The theme of this year's contest "Digital Transformation - the Future Today" includes five sections "Digital Economy, Management and Social Technologies", "Technospheric and Environmental Safety" (in the oil and gas industry), "Energy Saving and Alternative Energy", "New Materials and Additive Technologies" and “Digitalization and automation of oil and gas production processes”.

The jury also included representatives of Russian universities: Professor of St. Petersburg State Economic University Larisa Mierin, Engineer of the Project Pffice of the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University Natalya Badolya, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg University Viktor Titov, Associate Professors of the Tyumen Industrial University Nadezhda Kulakova and Igor Spirin.

The project is being implemented jointly with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Its goal is to prepare a promising personnel reserve for Gazprom's subsidiaries and organizations from among the most capable and motivated students for successful professional self-realization.