Digital and AI Competitions

Title: Shell.ai Hackathon Awards Show

Duration: 12:07

Description: Virtual award ceremony for Shell.ai Hackathon

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Rishabh Chopra appears full screen.

Pre-titles: Rishabh:

Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

invited the very brightest minds to compete to solve our wind farm layout optimisation coding challenge and today we get to find out who the winners of our competition are….

Roll the titles please…

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Opening titles slide onto screen, displaying the words: “Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Awards”.

Rishabh:

Hello and welcome to the Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Awards Ceremony!

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Name strap for Rishabh Chopra slides upwards from the bottom of the screen.

Rishabh:

I’m Rishabh Chopra, Artificial Intelligence Technical Analyst here at Shell and I’m so excited to have you all of you here with me today.

We started this journey back in September when over 5000 of you from across the globe signed for the wind farm layout optimisation coding challenge.

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Screen cuts to shot of competition finalists, arranged in boxes similar to Zoom.

Rishabh:

Based on the private leaderboard ranking, we shortlisted the 14 teams with the highest Annual Energy Production (AEP) output from our General and Special University Editions.

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Rishabh:

The winners of these Editions were selected on the basis of their AEP scores combined with proof of methodology.

And the big moment, where we unveil the winners is finally here and I have some special guests who will be joining me today to do the honours.

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on left and Alexander Boekhorst on the right.

Rishabh:

First up, I'd like to introduce Alexander Boekhorst, who’s the VP of Digitalisation and Computational Science here at Shell. Hey Alexander…

Alexander:

Hi Rishabh, it’s great to be on the show.

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Rishabh:

Thanks for joining us Alexander, I hear you’ve been glued to the competition?...

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Alexander:

Very much, Rishabh! I have been following the Shell.ai Hackathon journey closely!

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Alexander:

I was especially impressed with the depth of knowledge displayed on both the physics of fluid flow and non-linear optimisation.

Digitalisation and AI are critical enablers for the energy transition.

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Screen cuts to shot of competition winners, arranged in boxes similar to Zoom.

Alexander:

So seeing all the bright minds working to solve complex problems, I found inspiring.

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Alexander:

I’ll be in the next few minutes joined by a few colleagues from around the world to announce the winners in the different Editions, and I’m very much looking forward to the results.

Back to you, Rishabh.

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on the left and Alexander on the right.

Rishabh:

Thank you so much Alexander. Well, if I wasn’t excited before, I certainly am now, and I’m sure our shortlisted teams are, too.

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Rishabh:

The Shell.ai Hackathon was intended to be a vehicle to inspire innovative problem solving and we couldn't be happier with the huge response we received. 

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on the left and Deepa Rani on the right.

Rishabh:

Now we have Deepa Rani, Shell.ai Manager, to present the winners of the Public Voting category. Hi Deepa…

Deepa:

Hi Rishabh. Happy to join with you here today.

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Rishabh:

You’re not alone there, Deepa. Can you tell us about the public voting category?

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Deepa:

Yes. Well, Rishabh, we connected with our top 14 finalists to get to know a little more about them and asked them to share a short video to explain the methodologies, which they have used to solve the problem.

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Screen cuts to shot of finalists, arranged in boxes similar to Zoom.

Deepa:

Which is uploaded and shared on shell.in/hackathon-vote webpage for the public to vote on.

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Deepa:

So many people voted for their favourite teams and really added to the excitement!

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Deepa:

So It is my absolute pleasure to announce, the Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy team which got the most public votes is…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

Public vote winner

TEAM ENERGIZERS.DE.ICT

Deepa:

TEAM ENERGIZERS.DE.ICT…

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Deepa:

This team of two friends believe that building an energy secure society is not just programming language or algorithms, but also having an understanding of energy systems.

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Deepa:

Huge Congratulations! You won the hearts of our audience with your approach and solution! Keep up the amazing work that you are doing! Over to you, Rishabh.

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Cuts to split screen of Rishabh and Deepa, before cutting back to Rishabh on his own.

Rishabh:

Thank you so much Deepa and congratulations to the winning team.

Up next, I would like to invite Anuradha Ashok, Shell Research Alliance, partnership advisor India to introduce the Special University Edition Category. Hi Anuradha…

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on the left and Anuradha on the right. Anuradha then appears full screen as she introduces herself.

Anuradha:

Hi Rishabh.

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Rishabh:

Anuradha, can you please explain how the Special University Edition Category will be awarded…

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Anuradha:

Yes of course!

