[[Bilderberg]] MEETING 2018 **Published:** 5/27/2018 **Source:** [[Bilderberg]] Meetings Website **Author(s):** n/a **Archived URL:** https://web.archive.org/web/20190527215844/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/press/press-release/press-release **Tags:** #Bilderberg > [!abstract] > ## Abstract: > **The 66th [[Bilderberg]] Meeting to take place from 7 - 10 June 2018 in Turin, Italy** ### My Notes - Paste --- >[!info] #### Full Text **The 66th [[Bilderberg]] Meeting to take place from 7 - 10 June 2018 in Turin, Italy** TURIN, 5 JUNE 2018 –The 66th [[Bilderberg]] Meeting is set to take place from 7 - 10 June 2018 in Turin, Italy. As of today, 131 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media has been invited. The list of participants is available on www.bilderbergmeetings.org. The key topics for discussion this year include: - Populism in Europe - The inequality challenge - The future of work - Artificial intelligence - The US before midterms - Free trade - US world leadership - Russia - Quantum computing - Saudi Arabia and Iran - The “post-truth” world - Current events 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, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. 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 conference is a forum for informal discussions about major issues facing the world. 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 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 desired outcome, no minutes are taken and no report is written. Furthermore, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued. Media Contact: media[@]bilderbergmeetings.org ## Participants **CHAIRMAN STEERING COMMITTEE** Castries, Henri de (FRA), Chairman, Institut Montaigne **PARTICIPANTS** Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman Supervisory Board, [[Deutsche Bank]] AG; Treasurer, Foundation [[Bilderberg]] Meetings Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group Alesina, Alberto (ITA), Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Economics, Harvard University Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore Amorim, Paula (PRT), Chairman, Américo Amorim Group Anglade, Dominique (CAN), Deputy Premier of Quebec; Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation Applebaum, Anne (POL), Columnist, Washington Post; Professor of Practice, London School of Economics Azoulay, Audrey (INT), Director-General, UNESCO Baker, James H. (USA), Director, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), President, Temaris & Associés Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, [[European Commission]] Beerli, Christine (CHE), Former Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross Berx, Cathy (BEL), Governor, Province of Antwerp Beurden, Ben van (NLD), CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc Blanquer, Jean-Michel (FRA), Minister of National Education, Youth and Community Life Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander Bouverot, Anne (FRA), Board Member; Former CEO, Morpho Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA Brende, Børge (INT), President, [[World Economic Forum]] Brennan, Eamonn (IRL), Director General, Eurocontrol Brnabic, Ana (SRB), Prime Minister Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Burwell, Sylvia M. (USA), President, American University Caracciolo, Lucio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, Limes Carney, Mark J. (GBR), Governor, Bank of England Castries, Henri de (FRA), Chairman, Institut Montaigne; Chairman, Steering Committee [[Bilderberg]] Meetings Cattaneo, Elena (ITA), Director, Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, University of Milan Cazeneuve, Bernard (FRA), Partner, August Debouzy; Former Prime Minister Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, El País Champagne, François-Philippe (CAN), Minister of International Trade Cohen, Jared (USA), Founder and CEO, Jigsaw at Alphabet Inc. Colao, Vittorio (ITA), CEO, Vodafone Group Cook, Charles (USA), Political Analyst, The Cook Political Report Dagdeviren, Canan (TUR), Assistant Professor, [[MIT Media Lab]] Donohoe, Paschal (IRL), Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chairman and CEO, [[Axel Springer SE]] Ecker, Andrea (AUT), Secretary General, Office Federal President of Austria Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General, Ministry of the Armed Forces Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE Fallows, James (USA), Writer and Journalist Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA Ferguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Fischer, Stanley (USA), Former Vice-Chairman, Federal Reserve; Former Governor, Bank of Israel Gilvary, Brian (GBR), Group CFO, [[BP]] plc Goldstein, Rebecca (USA), Visiting Professor, New York University Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor "Otto e mezzo", La7 TV Hajdarowicz, Greg (POL), Founder and President, Gremi International Sarl Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Chairman Foundation [[Bilderberg]] Meetings Hassabis, Demis (GBR), Co-Founder and CEO, [[DeepMind]] Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation; Former European Commissioner Helgesen, Vidar (NOR), Ambassador for the Ocean Herlin, Antti (FIN), Chairman, KONE Corporation Hickenlooper, John (USA), Governor of Colorado Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC Hodgson, Christine (GBR), Chairman, Capgemini UK plc [[Reid Hoffman]], (USA), Co-Founder, [[LinkedIn]]; Partner, Greylock Partners Horowitz, Michael C. (USA), Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Hwang, Tim (USA), Director, Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, [[Palantir]] Technologies [[Index 📚/Person/Henry Kissinger]], A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. Köcher, Renate (DEU), Managing Director, Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University Kragic, Danica (SWE), Professor, School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; President, American Friends of [[Bilderberg]] Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group Lepomäki, Elina (FIN), MP, National Coalition Party Leyen, Ursula von der (DEU), Federal Minster of Defence Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group Makan, Divesh (USA), CEO, ICONIQ Capital Massolo, Giampiero (ITA), Chairman, Fincantieri Spa.; President, ISPI Mazzucato, Mariana (ITA), Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London Mead, Walter Russell (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute Michel, Charles (BEL), Prime Minister Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist Mitsotakis, Kyriakos (GRC), President, New Democracy Party Mota, Isabel (PRT), President, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Moyo, Dambisa F. (USA), Global Economist and Author Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates Neven, Hartmut (USA), Director of Engineering, [[Google]] Inc. Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The [[The Wall Street Journal]] Oettinger, Günther H. (INT), Commissioner for Budget & Human Resources, [[European Commission]] O'Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C. O'Neill, Onora (GBR), Emeritus Honorary Professor in Philosophy, University of Cambridge Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard Özkan, Behlül (TUR), Associate Professor in International Relations, Marmara University Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Company S.A. Parolin, H.E. Pietro (VAT), Cardinal and Secretary of State Patino, Bruno (FRA), Chief Content Officer, Arte France TV Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute Pichette, Patrick (CAN), General Partner, iNovia Capital Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chairman and CEO, Total S.A. Pring, Benjamin (USA), Co-Founder and Managing Director, Center for the Future of Work Rankka, Maria (SWE), CEO, Stockholm [[Chamber of Commerce]] Ratas, Jüri (EST), Prime Minister Rendi-Wagner, Pamela (AUT), MP (SPÖ); Former Minister of Health Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party Rossi, Salvatore (ITA), Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Italy Rubesa, Baiba A. (LVA), CEO, RB Rail AS Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chairman Emeritus, [[Council on Foreign Relations]]; Former Treasury Secretary Rudd, Amber (GBR), MP; Former Secretary of State, Home Department Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister Sabia, Michael (CAN), President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Sadjadpour, Karim (USA), Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Sáenz de Santamaría, Soraya (ESP), Deputy Prime Minister Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland Simsek, Mehmet (TUR), Deputy Prime Minister Skartveit, Hanne (NOR), Political Editor, Verdens Gang Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, [[NATO]] Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. 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