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| − | [[Bilderberg 2013 Watford]], The 61st [[Bilderberg]] meeting | + | [[Image:The Grove and golf course Watford geograph.org.uk CCSA-small- 131616.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Grove, Watford England, site of Bilderberg 2013]][[Bilderberg 2013 Watford]], The 61st [[Bilderberg]] meeting took place from 6-9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK. Around 140 participants from 21 European and North American countries attended.<ref name="Bilderberg2013">[http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meeting_2013.html Meeting 2013], bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 3 June 2013.</ref> |
==Agenda== | ==Agenda== | ||
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*[[Thomas Enders]], CEO, [[EADS]]. | *[[Thomas Enders]], CEO, [[EADS]]. | ||
*[[J. Michael Evans]], United States, Vice Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs & Co.]] | *[[J. Michael Evans]], United States, Vice Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs & Co.]] | ||
| − | *[[Ulrik Federspiel]], | + | *[[Ulrik Federspiel]], Denmark, Executive Vice President, [[Haldor Topsøe]] A/S. |
*[[Martin S. Feldstein]], United States, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER. | *[[Martin S. Feldstein]], United States, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER. | ||
*[[François Fillon]], France, Former Prime Minister. | *[[François Fillon]], France, Former Prime Minister. | ||
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*[[Lilli Gruber]], Italy, Journalist - Anchorwoman, La 7 TV. | *[[Lilli Gruber]], Italy, Journalist - Anchorwoman, La 7 TV. | ||
*[[Luis de Guindos]], Spain, Minister of Economy and Competitiveness. | *[[Luis de Guindos]], Spain, Minister of Economy and Competitiveness. | ||
| − | *[[Stuart Gulliver]], Great Britain, Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc. | + | *[[Stuart Gulliver]], Great Britain, Group Chief Executive, [[HSBC]] Holdings plc. |
| − | *[[Felix Gutzwiller]],Switzerland,Member of the Swiss Council of States. | + | *[[Felix Gutzwiller]], Switzerland,Member of the Swiss Council of States. |
| − | *[[Victor Halberstadt]], Netherlands, Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary | + | *[[Victor Halberstadt]], Netherlands, Professor of Economics, [[Leiden University]]; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings. |
*[[Olli Heinonen]], Senior Fellow, [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]], Harvard Kennedy School of Government. | *[[Olli Heinonen]], Senior Fellow, [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]], Harvard Kennedy School of Government. | ||
*[[Simon Henry]], Great Britain, CFO, [[Royal Dutch Shell]] plc. | *[[Simon Henry]], Great Britain, CFO, [[Royal Dutch Shell]] plc. | ||
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*[[Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.]], United States, Managing Director, [[Lazard Freres & Co.]] LLC. | *[[Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.]], United States, Managing Director, [[Lazard Freres & Co.]] LLC. | ||
*[[Robert D. Kaplan]], United States, Chief Geopolitical Analyst, [[Stratfor]]. | *[[Robert D. Kaplan]], United States, Chief Geopolitical Analyst, [[Stratfor]]. | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Alex Karp]], United States, Founder and CEO, [[Palantir Technologies]]. |
| − | *[[John Kerr]], Great Britain, Independent Member, House of Lords. | + | *[[John Kerr]], Great Britain, Independent Member, [[House of Lords]]. |
*[[Henry A. Kissinger]], United States, Chairman, [[Kissinger Associates]], Inc. | *[[Henry A. Kissinger]], United States, Chairman, [[Kissinger Associates]], Inc. | ||
*[[Klaus Kleinfeld]], United States, Chairman and CEO, [[Alcoa]]. | *[[Klaus Kleinfeld]], United States, Chairman and CEO, [[Alcoa]]. | ||
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*[[Christine Lagarde]], Managing Director, [[International Monetary Fund]]. | *[[Christine Lagarde]], Managing Director, [[International Monetary Fund]]. | ||
*[[Kurt J. Lauk]], Germany, Chairman of the Economic Council to the [[CDU]], Berlin. | *[[Kurt J. Lauk]], Germany, 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 | + | *[[Lawrence Lessig]], United States, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School; Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, [[Harvard University]] |
*[[Thomas Leysen]], Belgium, Chairman of the Board of Directors, [[KBC Group]]. | *[[Thomas Leysen]], Belgium, Chairman of the Board of Directors, [[KBC Group]]. | ||
