61st Bilderberg conference to take place on 6-9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK
Hertfordshire, 3 June 2013 – The 61st Bilderberg meeting is set to take place from 6 until 9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK. A total of around 140 participants from 21 European and North American countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media have been invited.
The key topics for discussion this year include:
• Can the US and Europe grow faster and create jobs?
• Jobs, entitlement and debt
• How big data is changing almost everything
• Nationalism and populism
• US foreign policy
• Africa’s challenges
• Cyber warfare and the proliferation of asymmetric threats
• Major trends in medical research
• Online education: promise and impacts
• Politics of the European Union
• Developments in the Middle East
• Current affairs
Current list of Participants
Status 3 June 2013
Chairman
| FRA | Castries, Henri de | Chairman and CEO, AXA Group |
| DEU | Achleitner, Paul M. | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG |
| DEU | Ackermann, Josef | Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd |
| GBR | Agius, Marcus | Former Chairman, Barclays plc |
| GBR | Alexander, Helen | Chairman, UBM plc |
| USA | Altman, Roger C. | Executive Chairman, Evercore Partners |
| FIN | Apunen, Matti | Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA |
| USA | Athey, Susan | Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| TUR | Aydıntaşbaş, Aslı | Columnist, Milliyet Newspaper |
| TUR | Babacan, Ali | Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs |
| GBR | Balls, Edward M. | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| PRT | Balsemão, Francisco Pinto | Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA |
| FRA | Barré, Nicolas | Managing Editor, Les Echos |
| INT | Barroso, José M. Durão | President, European Commission |
| FRA | Baverez, Nicolas | Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
| FRA | Bavinchove, Olivier de | Commander, Eurocorps |
| GBR | Bell, John | Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford |
| ITA | Bernabè, Franco | Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A. |
| USA | Bezos, Jeff | Founder and CEO, Amazon.com |
| SWE | Bildt, Carl | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| SWE | Borg, Anders | Minister for Finance |
| NLD | Boxmeer, Jean François van | Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Heineken N.V. |
| NOR | Brandtzæg, Svein Richard | President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA |
| AUT | Bronner, Oscar | Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt |
| GBR | Carrington, Peter | Former Honorary Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings |
| ESP | Cebrián, Juan Luis | Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA |
| CAN | Clark, W. Edmund | President and CEO, TD Bank Group |
| GBR | Clarke, Kenneth | Member of Parliament |
| DNK | Corydon, Bjarne | Minister of Finance |
| GBR | Cowper-Coles, Sherard | Business Development Director, International, BAE Systems plc |
| ITA | Cucchiani, Enrico Tommaso | CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA |
| BEL | Davignon, Etienne | Minister of State; Former Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings |
| GBR | Davis, Ian | Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company |
| NLD | Dijkgraaf, Robbert H. | Director and Leon Levy Professor, Institute for Advanced Study |
| TUR | Dinçer, Haluk | President, Retail and Insurance Group, Sabancı Holding A.S. |
| GBR | Dudley, Robert | Group Chief Executive, BP plc |
| USA | Eberstadt, Nicholas N. | Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute |
| NOR | Eide, Espen Barth | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| SWE | Ekholm, Börje | President and CEO, Investor AB |
| DEU | Enders, Thomas | CEO, EADS |
| USA | Evans, J. Michael | Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co. |
| DNK | Federspiel, Ulrik | Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S |
| USA | Feldstein, Martin S. | Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER |
| FRA | Fillon, François | Former Prime Minister |
| USA | Fishman, Mark C. | President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research |
| GBR | Flint, Douglas J. | Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc |
| IRL | Gallagher, Paul | Senior Counsel |
| USA | Geithner, Timothy F. | Former Secretary of the Treasury |
| USA | Gfoeller, Michael | Political Consultant |
| USA | Graham, Donald E. | Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company |
| DEU | Grillo, Ulrich | CEO, Grillo-Werke AG |
| ITA | Gruber, Lilli | Journalist – Anchorwoman, La 7 TV |
| ESP | Guindos, Luis de | Minister of Economy and Competitiveness |
| GBR | Gulliver, Stuart | Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc |
| CHE | Gutzwiller, Felix | Member of the Swiss Council of States |
| NLD | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings |
| FIN | Heinonen, Olli | Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| GBR | Henry, Simon | CFO, Royal Dutch Shell plc |
| FRA | Hermelin, Paul | Chairman and CEO, Capgemini Group |
| ESP | Isla, Pablo | Chairman and CEO, Inditex Group |
| USA | Jacobs, Kenneth M. | Chairman and CEO, Lazard |
| USA | Johnson, James A. | Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners |
| CHE | Jordan, Thomas J. | Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank |
| USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC |
| USA | Kaplan, Robert D. | Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor |
