The first finalists of the League of Young Specialists of the CASE-IN championship have been determined

Company teams Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials LLC and Gazpromneft STC LLC became the first finalists of the League of Young Specialists The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".

The League of Young Professionals is traditionally aimed at assessing and developing professional knowledge and leadership skills, as well as personal competencies of young specialists of companies, identifying leaders among industry workers, involving them in solving urgent production tasks facing companies and the entire industry, and helping to transfer the experience gained by management to young employees.

In 2024, the competitions include 10 qualifying stages, in which employees of the largest industrial companies solve tasks on the main theme of the XII season "Lean Manufacturing", related to with the introduction of principles of careful and efficient production.

The competition opened with an in-person qualifying stage at the site of the National Research University "MEI"  where 8 youth teams of employees of JSC Gazpromneft-Aero, LLC Gazpromtrans, PJSC Rosseti Center - Yarenergo, LLC Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials, LLC Gazpromneft NTC, PJSC Rosseti Center -Lipetsk, JSC Mosenergosbyt and LLCSlavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil Company".

The State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation addressed the participants with a video greeting. Anastasia Bondarenko. The greeting emphasized that the championship is the main industry platform for youth realization and helps to involve talented schoolchildren, students, and young professionals in solving key tasks of the fuel and energy complex.

"The Ministry of Energy of Russia appreciates the important contribution of CASE-IN to the popularization of engineering and technical education and the education of the future generation of highly qualified specialists Anastasia Bondarenko noted. – We are closely following the project and are confident that its participants will have a great future. I know that you have put a lot of effort into developing high-quality solutions for the main theme of the season. – "Lean manufacturing".

Opening the competition, the first Vice-rector of the National Research University "MEI" Vladimir Zamolodchikov underlined: "Every tenth person working in the energy industry is a graduate of the National Research University "MEI". The University has been the best venue for such competitions for several years. We hope that our hospitality will contribute to the emergence of new ideas and plans for the development of the energy industry."

The youth teams solved a case study on the specifics of competitive production systems of the 21st century. The assignment for the participants reflected the criteria for selecting production sites and equipment during the modernization and technical re-equipment period as a guideline for the subsequent introduction of lean manufacturing technologies and tools. The young specialists needed to select and subsequently reorganize the production facility.

The decisions of the contestants were evaluated by an expert commission consisting of teachers from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), the National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the National Research Technological University MISIS, the National Research University MEI, as well as leading specialists from Zarubezhneft JSC."and Mosoblgaz JSC.

The team of Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials LLC was recognized as the winner of the competition. Ekaterina Gaidukova (captain), Evgenia Artyukh, Ivan Lysenko and Dmitry Shangareev achieved success. "We are waiting for new interesting tasks and opportunities to prove ourselves from the finals. We will make every effort to achieve a successful result", - the champions noted.

The silver medal was awarded to Evgeny Baidalzhi (captain), Vladislav Zakharov, Dmitry Artyukh and Valeria Malikova from the Gazpromneft NTC "Insiders" team.

"There was a great atmosphere at the championship. We met with colleagues, including from other industries, received high–quality feedback from experts and coped with the main task - we reached the finals. We are waiting for the decisive competition and are determined to win it", - shared his emotions Dmitry Artyukh.

The Brain train team, which included employees of Gazpromtrans LLC Sergey Podlesny (captain), Sergey Kozhevnikov, Andrey Kostenko and Svetlana Kucheruk, took the third place.

Now the teams of Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials LLC and Insiders are preparing for the final of the CASE-IN championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024.

The winners of all the qualifying stages of the League of Young Professionals will present their finalized projects at the finals, share their experiences with colleagues and gain valuable practical knowledge that they can later apply in their companies to improve the efficiency of production processes.

The champions and prize-winners of the League will find new opportunities for career and professional growth, inclusion in the managerial personnel reserve of companies, as well as vouchers to industry youth educational forums and trips around Russia as part of the "More than a Trip" program.

The organizers of the "CASE-IN" Championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and AstraLogica LLC, the partner of the Championship is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Championship included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.

The project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".