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Dr Jae Edmonds
Jae Edmonds is a Chief Scientist and Laboratory Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) Joint
Global Change Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Dr. Edmonds is the principal investigator for the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program to Address Climate Change,
an international, public-private research collaboration. His research in the areas of long-term, global, energy, economy,
and climate change spans three decades, during which time he published several books, numerous scientific papers and
made countless presentations. His most recent book, “Global Energy Technology Strategy, Addressing Climate Change”,
distils more than a decade of research on the role of technology in addressing climate change. Dr. Edmonds has served in
the capacity of Lead Author on every major IPCC assessment to date and presently serves on the IPCC Steering Committee
on “New Integrated Scenarios”. He serves on numerous panels and advisory boards related to energy, technology, the
economy and climate change. His received his Ph.D. in the field of Economics from Duke University in 1975.
Dr Steven Fries
Steven Fries took up the position of Chief Economist of Royal Dutch Shell plc in July 2006, where he is responsible for
advising the group on global economic developments and on economic policy issues that affect its operations and strategy.
He also holds a visiting professorship in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford and a William Golding
Senior Fellowship at Brasenose College, Oxford. Prior to joining Royal Dutch Shell plc, he was Deputy Chief Economist
and Acting Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Dr. Fries began his professional
career as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He earned a D.Phil. in Economics at the University of Oxford
after receiving a B.Sc. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Fries has published
extensively on the post-communist economic transition in Eastern Europe and on financial reform and development.
Dr Dolf Gielen
Dolf Gielen is a Senior Analyst working in the Energy Technology Policy Division of the International Energy Agency
in Paris since 2002. He is currently head for the Energy Technology Perspectives project of the Agency. In 2007 he coauthored
Tracking Industrial Energy Use and CO 2
Emissions, an IEA publication in the framework of the G8 Dialogue on
Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development.
He received his PhD from Delft University of Technology. From 1992 till 2000 he worked for the Energy Research Centre
of the Netherlands (ECN). From 2000 to 2002 he stayed as a visiting scientist at the Japanese National Institute for
Environmental Sciences (NIES).
Dr David Greene
A Corporate Fellow in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Energy and Transportation Science Division, David Greene
has spent 30 years researching transportation energy and environmental policy issues for the federal government. Dr.
Greene has authored or co-authored more than two hundred professional publications, including over seventy-five articles
in refereed journals. He was the first Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transportation and Statistics and serves on the
editorial boards of Energy Policy and Transportation Research D. He was a lead author for the Second, Third and Fourth
Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a lead author for the IPCC report on Aviation
and the Global Atmosphere. Dr. Greene earned a B.A. degree from Columbia University in 1971, an M.A. from the
University of Oregon in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins
University in 1978. In recognition of his service to the National Research Council, Dr. Greene was designated a lifetime
National Associate of the U.S. National Academies. A 20-year member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, David
Greene was the recipient of the SAE’s 2007 Barry D. McNutt Award for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis.
Professor Henry Jacoby
Henry D. Jacoby is Professor of Management in the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the M.I.T.
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, which is a world leader in integration of the natural and
social sciences and policy analysis in application to the threat of global climate change. He is director of the design
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