> [!abstract] Abstract for 2023 Bilderberg Meeting > **The 69th [[Bilderberg]] meeting took place 18 - 21 May in Lisbon, Portugal** > **Published:** [[05-18-2023]] > **Archived URL:** <https://archive.ph/27eeu> > **Tags:** #Bilderberg # Full Text **69th [[Bilderberg]] Meeting to take place 18 - 21 May in Lisbon, Portugal** LISBON, 18 May 2023 – The 69th [[Bilderberg]] Meeting will take place from 18 – 21 May 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. About 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia, labour and the media has been invited. The list of participants is available on [bilderbergmeetings.org](https://archive.ph/o/27eeu/www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2023/participants-2023 "Participants 2023"). The key topics for discussion this year are: - •AI - •Banking System - •China - •Energy Transition  - •Europe - •Fiscal Challenges - •India  - •Industrial Policy and Trade - •[[NATO]] - •Russia - •Transnational Threats - •[Ukraine](Ukraine.md)  - •US Leadership Founded in 1954, the [[Bilderberg]] Meeting is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, between 120-140 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, labour, academia and the media are invited to take part in the Meeting. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; approximately a quarter from politics and government and the rest from other fields. The [[Bilderberg]] Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues. The meetings are held under the [[Chatham House]] Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed. Thanks to the private nature of the Meeting, the participants take part as individuals rather than in any official capacity, and hence are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken and no policy statements are issued. Media contact: media[@]bilderbergmeetings.org ## Participants ### Lisbon, 18 - 21 May 2023 [[Index 📚/Person/Stacey Abrams|Abrams, Stacey]] (USA), *CEO, Sage Works Production* Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), *Chair, Global Advisory Board, [[Deutsche Bank]] AG* Agrawal, Ajay (CAN), *Professor of Economics, University of Toronto* Albares, José Manuel (ESP), *Minister of Foreign Affairs* Altman, Sam (USA), *CEO, [[OpenAI]]* Alverà, Marco (ITA), *Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO TES* Andersson, Magdalena (SWE), *Leader, Social [[Democratic Party]]* Applebaum, Anne (USA), *Staff Writer, [[The Atlantic]]* Arnaut, José Luís (PRT), M_anaging Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut_ Attal, Gabriel (FRA), *Minister for Public Accounts* Balsemão, Francisco Pinto (PRT), *Chair, Impresa Group* Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), *Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS* Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), *Chair, International Advisors, Goldman Sachs* Baudson, Valérie (FRA), *CEO, Amundi SA* Beaune, Clément (FRA), *Minister for Transport* Benson, Sally (USA), *Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University* Beurden, Ben van (NLD), *Special Advisor to the Board, Shell plc* Borg, Anna (SWE), *President and CEO, Vattenfall AB* Borrell, Josep (INT), *Vice President, [[European Commission]]* Botín, Ana P. (ESP), *Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SA* Bourla, Albert (USA), *Chair and CEO, [[Pfizer]] Inc.* Braathen, Kjerstin (NOR), *CEO, DNB ASA* Brende, Børge (NOR), *President, [[World Economic Forum]]* Brink, Dolf van den (NLD), *CEO, Heineken NV* Brudermüller, Martin (DEU), *CEO, BASF SE* Buberl, Thomas (FRA), *CEO, AXA SA* Byrne, Thomas (IRL), *Minister for Sport and Physical Education* Carney, Mark (CAN), *Chair, Brookfield Asset Management* Cassis, Ignazio (CHE), *Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs* Castries, Henri de (FRA), *President, Institut Montaigne* Cavoli, Christopher (INT), *Supreme Allied Commander Europe* Ceylan, Mehmet Fatih (TUR), *President, Ankara Policy Center* Chhabra, Tarun (USA), *Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council* Creuheras, José (ESP), *Chair, Grupo Planeta and Atresmedia* Debackere, Koenraad (BEL), *Chair, KBC Group NV* Deese, Brian (USA), *Former Director, National Economic Council* Donohoe, Paschal (INT), *President, Eurogroup* Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), *Chair and CEO, [[Axel Springer SE]]* Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, *Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency* Economy, Elizabeth (USA), *Senior Advisor for China, Department of Commerce* Ehrnrooth, Henrik (FIN), *Chair, Otava Group* Émié, Bernard (FRA), *Director General for External Security, Ministry of the Armed Forces* Empoli, Giuliano da (ITA), *Political Scientist and Writer, Sciences Po* Entrecanales, José M. (ESP), *Chair and CEO, Acciona SA* Eriksen, Øyvind (NOR), *President and CEO, Aker ASA* Ferguson, Niall (USA), *Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Stanford University* Fleming, Jeremy (GBR), *Former Director, GCHQ* Frederiksen, Mette (DNK), *Prime Minister* Freeland, Chrystia (CAN), *Deputy Prime Minister* Garijo, Bélen (DEU), *Chair and CEO, Merck KGaA* Gentiloni, Paolo (INT), *Commissioner for Economy, [[European Commission]]* Gonzáles Pons, Esteban (ESP), *Vice Chair, European People's Party* Gosset-Grainville, Antoine (FRA), *Chair, AXA* Goulimis, Nicky (GRC), *Board Member and Co-Founder, Nova Credit Inc.