Santiago, 14 January 2015
IV Congress of the Future – The 4th Congress of the Future gathers a large number of Nobel Prize winners and world-leading scientists and humanists. It is the main academic and political event organized by the Senate of Chile, the Government of Chile, the Chilean Academy of Sciences, private companies, local media, and civil society. Mr. Rifkin gave the keynote address following remarks by Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, and Isabel Allende, the President of the Senate of Chile. Immediately following his address, Mr. Rifkin engaged in a 2-hour dialogue with President Bachelet and her senior ministers on transitioning the Americas into a zero marginal cost society and Third Industrial Revolution.