The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, a secretive conclave of global power brokers, kicked off yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal, with issues on the agenda including transnational threats, artificial intelligence, and America’s leadership in world affairs.

About 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance.

This year’s meeting, the latest in a series that began in 1954, continues to blur the lines between open diplomacy and clandestine elitism as political leaders brush shoulders with industry bigwigs, media barons, and finance tycoons.

As usual, the details of their discussions remain obscured by the “Chatham House Rule,” a protocol that gives participants the discretion to use the information gleaned from the talks but forbids the identification of speakers or participants, ensuring anonymity.

Among the major topics slated for discussion are artificial intelligence, the banking system, energy transition, and industrial policy and trade. Other high-priority issues include the geopolitical landscapes of Europe, China, India, Russia, and Ukraine, along with NATO and America’s global leadership.

The array of globally influential figures includes NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the dynamics of global security cooperation in sharp focus as the war in Ukraine continues with no end in sight.

There’s no shortage of political leaders, including Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, and Finland’s outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who lost an election but continues to serve as part of a caretaker government until a new cabinet is formed.

[Note: There is a known pattern of the NATO Secretary General and heads of state attending Bilderberg meetings.

Wikispooks notes that the top item on the agenda of the 1966 Bilderberg meeting was the reorganising of NATO. Since that meeting, no one has been permanently appointed as NATO Secretary General without first attending at least one meeting of the Bilderberg. 

All Dutch Prime Ministers since 1982 have attended the Bilderberg meetings.

Since 1963, only three UK Prime Ministers have not attended the Bilderberg group; John Major, Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Demonstrating that the most common pattern is to attend a Bilderberg meeting before becoming the leader of a political party.

Both Wikispooks and Public Intelligence have participant lists from nearly every Bilderberg meeting since the first in 1954. Public Intelligence also has a collection of thousands of pages of internal Bilderberg correspondence and meeting reports.]

Also in attendance are Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, Alexander Schallenberg, Austria’s Minister for European and International Affairs, and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

“It seems like an awful lot of senior European politicians to be discussing vital topics such as Ukraine, Russia, and NATO, with such senior NATO officials, and with no press oversight and no press conference,” Skelton told The Epoch Times.

Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, is also on the list of participants, as is Thiel Capital founder Peter Thiel, and John Waldron, president of Goldman Sachs.

Read the full article published by Epoch Times HERE.

Bilderberg Meetings: List of Participants 2023

1. Abrams, Stacey (USA), CEO, Sage Works Production   


2. Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chair, Global Advisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG   


3. Agrawal, Ajay (CAN), Professor of Economics, University of Toronto   


4. Albares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign Affairs   


5. Altman, Sam (USA), CEO, OpenAI   


6. Alverà, Marco (ITA), Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO TES   


7. Andersson, Magdalena (SWE), Leader, Social Democratic Party   


8. Applebaum, Anne (USA), Staff Writer, The Atlantic   


9. Arnaut, José Luís (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut   


10. Attal, Gabriel (FRA), Minister for Public Accounts    


11. Balsemão, Francisco Pinto (PRT), Chair, Impresa Group   


12. Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS   


13. Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chair, International Advisors, Goldman Sachs   


14. Baudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi SA   


15. Beaune, Clément (FRA), Minister for Transport   


16. Benson, Sally (USA), Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University   


17. Beurden, Ben van (NLD), Special Advisor to the Board, Shell plc   


18. Borg, Anna (SWE), President and CEO, Vattenfall AB   


19. Borrell, Josep (INT), Vice President, European Commission   


20. Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SA   


21. Bourla, Albert (USA), Chair and CEO, Pfizer Inc.   


22. Braathen, Kjerstin (NOR), CEO, DNB ASA   


23. Brende, Børge (NOR), President, World Economic Forum   


24. Brink, Dolf van den (NLD), CEO, Heineken NV   


25. Brudermüller, Martin (DEU), CEO, BASF SE   


26. Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA SA   


27. Byrne, Thomas (IRL), Minister for Sport and Physical Education   


28. Carney, Mark (CAN), Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management   


29. Cassis, Ignazio (CHE), Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs   


30. Castries, Henri de (FRA), President, Institut Montaigne   


31. Cavoli, Christopher (INT), Supreme Allied Commander Europe   


32. Ceylan, Mehmet Fatih (TUR), President, Ankara Policy Center   


33. Chhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council   


34. Creuheras, José (ESP), Chair, Grupo Planeta and Atresmedia   


35. Debackere, Koenraad (BEL), Chair, KBC Group NV   


36. Deese, Brian (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council   


37. Donohoe, Paschal (INT), President, Eurogroup   


38. Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SE   


39. Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency   


40. Economy, Elizabeth (USA), Senior Advisor for China, Department of Commerce   


41. Ehrnrooth, Henrik (FIN), Chair, Otava Group   


42. Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General for External Security, Ministry of the Armed Forces   