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Anuradha:

The Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy is an amazing opportunity for us to build a network of technical talent with the Indian academia.

So to celebrate the innovators of tomorrow, we launched the Special University Edition Category in this competition.

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We have divided India into North, South, East and West

There will be one winner per zone

Anuradha:

We have divided India into North, South, East and West, and there will be one winner per zone.

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Anuradha:

And now we have Lene Hviid, GM of Shell Research Alliance and GameChanger, here to tell us who the winners of the Special University Edition Category in the competition… Hi Lene.

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Cuts to split screen with Lene on the left and Anuradha on the right. The screen then cuts to Lene on her own.

Lene:

Thank you Anuradha.

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Lene:

At Shell I lead a team global team that focuses on our external collaborations with research institutes, universities and various upcoming game changing start-ups.

So it’s a real pleasure for me to be here presenting the Special University Edition Category. Teams from over 65 educational institutes in India, that have partnered with Shell, competed in this category. So without any further ado...

Starting where the Sun rises first, our East zone winning team is…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

Special University Edition

East Zone Winner

TEAM DEEPWIZAI.COM

Lene:

Team DeepwizAI.com.

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Lene:

A team of three AI lovers, united by their vision to give back to the community.

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Lene:

Going anti clockwise, we next have the North zone winning team, and they are…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

Special University Edition

North Zone Winner

SURAJ-K-TEAM

Lene:

Suraj-K-Team.

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Lene:

And Suraj is a chemical engineering student. His research work is focussed on simulating nanoscale systems using molecular dynamics.

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Lene:

Next up, we have the West zone winning team…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

Special University Edition

West Zone Winner

TEAM CHAIATCHEA

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Lene:

ChaiAtChea

 

Are two Chemical Engineering PhD students that want to use their skills to positively impact the energy transition… and they love chai!

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Lene:

And last but not least, our South zone winning team is…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

Special University Edition

South Zone Winner

TEAM 7

Lene:

Team 7.

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Lene:

This team of four computer science and mechanical engineers are fans of using neural networks for predicting wind speed.

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Lene:

A huge congratulations from me to all these impressive winning teams. Back to you Rishabh…

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on the left and Lene on the right, before cutting back to Rishabh on his own.

Rishabh:

Thank you so much, Lene, and congratulations to all the winning teams in the Special University Edition Category!

Next, I would like to invite another one of my colleagues at Shell, Saptarshi Das, Data Science R&D Manager, India, who also happens to be the brains behind this whole initiative to announce the winners of the General Edition Category. Hi Sapartashi…

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Sapartashi:

Thanks a lot, Rishabh, I’m thrilled to be here.

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Rishabh:

We’re thrilled to have you on the show, Sapartarshi. Tell us more about the General Edition category…

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Sapartarshi:

Rishabh… this Hackathon is a testimony to the creativity and dedication that these teams have for addressing challenges that matter to society and the environment.

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Sapartarshi:

I have been keenly following the leaderboard. A lot of teams submitted multiple solutions in a day. I was so inspired to see this level of drive and commitment amongst our participants.

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Cuts to split screen with Rishabh on the left and Sapartarshi on the right, before cutting back to Sapartarshi on his own.

Sapartarshi:

Now, let’s get to the grand finale. I am proud to present the General Edition Category, which was open to EVERY team that took part in the Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy.

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

General Edition

3rd Place

TEAM IIT MADRAS

Sapartarshi:

In third place is… Team IIT Madras.

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Sapartarshi:

This team of two final year dual-degree students know that every single percentage of improvement counts towards increasing annual energy production.

Many congratulations!

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Sapartarshi:

Now, the second place goes to…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

General Edition

2nd Place

DELTAPHIALPHA

Sapartarshi:

DeltaPhiAlpha.

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Screen cuts to winner celebrating.

Sapartarshi:

Thibaut and his cat, Bounty, believe his skills in AI can improve wind farm performance.

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Sapartarshi:

Congratulations team! And finally, in the first place we have…

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Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy

General Edition

1st Place

CONTROL.ALT.ELITE TEAM

Sapartarshi:

Ctrl.Alt.Elite.

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Sapartarshi:

These four computer science students hope to use their experience in tackling novel research problems to drive the energy transition.

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Sapartarshi:

Congratulations again to all the teams! We really appreciate the huge effort EVERY one of you has put into this competition... And we loved watching your videos and finding out more about the great people behind these brilliant solutions.

Back to you, Rishabh.

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Cuts to split screen of Rishabh and Sapartarshi, before cutting back to Rishabh on his own.

