TASS press conference: the results of the year and the theme of the anniversary "CASE-IN"!

Press conference dedicated to the results of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity" – it took place on Tuesday, December 28, in TASS. The results of the IX season were summed up by Anastasia Bondarenko, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Alexey Agafonov, Deputy General Director of ANO Russia - Land of Opportunities, Artem Korolev, founder and co–chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE–IN Championship, and Elena Stepanova, Rector of Yaroslavl State Technical University. The winners of the competition also shared their emotions.

Autumn Cup The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship was held from September 1 to December 16, 2021. 4,944 people took part in it. During the Autumn season, schoolchildren, students and young professionals solved cases on the topic of "Sustainable development". And 70 contestants from 15 regions of Russia became winners and prize-winners of the competition.

Each age group was offered their own tasks. So, within the framework of the School League, the guys were assigned by SIBUR to determine the volume, types, possibilities and ways of recycling polymer waste materials. The contestants of the Student League, on the instructions of ALROSA, developed measures to reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere. Their peers from the BRICS Youth Championship: Sustainable Development", which joined the championship for the first time, presented proposals to overcome the economic, social and environmental challenges of our time. And the young specialists were looking for ideas to improve the performance of ESG factors in their companies - ecology, social development and corporate governance.

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Anastasia Bondarenko She noted that the championship provides great opportunities to realize the potential of the contestants. She noted: "Students who have declared themselves undergo internships and internships in companies, and graduates use additional USE points when applying to specialized universities. Young professionals, in turn, will gain career prospects by strengthening their companies through the team ideas developed during the championship."

The championship turns 10 years old next year. According to Anastasia Bondarenko, the contest is suitable for the anniversary year as a stable and reputable federal educational and communication platform that connects all stakeholders: the government, employers, educational institutions of all levels and talented youth.

"By supporting the championship, we are aboutWe are referring to the annual All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation, and engineering education, which is being implemented jointly with the presidential platform "Russia is a Land of Opportunity", the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs. The plan includes more than just different leagues."CASE-IN", but also the Youth global forecast of energy development, educational shifts in the children's camps "Eaglet" and "Smena" for schoolchildren. We invite companies and universities to join the championship in the anniversary season and are confident that we will have an eventful and successful year ahead of us.", – Anastasia Bondarenko emphasized.

In 2021, a record 11,746 people took part in the main season of the CASE-IN championship and in the Autumn season. They represent about 250 schools, universities and colleges.

Deputy Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Agafonov shared: "Almost 5,000 participants solved the autumn cases, and 6,802 people competed in the main season this spring. Thus, a total of 11,746 people took part in the championship this year. And the most active, as always, were the students: 2,635 contestants took part in the Student League, 433 people joined the brand new project "BRICS: sustainable development", 90 students solved MediaTek cases, and 425 students joined EFKO's brand new league, a project for the food industry that dramatically expanded the industry range of the championship."

Co-chairman of the Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev underlined: "Through our joint efforts over the past 9 years, we have formed a powerful ecosystem, which today includes a complex of competitions for children and youth, a methodological base for organizers, an online service system for participants, organizers and experts, a map of social trajectories, and most importantly, an expert and youth community that is developing not only on our initiative. but also thanks to the activity, responsibility and interest of all those involved in the project."

He said that among the school graduates who took part in the championship, 90% enrolled in specialized universities. Moreover, 31% of those who have enrolled in universities and institutes since 2017 have used additional points for winning the championship. Almost a third of the students (30%) received invitations to practice or internship after participating in the competition. In addition, 70% of the students participating in the competition are convinced that their university trains qualified and in-demand specialists, and 62% note the high demand for graduates from industry employers. Almost half (42%) of young professionals have been promoted in their companies after participating in the championship.

«Most of our participants believe that they can self-actualize in Russia.- Artyom Korolev shared. – These figures and stories allow us to believe that we are on the right track: our championship has become a tool through which young people realize their talents, and employing companies receive a reliable shift, a younger generation of specialists ready to develop our country."

"The championship has really become an opportunity for ambitious young people in the field of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes to make themselves known to major industry companies. The most recent example: this year, young specialists from the Gazprom Neft Scientific and Technical Center won the League of Young Specialists. Last year they were the champions of the Student League. The championship works as a social elevator and professional community, helping schoolchildren, students and young professionals to express themselves and gain new opportunities. In the anniversary season, which starts in February 2022, we will work with the organizers to increase the number of participants and new formats that will help attract truly massive interest in engineering and technical issues in our country.", – Alexey Agafonov, Deputy General Director of ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities, noted.

