2024 BILDERBERG MEETING

Madrid, Spain, 30 May – 2 June 2024

Abrams, Stacey (USA), CEO, Sage Works Production
Adeyemo, Adewale (USA), Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury
Adlercreutz, Anders (FIN), Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering
Albares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chair, Evercore Inc.
Alverà, Marco (ITA), Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO, TES
Amodei, Dario (USA), Co-Founder and CEO, Anthropic PBC
Anderlini, Jamil (DEU/USA), Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO Europe
Appathurai, James (INT), Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, NATO
Applebaum, Anne(USA) , Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Auchincloss, Murray (GBR), CEO, BP plc
Aydin, Mustafa (TUR), Professor of International Relations, Kadir Has University
Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS
Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chair International Advisors, Goldman Sachs International
Baudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi SA
Bengio, Yoshua (CAN), Professor in Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal
Bini Smaghi, Lorenzo (ITA), Chair, Societé Générale SA
Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SA
Bourla, Albert (USA), Chair and CEO, Pfizer Inc.
Braathen (NOR), Kjerstin, CEO, DNB ASA
Buschmann, Marco (DEU), Minister of Justice
Calviño, Nadia (INT), President, European Investment Bank
Carney, Mark J. (CAN), Chair, Brookfield Asset Management
Carvalho, Charlene de (NLD), Executive Director, Heineken Holding NV
Castries, Henri de (FRA), President, Institut Montaigne
Castro, Ildefonso (ESP), Secretary International Affairs, Partido Popular
Cavoli, Christopher (INT), Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Champagne, François-Philippe (CAN), Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Chhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, NSC
Chubays, Anatoly B. (RUS/ISR), Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Corydon, Bjarne (DNK), CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Dagbladet Børsen
Coveney, Simon (IRL), Former Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Creuheras, José (ESP), Chair, Grupo Planeta and Atresmedia
Cuerpo, Carlos (ESP), Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business
Daurella Comadrán, Sol (ESP), Chair, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
Della Vigna, Michele (ITA), Head, Natural Resources Research EMEA, Goldman Sachs
Domański, Andrzej, (POL) Minister of Finance
Donohoe, Paschal (INT), President, Eurogroup
Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SE
Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Ek, Daniel (SWE), CEO, Spotify SA
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
Finer, Jonathan (USA), Deputy National Security Advisor
Fontcuberta i Morral (CHE), Anna, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, EPFL
Fraser, Jane (USA), CEO, Citigroup
Gabuev, Alexander, Director (INT), Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Gentiloni, Paolo (INT), European Commissioner for Economy
Gil, Isabel, Rector (PRT), Catholic University of Portugal
Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor, La7 TV
Gruyter, Caroline de (NLD), European Affairs Correspondent, NRC
Gürsel, Kadri (TUR), Journalist, Medyascope
Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor Em. of Economics, Leiden University
Harrington, Kevin (USA), Managing Director, Thiel Capital LLC
Hassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO, Google DeepMind
Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation
Hernández de Cos, Pablo (ESP), Governor, Banco de España
Hobson, Mellody (USA), Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments LLC
Hoekstra, Wopke (INT), European Commissioner for Climate Action
Johansson, Ylva (INT), European Commissioner for Home Affairs
Kaag, Sigrid (INT), Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, UN
Kadri, Ilham (BEL), CEO, Syensqo
Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem (TUR), Schreiber Family Professior of Economics Brown University
Kallas, Kaja (EST), Prime Minister
Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.
Kerameus, Niki (GRC), Minister for the Interior
Kieli, Kasia (POL), President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chair, Koç Holding AS
Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
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
Lander, Eric S. (USA), Founding Director, Broad Institute
Lee, Peter (USA), President, Microsoft Research
Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, dsm-firmenich AG
Lighthizer, Robert (USA), Chair, Center for American Trade
Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation Trustees
Linde, Ann (SWE), Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Luckey, Palmer (USA), Founder, Anduril Industries
Meeus, Tom-Jan (NLD), Journalist, NRC
Mensch, Arthur (FRA), Co-Founder and CEO, Mistral AI
Merz, Friedrich (DEU), Leader, CDU
Michel, Charles (INT), President, European Council
Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP
Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Monti, Mario (ITA), Senator for life
Moreira, Duarte (PRT), Co-Founder and CEO, Zeno Partners
Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)
O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair Group
Pannier-Runacher (FRA), Agnès, State Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture
Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper
Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chair, TITAN Cement Group
Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chair, KKR Global Institute
Philippe, Édouard (FRA), Mayor, Le Havre
Phillips, Richard H. (USA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Pind, Søren (DNK), Founder and CEO, Danish Cyber Defence
Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chair and CEO, TotalEnergies SE
Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
Ramírez, Pedro J. (ESP), Director, El Español
Rendi-Wagner, Pamela (AUT), Director Elect, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Ruiz, José Juan (ESP), Chair, Elcano Royal Institute
Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister
Sawan, Wael (GBR), CEO, Shell plc
Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.
Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chair, Google
Schmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), Head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks
Šefčovič, Maroš (INT), European Commissioner Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
Sewing, Christian (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Bank AG
Sherman, Wendy R. (USA), Former Deputy Secretary of State
Siddall, Evan (CAN), CEO, Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Şimşek, Mehmet (TUR), Minister of Finance
Stephens, Bret (USA), Opinion Columnist, New York Times
Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO
Stubb, Alexander (FIN), President of the Republic
Suleyman, Mustafa (GBR), CEO, Microsoft AI
Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLC
Varadkar, Leo (IRL), Former Prime Minister
Verhoeven, Karel (BEL), Editor-in-Chief, De Standaard
Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
Ward, Jonathan (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Wolf, Martin H. (GBR), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Wright, Thomas (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, NSC
Yläjärvi, Erja (FIN), Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat
Zadrazil, Robert (AUT), Country Manager Austria, UniCredit Group
Zakaria, Fareed (USA), Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS
Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Warner Bros. Discovery International

70th Bilderberg Meeting to take place 30 May – 2 June in Madrid, Spain

MADRID, 30 May 2024 – The 70th Bilderberg Meeting will take place from 30 May – 2 June 2024 in Madrid, Spain. 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.

The key topics for discussion this year are:

• State of AI
• AI Safety
• Changing Faces of Biology
• Climate
• Future of Warfare
• Geopolitical Landscape
• Europe’s Economic Challenges
• US Economic Challenges
• US Political Landscape
• Ukraine and the World
• Middle East
• China
• Russia

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