The qualifying stage of the Case-in Championship will be held at the MEI National Research University

On March 15, 2017, the National Research University "MEI" (Moscow, Krasnokazarmennaya str., 14, Academic Council Meeting Room, 4th floor, 11.00 a.m.) will host the qualifying stage of the Electric Power Industry League of the V anniversary International Engineering Championship "Case-in". The Case-in Championship is held in 47 universities, covers 35 regions of Russia and the CIS countries. More than 3,000 students are competing for a ticket to the finals of the Championship, which will traditionally be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017.

International Engineering Championship "Case-in" — the only federal case championship in Russia, an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineering specialists.

Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak He notes the importance of the Championship: "Over the five years of its implementation, the Championship has become an authoritative industry platform bringing together all parties interested in developing Russia's engineering and technical potential: the government, companies, higher education institutions, industry-specific public initiatives, and advanced youth."

The event will be attended by:

• Aksyonova Elena Anatolyevna, Director of the Branch of PJSC RusHydro — "Corporate University of Hydropower"
• Pavel Alexandrovich Boldarev, Chief Specialist of the Power Transmission Line Operation and Diagnostics Service of the FGC UES Branch of the MES Center
• Nikolay Leontievich Novikov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, representative of the A3 Subcommittee of RNC CIGRE, Deputy Scientific Director of JSC STC FGC UES
• Slavinsky Alexander Zinovievich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the RNC CIGRE Subcommittee D1, representative of RNC CIGRE in IC D1, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Massa LLC
• Stanislav Andreevich Utz, representative of the RNC CIGRE Subcommittee C2 "Functioning and Management of Energy Systems", Chief Specialist of the Department of Parallel Operation and Standardization of JSC SO UES

The International Engineering Case-in Championship is a competition in which student teams solve an engineering case based on materials from leading industry companies in ten days and defend their ideas before an expert commission consisting of representatives of industry companies, scientific and educational organizations. The championship is held in five areas (leagues): electric power industry, mining, geological exploration, metallurgy, oil and gas business. The championship includes 85 qualifying stages at the sites of 47 leading technical universities in Russia and the CIS countries. In the finals, which will traditionally be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017, the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the Mining and Electric Power Engineering Leagues will also have a chance to participate in the annual summer educational programs "Mining School" and "Energy of Youth".

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation and the Non—profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders. The League on Electric Power Industry is co—organized by the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems CIGRE, and the League on Oil and Gas Industry is co—organized by Tyumen Industrial University.

In 2017, the national partners of the Championship are five federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to promote new projects.

The championship is supported annually by the largest industry companies. This season, the following companies plan to use the Championship platform to select the most promising future specialists: JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Mechel, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC Kolmar Management Company, EvrazHolding LLC, Vostochnaya Mining Company LLC, RusHydro PJSC, IBM Montan LLC, DMT, Sverdlovsky Branch of T Plus PJSC, Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine PJSC, Mycromine Rus LLC, Raspadskaya PJSC.

The educational partner of the project is Lingualeo, an online service for learning and practicing English.

A source: http://www.elec.ru/news/2017/03/13/v-niu-mei-projdet-otborochnyj-etap-mezhdunarodnogo.html