The CASE-IN Ambassadors discussed key global energy trends with Alexander Novak

More than a thousand young professionals, students and schoolchildren participated in the Youth Day, which concluded The International Forum "Russian Energy Week" in Moscow. Organizers — Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, The Roscongress Foundation, Moscow Government, Russian Society of Knowledge and Reliable Change Foundation. The co-organizer of the youth day was Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).

A rich program was organized for future and current industry professionals in the country, which included events aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex and engineering education, developing competencies among industry youth, sharing best practices in working with youth and shaping youth policy. One of the central events of the Youth Day was a panel discussion on key issues of global energy.

The main guest of the Youth Day was Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, who discussed energy trends with future and current specialists and listened to their ideas on the development of the Russian fuel and energy complex. The winners and prize-winners of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", one of the platform's projects, had the opportunity to discuss the development of the fuel and energy complex with Alexander Novak. "Russia is a land of opportunity".

The speakers of the panel discussion, organized by the Russian Society Znanie, were Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Konov, member of the Council of the Russian Union of Chemists, and Sergey Kudryashov, CEO of Zarubezhneft.

"Today, I would identify three global energy trends: the first is the acute energy crisis, which, in fact, affects energy security; the second is the global transformation of the energy market; and the third is the energy transition, where we are witnessing a reassessment of pace and goals."- Alexander Novak noted.

The youth were represented in dialogue with experts by the ambassadors of the CASE-IN championship, a project of the Russia - Land of Opportunities platform: Yaromir Aktanov, the bronze medalist of the School League–2021, Boris Seregin, the champion of the Student League in the Oil and Gas Business-2021, and Guzel Valeeva, a multiple participant in the competition.

The CASE-IN participants discussed with industry leaders the importance of energy resources for the global economy, the future of renewable energy sources, and also made forecasts for the development of the fuel and energy sector.

"In order for the country's industry to continue developing, it is necessary to focus on import substitution processes and restructure global energy markets. These tasks will soon be assigned to us, the industry youth. I believe that today the maximum conditions have been created for young people so that they can bring the fuel and energy sector to a qualitatively new level in the future.", - Boris Seregin, a student at St. Petersburg Mining University, is sure.

"I really enjoyed communicating with leading experts in the field of energy, – Yaromir Aktanov, a high school student from Lyceum No. 86 in Yaroslavl, shared his impressions., – I had the opportunity to ask questions related to the prospects for the development of the industry in the face of global constraints and the training of future personnel for the Russian Federation. Being on stage, and even with such personalities, was a good stress test for me. I gained a huge amount of experience and knowledge from the meeting, which will definitely be useful to me in the future."

Guzel Valeeva, a student at Kazan State Energy University: "This is a grand and exciting event! As a student of the energy university, it was very interesting for me to meet with high-ranking and competent leaders of the sector, to test myself on the big stage, and to assess the depth of my knowledge in topical issues of the energy sector. I thank the organizers for the opportunity to participate in the event and hope for further close cooperation."

At the end of the meeting, Alexander Novak presented well-deserved awards to the winners of youth competitions, including the annual REN Cup under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship.

In addition, the ambassadors and other CASE-IN participants mastered new professional skills, exchanged experiences with peers, and received valuable expert advice at other events of the REN Youth Day: the Youth Global Energy Development Forecast, the Fuel and Energy Complex for Youth round table, the oil Industry IT Championship, interactive sessions on creating youth projects, and others.