Rishabh:

Thank you, Saptarshi. Phew, that was exhilarating!

Congratulations to all the winning teams in the General Edition Category!

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Rishabh:

Now, I would like to welcome our final guest to the show - Suchismita Sanyal, General Manager, Computational Science at Shell to share a few closing words with us. Hi Suchismita, I hope you’ve enjoyed the hackathon and the show too.

Suchismita:

Absolutely, Rishabh. Such an exciting show an exciting show this has been.

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Suchismita:

So on behalf of the entire Shell computational science team, congratulations to all our winners and finalists and a HUGE thank you to each of you, all the winners and finalists, and certainly all the participants who have participated in this Hackathon challenge with all your passion.

We are living through unprecedented times, due to an increasing population, there’s an increase in energy demand. And the key question is, how do we balance all of this by bringing in more and cleaner energies?

And in seeking innovative solutions to this global problem, we must bring in top leaders like you, innovators like you, problem solvers like you, who work collaboratively across multi disciplines, across integrating physics with AI, chemistry with ML and essentially innovate at the boundaries of discipline.

So once again, huge thanks to each of the participants for making this happen.

While we are closing this Hackathon today, we would like you to stay tuned with us.

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SHELL.IN/HACKATHON

Suchismita:

Stayed tuned with our page of shell.in/hackathon, because there are going to be more energy challenges coming your way, around the theme of sustainability and affordability.

With this, I would again like to congratulate each of you and hand you over to Rishabh. Over to you, Rishabh.

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Rishabh:

Thank you all for tuning in! Huge congratulations to the winning teams.... And I look forward to seeing you all again at our next challenge. Until then, stay safe and keep coding!

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Closing titles slide onto screen, displaying the words: “Shell.ai Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Awards”.

Title: Shell Eco-marathon / Pitch the Future / Awards Ceremony

Duration: 16:31 minutes

Description: 

The virtual awards ceremony for the Pitch the Future competition as part of the 2020 Shell Eco-Marathon.

Pitch the Future Awards Ceremony / English Transcript

[Background music plays]

Energetic instrumental music with a strong beat.

Introduction

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Title screen shows with white text on a turquoise background. The Shell logo is centred above the text.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future Awards Ceremony. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Parts of a stylized car track show in the upper left and lower right corners, giving the impression that the track is surrounding the screen. This background is used throughout the video. White numbers appear in the middle of the screen counting down from five to one.

[Video footage]

Colin Furze in his workshop. Tools are visible on the walls and workbenches behind him. A glitterball hangs from the ceiling, and Colin is wearing a suit jacket and tie.

Colin Furze

Glitterball, check. Suit jacket, check. It must be time for the Pitch the Future Award Ceremony.

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

[Video footage]

Colin Furze in his workshop.

[Text displays]

Colin Furze, YouTuber and Inventor.

Colin Furze

From over 100 teams around the word, only 13 of them made it through the grand final, where they pitched their game changing ideas to our esteemed panel of judges. The pitches have been completed; the scary stuff is over. Now, it's down to the nail-biting time of announcing the winners of each category. But before we announce them, joining me on this is the man, is the myth, is the, can I say it? Yep, the legend that is Shell Eco-Marathon's Norman Koch. Hello, Norman.

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Closeup of Norman Koch with a bookshelf behind him.

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Norman Koch, Global General Manager Shell Eco-Marathon, Shell.

Norman Koch

Thank you, Colin. Really, your introductions are too much. But before we kick off, I just want to thank all of the students that entered submissions. You've made Pitch the Future very special indeed. With everything else going on, it's been a challenging year. Plus, we've gone virtual for the very first time. The way the teams approached the challenges has been truly astounding, and we were all very, very impressed. Let's get into our first award.

Decarbonising Road Freight Award

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Split screen showing Norman on the left, and a box with the shell logo and the name of the award to the right.

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Shell Lubricants, Decarbonising Road Freight.

Norman Koch

This is for the Decarbonising Road Freight challenge with Shell Lubricants. The short list of teams in the category were DTU Supermileage from India, Galway Energy Efficient Car from Ireland, and Eco Octano UFPR Electrico from Brazil.

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Closeup of Norman Koch. Cut to split screen showing six members of DTU Supermileage. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

DTU Supermileage.

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Split screen showing four members of Galway Energy Efficient Car. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

Galway Energy Efficient Car.

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Split screen showing six members of Eco Octano UFPR Eletrico. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

Eco Octano UFPR Eletrico.

Norman Koch

So, let's see a brief recap.

