The CASE-IN championship is being held in Tomsk for the first time in a remote format.

The platform has been chosen as the venue for the championship. Webinar.ru

The teams will defend their decisions in the areas of Petrochemistry and Exploration. All participants will receive a link to the platform, where they will have to present and defend their projects for solving real production cases based on materials from large industry enterprises.: Geological Exploration — ALROSA and Petrochemistry — SIBUR.

For ALROSA, participants will need to propose a modernization (rationalization) option for the existing diamond prospecting complex within the Markhinsky-2 site. SIBUR's case is to give plastics a second life and figure out how to modernize the PET production facility so that it organically includes a site for collecting and preparing used PET packaging.

Participants can, at their discretion, defend the case either by gathering the whole team in one place, or each participant from a separate workplace. Now the participants are already preparing for the upcoming championship, studying the technical requirements and determining the way of performance. In particular, at the request of the organizers of the championship, there should be no extraneous sounds in the room that distract from the performance and create obstacles to the event.

"This is not always possible when working from home, so we are ready to assemble some of the teams in university classrooms equipped with a videoconferencing system, just in case. With the Moscow organizers (approx. – Reliable Shift Foundation) we are also constantly in touch, taking into account all the nuances of the remote format of the event. I have no doubt that everything will be held at the highest level — the university's capabilities allow it," said Marina Burmistrova, project manager at the WorldSkills Center.

Also, according to the conditions of the event in a remote format, the auditorium or room in which the team will be located during the defense should not contain unnecessary design elements and, if possible, should be decorated in an office style.

"Despite the remote format, we will have a grand opening where participants will be greeted in absentia by representatives of the championship's partner companies and organizers. The moderator, a representative of the Reliable Shift Foundation, will lead the overall decision protection process and monitor compliance with the rules. The guys will try to preserve the symbols of the championship and the business style of clothing even at home," Marina Burmistrova emphasized.

Internal experts from Tomsk State University staff and external experts from ALROSA, SIBUR, Tatneft, Alabuga, and Polyus will also participate in the championship. After completing the presentation, all experts will also be able to ask questions online in order to clarify the assessment of the level of knowledge and the depth of the team's decision. Following the results of the performance of all the teams, the experts will fill out the assessment sheets in electronic form and send them to the organizing committee by e-mail. Then, within a day after the defense, the organizing committee will summarize the results of the championship and sign a protocol with the chairman of the expert commission, which will be sent to the participants.

Engineering championship "CASE-IN" − an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The current season of the international championship is the eighth in a row. Its theme is "Technological modernization". The winners of the qualifying round will travel to Moscow for the final of the Student League. TSU students have been participating in the CASE-IN championship since 2017, and have twice been among the top three teams in the country.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is one of the projects of the ANO "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" platform. More than 7,000 participants from 57 universities in Russia and the CIS countries will have to defend their solutions to engineering cases.

A source:  SM News