St. Petersburg State University in the final of the Autumn Cup of the CASE-IN Championship

The final of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, an international competition system for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young professionals, took place in Moscow at the MEI Research Institute.

More than 350 students from leading Russian universities, young specialists from industry companies and representatives of key enterprises of the country solved cases on the central theme of the event – "Technological Innovations" – an urgent area determining the future of the engineering industry.

The event was attended by representatives of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, who acted as experts and project managers.

Natalia Trifonova, Head of the Department of International Business at St. Petersburg State University, joined the expert commission of the League of Young Professionals as Chairman.

St. Petersburg State University is actively participating in the new project "Factory of Engineering Thought", initiated by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation. The aim of the project is to create preferential opportunities within the Think Tank environment for young specialists and students to develop a representative package of engineering and organizational and technical proposals, select and finalize them under the guidance of leading experts and then present them to regional energy specialists.  

The best projects will be presented to the heads of regional ministries and leading enterprises for further implementation. The focus is on the development of the technical, technological and human resources potential of key regions of Russia, such as Krasnoyarsk Territory, Murmansk and Sverdlovsk regions. The Krasnoyarsk Territory became the region of the pilot project of Fabrika.

In the Final of the Autumn Cup, as the leader of one of the teams of the Engineering Thought Factory, she performed Anna Kovaleva, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at St. Petersburg State University. Participates in the preparation of projects Nina Slavetskaya, Associate Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations at St. Petersburg State University.

The scientific supervisor of the project is Natalia Trifonova.

The final of the Autumn CASE-IN Cup became not only a platform for competitions, but also an opportunity for young specialists to present their developments, receive feedback from experts and find ways to implement projects in the real sector of the economy.

SPbGEU's participation in such initiatives highlights the university's role as a center for training personnel and generating innovative solutions for the Russian energy industry.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are Reliable Change Foundation, The Presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and AstraLogica LLC.

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

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