League of Young Professionals CASE-IN: bright winners and ambitious plans for the future

The current employees of three industry companies became the winners of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering Championship CASE-IN. In total, 12 youth teams from all over Russia competed for the main prizes of the League of Young Professionals. 

Employees of JSC SiburTyumenGaz, PJSC Kazanorgsintez, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, LLC Center for Advanced Technologies TMH, LLC Slavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil and Gas, the Polar branch of the Mining and Metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel, LLC Amur Gas Chemical Complex, LLC Gazpromtrans, PJSC Akron, JSC Gazpromneft - Moscow Oil Refinery, PJSC Rosseti North-West and PJSC Tatneft named after V.D. Shashin presented to the industry community their final decisions on the main theme of the XIII season "Technological Innovations" aimed at the development and market integration of the advanced and vulnerable sector. 

"The finalists' projects combined production marketing, finance, human resources management and organizational development," said Artem Korolev, founder and co–chairman of the CASE-IN organizing committee. – The experience of recent years shows that every third decision of young specialists finds practical application in the companies where they work. Therefore, I am sure that the ideas of the 2025 participants will also be in demand in leading industries, and in 2026 we will see new original solutions."

The Arctic Team (the Polar branch of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel) became the champion of the competition, the Full GAS team (Slavneft Krasnoyarsk Oil Company LLC) won silver, and the Brain train team (Gazpromtrans LLC) completed the top three. The participants of these teams will have the opportunity to be included in the management personnel reserve of companies, and their cases will be recommended for implementation in real production. 

"In the final, young specialists demonstrated solutions that were close in importance and level of elaboration, as well as fresh and extraordinary ideas," said Head of the Department of International Business at St. Petersburg State University of Economics, expert and scientific director of the CASE–IN League of Young Specialists, member of the CASE-IN Hall of Fame since 2019 Natalia Trifonova. – The participants informed the experts on how to link the fuel and energy complex and the MSC with the transfer of innovative practices and presented the future of cross-functional and intersectoral projects. They are increasingly demonstrating not only corporate commitment, but also industry vision by comparing project performance indicators with industry trends and results."

In 2026, the League of Young Professionals will continue Artyom Korolev shared his plans for progressive development: "For the first time, it will be structured in three areas: operational efficiency and strategic resources; sustainable development, ESG, technological independence and risk management; digital solutions and the introduction of new technologies. We will also continue to develop the international direction within the framework of the CIS and BRICS+ tracks. National qualifying stages are planned in a number of countries, and the best teams will come to the finals in Moscow in May. By the way, the winners of the Autumn Cup (the Arctic Team) and the main CASE-IN season (the Yarenergo teams from the Rosseti Center branch of PJSC Yarenergo and the Carbon Footprint from PJSC Mosenergo) will take part in the competition."