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A closeup of an animated gear and cog apparatus, showing a red button and a 3D box tilted at an angle. The Shell logo and the name of the award are written on the box.

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Decarbonising road freight transport. Shell Lubricants.

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Split screen showing three DTU Supermileage team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled road-map, divided in three parts showing a sequence capturing, regeneration, utilisation.

DTU Supermileage team member

This part of the idea created by us is basically divided into three simple steps, the first is capturing, the second is regeneration, and the third is utilisation.

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Split screen showing four judges.

Judge

Thank you very much. Great presentation. A lot of ideas.

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The stylised car track background shows. The name of the team appears in white text.

[Text displays]

Galway Energy Efficient Car.

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Split screen showing four Galway Energy Efficient Car team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled the solution is displayed. On the slide is an animation showing a 3D model of a truck illustrating modifications made.

Galway Energy Efficient Car team member

We added aerodynamic wheel covers to all of the wheels, and we added vortex generators to the rear of the trailer to control the weight.

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Split screen showing four judges.

Judge

Great pitch. I love your proposal, and the way you have looked at it from an end-to-end perspective.

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The stylised car track background shows. The name of the team appears in white text.

[Text displays]

Eco Octano UFPR Eletrico.

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Split screen showing three Eco Octano UFPR Eletrico team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled AI Features is displayed. On the slide is a cartoon robot with arrows going out to different subject areas.

Eco Octano UFPR Electrico team member

The AI uses the cleanest and safest transportation method available.

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Split screen showing four judges.

Judge

Lots of different solutions there for decarbonization.

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

[Video footage]

Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Great stuff, and some exceptional thinking. Fingers crossed to all of you. Now to our judge. Please welcome Mansi Tripathy, Vice President of Commercial Lubricants at Shell, to give the award.

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Closeup of Mansi Tripathy.

[Text displays]

Mansi Tripathy, Vice President Commercial Lubricants APME, Shell.

Mansi Tripathy

Hi Colin. On behalf of the panel of judges, I am very excited to be presenting the award today. I must say that the entries were very impressive, both from the point of thinking, as well as the energy which they brought in to the spectrum.

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Quick montage of split screens showing the three finalist teams. They have expressions of anticipation.

Mansi Tripathy

To announce today's winner for the Decarbonising Road Freight Transport challenge from Shell Lubricants, DTU Supermileage from India.

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And the winner is.

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Spit screen showing six members of the DTU Supermileage team. They are celebrating, raising their arms and punching the air. Emoji icons showing various faces, hearts, thumbs up, and clapping hands rise up from the bottom of the screen, reminiscent of a balloon release.

[Text displays]

DTU Supermileage

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Unbelievable, great work from everyone, and very well-deserved winners.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Fantastic, well done. So many solutions put forward, and I am particularly interested in how the CO2 capture could be made a reality. Thanks again to all the teams. I hope to some of these in action one day.

Tracking and Reducing Vehicle CO2 Emissions Award

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Split screen showing Norman Koch to the left, and a box with the Microsoft logo and the name of the award to the right.

[Text displays]

Microsoft, Tracking and Reducing Vehicle CO2 Emissions.

Norman Koch

Our second award for the Tracking and Reducing CO2 Emissions from Vehicles challenge with Microsoft. The teams who were short listed were Alamat UP from the Philippines, AlecTED from Turkey, and Ecocar from University of Alberta, Canada.

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Closeup of Norman Koch. Cut to split screen showing six members of Alamat UP. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

Alamat UP.

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Split screen showing five members of AlecTED. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

AlecTED

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Split screen showing six members of University of Alberta Ecocar. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

University of Alberta Ecocar.

Norman Koch

Let's see how they did.

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Large red button shows in the middle of the screen with a 3D box and a 3D gear. The Microsoft logo shows with the name of the award.

[Text displays]

Tracking and Reducing Vehicle CO2 Emissions with Microsoft.

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The stylized car track background. The name of the team appears in white.

[Text displays]

Alamat UP.

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Split screen showing four Alamat UP team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled tutorial mode is shown. On the slide is a mobile phone showing Eco-driving tips.

Alamat UP team member

Helpful tips, how to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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Split screen showing five judges.

Judge

Help me understand how you're thinking about the mapping component in particular.

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Split screen showing four Alamat UP team members.

Alamat UP team member

The main map that we will be using is Azure Maps, which is part of Microsoft's cloud service.

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The name of the team appears in white against the stylised car track background.

[Text displays]

AlecTED.

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Split screen showing four AlecTED team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide shows titled entering procedure from Echelon Community. Three cars on a road are shown.

