Ivanov Egor Andreevich Scientific Director of the Competition, Deputy Director for Educational Work and Youth Policy of the Institute of Digital Management Technologies and Information Security

The international competition is held within the framework of the Digital Eurasia Congress of the Eurasian Economic Youth Forum (hereinafter referred to as the EEYF) in cooperation with the all-Russian public organization, the Russian Computer Sports Federation (RCSF), and is implemented at the main site of the EEYF - the Ural State University of Economics, as well as at foreign and regional sites of the EEYF that have chosen this Competition. The international competition of projects of young scientists and students "Projects for the Development of the Gaming Industry and Cybersport" is held in two stages: correspondence assessment and in-person defense of projects for their application in the economy of the future, the financial and industrial sphere, science and education, as well as in management and international trade with the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The goal of the Competition: to promote the implementation of creative initiatives of young professionals in the field of analysis, design and development of solutions for the development of the gaming industry and eSports.

Competition participants: students, postgraduates, degree seekers, young researchers from universities, academic institutes in Russia and foreign countries, as well as employees of other interested organizations aged 18 to 35 years.

Project works for the Competition can be submitted by teams of up to 3 people.

Applications for participation in the Competition and competition works are submitted until March 20, 2025, through the website registration system. Each team member submits an application by selecting the category "team participation", then "team captain" or "team member". In the "Topic of work" field, all participants indicate one topic of the project. The team captain attaches a file with the competition project to the registration form, where all authors (team members) are indicated.

The lists of competition finalists invited to defend their works in person and to participate in the final events of the Forum will be published on the competition page from April 1 to 10, 2025.

The in-person defense will take place on April 23, 2025 from 10:30 to 15:30, the award ceremony will take place on April 24, 2025.

The winners and prize winners of the Competition will be awarded with diplomas, orders and cash prizes:

• 15,000 rubles - for 1st place
• 10,000 rubles - for 2nd place
• 5,000 rubles - for 3rd place

The winners of the Competition, awarded a 1st degree Diploma, are awarded points for individual achievements when applying for admission to study at USUE in master's programs (2 points).

Participation in competitions is also possible using remote technologies - registered participants and experts gain access to USUE cloud resources based on the MS Office 365 platform and connect to interactive sessions within the framework of events through teams created in Kontur.Tolk.