Samara youth invited to the Autumn Cup of the international engineering championship CASE‑IN

The 2026 championship is dedicated to the theme "Technologies of the Future". Schoolchildren and students will work on case solutions developed by the partner companies of the CASE-IN championship in accordance with the main theme of the XIV season "Technologies of the future".

"Today's schoolchildren and students are the main architects of tomorrow. Russia's technological sovereignty begins with your ideas, calculations, and bold engineering solutions. The CASE-IN is not only a championship, but also your personal ticket to a world where science meets practice, and talent receives well-deserved recognition. CASE-IN participants are already solving real-world tasks for industry leaders in order to manage world-class processes tomorrow. Don't wait for the future - create it yourself! Register and prove that you have the power of Russian engineering behind you," said Olga Dobrina, Communications Director of the "Russia - Land of Opportunity" Presidential Platform.

High school students from the Samara region need to form a team of three or four people and register individually for the School League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the Presidential Platform "Russia - the Land of Opportunities". the championship website.

As part of the correspondence qualifying stage, they will have to solve cases based on real technological or production situations. The organizers have prepared three areas in which young engineers will develop projects to ensure the full digitalization of the country's leading industries, as well as the introduction of artificial intelligence and digital twins.:

• In the industry-wide direction of the league, implemented using the funds of a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society, the teams will work on the assignment of SIBUR. The winners of the qualifying stage will remotely present their projects in the semi-finals, and on December 17, the 15 best school teams will personally show their developments in the finals. Registration of participants is open until October 9th.,

• "Biotechnology" participants will receive a case study of the SEZ "Alabuga". According to the results of the qualifying stage, the 12 strongest teams will meet on December 2 in the online final. Registration of participants is also open until October 9th.,

• In the "Energy Class" direction, the participants will solve the case of the Russian Energy Agency. The authors of the best ideas will present their solutions to the industry community in Moscow on October 14 at the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week". Registration of participants is open until September 18.

The winners and prize-winners of the School League of the CASE-IN Championship will receive additional USE points for admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the 108 partner universities of the project and trips to specialized shifts at All-Russian children's centers.

Students from the Samara region to participate in The Student League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the Presidential Platform "Russia - the Land of Opportunities," also needs to register individually for the official website of the championship by forming cross-functional teams of three to four people to demonstrate their skills in one of the four areas:

• The industry-wide direction is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and National Research University "MEI",

• The """"""Oil and gas business" and "Oil Refining and petrochemistry" directions are held with the support of the Rosneft company within the framework of the student festival "The Future of Rosneft",

•"Mining machinery and equipment"" is supported by ALROSA and LLC "Nordgold Management".

The student competitions will begin with the correspondence qualifying stages. Within 10-14 days, the teams will have to prepare a case solution and send it to the experts. The teams that received the highest marks from the jury will finalize their projects and present them at the remote semi-finals on November 24-26, where they will meet with students from other regions. The final of the championship will be held on December 17 in Moscow. The strongest students will present their final decisions to the industry community, discuss career-building issues with experts, and receive practical recommendations.

The reward for the champions and prize-winners will be the priority right to enroll in one of the 36 partner universities of the championship for master's and postgraduate programs, invitations to internships and internships with the prospect of employment, as well as joining the CASE-IN Winners Club.

The Student League's partners are also the Union of Machine Builders of Russia and JSC "Atomenergomash".

""""Reliable Change"" Foundation, the Presidential Platform "Russia - the land of opportunities", the Non-profit partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and "AstraLogika" LLC are the organizers of the CASE-IN Championship.

The Championship is supported by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).

"""" The project is included in the initiative "Science to win" of the plan of the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia and is carried out as part of the implementation of the federal project "Russia - the land of opportunities" of the national project "Youth and Children".

The presidential platform "Russia - the land of opportunities" was created on the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on May 22, 2018. The mission of the platform is to create the future of Russia, opening equal opportunities for everyone. The platform helps anyone, regardless of where they live, what profession they chose, and what family they grew up in, to gain opportunities for their development. It is an open platform for communication between talented and caring people of all ages, exchange of experience between schoolchildren, students, specialized specialists, entrepreneurs, managers and volunteers. The Supervisory Board of the "Russia - Land of Opportunities" platform is headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The platform has been operating for eight years, and during this time it has brought together more than 25 million participants from 89 regions of Russia and 150 countries around the world. Participating in projects, contests, and Olympiads on the platform helps you find like-minded people and make useful acquaintances, enroll in a university or complete a promising internship, find your dream job, advance your career, and get a personal mentor who will help you hone your skills or develop leadership skills. Today, the platform presents projects and contests for people of different ages and interests (from schoolchildren to experienced managers), for specialized specialists and working professions, representatives of the personnel reserve and those who are just planning to get there.

"Senezh" Management Workshop has been created as part of the activities of the Presidential Platform "Russia - the Land of Opportunities". Participants of the platform's projects and competitions, active youth, as well as managers and civil servants are trained there. The workshop acts as a center for consolidating management training in three key areas: government, business, and society. The Workshop hosts All-Russian educational and youth events, including the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "Territory of Meanings".

On the basis of the country's leading universities, the Presidential Platform develops Competence Centers where students undergo diagnostics of supra-professional skills and receive tools for their development. Young professionals who have passed the universal competencies assessment can confirm their skills on Headhunter, Russia's largest online recruiting platform.

Offices of the "Russia - the Land of Opportunities" platform operate in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. They are equipped with lecture halls for educational events, information centers, and collaboration areas that provide residents of Donbass and Novorossiya with additional opportunities for personal and professional development.

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