The IX season of the CASE-IN championship brought together more than 6,000 participants

Results IX season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity" – they were summed up on June 15 at a press conference in TASS. This year, 6,762 schoolchildren, students and young specialists took part in the competition.

The championship competitions were held in four leagues: the School League, the Student League, the League of Young Professionals and the Special League. The contestants developed case solutions for the nuclear industry, fuel and energy, mineral resource complexes, and related industries. The general theme of this year's season was "Sustainable development".

"The Student League remains the record holder in terms of the number of participants: 5,598 students from Russia and Belarus met there. The qualifying stages started in March in a mixed (distance and face-to-face) format, and this allowed us to increase the number of universities involved in the project: 62 universities independently organized and conducted 124 qualifying stages. In addition, students from 42 more universities joined them."- said the Deputy General Director of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Agafonov.

The Student League competitions were held in 8 industry areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, design engineering, digital atom and electric power industry.

"The organizers have developed a three-stage case for students, when at each subsequent stage of the competition the tasks were complicated and supplemented with new conditions. And The best teams from the qualifying stages got the opportunity to participate in the semi-finals of the project. This innovation allowed even undergraduates to try their hand at solving cases.", – noted Alexey Agafonov.

136 teams from 1,479 took part in the final of the Student League, and only 16 became winners. The winners of the Student League received invitations to internships and internships, as well as awards from 17 partner companies and benefits for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 20 universities.

State Secretary – Deputy Head of the Ministry of Energy of Russia Anastasia Bondarenko noted:  "The Ministry of Energy annually supports the championship and closely monitors its development. This year's theme, Sustainable Development, demanded more responsibility from the participants, because it relates not only to the sectoral or national agenda, but also to the global one."

Anastasia Bondarenko said that this season the young specialists had many interesting and complex cases based on materials from different companies. For example, the energy guys had tasks from the System Operator to develop solutions for the development of regional energy systems, and from the Federal Grid Company to find applications for digital technologies in the development of a distribution grid company. In addition, several young specialists worked on the company's development strategy in the post-crisis period.

"According to experts, there is a lot of valuable and rational in the proposals of the guys.  In the near future, the authors of the solutions will come to production at the Fuel and Energy Complex company. We believe that the more experience the participants of the championship get working on real tasks, the more prepared they will be to enter the industry.", – she explained.

The Deputy Minister also stressed that the Ministry of Energy pays special attention to working with young people. Together with Rosmolodezh, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education and the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform, an All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy sector, energy conservation, and engineering education has been formed and implemented for the third year in a row. In addition, a week ago, the Russian Government approved an action plan for the implementation of the Energy Strategy until 2035, which provides for the implementation of the All-Russian Youth Action Plan, which includes the CASE-IN Championship.

"Various formats of work with young people are aimed at developing the human potential of the fuel and energy sector, so that a worthy generation of engineers and technical specialists will replace today's professionals", – Anastasia Bondarenko reported.

Champion of the Student League in the field of Geological Exploration, student of the Far Eastern Federal University Nikita Anisimov shared his impressions of participating in the contest: "Thanks to our participation in the CASE-IN, we were able to improve both our hard skills and soft skills. Our team believes that solving cases allows you to master a variety of professional skills in a complex, which is very useful for students, especially first-year students. Unfortunately, we won't be able to complete the internship this year, as we are preparing to defend our final qualifying work, but everyone expressed a desire to visit ALROSA. Perhaps, if further training allows, we will do an internship."

"The championship was held in 7 universities using the new educational platform "CASE-IN Simulator". The teams received the case and the necessary materials in their personal account, and also uploaded and sent the presentation of the solution to the experts. We strive to introduce practice-based learning into the training of engineers and expect that our development will help to use the case method not only within the framework of the championship, but also throughout the training of future specialists."- said the founder and co–chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship Artem Korolev.

The school's CASE-IN league was significantly expanded in the ninth season. So, the opportunity to participate in the competition was given to children from grades 3-5. They competed in a drawing contest. This year, students of grades 6-8 could also become contestants. The guys created mock-ups of devices or structures related to the fuel and energy complex, the MSC or the nuclear industry. 

During the season, high school students manufactured technical devices and interfaces, and also developed solutions for the sustainable development of the Amur Region on behalf of SIBUR LLC.

A total of 788 schoolchildren took part in the competition, 29 of whom won the championship.