AlecTED team member

The main purpose of the Echelon concept is decreasing the total amount of carbon dioxide emission.

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Great idea, looking up at a flock of birds, and thinking, wait a minute, why don't we all drive like that?

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The name of the team appears in white against the stylised car track background.

[Text displays]

University of Alberta Ecocar.

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Split screen showing two University of Alberta Ecocar team members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide showing three mobile phone screens showing a map, a route finder, and some line graphs. Cut to split screen showing the two team members.

University of Alberta Ecocar team member

Much like popular navigation apps, the user will enter their destination before their trip, and Eco tools choose the most efficient route.

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Split screen showing five judges.

Judge

That was a better pitch than a similar type of technology that I saw from a professional company in Europe, recently.

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

[Video footage]

Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Fingers crossed for all the students. Now, please welcome Alex Robart, Energy Industry Strategy Leader from Microsoft to announce the winning team.

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Closeup of Alex Robart.

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Alex Robart, Energy Industry Strategy Leader, Microsoft.

Alex Robart

Hello Colin. First of all, I'd really like to thank Shell for giving us at Microsoft the opportunity to participate in such a phenomenal program. This is by nature a very global problem. It was really exciting all the innovative ideas that people brought to the table, many of which, I think will ultimately be adopted in the future. So, thank you to everyone for allowing us to participate. We're excited at Microsoft that we had so many people who chose to submit and present for us. So, thank you.

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Quick montage of split screens showing team members from the three finalist teams. They all have expressions of anticipation.

Alex Robart

With that, let's get to the exciting part. The winner of the Tracking and Reducing CO2 Emissions challenge with Microsoft is the Alamat UP team from the Philippines.

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And the winner is.

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Split screen showing six members of Alamat UP team. They are celebrating, raising their arms and punching the air. One of them holds a sign saying UP fight. Emoji icons showing various faces, hearts, thumbs up, and clapping hands rise up from the bottom of the screen, reminiscent of a balloon release.

[Text displays]

Alamat UP.

[Video footage]

Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Unbelievable. Great work from everybody, and very well-deserved winners.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Congratulations also from me. Smart technology is just so important in our daily lives, and has such a potential for the future. It would be fantastic to see these ideas come to fruition.

Decarbonising the Home Award

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A yellow stylised car track forms an arch above the Shell logo. A small aerodynamic car is on the track. Words show in white against a turquoise background.

[Text displays]

Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Split screen showing Norman Koch on the left and a box showing the name of the competition on the right.

[Text displays]

Shell Energy, Decarbonising the Home.

Norman Koch

Time for the third challenge. Decarbonising the Home with Shell Energy. The teams who were shortlisted are Team H2Polito from Italy, Team Kaizen from India, and Brazil's E4 UFSC.

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Closeup of Norman Koch. Cut to split screen showing six members of Team H2Polito. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

Team H2Polito, Molecole Urbane.

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Split screen showing six members of Team Kaizen. They smile and wave.

[Text displays]

Team Kaizen.

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Split screen showing six members of E4 UFSC. They smile and wave.

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E4 UFSC.

Norman Koch

Let's see a brief recap.

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Decarbonising the Home, Shell Energy.

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Team Kaizen

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Split screen showing four Team Kaizen members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A title slide is shown which reads Shell Eco Marathon 2021 Global Virtual League, Pitch the Future, Decarbonising Home with the Shell and Team Kaizen logos. This is replaced by an animated slide showing the process of a carbon filter working with an HVAC unit.

Team Kaizen team member

We embrace the idea of green home AC unit is retrofitted with a special carbon filter, and carbon dioxide is extracted.

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Closeup of Elvin Nagamootoo.

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Elvin Nagamootoo, Head of Product - Shell Energy, Shell

Elvin Nagamootoo

Well done, great presentation. A really diverse range of solutions.

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Team H2Polito, Molecole Urbane.

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Split screen showing four Team H2Polito members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide filled with rows of simply drawn houses shows. Most are brown but a few are highlighted in blue. The words installed in all the dwellings are superimposed.

Team H2Polito team member

They systems will deliver better performance and greater savings in a huge variety of ways.

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Judge

What can I say, I would have loved to listen to you even longer.

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E4 UFSC.

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Closeup of a member of E4 UFSC.

E4 UFSC team member

Our idea consists of a website that helps the user to make smart and conscious decisions about the house they are going to build.

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Split screen showing five judges.

Judge

It's very focused and single-minded. Very refreshing and inspiring in equal measure.

