Winners' club "CASE-IN": we form solutions for the development of career trajectories of young people

In 2023, in order to share experiences between generations, spread best practices and engineering competencies, develop and popularize the championship and engineering education, the Winners' Club "CASE-IN" was established. Its participants included more than 200 schoolchildren, university students and young professionals – these are the winners and prize-winners of projects under the auspices of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" from different years.

The club begins to actively participate in federal projects and form breakthrough ideas for the development of industry youth. The ambassadors have already managed to leave a noticeable mark on the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" and in the League of Young Specialists of the CIS, with ambitious plans and bright initiatives ahead.

 "We positively assess the work of the Club at the initial stage of its development, - shared the opinion of the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee "CASE-IN" Artem Korolev. – Our talented winners and youth opinion leaders have proposed a number of promising initiatives that we are considering for further development and implementation. The functioning of the Club promotes the popularization of engineering professions among young people and the transfer of accumulated experience. Its participants receive great opportunities to master professional skills, leadership skills, as well as to develop their own careers and education. I am sure that the Club has a great future ahead of it, and we will certainly support the guys in their endeavors."

The first meeting of the Club on the sidelines of the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" brought together 53 participants.

"The goal was to get to know the Club's activities and its main characters. A round table was held, during which there was an active discussion of modern education issues. A lot of interesting opinions and views were expressed, in some cases radically different, but that was the interest - to listen to how the distinguished guests justified their vision., - says the chairman of the Winners' Club Pavel Suslikov, - In addition, the participants of the meeting were given the opportunity to attend the events of the most important event of the Fuel and Energy Complex of Russia."

The winners of the engineering competition took part in the Youth Day events, where they discussed energy development trends and outlined key work vectors for the coming year.

As part of the REN Youth Day, the final of the first International League of Young Professionals was held under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship, which was helped by colleagues from the Winners' Club.  Participants from 8 CIS countries worked out optimal scenarios for the low-carbon development of the electric power industry in their countries. The expert of the national stages of the CIS League was the Head of External Relations of the Club, Acting Head of the Digital Transformation Department of PJSC ROSSETI North-West Nikita Kholmov.

As part of the master class for the finalists of the CIS League of Young Professionals, the Club members shared their professional experience, skills in preparing presentations and speaking before the expert commission.

Project Manager of the Club, Chief Specialist of the Electrical Modes Service of the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" Rostovskoye RDU Dmitry Chub He spoke about the technical justification of the decisions and answered technical questions.

Acting Head of the Digital Transformation Department of PJSC ROSSETI North-West Nikita Kholmov     and a student at Tomsk Polytechnic University Zakhar Kaiser We focused on the economic justification of the decisions made and risk assessment.

Head of the Club organization, engineer of the Scientific and Analytical Center of Industrial Ecology of Samara State Technical University Gore Shushanyan and Deputy Project Manager of the Club, a graduate student at Tomsk Polytechnic University. Evgeny Bratchikov They noted the role of the speech as an important part of the project protection.

A leading specialist in the Electrical Modes Service of the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" Leningradskoye RDU Maria Rezaeva She shared the secrets of making a high-quality presentation.         

In turn, the chairman of the Winners' Club, a graduate student of St. Petersburg Mining University Pavel Suslikov I analyzed the real works and presentations of the participants of the "CASE-IN".     

In the final of the CIS League, 15 youth teams from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan presented to experts environmentally neutral technologies that will help the low-carbon development of the CIS electric power industry in the horizon up to 2030/2035.

Nikita Kholmov I am confident in the effectiveness of the event: "The level of protection of the teams in the finals has increased significantly compared to the qualifying stages, and the teams have improved the design of presentations, the quality of speeches and answers to questions."

The champion was the youth team of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" called "SO". The well-deserved awards were presented to the winners by the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak.

Representatives of Russia Anastasia Chegodaeva (captain), Svetlana Smirnova, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Ivan Zamyslov predicted the low-carbon development of the Russian electric power industry on the horizon of 2030-2035.

"We have taken a comprehensive approach to solving the problem, starting from the already approved plans for the commissioning/withdrawal of generating equipment and proposed to green up existing thermal power plants, as well as develop hydroelectric power plants and nuclear power plants.", - The team captain shared the details of the project. Anastasia Chegodaeva.

Photos of the Winners Club meeting are available at the link.

To join the Club of Winners, champions and prize-winners of projects under the auspices of the CASE-IN Championship, you must apply to join the CASE-IN Leadership Community Telegram channel https://t.me/+qi2HB4ZXMKU1NWJi .