The CASE-IN Championship summed up the results of the decade and announced the theme of the new season

PThe TASS conference marked the end of the X anniversary season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", included in the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity". On December 21, 2022, the organizers and partners, heads of relevant ministries and departments, as well as the new champions summed up the results of the first 10th anniversary of the competition and revealed the theme of the new season. 

The jubilee season of the CASE-IN championship named 12 winning and prize-winning teams with their innovative and interesting projects for the country's largest industrial companies. 4929 students, schoolchildren and young professionals in the Autumn Cup developed solutions to cases dedicated to the general theme of the Industry 4.0 season and related to the development of digitalization and the introduction of information technologies on production sites.

First Deputy Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities Alexey Agafonov He stressed that the CASE-IN championship, which has been part of the ecosystem of projects of the presidential platform since 2019, is a springboard for young people to join the professional engineering community. It helps schoolchildren, students, and young professionals realize their potential, choose a future profession, and receive a sought-after modern education.

"This year, the Autumn Cup was attended by 4929 people, and gThe geography of the competition is the whole country. The awards of the autumn season were given to 12 youth teams from Kemerovo, Kstovo, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Magnitogorsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Tyumen, Tchaikovsky, " He told me Alexey Agafonov. - In The School League 1,254 high school students from 160 schools took part., The Student League united 2973 As a student, 217 people became participants of the League of Young Professionals."

Alexey Agafonov also noted the growing number of participants in the League of Working Specialties, which unites students of colleges and technical schools: this season, 485 students took part in competitions. According to the speaker, the championship expands the community of like-minded people who return to the "CASE-IN" to conquer new heights.

Every year, the championship is supported by national partners, the oldest of which is the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.  State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Anastasia Bondarenko She noted that in 10 years the championship has grown into a recognizable brand and a flagship youth project in the fuel and energy complex.

According to Anastasia Bondarenko, the championship has formed and continues to strengthen a community of proactive and caring professionals.

"We see a systemic effect: active interest and participation not only in the championship, but also in other projects of the Ministry.: The Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week, the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development and others", - said the Deputy Minister of Energy.

Anastasia Bondarenko recalled that Russia will have to achieve leadership in such areas as artificial intelligence, computing and data transmission, robotics, and industrial technologies.

"On the part of the industry, we want to invite the organizers of the championship to continue the theme of technological leadership next year. I'm sure it will be a great start to a new decade of the project.",  - said the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Artem Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the CASE–IN organizing committee, supported the proposal of the Ministry of Energy and announced the theme of the XI season of the championship - technological leadership.

"Together with experts from partner companies, we we discussed the upcoming season and considered topics for new tasks for the participants of the championship, " He told me Artem Korolev. - In our common opinion, the topic of technological leadership is a priority today, and it will permeate all tasks of the championship and educational events in orbit. CASE-IN in the upcoming season."

Announcing the theme of the new season, Artem Korolev summed up the results of the first decade of CASE-IN: «Over the past 10 years, 50,000 people have participated in the championship, taking into account the anniversary season. the steel project more than 170 industry companies. We have created a powerful expert community, almost 8000 experts have worked with us, most of them return to us every year. Another community CASE-IN – this is a community There are almost 1,000 coordinators from among the teachers of universities, schools, and technical schools all over Russia."

Artem Korolev noted that the organizers of the championship plan to develop an international direction in the new season.: "We have developed the concept of national championships for solving engineering cases and will invite universities that train engineers in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, together with partner companies, to develop relevant cases, recruit participants and hold competitions."

In 2022, Gazstroyprom JSC joined the partnership of partners of the CASE-IN championship. The company has launched two new directions in the Student League – "Mining machinery and equipment" and "Automation and IT", thereby opening up new opportunities for professional development and internships for industry youth. Deputy General Director for Human Resources Management at Gazstroyprom Alexey Chirkov He shared his impressions of the whole year of cooperation with the project.

"Students of the Belarusian-Russian University who interned with us in the summer have developed an application that allows you to update and monitor the condition of automotive equipment at facilities in almost real time.  The introduction of such a tool into the work of such a multi-thousand company as Gazstroyprom will reduce the cost of maintenance and other procedures several times.- Alexey Chirkov told. - We are making a big bet on this project and have recruited the guys to the company's staff so that they can continue to help us in the digital transformation of the company in the most comfortable conditions."

The company highly appreciated the results of the Autumn Cup and is waiting for the best participants to practice.

"A record number of teams from our partner university, St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, took part in solving our case.. It speaks to trust, and it's mutual. In the final, I particularly liked the cases of the guys from Irkutsk and St. Petersburg Polytechnic Universities: SPbPU has long been Gazprom's flagship university and our partner, and we plan to launch our department at IRNTU next year., - shared by Alexey Chirkov. - Students of the Financial University, Kazan National Research Technological University and Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas have also received invitations to practice from us."

