The qualifying stage of the "Case-in" at St. Petersburg State University

On April 13, St. Petersburg State University of Economics hosted the qualifying round of the regional stage of the V International Engineering Case-in Championship, the national partners of which are 5 Ministries of the Russian Federation. More than 40 undergraduates, 10 teams from St. Petersburg State University and St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Peter the Great competed in the Oil and Gas Business League.

The International Engineering Championship "Case-in" is Russia's only federal case championship of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes, forming the future elite of engineering and economic personnel in Russia. The 2017 season has already attracted more than 50 universities from 35 regions of Russia and CIS countries to participate in the championship.

Undergraduates from St. Petersburg State University have previously participated in qualifying rounds and reached the finals of the League's Championship in the Electric Power Industry. By expanding its presence in the Championship, this year St. Petersburg State University has become a co–organizer - a regional venue for large-scale intellectual competition. "A new tradition is being formed within the walls of St. Petersburg State University – high–quality economic education for engineering personnel," said Artem Korolev, founder of the Championship, director of the Reliable Change Charitable Foundation, at the opening ceremony. In a solemn atmosphere, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between St. Petersburg State University and the Reliable Shift Foundation.

Greetings and good luck wishes were sent to the teams from Igor Maksimtsev, Rector of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Head of the Department for Support of Youth Initiatives and Implementation of programs in the field of state youth Policy of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations in St. Petersburg.

Irina Egorova, Vice-Rector for Academic and Methodological Work, and Irina Dobroserdova, Head of the Academic Department of the Graduate Institute of St. Petersburg State University, delivered parting words to the participants.

The jury, chaired by Natalia Trifonova, Head of the Department of International Business at St. Petersburg State University, responsible for conducting the regional qualifying round, included both industry representatives Pavel Kiselyov, Head of the Department for Project Evaluation and Analysis at Gazpromneft STC LLC, and St. Petersburg State University experts Irina Egorova, member of the Organizing Committee of the International Case–In Championship, Irina Dobroserdova, Pavel Metelev, Deputy Director for International Relations at the Higher School of Economics at St. Petersburg State University, Director of the Center for Energy Policy at St. Petersburg State University, Irina Borovskaya, Director of the advanced training program "Development of the International Presence of an Oil and Gas Company in the Asia-Pacific Region" at Gazprom.

The winner The qualifying round was won by the team PM 116, which included undergraduates of the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science program (SPbGEU) - Dmitry Lyakhovnenko (captain), Alexey Lyubimov, Kirill Michurin. The winners of the Qualifying round will continue to participate in the final of the International Championship on May 30-31, 2017 in Moscow.

Second place the team won The "Smart Griffin", as part of the International Business Master's degree program – Konstantin Kalistratov (captain), Yuri Karpenko, Anastasia Metelkova, as well as Maria Kutepova, representing the Master's program "National Economy".

Third place the team won «42» Undergraduates of the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science program include Alena Kuryleva, Daria Ivakhnenko, and Alena Churakova.

The 22 best participants of the qualifying round at St. Petersburg State University were encouraged by the opportunity to participate in special events of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation at the sites of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, which will be held from October 11 to 22.

A number of undergraduates will take part in the Youth Day of the International Energy Forum ENES-2017.

The laborious, complex, and for the first time implemented in such a large-scale format, the process of preparing 9 decisions of the participating teams was carried out under the guidance of assoc. Natalia Sarakhanova, as well as a team of teachers and mentors as part of the assoc. Anna Kovaleva, assoc. Vladislav Serditov, assistants Anastasia Melnikova and Alexander Frolov.

The overall coordination of the process of organizing the qualifying round, which was highly appreciated by the organizers of the Case-In, was successfully implemented by assistant Alexandra Proshkina.

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