43. Empoli, Giuliano da (ITA), Political Scientist and Writer, Sciences Po   


44. Entrecanales, José M. (ESP), Chair and CEO, Acciona SA   


45. Eriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASA   


46. Ferguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Stanford University   


47. Fleming, Jeremy (GBR), Former Director, GCHQ   


48. Frederiksen, Mette (DNK), Prime Minister   


49. Freeland, Chrystia (CAN), Deputy Prime Minister   


50. Garijo, Bélen (DEU), Chair and CEO, Merck KGaA   


51. Gentiloni, Paolo (INT), Commissioner for Economy, European Commission   


52. Gonzáles Pons, Esteban (ESP), Vice Chair, European People’s Party   


53. Gosset-Grainville, Antoine (FRA), Chair, AXA   


54. Goulimis, Nicky (GRC), Board Member and Co-Founder, Nova Credit Inc.   


55. Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel LLC   


56. Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Anchor, La7 TV  


57. Gürkaynak, Refet (TUR), Professor of Economics, Bilkent University  


58. Haines, Avril D. (USA), Director of National Intelligence  


59. Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University 


60. Hassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO, DeepMind  


61. Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation  


62. Hofreiter, Anton (DEU), MP; Chair Committee on European Affairs  


63. Holzen, Madeleine von (CHE), Editor-in-Chief, Le Temps  


64. Jensen, Kristian (DNK), CEO, Green Power Denmark  


65. Joshi, Shashank (GBR), Defence Editor, The Economist  


66. Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), Minister of Finance; Deputy Prime Minister  


67. Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.  


68. Kasparov, Garry (USA), Chair, Renew Democracy Initiative  


69. Kieli, Kasia (POL), President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery Poland  


70. Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.  


71. Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chair, Koç Holding AS  


72. Kolesnikov, Andrei (INT), Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  


73. Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business Roundtable  


74. Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University  


75. Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman, KKR & Co. Inc.  


76. Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Chair, The Museum of Modern Art 


77. Kudelski, André (CHE), Chair and CEO, Kudelski Group SA  


78. Kuleba, Dmytro (UKR), Minister of Foreign Affairs  


79. Lammy, David (GBR), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, House of Commons  


80. Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chair DSM-Firmenich AG  


81. Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation Trustees  


82. Looney, Bernard (GBR), CEO, BP plc  


83. Marin, Sanna (FIN), Prime Minister  


84. Metsola, Roberta (INT), President, European Parliament  


85. Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP  


86. Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist  


87. Moreira, Duarte (PRT), Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Zeno Partners  


88. Moyo, Dambisa (GBR), Global Economist; Member, House of Lords  


89. Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates LLC  


90. Nadella, Satya (USA), CEO, Microsoft Corporation   


91. O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair Group   


92. Orida, Deborah (CAN), President and CEO, PSP Investments   


93. Özel, Soli (TUR), Professor, Kadir Has University   


94. Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chair, TITAN Cement Group; Treasurer Bilderberg Meetings   


95. Philippe, Édouard (FRA), Mayor, Le Havre   


96. Pottinger, Matthew (USA), Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution   


97. Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chair and CEO, TotalEnergies SE   


98. Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times   


99. Ramírez, Pedro J. (ESP), Director, El Español   


100. Rappard, Rolly van (NLD), Co-Founder and Co-Chair, CVC Capital Partners   


101. Reynders, Didier (INT), European Commissioner for Justice   


102. Röttgen, Norbert (DEU), MP, German Bundestag   


103. Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister   


104. Salomon, Martina (AUT), Editor-in-Chief, Kurier   


105. Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.   


106. Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute   


107. Schallenberg, Alexander (AUT), Minister for European and International Affairs   


108. Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chair, Google LLC   


109. Schmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), Head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks   


110. Sebastião, Nuno (PRT), Chair and CEO, Feedzai   


111. Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), MEP, European Parliament   


112. Silva, Filipe (PRT), CEO, Galp   


113. Stilwell de Andrade, Miguel (PRT), CEO, EDP 


114. Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO   


115. Subramanian, Arvind (INT), Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Brown University   


116. Tellis, Ashley J. (USA), Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment   


117. Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLC   


118. Tsu, Jing (USA), Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University   


119. Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), Minister of State for Security   


120. Vadera, Shriti (GBR), Chair, Prudential plc   


121. Vassilakis, Eftichios (GRC), Chair, Aegean Group   


122. Waldron, John (USA), President and COO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   


123. Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB   


124. Wennink, Peter (NLD), President and CEO, ASML Holding NV   


125. Wright, Thomas (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council   


126. Yang, Yuan (GBR), Europe-China Correspondent, Financial Times   


127. Yergin, Daniel (USA), Vice Chair, S&P Global    


128. Yinanç, Barçin (TUR), Journalist, T24 News Website