Every year, the championship is supported by ALROSA. Natalia Petukhova, Head of the ALROSA Personnel Recruitment and Development Department, noted that the company considers the CASE-IN championship as an effective platform for assessing the potential of existing and future specialists.

«The championship is a chance to evaluate future ALROSA employees not just with tests, but with real–world practice in a unique industry – domestic diamond mining., - shared it Natalia Petukhova. -  Talented guys, whose skills in solving complex practical problems are manifested through working on real ALROSA cases, not only earn points in our eyes, but also get the opportunity to evaluate their own strengths and become on a par with established ALROSA professionals. At the moment, we are already cooperating within the framework of two seasons – the main and the autumn cups of the Championship. Following the results of the Championship, students come to us for practice: 36 students have already completed their internship at the company following the results of the main season. In addition, ALROSA and CASE-IN spent the company's career days at Ural State Mining University and Irkutsk National Research Technical University."

The champions of the Autumn Cup shared their impressions of participating in the anniversary season of the "CASE-IN". The youngest winners of the year were students of the Bauman Engineering School No. 1580, Moscow, Vladimir Revin (captain), Ivan Grebennikov, Konstantin Zeigman and Alexandra Ogloblina from the Bunnies team.

The champions of the School League said that they are not going to stop there, they are already planning to participate in the Student League "CASE-IN" and dream of trying their hand at the Super Bowl.

"All the members of our team have already participated in the championship last year, of course, this experience greatly helped the victory.- said the captain of the team Vladimir Revin. -   The championship provides a great experience of working in a team, helps to learn how to search and analyze a huge amount of information, structure it, highlight the main thing, and also offer non-standard solutions.  It's also an invaluable performance experience, and in our opinion, it's a very useful skill that will definitely come in handy in the future."

Students of St. Petersburg Mining University annually take away more than one set of championship awards to their home university. In the Autumn Cup, two championship cups went to the Mining University.

Mining University students Fedor Aksenov, Ekaterina Sedelnikova, Anastasia Serebryakova and Kirill Naumchenko from the Neftech team, who became the winners of the Student League, also shared their impressions.

«Initially, we did not set high goals for ourselves, we wanted to try to solve a non-trivial engineering problem. However, as soon as we got acquainted with the task of the case, the excitement woke up. Personal interest in digitalization and automation, and the study of mining played a key role. At the championship, we developed skills related to information retrieval and analysis, teamwork, and time management. We are sure it will definitely come in handy in the future. We are also pleased to receive such an advantage as additional points for admission to the master's program. We have gained an understanding of which companies we can do internships and internships in. Of course, there is still something to work on. We have drawn conclusions, and we will continue to improve our abilities.", - shared the captain of the team Fyodor Aksenov.

In honor of the anniversary season, the Super Bowl "CASE-IN" was held for the first time - the competition of the champion teams of previous seasons. The winners were Alexandra Buldysko, Alexey Zamyatin and Pavel Suslikov from WeWatt, the CASE-IN ambassador teams. The team was formed in 2017 at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Russian Energy Week Youth Day and celebrated its fifth anniversary this year.

"By today, about 50 students have passed through WeWatt. Before major projects such as CASE–IN and the Youth Global Forecast of energy Development, we annually update the staff by half, thus maintaining the influx of new guys and a fresh look., - said the captain of the team Alexandra Buldysko. - Our team, and now the scientific and youth community based on the Educational and Scientific Center for Digital Technologies of St. Petersburg Mining University, is distinguished by the fact that we represent a wide range of different specialties, covering almost the entire fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, thus, our solutions also become broader, more developed and They are multifaceted, and the guys are constantly learning from each other and acquiring new competencies in related industries."

Chairman of the Board of Students of St. Petersburg Mining University Daria Batueva, who went from a participant to a mentor at WeWatt, shared the secret of the success of the team, which regularly becomes the champion and prize-winner of competitions under the auspices of CASE-IN: "I think it's about inspiration. All team members, observing each other, consulting, sharing their successes and achievements, acquire experience and competencies in relevant technical issues and learn to stay in public, speak, and argue their point of view. We communicate a lot and discuss a wide range of issues, so decisions often affect not only our specialization, but also environmental conditions, risks and factors that, at first glance, are not obvious. I am sure that the team's breadth of view on the problem and the fact that the guys are not afraid to go beyond the usual boundaries helped the team to win."

The first 10th anniversary of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" has already gone down in history. However, very soon the organizing committee of the prestigious project will begin preparations for the XI season, which will allow a new generation of industry youth to make themselves known. Registration for participants will open in March 2023.