| USA | Karp, Alex | Founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies |
| GBR | Kerr, John | Independent Member, House of Lords |
| USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. |
| USA | Kleinfeld, Klaus | Chairman and CEO, Alcoa |
| NLD | Knot, Klaas H.W. | President, De Nederlandsche Bank |
| TUR | Koç, Mustafa V. | Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. |
| DEU | Koch, Roland | CEO, Bilfinger SE |
| USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| USA | Kravis, Marie-Josée | Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute |
| CHE | Kudelski, André | Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group |
| GRC | Kyriacopoulos, Ulysses | Chairman, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. |
| INT | Lagarde, Christine | Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
| DEU | Lauk, Kurt J. | Chairman of the Economic Council to the CDU, Berlin |
| USA | Lessig, Lawrence | Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School; Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University |
| BEL | Leysen, Thomas | Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group |
| DEU | Lindner, Christian | Party Leader, Free Democratic Party (FDP NRW) |
| SWE | Löfven, Stefan | Party Leader, Social Democratic Party (SAP) |
| DEU | Löscher, Peter | President and CEO, Siemens AG |
| GBR | Mandelson, Peter | Chairman, Global Counsel; Chairman, Lazard International |
| USA | Mathews, Jessica T. | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| CAN | McKenna, Frank | Chair, Brookfield Asset Management |
| GBR | Micklethwait, John | Editor-in-Chief, The Economist |
| FRA | Montbrial, Thierry de | President, French Institute for International Relations |
| ITA | Monti, Mario | Former Prime Minister |
| USA | Mundie, Craig J. | Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation |
| ITA | Nagel, Alberto | CEO, Mediobanca |
| NLD | Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of The | |
| USA | Ng, Andrew Y. | Co-Founder, Coursera |
| FIN | Ollila, Jorma | Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc |
| GBR | Omand, David | Visiting Professor, King’s College London |
| GBR | Osborne, George | Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| USA | Ottolenghi, Emanuele | Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
| TUR | Özel, Soli | Senior Lecturer, Kadir Has University; Columnist, Habertürk Newspaper |
| GRC | Papahelas, Alexis | Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper |
| TUR | Pavey, Şafak | Member of Parliament (CHP) |
| FRA | Pécresse, Valérie | Member of Parliament (UMP) |
| USA | Perle, Richard N. | Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute |
| USA | Petraeus, David H. | General, U.S. Army (Retired) |
| PRT | Portas, Paulo | Minister of State and Foreign Affairs |
| CAN | Prichard, J. Robert S. | Chair, Torys LLP |
| INT | Reding, Viviane | Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission |
| CAN | Reisman, Heather M. | CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. |
| FRA | Rey, Hélène | Professor of Economics, London Business School |
| GBR | Robertson, Simon | Partner, Robertson Robey Associates LLP; Deputy Chairman, HSBC Holdings |
| ITA | Rocca, Gianfelice | Chairman,Techint Group |
| POL | Rostowski, Jacek | Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister |
| USA | Rubin, Robert E. | Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury |
| NLD | Rutte, Mark | Prime Minister |
| AUT | Schieder, Andreas | State Secretary of Finance |
| USA | Schmidt, Eric E. | Executive Chairman, Google Inc. |
| AUT | Scholten, Rudolf | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG |
| PRT | Seguro, António José | Secretary General, Socialist Party |
| FRA | Senard, Jean-Dominique | CEO, Michelin Group |
| NOR | Skogen Lund, Kristin | Director General, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise |
| USA | Slaughter, Anne-Marie | Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University |
| IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman, Goldman Sachs International |
| GBR | Taylor, Martin | Former Chairman, Syngenta AG |
| INT | Thiam, Tidjane | Group CEO, Prudential plc |
| USA | Thiel, Peter A. | President, Thiel Capital |
| USA | Thompson, Craig B. | President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| DNK | Topsøe, Jakob Haldor | Partner, AMBROX Capital A/S |
| FIN | Urpilainen, Jutta | Minister of Finance |
| CHE | Vasella, Daniel L. | Honorary Chairman, Novartis AG |
| GBR | Voser, Peter R. | CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc |
| CAN | Wall, Brad | Premier of Saskatchewan |
| SWE | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman, Investor AB |
| USA | Warsh, Kevin | Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| CAN | Weston, Galen G. | Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited |
| GBR | Williams of Crosby, Shirley | Member, House of Lords |
| GBR | Wolf, Martin H. | Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times |
| USA | Wolfensohn, James D. | Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company |
| GBR | Wright, David | Vice Chairman, Barclays plc |
| INT | Zoellick, Robert B. | Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics |
| AUT | Austria | INT International |
| BEL | Belgium | IRL Ireland |
| CAN | Canada | ITA Italy |
| CHE | Switzerland | NLD Netherlands |
| DEU | Germany | NOR Norway |
| DNK | Denmark | POL Poland |
| ESP | Spain | PRT Portugal |
| FIN | Finland | SWE Sweden |
| FRA | France | TUR Turkey |
| GBR | Great Britain | USA United States of America |
| GRC | Greece | |
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