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Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Love those, and some great presentations, too. Fingers crossed for all of you. Now, let's welcome Colin Crooks, CEO of Shell Energy Retail, to announce the winning team.

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Closeup of Colin Crooks.

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Colin Crooks, CEO at Shell Energy, Shell Energy.

Colin Crooks

Hey, Colin, how's it going? Good to see you again. What a fabulous Pitch the Future, all the entries, the creativity, the new technologies, how to get people thinking about what they can do to help in the energy transition. Really well done to all the teams, your passion, your dedication, creativity and delivery really shone through.

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Colin Crooks

And now, the winner of Decarbonising the Home with Shell Energy is E4 UFSC from Brazil.

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And the winner is.

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Split screen showing six members of the E4 UFSC team. They are celebrating, raising their arms and punching the air. Emoji icons showing various faces, hearts, thumbs up, and clapping hands rise up from the bottom of the screen, reminiscent of a balloon release.

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E4 UFSC

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Closeup of Colin Crooks.

Colin Crooks

Congratulations, team, [non-English].

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Unbelievable. Great work from everybody. Very well-deserved winners.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

I liked the way all the teams looked at this in different ways, and in terms of the winning idea, starting from the building and redefining how our construction industry works could be a major opportunity.

Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Award

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Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Shell Recharge, Electric Vehicle Battery Charging.

Norman Koch

Last but not least, it's the fourth and final award for Electric Vehicle and Battery Charging with Shell Recharge. The teams who were shortlisted are, ETA from India, Ecogenium from Germany, Ecocar Unicamp from Brazil, and CCE Collective from the US.

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ETA.

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Split screen showing five members of Ecogenium. They smile and wave.

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Ecogenium.

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Split screen showing six members of Ecocar Unicamp. They smile and wave.

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Ecocar Unicamp.

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Split screen showing six members of CCE Collective. They smile and wave.

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CCE Collective.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Let's see another brief recap.

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A closeup of the animated gear and cog apparatus, with a red button in the middle. The Shell logo is visible, and the name of the contest.

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Electric Vehicle and Battery Charging, Shell Recharge.

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The name of the team appears in white against the stylised car track background.

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ETA.

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Split screen showing four ETA members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. Two screens are shown which are displaying maps and information.

ETA team member

Information will further help the user to reduce his or her range anxiety.

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Closeup of Tommaso Volpe.

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Tommaso Volpe, Global Motorsport Director Nissan and Infiniti, Nissan.

Tommaso Volpe

How do you manage the randomness of the journey? There is always a randomness element, like in racing, by the way.

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Ecogenium.

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Split screen showing two Ecogenium members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide shows titled the idea. The slide has a stylised electrical plug, and the words optimise for a lifetime, not just for a journey.

Ecogenium team member

Our idea in one sentence is optimise for a lifetime, not just for a journey.

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Judge

There is a lot of deep understanding of human insight, and I think they've nailed that point very well.

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Ecocar Unicamp.

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Closeup of a member of Ecocar Unicamp. Cut to a split screen showing four Ecocar Unicamp members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled value proposition is shown. The slide displays a map of the world showing a connected energy grid.

Ecocar Unicamp team member

Our solution is an app that creates personalised routes selecting charging points and assimilating the environmental impact of the trip.

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Closeup of Joerg Wienke.

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Joerg Wienke, Vice President Global Retail Marketing, Shell.

Joerg Wienke

The different dimensions to deliver the most sustainable trip, I think that was really well done.

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CCE Collective.

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Split screen showing four CCE Collective members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide titled modification ideas is displayed. On the slide is a photo of a driver using a GPS system.

CCE Collective team member

The system can calculate and bring up an efficient route that takes into account factors such as temperature and population of a city.

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Closeup of Christina Mallon.

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Christina Mallon, Global Head of Inclusive Design and Digital Accessibility, WPP.

Christina Mallon

It was just really simple, and I think that's always behind a really great idea.

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Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Blimey, some real food for thought. Glad I'm not picking the winner. Good luck to you all. Now, let's welcome Joerg Wienke, Vice President of Global Retail Marketing at Shell, to announce the winner.

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Closeup of Joerg Wienke.

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Joerg Wienke, Vice President Global Retail Marketing, Shell.

Joerg Wienke

Hi, Colin, thank you very much. What was really impressive was to see the creativity, to see the innovation coming through all the digital models, algorithms used, and really impressive presentations as well.

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Joerg Wienke

The winner in the category, Electric Vehicle and Long Distance Travel with Shell Recharge, is Ecocar Unicamp from Brazil.

