Participants of the CASE-IN championship reached the final of the Youth Global Forecast

20 teams will compete in the final of the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development. Students and young specialists have developed promising projects for the development of the industry and are ready to show their best competencies in a competitive struggle for vouchers to the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week. 

The project is aimed at popularizing engineering and technical education, spreading new technologies in the fuel and energy complex and MSC, involving industry youth in energy forecasting and developing the youth community of the fuel and energy complex, MSC, nuclear industry and related industries.

This year, the Forecast gathered 660 students of specialized universities under the age of 25 and young specialists from fuel and energy complex and MSC companies under the age of 35. As part of the correspondence qualifying stage, they analyzed topics related to Russian and global energy in teams of 10 to 15 people. Among them are effective approaches to support the innovative development of fuel and energy complex industries; energy security in the context of global transformations; scientifically based priorities for the strategic development of fuel and energy complex industries; development of the BRICS energy partnership; technologies for carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization, etc. 

The expert commission, having reviewed the strategies developed by the contestants for the development of the industry until 2035, based on the legal regulation of the fuel and energy complex and the Energy Strategy of Russia, identified 10 finalist teams in the areas of "Students" and "Young Professionals". 

Among young professionals The teams of six companies took the lead: JSC NK Neftis, PJSC Rosseti Tyumen, LLC Slavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil Company, LLC Siberian Generating Company, two teams of PJSC T Plus and four teams representing JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System.

In the student competition, which is held under the auspices of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities", the teams representing  Adyghe State Universityet, Almetyevsk State Technological University, Baikal State University, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, National Research University "Higher School of Economics", National Research University "MEI", St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov and the North Caucasus Federal University.

Five student teams are participating in the CASE-IN 2025 International Engineering Championship. Thus, in the final of the Forecast, 48 students with experience in competing in federal industry competitions will present their ideas on the topic of energy development.

The decisive stage of the Youth Global Forecast will take place August 27-28, 2025. The finalists will present their improved solutions to experts – specialists of energy companies and teachers of specialized universities. 

Three winning teams in each category will have the right to submit a consolidated forecast to the heads of industry companies, relevant ministries and departments. October 17th, 2025 at the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" in Moscow. The winners and prize-winners will also be able to gain practical experience and strengthen their knowledge base at key events of the forum.

The forecast is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, the largest companies in the fuel and energy complex, MSC and related industries, industry universities, public and scientific organizations. The project is included in The All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation and engineering education.

Detailed information – on the website of the Reliable Shift Foundation.