Bilderberg 2013 Watford

Bilderberg 2013 Watford, 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.

Agenda

• 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

Participants

• Chairman, Henri de Castries, France, Chairman and CEO, AXA Group.
• Paul M. Achleitner, Germany, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG.
• Josef Ackermann, Germany, Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.
• Marcus Agius, Great Britain, Former Chairman, Barclays plc.
• Helen Alexander, Great Britain, Chairman, UBM plc.
• Roger C. Altman, United States, Executive Chairman, Evercore Partners.
• Matti Apunen, Finland, Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA.
• Susan Athey, United States, Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business.
• Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Turkey, Columnist, Milliyet Newspaper.
• Ali Babacan, Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs.
• Edward M. Balls, Great Britain, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portugal, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA
• Nicolas Barré, France, Managing Editor, Les Echos
• José M. Durão Barroso, President, European Commission.
• Nicolas Baverez, France, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Olivier de Bavinchove, Commander, Eurocorps.
• John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford.
• Franco Bernabè, Italy, Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
• Jef Bezos, United States, Founder and CEO, Amazon.com.
• Carl Bildt, Sweden, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
• Anders Borg, Sweden, Minister for Finance.
• Jean François van Boxmeer, Netherlands, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Heineken N.V.
• Svein Richard Brandtzæg, Norway, President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
• Oscar Bronner, Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt.
• Peter Carrington, Great Britain, Former Honorary Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings.
• Juan Luis Cebrián, Spain, Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA.
• W. Edmund Clark, President and CEO, TD Bank Group.
• Kenneth Clarke, Great Britain, Member of Parliament.
• Bjarne Corydon, Denmark, Minister of Finance.
• Sherard Cowper-Coles, Business Development Director, International, BAE Systems plc
• Enrico Tommaso Cucchiani, Italy, CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
• Etienne Davignon, Belgium, Minister of State; Former Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings
• Ian Davis, Great Britain, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company.
• Robbert H. Dijkgraaf, Netherlands, Director and Leon Levy Professor, Institute for Advanced Study
• Haluk Dinçer, Turkey, President, Retail and Insurance Group, Sabancı Holding A.S.
• Robert Dudley, Great Britain, Group Chief Executive, BP plc
• Nicholas N. Eberstadt, United States, 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
• Henry A. Kissinger, United States, 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.
• Chrstine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund.
• DEU Lauk, Kurt J. Chairman of the Economic Council to the CDU, Berlin
• Lawrence Lessig, United States, 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
• Peter Mandelson, Great Britain, 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
• Mario Monti, Italy, 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
• David Omand, great Britain, Visiting Professor, King's College London
• George Osborne, Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• Emanuele Ottolenghi, United States, 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)
• Richard N. Perle, United States, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• David H. Petraeus, United States, 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
• Robert E. Rubin, United States, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
• NLD Rutte, Mark Prime Minister
• AUT Schieder, Andreas State Secretary of Finance
• Eric E. Schmidt, United States, 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
• Anne-Marie Slaughter, United States, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Peter D. Sutherland, Ireland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International.
• GBR Taylor, Martin Former Chairman, Syngenta AG
• INT Thiam, Tidjane Group CEO, Prudential plc
• Peter A.Thiel, 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
• Martin H. Wolf, Great Britain, 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