Third Industrial Revolution

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Highlights

 

Mr. Rifkin met with Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the European Parliament on April 15, 2008, to discuss the energy crisis, climate change, and the ushering in of a Third Industrial Revolution. read more >>

Mr. Rifkin was invited by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain to join his “Advisory Committee of Progressive Intellectuals”, an international panel of 14 experts put together to counsel the Spanish Socialist party on issues related to economic growth, energy renewal and social integration.
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Jeremy Rifkin is the author of seventeen best-selling books on the impact of scientific, technological, and cultural changes on the economy, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages and are used in hundreds of universities, corporations and government agencies around the world. more »

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Jeremy Rifkin serves as an advisor to heads of state, governments, and political parties around the world. He currently advises the European Commission and the European Parliament on economic, political, energy and environmental policy. He recently advised Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on economic and energy related issues. more »

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Jeremy Rifkin has been a fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, at the University of Pennsylvania, since 1994. He lectures to CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on global trends in science, technology, and commerce, and their impacts on the economy, society and the environment. Mr. Rifkin is also a senior fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, where he lectures in the Executive Education and MBA programs. more »
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