*[[Christian Lindner]], Germany, Party Leader, [[Free Democratic Party]] (FDP NRW) | *[[Christian Lindner]], Germany, Party Leader, [[Free Democratic Party]] (FDP NRW) | ||
| − | *[[Stefan Löfven]], Sweden, Party Leader, Social Democratic Party (SAP) | + | *[[Stefan Löfven]], Sweden, Party Leader, [[Social Democratic Party]] (SAP) |
*[[Peter Löscher]], Germany, President and CEO, [[Siemens AG]]. | *[[Peter Löscher]], Germany, President and CEO, [[Siemens AG]]. | ||
*[[Peter Mandelson]], Great Britain, Chairman, [[Global Counsel]]; Chairman, [[Lazard International]]. | *[[Peter Mandelson]], Great Britain, Chairman, [[Global Counsel]]; Chairman, [[Lazard International]]. | ||
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*[[Andrew Y. Ng]], United States, Co-Founder, [[Coursera]]. | *[[Andrew Y. Ng]], United States, Co-Founder, [[Coursera]]. | ||
*[[Jorma Ollila]], Finland, Chairman, [[Royal Dutch Shell]], plc. | *[[Jorma Ollila]], Finland, Chairman, [[Royal Dutch Shell]], plc. | ||
| − | *[[David Omand]], Great Britain, Visiting Professor, King's College London | + | *[[David Omand]], Great Britain, Visiting Professor, [[King's College London]] |
*[[George Osborne]], Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer. | *[[George Osborne]], Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer. | ||
*[[Emanuele Ottolenghi]], United States, Senior Fellow, [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] | *[[Emanuele Ottolenghi]], United States, Senior Fellow, [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] | ||
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*[[Eric E. Schmidt]], United States, Executive Chairman, [[Google]] Inc. | *[[Eric E. Schmidt]], United States, Executive Chairman, [[Google]] Inc. | ||
*[[Rudolf Scholten]], Austria, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, [[Oesterreichische Kontrollbank]] AG. | *[[Rudolf Scholten]], Austria, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, [[Oesterreichische Kontrollbank]] AG. | ||
| − | *[[ António José Seguro]], Secretary General, [[Socialist Party]]. | + | *[[António José Seguro]], Portugal, Secretary General, [[Socialist Party]]. |
*[[Jean-Dominique Senard]], France, CEO, [[Michelin Group]]. | *[[Jean-Dominique Senard]], France, CEO, [[Michelin Group]]. | ||
*[[Kristin Skogen Lund]], Norway, Director General, [[Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise]]. | *[[Kristin Skogen Lund]], Norway, Director General, [[Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise]]. | ||
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*[[Galen G. Weston]], Canada, Executive Chairman, [[Loblaw Companies Limited]]. | *[[Galen G. Weston]], Canada, Executive Chairman, [[Loblaw Companies Limited]]. | ||
*[[Shirley Williams|Shirley Williams of Crosby]], Great Britain, Member, House of Lords. | *[[Shirley Williams|Shirley Williams of Crosby]], Great Britain, Member, House of Lords. | ||
| − | *[[Martin H. Wolf]], Great Britain, Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times | + | *[[Martin H. Wolf]], Great Britain, Chief Economics Commentator, ''The Financial Times'' |
*[[James D. Wolfensohn]], United States, Chairman and CEO, [[Wolfensohn and Company]]. | *[[James D. Wolfensohn]], United States, Chairman and CEO, [[Wolfensohn and Company]]. | ||
*[[David Wright (Barclays)|David Wright]], Great Britain, Vice Chairman, [[Barclays]] plc. | *[[David Wright (Barclays)|David Wright]], Great Britain, Vice Chairman, [[Barclays]] plc. | ||
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==External resources== | ==External resources== | ||
| + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22815900 Cameron to attend 'secretive' Bilderberg meeting], ''BBC News'', 7 June 2013. | ||
| + | *Sarah Butcher, [http://www.businessinsider.com/bankers-who-attend-bilderberg-2013-6 7 Bankers Who Never Miss The Most Secretive, Annual Meeting Of The World's Rich And Powerful], ''Business Insider'', 3 June 2013 | ||
| + | *Tom Griffin, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/component/k2/item/5501-bilderberg-2013 Bilderberg 2013], ''Spinwatch'', 6 June 2013 | ||
*Matthew Holehouse, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10095943/Osborne-Clarke-and-Balls-to-attend-Bilderberg-Group-meeting.html Osborne, Clarke and Balls to attend Bilderberg Group meeting], telegraph.co.uk, 3 June 2013. | *Matthew Holehouse, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10095943/Osborne-Clarke-and-Balls-to-attend-Bilderberg-Group-meeting.html Osborne, Clarke and Balls to attend Bilderberg Group meeting], telegraph.co.uk, 3 June 2013. | ||
