The paper presents the results of the implementation of a pilot project for a largescale professional development of 1000+ academics from 100+ Russian Universities at the International Computer Science CPD Center in National Research Tomsk State University. The training was fully implemented online in three educational areas: “Research & development in IT", "Advanced teaching & learning technologies", and "Academic programs of a new generation”. In addition, the workshops called “End-to-End Digital Transformation Days” and two International Conferences on IT were organized. The programs on each track included the performance of individual and group projects. A special course "Key faculty competencies in the context of the academic program life cycle: Foresight-ForecastConceive-Design-Implement-Operate" was offered. The idea of the course is borrowed from the evolution of well-known CDIO approach to engineering education. The course objective was to develop competencies of academic staff of various positions for productive teamwork in university system of division of labor.