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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Convergence: The myth of the insurmountable divide between the European Union and the
United States”. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Boston’s Northeastern University where
he studied Political Science and International Affairs.
Jeremy RIFKIN
Jeremy Rifkin is an American economic and social theorist, author, and advisor to heads of state
around the world. Mr. Rifkin is ranked 123 in the WorldPost / HuffingtonPost 2015 global
survey of "The World's Most Influential Voices." Mr. Rifkin is also listed among the top 10 most
influential economic thinkers in the survey.
Mr. Rifkin is the author of 20 books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on
the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment that have been translated into over
35 languages.
Mr. Rifkin has been an advisor to the European Union since 2000. He has advised the past three
presidents of the European Commission and their leadership teams – President Romano Prodi,
President Jose-Manuel Barroso, and the current President Jean-Claude Juncker. Rifkin has also
served as an advisor to the leadership of the European Parliament and numerous heads of
state, including Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France,
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain.
Mr. Rifkin is currently advising both the leadership of the European Union and the People’s
Republic of China. His book, The Third Industrial Revolution, has become their blueprint for
addressing climate change and creating a smart, sustainable, digital global economy. Mr. Rifkin
is a principal architect of the European Union’s Third Industrial Revolution economic
development plan to transform the world’s largest economy into a post-carbon smart digital
society. Mr. Rifkin’s Third Industrial Revolution vision has also been adopted by the People’s
Republic of China as a centerpiece of its long-term economic development strategy.
Mr. Rifkin is the President of the TIR Consulting Group, LLC comprising many of the leading
renewable energy companies, electricity transmission companies, construction companies,
architectural firms, IT and electronics companies, and transport and logistics companies. His
global economic development team is working with cities, regions, and national governments
to develop the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure for a Collaborative Commons and a Third
Industrial Revolution. The TIR Consulting Group LLC is currently working with the regions of
Hauts-de-France (the third largest region in France), the twenty-three municipalities of the
Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and The Hague, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the
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