| + | *Matthew Holehouse, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10102168/Bilderberg-Group-No-conspiracy-just-the-most-influential-group-in-the-world.html Bilderberg Group? No conspiracy, just the most influential group in the world], telegraph.co.uk, 6 June 2013. | ||
| + | *Harry Phibbs, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/06/now-that-it-is-no-longer-secret-is-the-bilderberg-group-losing-its-cachet.html Now that it is no longer secret, is the Bilderberg Group losing its cachet?], ''ConservativeHome'', 8 June 2013. | ||
| + | *Dorothy Thornhill, [http://dorothythornhill.mycouncillor.org.uk/2013/06/11/a-reflection-post-bilderberg-conference-in-watford/ A reflection post Bilderberg conference in Watford], mycouncillor.org.uk, 11 June 2013. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:44, 23 June 2013
Bilderberg 2013 Watford, The 61st Bilderberg meeting took place from 6-9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK. Around 140 participants from 21 European and North American countries attended.[1]
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[1]
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.
- Jeff 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.
- Espen Barth Eide, Norway, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Börje Ekholm, Sweden, President and CEO, Investor AB.
- Thomas Enders, CEO, EADS.
- J. Michael Evans, United States, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Ulrik Federspiel, Denmark, Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S.
- Martin S. Feldstein, United States, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER.
- François Fillon, France, Former Prime Minister.
- Mark C. Fishman, , United States, President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
- Douglas J. Flint, Great Britain, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
- Paul Gallagher, Ireland, Senior Counsel.
- Timothy F. Geithner, United States, Former Secretary of the Treasury
- Michael Gfoeller, United States, Political Consultant.
- Donald E. Graham, United States, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company.
- Ulrich Grillo, Germany, CEO, Grillo-Werke AG.
- Lilli Gruber, Italy, Journalist - Anchorwoman, La 7 TV.
- Luis de Guindos, Spain, Minister of Economy and Competitiveness.
- Stuart Gulliver, Great Britain, Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc.
- Felix Gutzwiller, Switzerland,Member of the Swiss Council of States.
- Victor Halberstadt, Netherlands, Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings.
- Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
- Simon Henry, Great Britain, CFO, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
- Paul Hermelin, France, Chairman and CEO, Capgemini Group.
- Pablo Isla, Spain, Chairman and CEO, Inditex Group.
- Kenneth M. Jacobs, United States, Chairman and CEO, Lazard.
- James A. Johnson, United States, Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners.
- Thomas J. Jordan, Switzerland, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank.
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., United States, Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC.
- Robert D. Kaplan, United States, Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor.
- Alex Karp, United States, Founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies.
- John Kerr, Great Britain, Independent Member, House of Lords.
- Henry A. Kissinger, United States, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
- Klaus Kleinfeld, United States, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa.
- Klaas H.W. Knot, Netherlands, President, De Nederlandsche Bank.
- Mustafa V. Koç, Turkey, Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
- Roland Koch, Germany, CEO, Bilfinger SE.
- Henry R. Kravis, United States,Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Marie-Josée Kravis, United States, Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute
- André Kudelski, Switzerland, Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group.
- Ulysses Kyriacopoulos, Greece, Chairman, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A.
- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund.
- Kurt J. Lauk, Germany, 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
- Thomas Leysen, Belgium, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group.
