crossroads. How can Antarctica be sustainably utilized yet simultaneously preserved to best benefit our global population?

State Conference: AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION

Our transport needs, desires, and realities are rapidly changing due to global growth and increased connectivity. As modes of transportation continue to evolve, increasing levels of complexity and efficiency are pursued. What role will autonomous vehicles, cars, airplanes, ships, etc., which operate without human intervention, play in this pursuit? Their development continues to increase exponentially with advancing technological capabilities. Since all scenarios are not programmable, autonomous vehicles must learn and react. They do this by surveying their environment with multiple sensors and utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to process vast amounts of data. Autonomous vehicles can deliver on demand, refuel, park, and store themselves. By creating a network of these vehicles, entire systems of transport could become autonomous, controlled by a central AI. How will the efficiency of autonomous vehicles affect the development of transportation, on land and sea, in the air, and possibly space? How will autonomous transport cope with unexpected risk situations and ethical decisions? In what ways will autonomous transport impact jobs, industries, infrastructure, and lifestyles?

Annual Topics

Each year FPSPI announces the future problem solving topics for the school year which will be the basis for the thematic basis for each submission in the GIPS and Scenario Writing. Participants have the opportunity to research and explore these topics which are usually topics that are expected to increasingly become more important in the future. The topics represent themes and concepts from the strands of Business & Economics, Social & Political, and Science & Technology.

The slate of topics for the upcoming years are selected by students across the globe each year.

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Future Problem-Solving Skills and Its Relationship with Research Self-Efficacy in Post-Graduate students

Research self-efficacy (RSE) and future problem-solving skills (FPSS) are considered essential elements that help post-graduate students. The current study examines the relationship between RSE and FPSS among college of education post-graduate students. The study sample comprised 98 post-graduate students, and the descriptive-correlational method was used. The researchers used the Future Problem Solving Scale (FPSSS), and research self-efficacy Scale (RSES). The results revealed that the research sample exhibited a high degree of FPSS and RSE, and a positive correlation between FPSS and RSE was observed. Regarding the gender variable, there was a difference in FPSS in favour of males and a difference in RSE in favour of females. With respect to disciplines, there was no difference between FPSS and RSE. Regarding the type of study, there were no differences among the research sample in FPSS; however, there were differences in RSE in favour of full-time students. The results also indicated that there were differences in FPSS and RSE, according to the state of study, in favour of those who completed their theses. It was also concluded that RSE can be predicted by FPSS. FPSS and RSE enhanced academic performance, critical thinking and creativity in the research sample. The research recommends the importance of developing FPSS in post-graduate programmes to enhance student performance in scientific research, promote critical thinking and encourage creativity in educational research.

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