* Griffin, Kenneth (USA), *Founder and CEO, Citadel LLC* Gruber, Lilli (ITA), *Anchor, La7 TV* Gürkaynak, Refet (TUR), *Professor of Economics, Bilkent University* Haines, Avril D. (USA), *Director of National Intelligence* Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), *Professor of Economics, Leiden University* Hassabis, Demis (GBR), *CEO, [[DeepMind]]* Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), *Chair, KR Foundation* Hofreiter, Anton (DEU), *MP; Chair Committee on European Affairs* Holzen, Madeleine von (CHE), *Editor-in-Chief, Le Temps* Jensen, Kristian (DNK), *CEO, Green Power Denmark* Joshi, Shashank (GBR), *Defence Editor, The Economist* Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), *Minister of Finance; Deputy Prime Minister* Karp, Alex (USA), *CEO, [[Palantir]] Technologies Inc.* Kasparov, Garry (USA), *Chair, Renew Democracy Initiative* Kieli, Kasia (POL), *President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery Poland* Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), *Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.* Koç, Ömer (TUR), *Chair, Koç Holding AS* Kolesnikov, Andrei (INT), *Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace* Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), *President, Polish Business Roundtable* Kotkin, Stephen (USA), *Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University* Kravis, Henry R. (USA), *Co-Chairman, KKR & Co. Inc.* Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), *Chair, The Museum of Modern Art* Kudelski, André (CHE), *Chair and CEO, Kudelski Group SA* Kuleba, Dmytro (UKR), *Minister of Foreign Affairs* Lammy, David (GBR), *Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, House of Commons* Leysen, Thomas (BEL), *Chair, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chair DSM-Firmenich AG* Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), *Chair, IFRS Foundation Trustees* Looney, Bernard (GBR), *CEO, [[BP]] plc* Marin, Sanna (FIN), *Prime Minister* Metsola, Roberta (INT), *President, European Parliament* Micklethwait, John (USA), *Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP* Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), *Editor-in-Chief, The Economist* Moreira, Duarte (PRT), *Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Zeno Partners* Moyo, Dambisa (GBR), *Global Economist; Member, House of Lords* Mundie, Craig J. (USA), *President, Mundie & Associates LLC* Nadella, Satya (USA), *CEO, [[Microsoft]] Corporation* O'Leary, Michael (IRL), *Group CEO, Ryanair Group* Orida, Deborah (CAN), *President and CEO, PSP Investments* Özel, Soli (TUR), *Professor, Kadir Has University* Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), *Chair, TITAN Cement Group; Treasurer [[Bilderberg]] Meetings* Philippe, Édouard (FRA), *Mayor, Le Havre* Pottinger, Matthew (USA), *Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution* Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), *Chair and CEO, [[TotalEnergies]] SE* Rachman, Gideon (GBR), *Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times* Rappard, Rolly van (NLD), *Co-Founder and Co-Chair, CVC Capital Partners* Reynders, Didier (INT), *European Commissioner for Justice* Röttgen, Norbert (DEU), *MP, German Bundestag* Rutte, Mark (NLD), *Prime Minister* Salomon, Martina (AUT), *Editor-in-Chief, Kurier* Sawers, John (GBR), *Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.* Schadlow, Nadia (USA), *Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute* Schallenberg, Alexander (AUT), *Minister for European and International Affairs* Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), *Former CEO and Chair, [[Google]] LLC* Schmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), *Head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks* Sebastião, Nuno (PRT), *Chair and CEO, Feedzai* Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), *MEP, European Parliament* Silva, Filipe (PRT), *CEO, Galp* Stilwell de Andrade, Miguel (PRT), *CEO, EDP* Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), *Secretary General, [[NATO]]* Subramanian, Arvind (INT), *Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Brown University* Tellis, Ashley J. (USA), *Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment* Thiel, Peter (USA), *President, Thiel Capital LLC* Tsu, Jing (USA), *Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University* Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), *Minister of State for Security* Vadera, Shriti (GBR), *Chair, Prudential plc* Vassilakis, Eftichios (GRC), *Chair, Aegean Group* Waldron, John (USA), *President and COO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.* Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, *Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB* Wennink, Peter (NLD), *President and CEO, ASML Holding NV* Wright, Thomas (USA), *Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council* Yang, Yuan (GBR), *Europe-China Correspondent, Financial Times* Yergin, Daniel (USA), *Vice Chair, S&P Global* Yinanç, Barçin (TUR), *Journalist, T24 News Website*