Ξεκίνησε στη Δρέσδη η συνεδρίαση των μελών της λέσχης Μπίλντεμπεργκ.
Στην 64η συνάντηση της λέσχης Μπίλντεμπεργκ θα συμμετέχουν 125 άτομα από 20 χώρες, ανάμεσά τους και τρεις Έλληνες:
- Λογοθέτης Γιώργος, Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Libra Group
- Μητσοτάκης Κυριάκος, Πρόεδρος της ΝΔ
- Παπαλεξόπουλος Δημήτρης, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Τιτάν
Εκτός των τριών, το παρόν στη συνεδρίαση δίνουν δύο πρωθυπουργοί, 4 ΥΠΟΙΚ, ο πρώην ΥΠΕΞ των ΗΠΑ Χένρι Κίσινγκερ, η επικεφαλής του ΔΝΤ Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ, ο αντιπρόεδρος της Κομισιόν Φρανς Τίμερμανς, ο πρώην πρόεδρος της Ευρωπαϊκής επιτροπής Μανουέλ Μπαρόζο, αλλά και πρώην επικεφαλής της CIA και της βρετανικής MI6.
Οπως κάθε χρόνο έτσι και φέτος μια ομάδα πολιτικών ηγετών και ανθρώπων από τη βιομηχανία, τον τραπεζικό τομέα, την ακαδημαϊκή κοινότητα και τα ΜΜΕ έχουν προσκληθεί προκειμένου να συμμετάσχουν στις συζητήσεις που θα γίνουν κατά το τριήμερο 9 με 12 Ιουνίου πάνω σε θέματα όπως η Κίνα, η Ευρώπη (μετανάστευση, ανάπτυξη, μεταρρύθμιση, όραμα, ενότητα), η Μέση Ανατολή, η Ρωσία, το πολιτικό τοπίο στις ΗΠΑ αλλά και η οικονομία τους (ανάπτυξη, χρέος, μεταρρυθμίσεις), ασφάλεια στο Ιντερνετ, Γεωπολιτική της ενέργειας και του εμπορίου, ανασφάλεια και μεσαία τάξη και τεχνολογικές καινοτομίες.
Η τελική λίστα των συμμετεχόντων, όπως αυτή έχει αναρτηθεί στη σελίδα της λέσχης, bilderbergmeetings.org, έχει ως εξής:
- Castries, Henri de (FRA), Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
- Aboutaleb, Ahmed (NLD), Mayor, City of Rotterdam
- Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
- Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group
- Ahrenkiel, Thomas (DNK), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
- Albuquerque, Maria Luís (PRT), Former Minister of Finance; MP, Social Democratic Party
- Alierta, César (ESP), Executive Chairman and CEO, Telefónica
- Altman, Roger C. (USA), Executive Chairman, Evercore
- Altman, Sam (USA), President, Y Combinator
- Andersson, Magdalena (SWE), Minister of Finance
- Applebaum, Anne (USA), Columnist Washington Post; Director of the Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute
- Apunen, Matti (FIN), Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
- Aydin-Düzgit, Senem (TUR), Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Istanbul Bilgi University
- Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), CEO, Artemis
- Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Former President of the European Commission
- Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Bengio, Yoshua (CAN), Professor in Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal
- Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH
- Bernabè, Franco (ITA), Chairman, CartaSi S.p.A.
