Bilderberg 2009 Vouliagmeni
The 57th Bilderberg meeting was held in Vouliagmeni, Greece on 14 - 17 May 2009.[1]
Agenda
According to the Bilderberg website, the meeting's agenda covered the following items:
- Governments and Markets
- After the G-20: Role of Institutions
- Protectionism: How Serious
- Cyberterrorism: Policy and Strategy
- Sustainability: Post Kyoto Challenges
- Iraq: Role and Responsibilities in the Region
- Pakistan and Afghanistan
- A New Order: US and the World
- Lessons from a Crisis
- Challenge to Market Economies and Democracies
- New Imperialisms: Russia - China
- Current Affairs: How does Industry see the Future[2]
List of Participants
- Honorary Chairman Etienne Davignon, Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel
- Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
- Keith B. Alexander, Director, National Security Agency, USA
- George Alogoskoufis, Member of Parliament, Greece
- Roger C. Altman, Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
- Takis Arapoglou, Chairman and CEO, National Bank of Greece
- Ali Babacan, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey
- Dora Bakoyannis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece.
- Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister, Portugal
- Nicolas Baverez, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Franco Bernabè, CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
- Jan Björklund, Minister for Education; Leader of the Liberal Party, Sweden
- Christoph Blocher, Former Swiss Counselor; Former Chairman and CEO, EMS-Group
- Alexandre Bompard, CEO, Europe 1
- Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
- Oscar Bronner, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
- Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA
- Juan Luis Cebrián, CEO, PRISA
- Luc Coene, Vice Governor, National Bank of Belgium
- Timothy C. Collins, Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
- George A. David, Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
- Richard Dearlove, Master, Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Annna Diamantopoulou, Member of Parliament, Greece
- Mario Draghi, Governor, Banca d'Italia
- Nicholas N. Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Anders Eldrup, President, DONG A/S
- John Elkann, Chairman, EXOR S.p.A.; Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
- Thomas Enders, CEO, Airbus SAS
- José Manuel Entrecanales, Chairman, Acciona
- Werner Faymann, Federal Chancellor, Austria
- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
- Dermot Gleeson, Chairman, AIB Group
- Donald E. Graham, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
- Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
- Ernst M.H. Hirsch Ballin, Minister of Justice, Netherlands
- Richard C. Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Jan H.M. Hommen, Chairman, ING N.V.
- Jaap G. de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO
- James A. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
- Jyrki Katainen, Minister of Finance, Finland
- John M. Keane, Senior Partner, SCP Partners; General, US Army, Retired
- Muhtar Kent, President and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
- John Kerr, Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Eckart von Klaeden, Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU
- Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Alcoa Inc.
- Mustafa V. Koç, Chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş.
- Roland Koch, Prime Minister of Hessen
- Sami Kohen, Senior Foreign Affairs Columnist, Milliyet
- Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Marie-Josée Kravis Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
- Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, European Commission
- Ulysses Kyriacopoulos, Chairman and Board member of subsidiary companies of the S&B Group
- Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, France
- Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization
- Manuela Ferreira Leite, Leader, PSD, Portugal.
- Bernardino León Gross, General Director of the Presidency of the Spanish Government
- Peter Löscher, CEO, Siemens AG
- Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, UK
- Phillipe Maystadt, President, European Investment Bank
- Frank McKenna, Former Ambassador to the US, Canada
- John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
- Thierry de Montbrial, President, French Institute for International Relations
- Mario Monti, President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
- Miguel A. Moratinos Cuyaubé, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
- Craig J. Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
- Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University
- Egil Myklebust, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA
- Matthias Nass, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
- H.M. the Queen of the Netherlands
- Juan María Nin Génova, President and CEO, La Caixa
- Denis Olivennes, CEO and Editor in Chief, Le Nouvel Observateur
- Jorma Ollila, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK
- Frédéric Oudéa, CEO, Société Générale
- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Former Minister of Finance, Italy; President of Notre Europe
- Alexis Papahelas, Journalist, Kathimerini
- Dimitris Papalexopoulos, Managing Director, Titan Cement Co. S.A.
- Yannis Papathanasiou, Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece.
- Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- H.R.H. Prince Philippe, Belgium
- Manuel Pinho, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Portugal
- Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, Bruegel
- J. Robert S. Prichard, President and CEO, Metrolinx
- Romano Prodi, Chairman, Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation
- Hanna Rajalahti, Managing Editor, Talouselämä
- Heather M. Reisman, Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
- Eivind Reiten, President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
- Michael Ringier, Chairman, Ringier AG
- David Rockefeller, Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
- Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, New York University
- Suzan Sabanci Dinçer, Chairman, Akbank
- Indira V. Samarasekera, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
- Rudolf Scholten, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
- Domenico Siniscalco, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley International
- Pedro Solbes, Vice-President of Spanish Government; Minister of Economy and Finance
- H.M. the Queen of Spain
- James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
- Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Yannis Stournaras, Research Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).
- Peter D. Sutherland, Chairman, BP plc and Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
- Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, IEA
- Martin J. Taylor, Chairman, Syngenta International AG
- Peter A. Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Leader of The Social Democratic Party, Denmark
- Thomas Thune Andersen, Partner and CEO, Maersk Oil
- Andreas Treichl, Chairman and CEO, Erste Group Bank AG
- Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
- Loukas Tsoukalis, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
- Agah Uǧur, CEO, Borusan Holding
- Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister, Finland
- Daniel L. Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
- Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, USA
- Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB
- Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman, SEB
- Nout Wellink, President, De Nederlandsche Bank
- Hans Wijers, Chairman, AkzoNobel NV
- Martin H. Wolf, Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
- James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
- Paul Wolfowitz, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Robert B. Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group[3]
Rapporteurs
- Vendeline von Bredow, Business Correspondent, The Economist
- Edward McBride, Business Editor, The Economist[4]
Notes
- ↑ Press release, Bilderberg Meetings, 17 May 2009, bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 6 July 2010.
- ↑ Conferences 2009-1954 - 00's, bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 6 July 2010.
- ↑ Participants, Bilderberg Meetings, Vouliagmeni, Greece 14-17 May 2009, bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 6 July 2010.
- ↑ Participants, Bilderberg Meetings, Vouliagmeni, Greece 14-17 May 2009, bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 6 July 2010.
