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Dr. Geoffrey Blanford Electric Power Research Institute 3420 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto 94304 USA Ph.: +1 650 8552126  E-mail: gblanford@epri.com Url: www.epri.com

Dr. Geoffrey Blanford is Program Manager for EPRI's research on Global Climate Change Policy Costs and Benefits. The program conducts analysis of the economic and environmental implications of domestic and international climate policy proposals, with emphasis on the principles of efficient policy design, the role of technology, and the value of R&D. Dr. Blanford's research activities include development of the MERGE model for integrated assessment and its application to issues such as technology policy and international climate agreements.
Before joining EPRI, Dr. Blanford worked for the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) and the Energy Modeling Forum at Stanford University, and at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, MD. He has served as an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Dr. Blanford earned a BA degree in mathematics from Yale University and an MS degree in operations research from Columbia University. He received a PhD degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Massimo Tavoni Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Corso Magenta 63 20123 Milano Italy E-mail: massimo.tavoni@feem.it Url: www.feem.it

Dr. Massimo Tavoni is research associate at the Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University and senior researcher at FEEM. His research is about energy and climate change economics. He focuses on the evaluation of international climate mitigation policies, with a focus on technological evolution and uncertainty, and the role of tropical deforestation. He is also interested in the consumption patterns of environmentally stressful goods, especially in countries in economic transition. Massimo holds a Laurea cum Laude in Engineering from the University of Bologna, an MSc in Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Political Economics from the Catholic University of Milan.

Dr. Bob van der Zwaan Energy research Centre of the Netherlands ECN - Policy Studies Department P.O. Box 56890 1040 AW Amsterdam The Netherlands Ph.: +31-(0)224-56 44 42 E-mail: vanderzwaan@ecn.nl Url: www.ecn.nl

Dr. Bob van der Zwaan is senior scientist at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN, Amsterdam) and Columbia University's Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (Earth Institute, New York). He held positions at Harvard University (BCSIA), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM), Stanford University (CISAC), and the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), and was trained in economics (MPhil, 1997, University of Cambridge, King’s College), physics (PhD, 1995, CERN and University of Nijmegen; MSc, 1991, University of Utrecht), and international relations (Certificate, 1994, IUHEI, University of Geneva). His current research interest covers the fields of energy policy and environmental economics, climate change, technological innovation, and science and world affairs. He is (co-)author of about 90 articles in a score of different international peer-reviewed scientific journals. He published two refereed monographs, contributed chapters to several books, and is co-editor of two peer-reviewed volumes on energy and sustainable development. He is a member of the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.