Jeremy Rifkin is the author of The New York Times best selling book, "The Third Industrial Revolution"; how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world. 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 is a senior lecturer at the Wharton School"s Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania and the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C.