The Case-In Championship will be held as part of the Russian Fuel and Energy Complex in the 21st Century

On April 18, 2016, for the first time in the framework of the XIV Moscow International Energy Forum "Fuel and Energy Complex of Russia in the XXI Century", the open qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "Case-In" will be held - the only federal case Championship of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes in Russia.

The event will be held at 36/9 Novy Arbat St., Moscow, Complex of Administrative buildings of the Moscow Government, Plenary Hall, 13.00 - 18.00.

During the qualifying stage, 20 teams of students from 10 universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg will present solutions to an engineering case on the development of the Russian fuel and energy complex until 2035.

The decisions of the participants will be evaluated by a special commission composed of industry experts, including:
Kristina Akopova, a leading specialist and expert in the Department of Education and Professional training of personnel of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Ilya Kramarenko, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Partnership of the NGO "International Center for Sustainable Energy Development" under the auspices of UNESCO
Lyudmila Gordeeva, Leading Expert of the Personnel Training and Development Department of the Personnel Training Center of PJSC Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System
Dmitry Korost, General Director of the Marine Research Center of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Sergey Maltsev, NIIgazeconomika LLC
Ivan Petrov, General Director of JSC TSNIIeugol
Andrey Hoffman, Leading Expert of the Personnel Management Department of JSC SO UES
Yuri Kulikov, Leading Expert of the Personnel Management Department of JSC SO UES
Vasily Saushkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Phoenix - 88, Honorary Power Engineer of the Russian Federation
Representative of Mycromine RUS LLC

The International Engineering Championship "Case-In" consists of 77 qualifying stages, which take place at the sites of 37 universities participating in the project. During the Championship, teams of students and postgraduates offer solutions to engineering cases developed based on materials from leading industry companies in 5 areas (leagues): Electric power, Mining, Geological exploration, Oil and gas, Metallurgy.  The final of the Championship will traditionally be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2016.

In 4 months, the Championship will cover 3,000 students from 37 universities from more than 30 regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
At the Finals, the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams, for offers of internships and internships in leading industry companies, as well as for participation in the summer educational programs "Mining School" (mining and geological exploration) and "Energy of Youth" (electric power industry).

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the RNC CIGRE Non-Profit Partnership.

The Championship is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015. The inclusion in the plan made the Championship an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineering specialists, as well as expanded opportunities for career guidance and popularization of engineering and technical education and attracting young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

"We have been supporting the Championship for four years and are pleased to note its successful development and entry into the international level. This year's project is particularly noteworthy, as it covered all key areas of the fuel and energy complex: the oil, gas and coal industries, as well as the electric power industry," Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, tells the participants of the 2016 Championship.

The national partners of the Championship are 5 federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science 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 Rosmolodezh and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

The project is supported by the largest industry companies: JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, LLC SGK, JSC MHC EuroChem, IMC Montan, MICROMINE, LLC EvrazHolding, JSC Rosgeologiya, the Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC T Plus, JSC Yuzhuralzoloto, PJSC Tatneft, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, LLC Dassault System Geovia RUS.

A source http://www.eprussia.ru/news/base/2016/725125.htm