- Christian Lindner, Germany, Party Leader, Free Democratic Party (FDP NRW)
- Stefan Löfven, Sweden, Party Leader, Social Democratic Party (SAP)
- Peter Löscher, Germany, President and CEO, Siemens AG.
- Peter Mandelson, Great Britain, Chairman, Global Counsel; Chairman, Lazard International.
- Jessica T. Mathews, United States, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Frank McKenna, Canada, Chair, Brookfield Asset Management.
- John Micklethwait, Great Britain, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist.
- Thierry de Montbrial, France, President, French Institute for International Relations.
- Mario Monti, Italy, Former Prime Minister.
- Craig J. Mundie, United States, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation.
- Alberto Nagel, Italy, CO, Mediobanca.
- H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.
- Andrew Y. Ng, United States, Co-Founder, Coursera.
- Jorma Ollila, Finland, 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
- Soli Özel, Turkey, Senior Lecturer, Kadir Has University; Columnist, Habertürk Newspaper.
- Alexis Papahelas,Greece, Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper.
- Şafak Pavey, Turkey, Member of Parliament (CHP).
- Valérie Pécresse, France, Member of Parliament (UMP).
- Richard N. Perle, United States, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.
- David H. Petraeus, United States, General, U.S. Army (Retired).
- Paulo Portas, Portugal, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
- J. Robert S. Prichard, Canada, Chair, Torys LLP.
- Viviane Reding, Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission.
- Heather M. Reisman, Canada, CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
- Hélène Rey, France, Professor of Economics, London Business School
- Simon Robertson, Great Britain, Partner, Robertson Robey Associates LLP; Deputy Chairman, HSBC Holdings.
- Gianfelice Rocca, Italy, Chairman, Techint Group.
- Jacek Rostowski,Poland, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.
- Robert E. Rubin, United States, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
- Mark Rutte, Netherlands, Prime Minister.
- Andreas Schieder, Austria, State Secretary of Finance
- Eric E. Schmidt, United States, Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
- Rudolf Scholten, Austria, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG.
- António José Seguro, Portugal, Secretary General, Socialist Party.
- Jean-Dominique Senard, France, CEO, Michelin Group.
- Kristin Skogen Lund, Norway, 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.
- Martin Taylor, Great Britain, Former Chairman, Syngenta AG
- Tidjane Thiam, Group CEO, Prudential plc.
- Peter A.Thiel, President, Thiel Capital.
- Craig B. Thompson, President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- Jakob Haldor Topsøe, Denmark, Partner, AMBROX Capital A/S.
- Jutta Urpilainen, Finland, Minister of Finance.
- Daniel L. Vasella, Honorary Chairman, Novartis AG
- Peter R. Voser, Great Britain, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
- Brad Wall, Canada, Premier of Saskatchewan.
- Jacob Wallenberg, Sweden, Chairman, Investor AB.
- Kevin Warsh, United States, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
- Galen G. Weston, Canada, Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited.
- Shirley Williams of Crosby, Great Britain, Member, House of Lords.
- Martin H. Wolf, Great Britain, Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
- James D. Wolfensohn, United States, Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company.
- David Wright, Great Britain, Vice Chairman, Barclays plc.
- Robert B. Zoellick, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics.[1]
External resources
- Cameron to attend 'secretive' Bilderberg meeting, BBC News, 7 June 2013.
- Sarah Butcher, 7 Bankers Who Never Miss The Most Secretive, Annual Meeting Of The World's Rich And Powerful, Business Insider, 3 June 2013
- Tom Griffin, Bilderberg 2013, Spinwatch, 6 June 2013
- Matthew Holehouse, Osborne, Clarke and Balls to attend Bilderberg Group meeting, telegraph.co.uk, 3 June 2013.
- Matthew Holehouse, Bilderberg Group? No conspiracy, just the most influential group in the world, telegraph.co.uk, 6 June 2013.
- Harry Phibbs, Now that it is no longer secret, is the Bilderberg Group losing its cachet?, ConservativeHome, 8 June 2013.
- Dorothy Thornhill, A reflection post Bilderberg conference in Watford, mycouncillor.org.uk, 11 June 2013.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meeting 2013, bilderbergmeetings.org, accessed 3 June 2013.
