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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The Polytechnic University solemnly awarded the winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian student case championship "Risk Management: New Horizons for Solutions". The organizers are the Higher School of Industrial Management of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade and the consulting company "Trust Technologies".
Joint-Stock Company "Trust Technologies" provides audit and consulting services to corporate clients in various sectors of the economy. According to the RAEX rating agency, in 2025 the company entered the top five largest Russian participants in the audit and consulting services market.
The case championship was attended by 56 students from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh and Tambov. As part of 15 teams, the students solved cases dedicated to risk management issues related to an unstable external environment, technological risks, digitalization and sustainable development. The participants presented projects combining digital technologies, risk management methods and models, as well as forecasting tools in an uncertain environment.
"The ability to manage risks in modern conditions is a critically important competency for any business. The level of the presented student projects, their depth of development and practical orientation are pleasing. Cooperation with the company "Trust Technologies", a strong partner occupying a leading position in the audit and consulting services market, is very important for us. This creates a unique environment for cultivating young and in-demand specialists in the labor market, ready to get involved in solving real business problems of Russian companies," said Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management, at the opening of the final.
The teams defended their solutions before an expert jury, which included representatives of the Trust Technologies company: Svetlana Kuzmenkova, Senior Manager of the Non-Financial Risk Group, Viktor Kosmachev, Senior Consultant of the Systemic Changes and Business Development Practice, Evgeniya Filyanina, Consultant of the Non-Financial Risk Group, as well as Associate Professors of the Higher School of Industrial Management of the IPMEiT Anna Timofeeva, Evgeny Makarenko and Elena Kiseleva.
The best project solution was presented by the AllRisks team, which became the absolute winner of the championship. The team included Artem Rudenko (SPbGEU), Mikhail Borovkov (ITMO), Elizaveta Egorova and Polina Ivanova (SPbPU).
The first place winner was the PonITech SPbPU team: Diana Yakimenko, Maria Belova, Maria Platonova and Vitaly Trofimov.
The second place was taken by the Ratio team from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba: Daria Dreval, Larisa Ordina, Elizaveta Kostyaeva and Veronika Vatrukhina.
The third place went to the “Risk Hunters” – Valentina Fedorova, Anastasia Rusakova, Arina Katrina, Egor Bogdanov and Liana Pogosyan from SPbSUT.
"We set a difficult task for the participants: to develop risk management solutions that not only take into account modern challenges, but also integrate digital tools for forecasting and management in conditions of uncertainty. As a result of the defenses, we saw non-standard approaches, a strong analytical background and a willingness to offer specific mechanisms that can be applied in practice. We are confident that for many students this championship will become a springboard to a successful career in business," commented Evgeniya Filyanina, consultant of the non-financial risks group.
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