V anniversary International Engineering Championship "Case-in": FINAL in Moscow!

The Final will be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017 V anniversary International Engineering Championship "Case-in", which will identify the best student engineering teams in Russia and the CIS countries.  During the Final, teams from 48 technical universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan will present solutions to engineering cases in five areas: exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, and electric power. The final will bring together 400 participants and more than 200 experts – representatives of companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The Case-in International Engineering Championship is the largest educational project for students based on engineering cases in Russia and the CIS countries. The Championship final will be the culmination of a four-month marathon of 80 qualifying stages, including which were attended by more than 3,500 students. More than 1,000 managers and specialists of fuel and energy complex and MSC companies, scientific and educational organizations spoke as experts who evaluated the decisions of the participants.

Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, welcoming the participants of the 2017 Championship, notes: "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 events of the "Case-in" Finals will last 2 days.

May 30, 2017 (Moscow, State University of Management, Ryazansky Ave., 99, registration starts at 08.30) the first day of the Final will be held, which will be entirely devoted to defending the final cases of each of the five Championship directions (leagues).

Teams from 14 universities will meet in the Exploration League. In accordance with the task of the case "In search of treasures", future geologists will present a project for geological exploration of the Stolny deposit belonging to the Verkhoyano-Chukotka tin province (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)), and determine the optimal exploration system and its parameters.

Teams from 22 universities will participate in the Mining League. The finalists will present a solution to the "Promising Horizons" case study on the development of a gold deposit located in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The task of the finalists will be to substantiate the optimal production technology that ensures the planned volumes of ore extraction and processing, as well as high reliability, safety and environmental friendliness.

Teams from 9 universities participate in the Metallurgy League. According to the assignment of the Nizhny Novgorod Perspective case, the finalists will evaluate the investment attractiveness of a metallurgical mini-plant located in the Nizhny Novgorod agglomeration and determine the optimal production parameters under which the construction of a mini-plant would be appropriate.

Teams from 15 universities will meet in the Oil and Gas Business League. The Leninogorskaya Deposit case was developed based on the materials PJSC Tatneft. In accordance with the task of the case, future oilmen will propose ways to increase the efficiency of the development of an oil field located in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Teams from 30 universities will participate in the Electric Power Industry League. Energy engineering students will present a solution to the case "Energy of the Trans–Baikal Treasures", prepared on the basis of materials from JSC SO UES. They will offer recommendations on the rational development of the electric power system of the Trans-Baikal Territory, taking into account the needs of existing and prospective electricity consumers in the region. 

The finalists' decisions will be evaluated by experts representing more than 50 leading companies in the fuel and energy complex and the Moscow Energy Complex of Russia, scientific and educational organizations, including: JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", PJSC "Mechel", JSC "Siberian anthracite", LLC Management Company "Kolmar", LLC "EvrazHolding", LLC "Vostochnaya Mining Company", PJSC "RusHydro", LLC "IBM SI Montan", DMT, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus", PJSC Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, LLC Mycromine Rus, PJSC Raspadskaya, LLC Amur Minerals, CJSC HC SDS - Ugol, LLC Solntsevsky Coal Mine, LLC BHPENERGO, NP Technological Platform of Solid Minerals, LLC Dasso System Geovia RUS", the A.A. Baykov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, GPB Resurs, Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC, Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gazprom Promgaz JSC, ANO International Center for Sustainable Energy Development under the auspices of UNESCO, STC UES JSC (Moscow Branch), LLCTransneftenergo, Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems – CIGRE, LLC "Massa". 

May 31, 2017 The second day of the Finals will take place. It will begin with a closed Career Day for the finalists at 99 Ryazansky Ave., Moscow, State University of Management. Registration starts at 09.00.

During the Career Day, the finalists will get acquainted with the personnel policies of the Case-in partner companies and receive offers of internships, internships and employment.

The final will conclude solemn awarding ceremony for the winners Case-in which will take place May 31, 2017 at: Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Mokhovaya St., 11, building 11. Beginning at 16.00.

The award ceremony for the winners and prize-winners of the Case-in will be held with the participation of the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Energy and all project partners. The winners of the Championship will receive the title of the best engineering student team of 2017, will be included in the personnel reserve of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes and will participate in the industry summer educational programs "Mining School" and "Energy of Youth".

During the Final, a special award "Energy of Education" will also be presented to the participating universities of the Championship. The award for the best organization of the qualifying stage of the Championship is awarded by the Reliable Change Foundation in cooperation with the Global Energy Association for the Development of International Research and Projects in the Field of Energy.

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation and the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders Non−profit Partnership. 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 by the following companies: JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, JSC MHC EuroChem, PJSC Mechel, JSC Sibirsky anthracite, LLC Kolmar Management Company, LLC EvrazHolding, LLC Vostochnaya Mining Company, PJSC RusHydro, LLC IBM SI Montan, DMT, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC T Plus, PJSC Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, LLC Mycromine Rus, PJSC Raspadskaya. 

For reference

The International Engineering Case-in Championship is the successor of the All−Russian Mining Case Solving Championship (2013-2014) and the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship (2015).

The Championship is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.