In the new season of the CASE-IN championship, participants will focus on the "sustainable development" of Russia.

On Friday, February 26, in Moscow, the IXthe season of the international engineering championship "CASE-IN" – one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunityThis year, participants will be able to try themselves in more industries: from mining to "project engineering". The new season will be dedicated to the theme of "Sustainable Development" of Russia.

The championship competitions will be held from February to May in five leagues: the School League, the League of Working Specialties, the Student League, the League of Young Professionals and the Special League. Future and young engineers will have to develop case solutions on the topics of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, nuclear industry and related industries.

"There are a lot of new things waiting for the participants in the main season this year. The changes will affect both the School, the Student, and the League of Young Professionals. At the same time, we will maintain our mentoring program for the participants of the championship. It will also include the opportunity to get into the Senezh Management Workshop, which conducts dozens of different training courses and programs. The practice of motivating meetings between participants and the winners and finalists of the Leaders of Russia Management Competition will also continue- said the Deputy General Director of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Agafonov at the TASS press conference dedicated to the launch of the new championship season.

Founder and Co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev noted: "In the new season, we have significantly expanded the opportunities for participants: we have opened a new industry area for students, come up with interesting tasks for schoolchildren and will give young people the opportunity to try themselves in engineering, regardless of their region of residence."

In The School League students of grades 3-11 will be able to test their strength. The remote format of the competition will allow everyone to join them, regardless of their region of residence.

The winners and prize-winners of the junior and middle classes will receive valuable prizes and invitations to specialized shifts at the children's summer camp. The winners and prize-winners of the senior age group will receive from 1 to 10 additional USE points upon admission to 32 partner universities of the championship and an invitation to summer specialized shifts.

For the youngest participants (grades 3-5), the organizers have prepared a creative task: a drawing contest. From two topics – engineering dynasties or the future of energy and the nuclear industry – the students will be able to choose the one they like.

Students in grades 6-8 will create mock-ups of devices or structures related to the fuel and energy complex, the Moscow Energy Complex or the nuclear industry from improvised means.

High school students will have to manufacture technical devices for control systems of power facilities or nuclear industry facilities, as well as develop software or graphical interfaces to devices using augmented reality.

High school students will also receive the case "Secrets of sustainable development of the Amur region".: Young researchers will have to assess the impact of the Amur Gas Chemical complex under construction on the social development, economy and environmental situation of the region. The solution of the case will take place in two stages: the qualifying competitions will identify the 16 best teams that will go to the finals.

Prosoft-Systems LLC and SIBUR LLC have traditionally been partners of the School League. "The opportunity to teach students how to work in a team, analyze large amounts of data, and make decisions through case solving increases their chances of choosing an interesting, engaging profession upon admission and building a successful career in the future.", – noted Director Sibur practices "Employer Brand Development, recruitment and HR Communications" Valentina Chernykh.

Competitions Student League The CASE-IN championships will be held for students from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in eight industry areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, digital atom, electric power industry and the new direction of "project engineering".

In March and April, participants will have face-to-face or remote qualifying stages at 70 universities and semi-finals in each federal district. At the end of May, the best teams will meet in the finals in Moscow.

Teams of students in each industry area will have to solve a three-step case: at each next stage, the case assignments will become more complicated. This will give even junior students the opportunity to try their hand at the championship, and from 10 to 20 teams will be able to qualify for the finals of each of the Student League's branch areas.

The cases are based on the most urgent tasks of the fuel and energy complex, the MSC and the nuclear industry, proposed by the partner companies of the championship. For example, future mining engineers, on behalf of ALROSA, optimize the cost of airing the F.B. Andreev Udachny underground mine in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and geologists will "calculate" promising areas for subsequent mineral exploration.

"Students will have to solve the tasks that the company itself faces. This is a great opportunity to put your knowledge into practice and show what you are capable of. And for the company, these are interesting and sometimes non-standard solutions to existing problems."- commented the Head of the Personnel Selection and Development Center at ALROSA Natalia Petukhov.

The purpose of the "CASE-IN" is to provide future specialists with practical skills that are in demand in the workplace. For example, participants in the Exploration field will not only complete the case assignment, but also visualize their solutions in a 3D field modeling program. The program is being implemented in the championship by Mycromine Rus.

"This year we are even more actively involved in creating cases, and the first step in this direction is the introduction of our software into the CASE–IN, which I am sure will bring a lot of benefits to the participants.", – said the CEO of Mycromine Rus LLC Boris Kurtsev.

Students of metallurgy in the framework of the case of the United RUSAL Company will have to study aluminum alloys for use in electrically conductive tires of vehicles instead of copper conductors. The oil and gas case was developed based on the materials of PJSC Tatneft: participants will create a project on the use of industrial gases to increase oil recovery and reduce the carbon footprint.

SIBUR has set the task for future petrochemical specialists to assess the impact of the company's product portfolio on sustainable development indicators

As part of the Digital Atom project, IT specialists will create a prototype of a digital remote immersion system for new employees in the environment of the Rosatom State Corporation. "For us, the CASE-IN championship is a great opportunity to introduce young developers to Rosatom's digital agenda and talk about our ambitious goals, including not only the development of nuclear energy in Russia and the world, but also the creation of a domestic quantum computer, digitalization of the Northern Sea Route, and launching our own digital products. The case proposed by us is intended to complement the friendly interface addressed to new Rosatom employees. And we are very interested in giving the authors of the best project the opportunity to put it into practice.", – underlined Ekaterina Solntseva, Director of Digitalization at Rosatom State Corporation.

