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Energy Forum #3
The Hydrogen Economy
Jeremy Rifkin
Monday May 22
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Crystal
City, VA
Jeremy Rikin, Founder and President
of the Foundation
of Economic Trends in
Washington, D.C. is the author of seventeen books
on the impact of scientific 
and technological changes on the economy, the
workforce, society and the environment.
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.
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. Mr. Rifkin served as an advisor
to Romano Prodi when he was president of the European
Commission. In that capacity, he developed the
initial strategic memorandum for the EU outlining
the game plan for a hydrogen infrastructure across
Europe. The plan he outlined was subsequently
accepted by President Prodi and became the basis
for a multi-billion dollar research and development
initiative across the EU to wean Europe off of
fossil fuel dependency, and into renewable energy
and a hydrogen regime.
Mr. Rifkin is now serving as the
principal senior advisor to the leadership group
of the European Parliament on the European Union
Hydrogen Economy Initiative. Mr. Rifkin also advises
the European Commission, the governing body of
the European Union. Mr. Rifkin is also currently
advising Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany,
and Romano Prodi, the newly elected Prime Minister
of Italy on energy and economic related issues.
His position papers for Chancellor Merkel and
Prime Minister Prodi have been placed into official
energy policy for both governments. He is also
an advisor to heads of state around the world.
Event items
Full
announcement
Transcript
(pdf)
Event
Program (pdf)
Further information about
Mr. Rifkin
Curriculum Vitae
Work in Europe
Lecture
Synopsis
Select articles written by Mr. Rifkin
The
Business Case for the Hydrogen Economy
Leading
the Way to a Third Industrial Revolution
Additional resources
Roman
Prodi speech - Washington DC 2003
Energy
Consensus website
Post Event items
Technofix
bubbles of hydrogen and biofuels at Pentagon's
Energy Conversation (pdf)
written by Jan Lunberg of Culture
Change
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Upcoming Event
December
12 - Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Winning the Oil Endgame
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2006 Calendar
March 27 - R. James
Woolsey, Former Director of the CIA -
Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st
Century
April 24 - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Dr.
Robert Hirsch, SAIC
Averting a Liquid Fuels Crisis from "Peak Oil"
May 22 - Jeremy
Rifkin -
The Hydrogen Economy
June 20 - Matt Simmons
- Twilight in the Desert
July 17 - Dr. Michael
Pacheco and Suzanne Hunt - Biofuels' Potential,
Risks and Implications - National and Global Perspectives
Sept 18 - Retired Navy
Admiral Frank L. "Skip" Bowman (USN, Retired)
- Nuclear Energy 2006: Status and Outlook
October 16 - Scott Sklar
and Dr. Robert Birkmire - Solar: Photovoltaic
Advance in System Application for Critical Functions..
November 13 - Brian Appel,
Changing World Technologies, Inc. -
Thinking Differently About Energy Sources - A
Paradigm Shift - From Waste To Fuel
December
12 - Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute -
Winning the Oil Endgame
2007 Calendar
January 16- Charles R. Zimmerman, Walmart - Why
the World's Largest Retailer is so Obsessed with
Energy.
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