A NEW WAVE OF MINISTERS · SERGEY TSIVILEV
The energy of thought, technologies still to be developed and the question of who will control AI. Twelve clips from two speeches.
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Choose an idea ↓Robotics, digitalisation and AI increase energy demand. Energy availability shapes national development and living standards.
Russian Energy Week 2025: engineering education · 01:23–01:58
Diplomatrutube ↗ · published 25.10.2025
Natural resources alone are insufficient. People must be able to turn knowledge into working solutions.
Russian Energy Week 2025: engineering education · 01:58–02:28
Diplomatrutube ↗ · published 25.10.2025
Technological change has accelerated. Energy systems must respond to that pace and to new demand.
Open lecture · 15:09–15:42
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Electric vehicles, data centres and digital currency require electricity. Physical availability and affordability become conditions for development.
Open lecture · 15:42–16:39
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
A technology emerges, peaks and becomes obsolete. Focusing only on today's solutions risks falling behind.
Open lecture · 20:34–21:05
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Develop new capabilities early so that key technologies are mastered when they become economically viable.
Open lecture · 21:05–21:44
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Tsivilev describes an engineer's qualities through the ability to create and work for people's benefit.
Open lecture · 11:49–12:10
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
How many people, with which specialisations and skills, will the sector need, in which years and regions?
Russian Energy Week 2025: engineering education · 04:02–04:35
Diplomatrutube ↗ · published 25.10.2025
Knowledge can produce results while students are still at school. Tsivilev gives the example of young patent authors.
Open lecture · 13:36–14:10
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Reading the industry's history and studying earlier generations' experience helps identify solutions to today's challenges.
Open lecture · 28:57–29:40
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Who controls whom, and whose interests does AI serve? Tsivilev assigns responsibility for the system's design to the engineer.
Open lecture · 39:47–40:14
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
Tsivilev's example of a robotic facility covering feeding, milking, cleaning and health monitoring, with four people per shift.
Open lecture · 44:59–45:41
Russian Znanie Society ↗ · published 18.11.2025
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Sources: Sergey Tsivilev's open lecture on the Russian Znanie Society channel and his engineering-education speech at Russian Energy Week 2025, published by Diplomatrutube. Card descriptions are editorial; subtitles are provided by YouTube.
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