At the CASE-IN qualifying stage, young specialists will tell you how to extract growth opportunities from threats.

The qualifying stages of the League of Young Specialists of the XIV season of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship are reaching the finish line: on April 22, 2026, 5 more teams of leading companies from the fuel and energy complex, MSC and leading industries of Russia will enter the competition for career and professional growth prospects.

The contestants remotely present solutions on the main theme of the championship "Technologies of the future". The results of the two-week work of the employees of the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" of the RDU of Tatarstan, LLC "Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye", JSC "Gazprom-MNPZ", LLC "New Resources" and LLC "Amur Gas Chemical Complex" will be evaluated by an expert commission, which is represented by employees of companies and scientific organizations, as well as members of faculty the composition of specialized universities.

Within the framework of the direction "Sustainable Development and ESG, technological independence and risk management", youth teams needed to extract growth opportunities from threats by creating an adaptive business model that simultaneously increases the ESG rating, reduces technological dependence and systematically manages operational, financial and reputational risks. 

The two best teams of the qualifying stage will receive tickets to the championship finals. The finalists will present their improved solutions on May 20-22, 2026 in Moscow, and the winners and prize-winners will be rewarded with opportunities to join the management personnel reserve of companies and travel to industry youth educational forums.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC. The project is being implemented as part of the Science to Win initiative and the Plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia (2022-2031).