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Jeremy Rifkin

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Global Technologist, Futurist &

Authority on Global Economic & Environmental Trends

Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends which examines the economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy. He is the author of seventeen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, 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.

Mr. Rifkin advised the government of France during its presidency of the European Union (July 1st to December 31st, 2008). Mr. Rifkin also served as an adviser to 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 Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.

In his newest international bestseller, The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream, Mr. Rifkin argues that while the great American Dream is fading, a powerful new European Dream is beginning to capture the attention and imagination of the world. The nascent European Dream, says Rifkin is, in many respects, the mirror opposite of the American Dream, but far better suited to meet the challenges of a globalizing society in the 21st century. Rifkin draws on more than twenty years of personal experience working in Europe, where he has advised heads of state and political parties, consulted with Europe's leading companies, and helped spur grass-roots, environmental and social justice campaigns.

In his 2002 international bestseller, The Hydrogen Economy, Rifkin takes us on an eye-opening journey into the next great commercial era in history. He envisions the dawn of a new economy powered by hydrogen that will fundamentally change the nature of our market, political and social institutions, just as coal and steam power did at the beginning of the industrial age. The 2004 revised edition of his 1995 international best-seller, The End of Work, is widely credited with helping shape the current global debate on technology displacement, corporate downsizing and the future of jobs. Mr. Rifkin's 2000 international bestseller, The Age of Access, explores the vast changes occurring in the capitalist system as it makes the transition from geographic markets to e-commerce networks and from industrial to cultural production. His 1998 international bestseller, The Biotech Century, addresses the many critical issues accompanying the new era of genetic commerce and is the most widely read book in the world on the biotech revolution.

Mr. Rifkin holds a degree in economics from the WhartonSchool of the University of Pennsylvania, and a degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at TuftsUniversity. Rifkin speaks frequently before government, business, labor and civic forums. He has lectured at more than 200 universities in some 25 countries in the past 30 years. Since 1994, Mr. Rifkin has been a fellow at the WhartonSchool's Executive Education Program, where he lectures to CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on new trends in science and technology and their impacts on the global economy, society and the environment. Mr. Rifkin's monthly column on global issues appears in many of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian in the U.K., Die Süddeutsche Zeitung in Germany, Le Soir and Knack in Belgium, L'Espresso in Italy, El País in Spain, Informatíon in Denmark, De Volkskrant in the Netherlands, Hospodárské Noviny in the Czech Republic, Wort in Luxembourg, Eesti Päevaleht in Estonia, Trud in Bulgaria, Clarín in Argentina, and Al-Ittihad in the U.A.E.

Rifkin has been influential in shaping public policy in the United States and around the world. He has testified before numerous congressional committees and has had consistent success in litigation to ensure responsible government policies on a variety of environmental, scientific and technology related issues. He has been a frequent guest on numerous television programs, including CNN's Crossfire, Face the Nation, The Lehrer News Hour, 20/20, Larry King Live, Today, and Good Morning America. The National Journal named Rifkin as one of 150 people in the U.S. that have the most influence in shaping federal government policy.

Mr. Rifkin has been called upon by many of the world's leading Fortune 500 companies, and hundreds of governments, civil society organizations, and universities over the past thirty five years. Mr. Rifkin's presentations are interdisciplinary in nature, and cover a wide range of topics pertaining to the challenges and opportunities of globalization in the 21st century.

Program Topics

The Hydrogen Economy: Making the Transition to the Third Industrial Revolution and a New Energy Era - Jeremy Rifkin is the author of the international best seller, "The Hydrogen Economy", which has been translated into fourteen languages. It is the most widely read book in the world on the future of renewable energy and the hydrogen economy. In his presentation on "The Hydrogen Economy," Mr. Rifkin takes us on an eye-opening journey into the next great commercial era in history. He envisions the dawn of a new economy powered by hydrogen that will fundamentally change the nature of our market, political and social institutions, just as coal and steam power did at the beginning of the industrial age.

The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Offering an Alternative Model to the American Dream - Jeremy Rifkin is the author of the international best seller, "The European Dream," which has been translated into eighteen languages. The book won the prestigious Corine International Book Prize in Germany in 2005 as best economic book of the year. Mr. Rifkin's lecture presentation delves into the many features of the nascent European Dream. For more than two centuries the world has looked to the American Dream for inspiration and guidance. Now, a newly emerging European Dream is beginning to offer an alternative to the American vision. The European Dream represents a new chapter in world history. It is the first attempt at creating a global consciousness, befitting a globalizing economy. Mr. Rifkin will explore the political, social, and cultural aspects of the fledgling European Dream and its implications for the business community and society.

The Age of Access: The Shift from Markets to Networks and the Rethinking of Commerce in the 21st Century - Jeremy Rifkin is the author of the international best seller, "The Age of Access," which has been translated into fourteen languages. Mr. Rifkin's lecture, "The Age of Access", will focus on the profound changes taking place in the global economy with particular emphasis on the new economic models that are beginning to fundamentally change the way we do business. A great change is occurring in the nature of commerce, although, as yet, it has gone largely undetected and unexamined by the media. The new information and telecommunications technologies, e-commerce and globalization are making possible a new economic era as different from market capitalism as the latter is dissimilar from mercantilism. In the new century, markets are slowly giving way to network ways of conducting business, with far-reaching implications for the future of society.

The Future of Work: Rethinking Employment in the 21st Century - Jeremy Rifkin is the author of "The End of Work," the international bestseller that has been translated into sixteen languages. The book is widely credited with helping shape the current global debate on technology displacement, corporate downsizing, outsourcing, global labor mobility, and the future of jobs. Mr. Rifkin's presentation will focus on the vast changes taking place in the nature of employment, as the world makes the shift from mass wage labor to small, highly educated, elite workforces, working side by side with increasingly intelligent, cheap and efficient automated technologies. We are entering a new phase in history - one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. Just as the steam engine replaced slave labor in the 19th century, the new intelligent technologies of the IT, biotech, and nanotechnology revolutions are fast replacing mass wage labor in the 21st century. Worldwide unemployment is now at the highest level

The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World - Mr. Rifkin is the author of The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World. The book, an international bestseller, has been translated into more than twenty one languages and is the most widely read book on biotechnology in the world. In his presentation, Mr. Rifkin will explore, in detail, the great shift into the biotech century. After more than forty years of running on parallel tracks, the information and life sciences are beginning to fuse into a single powerful technological and economic force that is laying the foundation for the Biotech Century. The computer is increasingly being used to decipher, manage and organize the vast genetic information that is the raw resource of the new global economy. Already, transnational corporations are creating giant life-science complexes from which to fashion a bio-industrial world.

Educating Youth for a Global Era - Introducing service learning and experiential education into schools and colleges to prepare youth for working and living in a diverse, multicultural world