The final of the CASE-IN engineering Championship has started in Moscow

On Thursday, May 30, the final of the VII International Engineering Championship started in Moscow "CASE-IN» − one of the ANO's projects "Russia is a land of opportunityDuring the final competitions, 540 young specialists and future engineers from 60 regions of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will present their ideas on digitalization of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes to the expert community. The works of the participants will be evaluated by representatives of 25 companies.

"In seven years, the CASE-IN championship has reached an international level and opened up new areas, attracting dozens of new universities and fuel and energy companies. The audience of the championship has expanded qualitatively: now engineering cases are solved not only by students, but also by young specialists and schoolchildren. This is one of the main advantages of the project: it unites all industry youth in solving real practical problems."- said the founder and co−chairman of the Organizing Committee of the championship Artem Korolev, opening the event.

According to the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Anton Inyutsyn The Ministry of Energy also pursues an active youth policy, and a whole range of projects can be attributed to this work − the #Together Brighter Festival, Open Days at Fuel and Energy Complex enterprises, and the All-Russian Youth Production Meeting.

«It is important for us that the engineering and technical professions of the fuel and energy complex are promoted among students and young professionals. We have systematized our work with young people based on initiatives proposed by fuel and energy companies, Russian technical universities, and activists, and have compiled a list of events designed to enhance the prestige of fuel and energy and specialized education. We plan that this year our youth agenda will reach more than two million people in all regions of Russia, and the driving force will be the youth themselves.", − said Anton Inyutsyn.

In the new season, the CASE-IN championship has entered the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform. Deputy Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Vladislav Davankov He focused on the mentoring support that the participants of the championship receive.

"During the qualifying stages of the championship, motivational meetings of participants with the finalists and winners of the Leaders of Russia management competition took place. This is a very effective format, and we plan to expand it. I am sure that the winners of other platform projects will join the "Leaders of Russia". Our partnership with the CASE-IN championship is just beginning. In the fall, we will launch the next wave of school and student league competitions. And, what is especially important in terms of the development of the social elevator system, we intend to organize correspondence stages of the student league for students from remote regions of Russia.", − Vladislav Davankov specified.

According to the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) Alexandra Bugaeva, «Needless to say, young people who associate their lives with engineering professions are important to us.».

«Indeed, the development of our country and the tasks it faces are related to the support and development of working professions, young people who connect their lives with production and, of course, with engineering specialties. That is why we have been supporting this event for 5 years, and it is very important to us. The forms in which engineering professions are popularized, the relationship between students and young people already working at specific enterprises of the fuel and energy complex, make it possible to popularize engineering specialties.", − said Alexander Bugaev.

During the opening ceremony of the event, the traditional ceremony of inclusion in the "CASE-IN" Hall of Fame was held for 15 new members, organizers and experts who made a significant contribution to the work of the championship.

The first day of the "CASE-IN" finals will continue with the defense of engineering cases on the single theme of this season, "Digital Transformation": the teams will present solutions to real production problems based on materials from leading Russian companies, developed in just 10 days. Case solutions will be defended in seven industry areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, petrochemistry, oil and gas, digital atom and electric power industry. Own competitions will be held for young specialists of the fuel and energy complex and MSK companies.

The decisions of the teams will be evaluated by an expert commission, which will include representatives of the partner companies of the championship. Among them: JSC SO UES, PJSC AK ALROSA, PJSC Tatneft, OOO Transneftenergo, PJSC SIBUR Holding,  ROSATOM State Corporation,  FGC UES PJSC, MHC EuroChem JSC, Rosgeologiya JSC, Mycromine Rus LLC, NLMK PJSC,  Siberian Anthracite JSC,  United Company RUSAL,  JSC "Russian Copper Company",  EvrazHolding LLC, Raspadskaya Coal Company LLC, Siberian Generating Company LLC, CREDO-DIALOG COMPANY LLC,  PJSC "RusHydro", LLC "Prosoft-Systems", LLC "Vostochnaya Mining Company" and others.

On the second day of the finals, on May 31, the final defense of engineering case solutions in the field of "Electric Power Industry" will take place. The finalists will also take part in the closed Career Day "CASE-IN", where they will be able to meet with representatives of the largest fuel and energy companies and the Moscow Energy Complex.

The culmination of the day will be the awarding ceremony of the champions and prize-winners of the VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" with the participation of the heads of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Rosmolodezh, ANO "Russia – land of Opportunities" and other departments and organizations.

The winners will receive the title of the best youth engineering teams of the Digital Transformation season and the CASE-IN Cup. They will also receive invitations to internships and internships from leading companies in the fuel and energy complex and MSC. A common gift will be "Rock MM", a traditional annual concert for the participants of the "CASE-IN" finals from the Mycromine company. 

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Autonomous Non-profit Organization (ANO) "Russia – the land of opportunities" It was established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dated May 22, 2018. The key objectives of the organization are to create conditions for increasing social mobility, ensuring personal and professional self-realization of citizens, as well as creating effective social elevators in Russia.

ANO "Russia – the land of Opportunities" is developing a platform of the same name that unites 18 projects: the Leaders of Russia management competition, the student Olympiad "I am a Professional", the international competition "My First Business", the All–Russian competition "Volunteer of Russia", the Professional Training project, the Russian Student Spring Festival, and the Grant Competition youth Initiatives", the "Digital Breakthrough" competition, the SME Business Navigator portal, the "RDS - Territory of Self–government" competition, the Abilimpix professional skills competition among people with disabilities, the All-Russian youth management cup "Manage!", the "Thank You" appreciation campaign, the "Young Professionals" movement (WorldSkills Russia), the charity project "Dream with me", the competition "League of Counselors", the competition "My country is my Russia" and the international engineering championship "CASE-IN".

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" – this is an international system of competitions for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fields of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes. Every year, more than 50 leading technical universities of Russia take part in the competition, 30 of which were included in the ranking of the "100 best universities in Russia" for 2018.

In 2019, the national partners of the Championship are the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation., Ministry of Science and Higher Education The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology 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 organizers of the Championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and AstraLogica LLC. The Association became the co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry direction of the Student League "CASE-IN". «Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems».

Source: RSV