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And the winner is.

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Split screen showing six members of the Ecocar Unicamp team. They are celebrating, raising their arms and punching the air. Emoji icons showing various faces, hearts, thumbs up, and clapping hands rise up from the bottom of the screen, reminiscent of a balloon release.

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Ecocar Unicamp.

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Closeup of Joerg Wienke.

Joerg Wienke

That was really great to see, and a well-deserved winner. Congratulations to the team in Brazil.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Excellent, well done. Again, as with some of the other challenges, smart technology is such an incredible tool that we can use to drive forward real change.

Special Guest Dean Aragon

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

That's the four challenges done, and what a competition. But before we get into the next set of prizes, I'd like to introduce a special guest, Shell's Global Head of Brand, Dean Aragon.

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Closeup of Dean Aragon.

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Dean Aragon, CEO Shell Brands International and Global VP Brand, Shell.

Dean Aragon

Hey, Colin. Yeah, a lot of the entries were mind-blowing. I'm really, really proud of these young teams' ingenious thinking. The innovations, the progressive thinking, how they think of the entire ecosystem. But also, the creativity with which they presented their entries, their presentations. Each of the teams really understood the humanity of the people, the people that a lot of these technologies, a lot of these innovations are supposed to serve. Full marks on that one as well.

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Oh, yeah, totally, couldn’t agree more. The future is definitely in capable hands.

Digital Literacy Awards

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Digital Literacy Award with Adobe.

Norman Koch

Coming up now, we've got the Digital Literacy Award with Adobe.

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Over to Mark Andrews, Strategic Development Manager at Adobe Education, with our three winners.

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Closeup of Mark Andrews.

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Mark Andrews, Strategic Development Manager, Adobe Education.

Mark Andrews

We want to thank all of the teams for entering this challenge. At Adobe, digital literacy is the power to use digital tools to solve problems, to create innovative projects, and enhance communications. It's my pleasure to announce the winners of the Digital Literacy Awards with Adobe. In third place, we have Garuda UNY Eco from Indonesia.

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Footage of the Garuda pitch is shown. A live narrator appears on screen next to a stylised small red car with a driver leaning out of the window. Symbols indicating wireless connectivity surround the car. The car is replaced by text, driver's suggest warning. The live narrator flashes from the right to the left of the screen, and a small cartoon car carrying overhead luggage appears next to a large phone screen displaying the CO2 SDA app. Speech bubbles are used to call out items on the phone display. The car and phone screen are replaced by an animated hand holding a pen, which draws a graph showing fuel consumption.

Mark Andrews

The Garuda Team's use of Illustrator to visualise system flows, XD to develop an app prototype, culminating with some impressive video production that utilise Premiere and After Effects to construct an engaging and polished pitch, which was super-impressive.

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Closeup of Mark Andrews.

Mark Andrews

In second place, Galway Energy Efficient Car from Ireland.

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Footage is shown from Galway Energy Efficient Car's pitch. A driver's view showing a phone in a holder, with the Bluetooth symbol next to it. An electronic device with a circuit board appears underneath the Bluetooth symbol. Cut to a hand holding a phone, which displays screens from the app displaying maps and a contact list. Cut to a driver's view showing a phone in a holder displaying the app.

Mark Andrews

Using Adobe XD to design and prototype their app, and then using Premiere to craft an evocative and powerful video presentation that used both stock and self-shot footage. This was coupled with a strong narrative and structure to communicate the problem and showcase their solution.

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Closeup of Mark Andrews.

Mark Andrews

In first place, DJS Miles from India.

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Footage from the DJS Miles pitch is shown. An animated avatar narrator is at the bottom left of the screen. A house with cutaway to show a family in their living room is behind the avatar. On the right side of the screen are symbols for CO2 and radiation. The house and symbols is replaced by a stylised street scene of a town centre area, showing shopfronts and a sidewalk café. Traffic is passing in front of the buildings. The avatar gestures to different areas of the scene.

Mark Andrews

The DJS submission thoughtfully used motion graphics and avatar narration combined with well-crafted scripts that communicated the challenge and solution in a clear way.

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Closeup of Mark Andrews.

Mark Andrews

We were universally impressed by all of the submissions. Each submission brought something different and highly original.

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Unbelievable. Great work from everybody, and very well-deserved winners. Dean, back to you for some final thoughts. Can't wait for next year, I expect.

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Closeup of Dean Aragon.

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Dean Aragon, CEO Shell Brands International and Global VP Brand, Shell.