A tenth-grader from Kemerovo Lyceum No. 89, a pupil of the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity "Unique" at Kuzbass State University Rustam Shangareev shared: "Participation in the championship allowed us to create a well-coordinated team. Undoubtedly, all people are different and everyone needs their own approach. However, when there is a short deadline and a huge amount of work, it is necessary to suppress your emotions so that the team does not panic, but brings everything to an end. This is exactly what the international championship helps to achieve."CASE-IN». Together with his team, Adam won two sets of bronze awards at once: in the Engineering Solutions Competition and in the Case Solving direction.

The best participants of the School League received invitations to the All-Russian children's centers "Smena" and "Orlyonok" for shifts dedicated to energy. High school students will have an educational trip to Tobolsk to SIBUR's enterprise, the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical plant, as well as from 1 to 10 additional USE points for admission to 40 partner universities of the championship.

"We see that the participants of the CASE-IN championship are focused on professional development. They have deep knowledge, they will definitely become engineers and bring something new to their enterprises and preserve the enormous base of scientific knowledge and technology accumulated in Russia. It is important for us that the championship provides an opportunity for future engineers to build up and demonstrate their professional knowledge and skills, as well as strengthen their supra–professional competencies, which allows them to better adapt to the workplace, work in a project team, present their results and achieve their goals as efficiently as possible."– said the Deputy head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Andrey Platonov.

376 employees of leading industrial companies of the fuel and energy, mineral resources complex and nuclear industry took part in the League of Young Specialists of the CASE-IN championship. During the six qualifying stages, 76 teams developed a strategy for energy companies in the post-covid period. 72 young specialists became finalists.

Captain of the champion team, who won the gold and silver awards of the League of Young Specialists, Head of the Department for the construction of oil and gas industry facilities of Zarubezhneft JSC Maxim Gimadetdinov informed: "Solving a problem that directly concerns you, your colleagues, and your future is very interesting! Being a participant in such an amazing competition is already valuable enough: communication with like–minded people who care about the development of our industry, advice from experienced experts, and a variety of completely different views on the issue raised are all worth a lot."CASE-IN "you learn to work in a team, practice public speaking, develop critical thinking and the ability to present information in a structured manner, and winning such a large-scale event helps strengthen leadership skills and stimulates the desire to move forward, benefiting your family, the country in which you live, and the company in which you work."

PJSC "T Plus" organized its own competition within the framework of the championship. The Special League was attended by 50 employees of the company in 11 regions of Russia. Young power engineers have been developing the company's development strategy in the post-crisis period. 6 teams met in the league finals, and the best participants will be included in the regional personnel reserve of this corporation.

However, despite the end of the main season, the IX International Engineering Championship is not coming to an end. The qualifying stages of the Autumn Cup will start in September, and the December finals will again determine the strongest in the Student, School and Special Leagues, as well as in the League of Young Professionals.

In 2021, the championship is supported by leading Russian companies. Among them are JSC SO UES, JSC ALROSA, Rosatom State Corporation, PJSC RusHydro, PJSC FGC UES, LLC SIBUR, PJSC Tatneft, JSC NIPIGAZ, LLC Siberian Generating Company, LLC IMC Montan", Siberian Anthracite JSC, Mycromine Rus LLC, Raspadskaya Coal Company LLC, Prosoft Systems LLC, Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company PJSC, EvrazHolding LLC, Krastsvetmet OJSC.

The CASE-IN championship does not end with the main season: registration of participants of the Autumn Cup starts in September, which, according to tradition, will be held for schoolchildren, students and young professionals.

The CASE-IN project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education". The championship is implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

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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", competition "Your move", international competition "My first business", All-Russian competition "Big Change", All-Russian project "Career Time", project "TopBLOG", project "Professional training 2.0", project "Cultural code", festival "Russian student viasna", 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!", Russian National Student of the Year Award, Worldskills Russia movement, charity project "Dream with me", All–Russian competition "League of Counselors", competition "My country is my Russia", international engineering championship "CASE-IN", "Olympiad of the NTI Circle Movement.Junior».

As part of the activities of ANO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities", an educational center, the Senezh Management Workshop, was established in February 2019. Participants of the platform's projects and competitions, active youth, as well as managers and civil servants are trained there. The workshop serves as a venue for various educational and youth forums, including the Territory of Meanings forum.

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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