OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2011. Young specialists of TATNEFT attended the first international youth Industrial Forum "Engineers of the Future - 2011" held in the village Goloustnoye of Irkutsk region, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

Following the decision of the HR Office and the Youth Committee of TATNEFT the Company was represented at this international forum by Sergey Zolotukhin, Leading Engineer of the Chief Mechanical Engineer Office of TATNEFT, Rafael Saitgareev, Leading Engineer for working with youth of NGDU Aznakaevskneft, Alexey Yashin, Economist of the Project Management Office of the Bugulma Mechanical Plant, and Ildar Mirgaliev, Technological Engineer of the Office of Chief Technologist, NGDU Yamashneft.

Rafael Valiullin, Chief Engineer - Deputy Executive Director for Production of "TMS-Drilling Service" of TMS-Group Management Company participated in the forum representing the oil services companies of Tatarstan.

The event was organized by the Russian Engineering Workers Guild and the Government of Irkutsk region. The Youth Forum, having gathered more than 1,200 young scientists, engineers, post-graduates, students from 343 companies and 54 universities from 56 regions of the Russian Federation and 32 foreign countries, has become a unique platform to discuss innovative approaches to production management and quality management, to the innovative development of companies, as well as to the issues related to up-to-date methods of development and introduction of new equipment, advanced technologies, etc.

The forum work was based on a combination of specialized lectures and seminars, master classes from the management of the largest companies in Russia and Europe, round tables with participation of leading experts of engineering companies in Russia, project sessions, business games, etc.

Over 100 projects within 10 industry areas of the mechanical engineering were presented at the forum during five days of its operation. The participants actively debated and discussed the works presented, while independent experts evaluated presentations of the young engineers.

The ceremony of awarding winners in both personal and corporate rating categories was held on the day of the forum closing. Rafael Saitgareev (NGDU Aznakaevskneft of TATNEFT) won the 2nd place among 1,215 participants in the personal rating category.