Today, the presidential platform provides CASE-IN participants with a lot of opportunities for growth. And young people, as Alexey Agafonov emphasized, are willing to use them.: "This year, six championship winners from 5 cities participated in the Russia – Land of Opportunities forum at the Tavrida ART festival. More recently, 10 prize-winners from Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Murmansk, Moscow and St. Petersburg joined the sixth stream of the Mentoring program at our educational center, the Senezh Management Workshop.  The winners and prize-winners of the "CAC–IN" of the current season were able to pass the final stage of the "I am a professional" Olympiad in a number of areas without testing. And as part of our new project "More than a journey", which we are implementing jointly with Rostourism and Rosmolodezh, 542 CASE-IN participants have received the right to incentive trips around Russia."

The main theme of the next season of the championship, "Industry 4.0", was also announced at the press conference. This topic is related to most of the global challenges facing society today.

The founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship, Artyom Korolev, emphasized: "Together with our partners, we realize that the world has changed dramatically today, and this is largely due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. The transition of enterprises and organizations to remote work and the sanitary requirements of 2020 and 2021 have led to accelerated digitalization in both the public and private sectors. The current situation has shown a direct dependence on the widespread introduction of digital technologies into the economy and social sphere. We expect that in 2022, the CASE-IN youth community will offer experts solutions related to the development of smart manufacturing and smart technologies.".

The winners of the previous season, as well as representatives of the regular partners of the championship, shared their emotions from the competition.

For the champions of the Student League from Yaroslavl State Technical University, the SSD team, this is not the first experience of working in a CASE-IN: last year, the contestants participated in the main season and the Autumn Cup, stopping at the semifinal stage.

Captain of the SSD Champion Student League team – Anna Petrenko shared: "Last year, our team failed to reach the finals, but we decided not to give up and continue participating. Now luck has smiled, and we have become champions. The secret of our success is that we were not afraid to completely change the project in the final and, in fact, start solving the case from scratch. Preparation, experience and unity helped us to quickly rebuild and show good results."

Rector of Yaroslavl State Technical University Elena Stepanova noted: "The environment and infrastructure where children develop plays an important role not only in developing competencies, but also in motivating them to participate in engineering championships and other events. And we see that the most talented of the guys use these resources and win."

Senior lecturer at the Department of "Building Structures" of YSTU Anton Petrov He told me: "In the school track of the championship, the third place was taken by the team of Yaroslavl Lyceum No. 86. The Yaroslavl region is rich in talented children, and the infrastructure offered by our educational institutions helps them achieve high results."

The members of the Maminy Fritters team from the Rosneft class of school No. 42 in Nizhnevartovsk noted that they had come to the finals for new experience and knowledge, and as a result became champions of the All-Russian competition of schoolchildren in solving engineering cases. Team member Alexander Pichugin shared: "Of course, the experience gained while working on the project will be useful for our further studies, as it is the ability to apply the best way to solve tasks, consolidate efforts to solve a specific problem. The championship not only allows students to reach their potential, but also to learn how to work in a team: to allocate areas of responsibility, to do their work so that it is combined with the work of others, to use common resources, to take responsibility. Here you learn to try on different life roles, to be both a leader and a performer."

Champions of the BRICS International Youth Championship: Sustainable development" from Kazan National Research University said that the project allows you to get out of your comfort zone and tests your strength. In their project, the guys touched upon relevant and significant topics such as poverty eradication, education of the population, clean water and air, reduction of deforestation and others.

Member of the champion team Temurbek Begaliev shared: "The championship, with its unique competitive spirit, motivates us to get better and makes studying at the university much more interesting. A lot of emotions and experiences erase the gray routine. It's time to introduce and scale the case study method into the educational process."

The winners of the League of Young Specialists of the Autumn Cup from the Gazprom Neft Scientific and Technical Center, united in the True sight team, noted: "Today, oil industry specialists have to solve complex engineering and technological tasks on a daily basis in order to reach complex reserves. The victory in the CASE In championship confirmed the high level of competence of our team, we have improved our professional skills and the ability to present and defend our ideas in front of experts. We are confident that the experience gained will allow us to become more successful and effective in working on the company's projects.