Training of engineers in the Magadan region under the supervision of the Governor

The next stage of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship will be held at Northeastern State University. The expert of the Championship will be the Governor of the Magadan region, Vladimir Pecheny.

The All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship, which started in Moscow, will continue in Magadan. On March 3, 2015, Northeastern State University will host the qualifying stages of the mining and exploration leagues.

The high importance of modern educational projects in the training of future specialists is emphasized by the personal participation of the heads of the region in the event, who will not only open the competition, but will also be part of the expert jury.

 The opening ceremony of the event will be attended by: Vladimir Pecheny, Governor of the Magadan Region; Angela Shurkhno, Minister of Education and Youth Policy of the Magadan Region; Roman Korsun, Acting Rector of St. Petersburg State University; Irakli Khelaya, member of the Board of the NP Youth Forum of Mining Leaders.

The strongest students and graduate students of the university will meet in the competitions at SVSU: 7 teams in the mining league and 3 teams in the exploration league.

The participants of the mining league will have to solve the case "Choosing the most effective option for a mining complex and improving its efficiency."

The participants of the Geological Exploration league will solve the case "Increasing the profitability of a deposit based on a geological study with the preparation of a work project."

The decisions of the participants will be evaluated by the jury, which will include:

• Vladimir Pecheny – Governor of the Magadan Region
• Angela It's great  - Minister of Education and Youth Policy of the Magadan Region
• Nikolai Goryachev – Director of the N.A. Shilo Northeastern Integrated Scientific Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Gennady Kuzmenko – Director of the Magadan branch                            JSC Polymetal Management Company
• Igor Kuzmin – Director of Economics and Development, Gorgeopro LLC
• Pavel Matveev – Deputy Chief Surveyor of the Double Mine (Kinross Gold)
• Maxim Morgachev – Head of the Department for Work with government Agencies and Licensing of JSC Rudnik named after Matrosova"
• Mikhail Khromov – Head of the Production and Technical Department           JSC "Rudnik im. Matrosova"
• Yuri Pruss – Head of the Magadan Innovation and Technology Center of the N. A. Shilo Northeastern Integrated Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Grigory Mikhailenko  – Head of the SVSU Mining Department

The All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship is an engineering and practice-oriented educational project based on engineering cases. The aim of the project is to identify and support the most promising students of energy and mining profiles, their professional orientation and practical training, as well as the formation of a personnel reserve of the fuel and energy complex.

The championship includes 3 independent leagues:  Electric power industry, Mining, Geological exploration. More than 30 universities of Russia and Kazakhstan, more than 2,000 students of power engineering and mining engineers participate in the Championship.

The championship is supported by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation: "According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, the Championship will help identify and support promising students and postgraduates of specialized universities, promote their acquisition of practical knowledge, experience and new competencies, enhance the image of a fuel and energy sector employee and popularize engineering and technical education."

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-Profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the Non-Profit Partnership Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems (RNC CIGRE).

The official partners of the Championship are the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership, the Russian Independent Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers, Rosinformugol CJSC, the World Mining Congress, the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Mining Sciences, the Scientific and Technical Council of the Unified Energy System Non-Profit Partnership, the Interregional Industrial Association of Employers of Energy Suppliers and others.

The championship is supported by fuel and energy companies that are not indifferent to the development of the personnel potential of the fuel and energy complex: JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company,      JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", Micromine company,      JSC"MHC "EuroChem", EVRAZ, JSC Yuzhkuzbassugol, LLC RUSSDRAGMET, IMC Montan Group, DMT, JSC Rosgeologiya, JSC TGK-9, JSC VISTA Group.

The qualifying stage in Magadan is being held with the support of the Government of the Magadan Region and the Ministry of Education and Youth Policy of the Magadan Region.

The winners of the SVSU stage will receive a ticket to the final of the Championship, which will be held in May 2015 in Moscow.

The Northeastern State University will transfer the baton of the mining league to the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, where the stage will be held on March 12, 2015.

The next stage of the geological exploration league will be held on March 24, 2015 at the Trans-Baikal State University in Chita.