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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
In addition to his role at FREE, Dr. Byrne is Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy
and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP) at the University of
Delaware. CEEP’s graduate program is ranked among the three best in the field. As well, he
holds an appointment as Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Energy at the Daegu
Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, a new university created by South Korea to
lead its plan for green energy technology and policy development.
Dr. Byrne is a founding member of and serves on the board the International Solar Cities
Initiative – a pioneering program to assist cities around the world in building sustainable
futures. He has served on the National Council for Science and the Environment (U.S.) and
advised the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, coordinated by the U.S. EPA.
He received a Fulbright Senior Lecturer/ Researcher Award to teach environmental policy at the
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, and to conduct research
on a National Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy for the Korea Energy Economics Institute.
Dr. Byrne has been recognized by the Chinese government for his expertise in energy and
environmental policy and his name appears on China’s foreign expert registry. He is an advisor
to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and also the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI in India) and the Korea Energy Economics Institute, among
others. His work has been funded by the World Bank, UNEP, the Blue Moon Fund, the Chinese
Academy of Science, the Energy Research Institute of China’s National Development and
Reform Commission, the Korea Energy Economics Institute, the Korea Institute of Science &
Technology, the Green Technology Center–Korea, The Energy Research Institute (TERI, New
Delhi, India), the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the U.S. EPA, among others. He has published 17 books and
over 160 research articles.
Michael CASEY
Michael Casey is, among other roles, a senior advisor for blockchain opportunities at the MIT
Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative and an advisor to the Agentic Group. At MIT, he is
seeking to build awareness around digital currencies and the underlying blockchain technology,
helping to shape scholarship around the topic and exploring dedicated research projects that
use this emerging technology to achieve social impact goals. At Agentic, he is engaged in realworld,
early-stage deployments of that technology.
Before joining MIT in 2015, Michael was a senior columnist covering global finance at The Wall
Street Journal. In a career spanning five continents, he covered currencies, bonds, equities and
economic policy for The Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and various other media outlets. He
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