- Beurden, Ben van (NLD), CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Blanchard, Olivier (FRA), Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute
- Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander
- Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
- Breedlove, Philip M. (INT), Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Brende, Børge (NOR), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País
- Charpentier, Emmanuelle (FRA), Director, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
- Coeuré, Benoît (INT), Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Costamagna, Claudio (ITA), Chairman, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
- Cote, David M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
- Cryan, John (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Bank AG
- Dassù, Marta (ITA), Senior Director, European Affairs, Aspen Institute
- Dijksma, Sharon A.M. (NLD), Minister for the Environment
- Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE
- Dyvig, Christian (DNK), Chairman, Kompan
- Ebeling, Thomas (DEU), CEO, ProSiebenSat.1
- Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman and CEO, EXOR; Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
- Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus Group
- Engel, Richard (USA), Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
- Fabius, Laurent (FRA), President, Constitutional Council
- Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe A/S
- Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA
- Ferguson, Niall (USA), Professor of History, Harvard University
- Flint, Douglas J. (GBR), Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
- Garicano, Luis (ESP), Professor of Economics, LSE; Senior Advisor to Ciudadanos
- Georgieva, Kristalina (INT), Vice President, European Commission
- Gernelle, Etienne (FRA), Editorial Director, Le Point
- Gomes da Silva, Carlos (PRT), Vice Chairman and CEO, Galp Energia
- Goodman, Helen (GBR), MP, Labour Party
- Goulard, Sylvie (INT), Member of the European Parliament
- Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator
- Grillo, Ulrich (DEU), Chairman, Grillo-Werke AG; President, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
- Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV
- Hadfield, Chris (CAN), Colonel, Astronaut
- Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University
- Harding, Dido (GBR), CEO, TalkTalk Telecom Group plc
- Hassabis, Demis (GBR), Co-Founder and CEO, DeepMind
- Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investment, LLC
- Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
- Höttges, Timotheus (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard
- Jäkel, Julia (DEU), CEO, Gruner + Jahr
- Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners
- Jonsson, Conni (SWE), Founder and Chairman, EQT
- Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
- Kaeser, Joe (DEU), President and CEO, Siemens AG
- Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies
- Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG
- Kerr, John (GBR), Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power
- Kherbache, Yasmine (BEL), MP, Flemish Parliament
- Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
- Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
- Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
- Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
- Levin, Richard (USA), CEO, Coursera
- Leyen, Ursula von der (DEU), Minister of Defence
- Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group
- Logothetis, George (GRC), Chairman and CEO, Libra Group
- Maizière, Thomas de (DEU), Minister of the Interior, Federal Ministry of the Interior
- Makan, Divesh (USA), CEO, ICONIQ Capital
- Malcomson, Scott (USA), Author; President, Monere Ltd.
- Markwalder, Christa (CHE), President of the National Council and the Federal Assembly
- McArdle, Megan (USA), Columnist, Bloomberg View
- 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
- Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance
- Mundie, Craig J. (USA), Principal, Mundie & Associates
- Murray, Charles A. (USA), W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)
- Noonan, Michael (IRL), Minister for Finance
- Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
- O'Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair Plc
- Ollongren, Kajsa (NLD), Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam
- Özel, Soli (TUR), Professor, Kadir Has University
- Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co.
- Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute
- Philippe, Edouard (FRA), Mayor of Le Havre
- Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister of Justice
- Ratti, Carlo (ITA), Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
- Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
- Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister
- Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
- Schäuble, Wolfgang (DEU), Minister of Finance
- Schieder, Andreas (AUT), Chairman, Social Democratic Group
- Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.
- Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Schwab, Klaus (INT), Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
- Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Simsek, Mehmet (TUR), Deputy Prime Minister
- Sinn, Hans-Werner (DEU), Professor for Economics and Public Finance, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Skogen Lund, Kristin (NOR), Director General, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
- Standing, Guy (GBR), Co-President, BIEN; Research Professor, University of London
- Svanberg, Carl-Henric (SWE), Chairman, BP plc and AB Volvo
- Thiel, Peter A. (USA), President, Thiel Capital
- Tillich, Stanislaw (DEU), Minister-President of Saxony
- Vetterli, Martin (CHE), President, NSF
- Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation
- Wallenberg, Jacob (SWE), Chairman, Investor AB
- Weder di Mauro, Beatrice (CHE), Professor of Economics, University of Mainz
- Wolf, Martin H. (GBR), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times