For the second year now, the Institute of Innovative Technologies in Business (IITB), the Creonomyca Cluster and the Skills Development Agency have been gathering young talents from all over the world.
The international competition in the Digital Industry Skill for BRICS+ countries will involve 18 teams, which will be a record number of participants in the Digital Manufacturing skill competition. The participating countries include teams from Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belarus, Ghana, Honduras, Kazakhstan, China, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and South Africa.

The competition will be held in a distant format through remote connection to the equipment of the IITB engineering center in St. Petersburg
The competition task will include simulation modeling and design in software, digital analytics and optimization of production processes and programming of robots.
The General Partner will be R-Pro Concern, which will provide licenses for the Rational Production software for the preparation of participants and for the duration of the competition. The Technology Partner will be RoboComponent LLC, whose team will manufacture gripping devices and other tools necessary for the competition.

In preparation for the Championship, the Institute of Innovative Technologies in Business organized an online Skills Camp course, which took place from March 31 to April 4, 2025. The participants were equipped with temporary licenses for the Rational Production software, 2 online meetings were held with IITB experts and materials for self-preparation were provided.
The winners of the international stage of the competition will be eligible to participate in the International Hi-Tech Future Skills Competition, which will be held in November 2025 in Yekaterinburg.
We wish the participants good luck!