Jeremy Rifkin
President, Foundation on Economic Trends, USA
Key - Note Speaker at ENERGY International Forum 2010, November 22-24, The Dorchester Hotel, London
At the 5th ENERGY International Forum organized by Forum Invest in London, November 22-24, 2010, Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, USA, is key-note speaker during the “RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISIS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH” conference session.
Jeremy Rifkin has been an advisor to the European Union for the past decade. Mr. Rifkin is advising the government of Spain during its presidency of the European Union (January 1st – June 30, 2010). Mr. Rifkin also served as an adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister Jose Socrates of Portugal and Prime Minister Janez Janša of Slovenia, during their respective European Council Presidencies, on issues related to the economy, climate change and energy security. He currently advises the European Commission, the European Parliament, and several EU heads of state, including Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain.
Mr. Rifkin is the principle architect of the European Union’s Third Industrial Revolution long-term economic sustainability plan to address the triple challenge of the global economic crisis, energy security, and climate change. The Third Industrial Revolution was formally endorsed by the European Parliament in 2007 and is now being implemented by various agencies within the European Commission as well as in the 27 member-states.