Two large–scale tasks await power engineers at once: JSC SO UES offers students to develop solutions for the development of regional energy systems, and PJSC FGC UES offers to find applications for digital technologies in the development of a distribution grid company.

"In 2017, our strong and friendly team of future power engineers developed a comprehensive program for the development of the energy system of the Trans-Baikal Territory, taking into account the growing energy consumption of the mineral resource complex.  We gained a unique experience that helped us many times in the future. After the championship, we all gradually got a job and felt like fish in water! Obtaining data from the customer, analyzing the available and searching for additional information, developing a comprehensive solution to the task in a short time – these stages are familiar to each participant of the "CASE-IN", not to mention the development of probably the most important skill – working in a team", – shared the champion of the CASE-IN Student League in the field of Electric Power Engineering, mentor and expert of the championship, junior researcher at the Center for Testing Devices for Monitoring and Controlling Modes of Electric Power Systems of NSTU NETI  Gleb Nesterenko.

In 2021, the line of branch directions of the Student League was expanded with a new direction "Project Engineering". During the competition, future builders and design engineers will evaluate the introduction of digital technologies for a liquefied natural gas plant under construction in permafrost conditions in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

"IT and digital solutions today underlie both the design and the vast majority of processes in the implementation of large industrial facilities. Therefore, it is important for NIPIGAZ that the case affects the digital aspects of our activities - it is in such conditions that our young specialists will have to work. Working with students and graduates to form a talent pool of promising young people has been our long-term practice, and I hope that developing a new CASE-IN direction will help achieve this goal."- emphasized the Director of Personnel Management and Organizational Development of JSC NIPIGAZ (partner of the Project Engineering direction) Pavel Zatravkin.

In 2021, 18 leading industry companies became partners of the championship: JSC SO UES, JSC ALROSA, Rosatom State Corporation, PJSC RusHydro, PJSC FGC UES, LLC SIBUR, PJSC Tatneft, JSC NIPIGAZ, LLC Siberian Generating Company. the company", LLC "IBM SI Montan", JSC "Siberian Anthracite", LLC "Mycromine Rus", LLC "Raspadskaya Coal Company", LLC "Prosoft-Systems", PJSC "Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company", LLC "EvrazHolding", JSC "Krastsvetmet", PJSC "YATEK".

The partners will offer internships, internships and employment to the best participants of the championship, and 20 partner universities of the championship will provide benefits for students upon admission to graduate and postgraduate studies. Among them: National Research University "MEI", St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" named after V.I. Ulyanov, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, National Research Technological University "MISIS", Irkutsk National Research Technical University and others.

In addition, the winners and prize-winners of the 2018-2020 championship can receive a presidential grant upon admission to the master's program.

Participants Leagues of young Professionals The CASE-IN championship will be attended by employees of 100 leading companies in the fuel and energy complex, MSC and the nuclear industry. During the qualifying stages, they will have to develop a strategy for energy companies in the post-covid period, and the top 3 teams from each federal district will meet in the finals. The young specialists will be rewarded with professional and career growth – they will have the opportunity to join the managerial personnel reserve of the largest Russian specialized companies.

The organizers, together with the Fuel and Energy Complex and MSK companies, will also hold corporate competitions.: League of Working Specialties it will bring together students from colleges and technical schools, and within the framework of Special League "CASE-IN» Case championships will be held for employees and students of targeted training of partner companies.

According to the founder of the competition, Artyom Korolev, in the new season at least 10,000 schoolchildren, students and young professionals will join in solving real production problems and offer useful ideas for the sustainable development of the leading sectors of the Russian economy.

The CASE-IN project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education".

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Autonomous Non-profit Organization (ANO) "Russia – the land of opportunities" It was created on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The key objectives of the organization are to create conditions for increasing social mobility, ensuring personal and professional self-realization of citizens, as well as creating effective social elevators in Russia. The Supervisory Board of ANO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" is headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" is developing a platform of the same name, which unites 26 projects: the management competition "Leaders of Russia", the competition "Leaders of Russia. Politics", student Olympiad "I am a professional", international competition "My first business", All–Russian competition "Big Change", All-Russian project "Career Time", All-Russian competition "Volunteer of Russia", project "TopBLOG", project "Professional training 2.0", project "Cultural code", festival "Russian student Spring", the All–Russian competition "Masters of Hospitality", "Grant competition for youth initiatives", the competition "Digital Breakthrough", the professional competition "Teacher of the Future", the competition "The best social project of the year", the All-Russian project "RDS - Territory of self-government", the competition for professional skills among people with disabilities "Abilimpix", the All–Russian youth management Cup "Manage!", the Russian National Award "Student of the Year", the movement "Young Professionals" (WorldSkills Russia), the charity project "Dream with me", the All-Russian competition "League of Counselors", the competition "My country is my Russia", the international engineering championship "CASE-IN", "Olympiad of the NTI Circle Movement.Junior" and "Competition of Political Scientists" (held jointly with EISI).

As part of the activities of the NGO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities", an educational center, the Senezh Management Workshop, was established in February 2019. It is designed to form a generation of active citizens, including competent civil servants who have received modern professional training and are united by the value of responsible service to the country and society.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − this is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fields of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes. The championship is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved in 2015.

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, ANO Russia – Land of Opportunities and AstraLogica LLC. The co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry direction of the CASE–IN Student League is the Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems, the Interregional Public Organization Academy of Mining Sciences is the co-organizer of the Mining and Geological Exploration directions, and the Center for Assistance to Young Specialists is the co-organizer of the League of Young Specialists.".

The national partners of the championship are the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects and the Federal State Budgetary Institution Center for Assistance to Young Professionals.

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