Dean Aragon

You know, Colin, I believe that this is what we need to keep on doing. I think Pitch the Future is now going to be a very important, if not a pillar, of the entire Shell Eco-Marathon ecosystem. Maybe we can also ask the students, what would they love to crack, in terms of solving today's energy problems or today's energy opportunities. I look forward to the 2021 edition of the Shell Eco-Marathon Pitch the Future. Watch this space.

Colin Furze Choice Award

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Ah, but we're not done yet. Nope, there is time for one more award. The Colin Furze Choice Award.

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Colin's Choice Award

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Pitch the Future. #MakeTheFuture #ShellEcoMarathon

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

Now then, I was looking for an idea which was completely unexpected, some real out of the box thinking. The winning team, which I've chosen, is, drum roll, AlecTED from Turkey.

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Split screen showing six members of the AlecTED team. They are celebrating, raising their arms and punching the air. Emoji icons showing various faces, hearts, thumbs up, and clapping hands rise up from the bottom of the screen, reminiscent of a balloon release.

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AlecTED

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Colin in his workshop.

Colin Furze

What they had done, I thought was amazing. They'd looked up at the sky, saw how birds fly in a V-shaped formation, and they do this for efficiency. The first bird takes all the aero-impact, and then the ones behind it have a little bit of an easier job. They thought, we should do that when we're driving our cars. We should have the most aerodynamic car at the front, and then it tails off in different range, right up to a big boxy thing at the back. To apply what you're seeing in the sky, and put that down into traffic, that's really good thinking, that is. That is why you get the Colin Furze choice award.

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Closeup of the Colin Furze Choice Award Trophy. The trophy is a copper-coloured leaf with laser cut-outs for the veins of the leaf, attached to a small wooden pedestal with a plaque. Cut back to Colin in his workshop.

Colin Furze

But you don't just get it with me saying it. Oh, no. I've made you a special trophy. Check that out. That is going to be coming in the post all the way to you. Thank you very much. Now, back to Norman.

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Colin applauds. Cut to closeup of Norman Koch. Cut to split screen of five AlecTED members smiling and waving.

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AlecTED.

Norman Koch

Thanks Colin, and well done to AlecTED from Turkey.

Special Commendations

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Before we close, there were a couple of teams that wanted to give a special commendation to. Firstly, Galway Energy Efficient Car from Ireland.

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Split screen showing four members of Galway Energy Efficient Car, smiling and waving.

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Galway Energy Efficient Car.

Norman Koch

They were the regional winners of the Road Freight challenge, and received second place in the Adobe Digital Literacy Award, and managed to submit their ideas to all Pitch the Future challenges.

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Split screen showing four Galway Energy Efficient Car members in small insets at the lower part of the screen. A larger box above shows excerpts from their pitch. A slide entitled truck face is displayed. On the right-hand part of the slide, an animated 3D model of a truck face rotates, and then is attached to a 3D model of a truck. Other components then appear and are attached to the truck.

Norman Koch

The team did a phenomenal job across all these categories they entered, and the scores were extremely tight. So, well done to the team. A lot of hard work there, and some amazing results for you.

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

Secondly, I wanted to call out a few teams new to Shell Eco-Marathon that go through the global finals, and gave us some incredible presentations.

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Ecogenium.

Norman Koch

Ecogenium from Germany.

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AlecTED.

Norman Koch

AlecTED from Turkey.

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CCE Collective.

Norman Koch

And CCE Collective from the US. This is the first time all three have participated in Shell Eco-Marathon. What a year to start, guys. Well done, teams.

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Closeup of Norman Koch. Cut to split screen showing five members of Ecogenium, smiling and waving.

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Ecogenium

Norman Koch

The judges also wanted to give a special recognition to team Ecogenium for such a creative and engaging presentation right through the competition. Fantastic job, team.

Conclusion

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Closeup of Norman Koch.

Norman Koch

But as you all know, this isn't the end. We still have a range of virtual activities over the next six months. We will see which team becomes the new virtually global champion, and hopefully, we'll also see many of you back on the track in the summer of next year. It fills me with great pride that we have been able to continue learning together and even holding competitions during these challenging times. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the teams for their ongoing passion and dedication to the program. Let me wish everyone a happy new year, and I'm looking forward to seeing you all very soon.

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Colin Furze in his workshop.

Colin Furze

There we go, over eight weeks of competition, 13 amazing pitches. Well done to all the winners. Of course, if you want to watch any of the pitches, just head to makethefuture.shell/pitch. And that was Pitch the Future.

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