Hot Autumn: start the school year with the "CASE-IN" championship!

Autumn – winter 2023 will traditionally be full of projects for the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is part of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". Schoolchildren, students of universities, colleges and technical schools, as well as young specialists from major industry companies are developing solutions on the main theme of the XI season, "Technological Leadership" and competing for the main prizes – from additional USE points to employment and professional growth.

"In September, registration of participants of the Student League and the League of Young Professionals will start within the framework of the Autumn CASE-IN Cup, as well as the All-Russian competition of schoolchildren in solving engineering cases and the League of Working Specialties., - comments the Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Komissarov, - The authors of the best solutions will present their ideas to the industry community on December 15 at the finals in Moscow and compete for the title of champions of the autumn season."

Student League It will be held with the support of the National Research University "MEI" and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and will remain the most massive league of the championship: more than 2,500 students from 145 universities across Russia will test their knowledge and skills in the Autumn Cup.

The league's partners are ALROSA, SIBUR and Gazstroyprom. Participants will solve cases based on materials from ALROSA and SIBUR, and experts from the companies will evaluate the developments of young people and invite the authors of the best ideas for an internship.

During the qualifying stages, student teams will solve the engineering case in just 15 days and present it to the expert commission. The strongest teams will finalize their solutions to defend them in the semifinals, which will determine the finalist teams.

"This year, the Student League is expanding its boundaries: in addition to the industry-wide direction, a new one will open at the initiative of the Federal State Budgetary Institution ROSSTROYCONTROL the "Construction" direction, - says the founder and co-chairman of the CASE-IN championship Artem Korolev, - Students of 11 universities in Astrakhan, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Penza, Samara, St. Petersburg and Tomsk will have to solve a case on construction topics. In order to become one of the strongest and arrive at the finals, student teams need to successfully pass the qualifying stage and the semi-finals."

More than 200 employees of 60 industrial companies will compete for the main prizes. Leagues of young professionals. At the qualifying stages, youth teams will develop case solutions aimed at improving production efficiency. The winners will present their ideas at the finals in Moscow.  

Among the large-scale autumn events under the auspices of "CASE-IN" - All-Russian competition among schoolchildren on solving engineering cases, which in 2023 became the winner of the All-Russian competition of youth projects for educational institutions of higher education Rosmolodezh.Grants.

The competition will allow participants to get acquainted with leading production sites, gain important knowledge about the industry and decide on their future profession.

More than 500 students in grades 9-11 from more than 300 schools will start by solving the case of the qualifying stage: they will make a rating of "end-to-end technologies", develop measures for their development and calculate the technical and economic effect of the introduction of selected technologies.

12 finalist teams will complete the additional task "Digital Solutions: the foundation of technological leadership." The students will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of one of the sectors of the economy and offer digital solutions that will ensure the technological leadership of the chosen industry.  

Registration for technical schools and colleges starts in September. League of Working Specialties. The contestants, studying in the enlarged group of Engineering, Technology and Technical Sciences specialties, will develop a model/project/prototype or create a viable device. Under the terms of the competition, students will also be able to offer additional solutions related to digitalization, ecology and energy efficiency. The League of Working Specialties is implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

In addition, on September 29, the Youth Day of the All-Russian Occupational Safety Week will be held under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship. The cup is closed where young specialists will solve a case on the topic "Developing a labor protection system and creating a safe production environment."

Traditionally, the CASE-IN championship projects will be held on October 13, 2023 at the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week International Forum in autumn.

The REN Cup It will become an idea generation point and a meeting place for the strongest young specialists of industry companies. The contestants present their developments to representatives of industry ministries and departments.

For the first time, the final will be held at REN The International League of Young Professionals – a competition that develops the human resources potential of the CIS electric power industry. With the support of relevant ministries and at the invitation of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council, teams of young power engineers from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are participating in the competition.

In September, at the national selection stages, the contestants solve the case "Low-carbon development based on environmentally neutral technologies" in relation to the energy systems of their countries, taking into account the technological, economic and other advantages of parallel operation of the energy systems of the CIS member states. At the REN Youth Day, the leading teams of the national stages will compete for the championship title. The final will be held with the support of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) as part of the New Generation program.

Valuable awards await the champions and prize–winners of educational projects in autumn - winter 2023. The winners of the Student League, including the "Construction" direction, will receive a priority right to admission to the partner universities of the championship for master's and postgraduate programs, as well as an invitation to internships and internships with the possibility of subsequent employment.

The winners of the League of Young Professionals will be rewarded with inclusion in the managerial personnel reserve of companies and the opportunity to implement their solutions in real production.

Finalists and winners of the All-Russian competition among schoolchildren in solving engineering cases will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam when applying to specialized universities in Russia and they will be invited to profile "energy" shifts at the VDC "Eaglet" and VDC "Smena".

Champions and prize-winners of the League of Working Specialties will receive valuable prizes.

Winners and prize-winners of the VNOT Cup and the REN Cup will be able to finalize projects in companies and will have opportunities for professional and personal growth.

In addition, the strongest participants of the projects under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship will travel to Russia along with the program. "More than a journey."

The Organizing Committee of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" invites you to join the autumn projects:

• Student League, including the "Construction" direction: https://lk.case-in.ru/registration/2023/Autumn
• All-Russian competition among schoolchildren on solving engineering cases: https://lk.case-in.ru/registration/2023/Autumn-SchoolLeague
• League of Young Professionals: https://lk.case-in.ru/registration/2023/Autumn-LMS
• League of Working Specialties: https://proffliga.ru/
• The cup is closed: https://reg.roscongress.org/ru/registration
• The REN Cup: https://case-in.ru/league/24/