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Shaping the future

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[Music plays and text appears on a black screen: Total humanity exists on a knife-edge]

[Image changes and new text appears against a night sky background: The challenges we face are greater than ever before]

[Camera pans across the sky and then outline people appear encircled and text appears: By 2050 the world’s population is expected to exceed 9 billion]

[Image changes to show rows of symbols of grain heads and text appears: We need to produce 70% more food to feed this growing population]

[Image changes to show a glass of water with the level going down from full to almost empty and text appears: Today more than 1 billion experience water scarcity, By 2025 3.8 billion will]

[Image changes to show a lightning bolt symbol next to text: Worldwide energy use is forecast to rise by 40% between 2009 and 2035]

[Image changes to show new text against a night sky: How will we sustainably meet these demands?]

[Image shows the night sky spinning in a clockwise direction and a pulsating heart monitor symbol and new text appears: By 2022, Global Health care expenditure will reach USD $10.059 trillion]

[Image moves to the right and an immunisation needle symbol appears on the right of text: Already more than 3 million people die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year]

[Images moves to the right and new text appears: How can we conquer these challenges to create a brighter future?]

[Images moves to the right again and new text appears: The challenges create opportunities for the most curious and creative minds…]

[Image moves to the left and new text appears: ON Powered by CSIRO exists to support them]

[Image moves to the right: We’ve helped 398 teams, 1,440 people]

[Images move to the left and various research community logos appear covering the screen: From across Australia’s research community]

[Image changes to show new text on a black screen: Translate amazing science into…]

[Image changes and new text appears on a black screen: Incredible impact across…]

[Image changes to show coloured balls moving across the screen and new text appears: Food Security and Quality 58 teams]

[Image changes to show a single blue coloured ball and text appears: Sustainable Energy & Resources 72]

[Camera zooms out to show a line spinning around the ball and then the image behind the text changes to show a ball covered with solar panels]

[Image changes to show coloured blue balls clumped together and spinning in a circle and then being joined by purple balls which spin around behind text: Health & Wellbeing, 156 teams]

[Image changes to show a yellow spiky ball encased in various coloured strands and the camera zooms in on the ball and then the image changes to show grey building blocks behind text: Future Industries, 48 teams]

[Image changes to show a science experiment behind text: Resilient & Valuable Environments 48 teams]

[Image changes to show Australia on the face of a world globe and text appears: A secure Australia & Region, 18 teams]

[Image shows the world globe growing smaller in a night sky and new text appears in front: Together we are shaping a brighter future for Australia, the World]

[Image changes to show a black screen and text appears: ON Powered by CSIRO, Shape the future with us]