2015 Bilderberg Conference
The 2015 Bilderberg Conference took place between 11 and 14 June 2015 at the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Telfs-Buchen , Austria .[ 1] The hotel had previously held the Bilderberg Conference in 1988.[ 2]
Interalpen Hotel-Tyrol, held in 1988 and 2015
The 41st G7 summit took place the week before the conference, and was held at the Schloss Elmau , sixteen miles away near Garmisch-Partenkirchen , in Bavaria , Germany.[ 3]
Agenda
A list of key topics for discussion at the 2015 Bilderberg conference was published on the Bilderberg website shortly before the meeting. Topics for discussion included:[ 1]
Delegates (alphabetical)
A list of expected delegates was published by the Bilderberg Group.[ 4] [ 5] Also included are positions of note at the time of the meeting (2015).
Paul Achleitner , former chairman of Deutsche Bank 's supervisory board
Marcus Agius , non-executive chairman, PA Consulting Group
Thomas Ahrenkiel , director of the Danish Intelligence Service (DDIS)
John R. Allen , special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL , United States Department of State (in 2015)
Roger Altman , executive chairman, Evercore Partners
Anne Applebaum , director of Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute in 2015
Matti Apunen , director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum
Zoë Baird , CEO and president, Markle Foundation
Ed Balls , former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (in 2015)
Francisco Pinto Balsemão , chairman, Impresa SGPS
José Manuel Barroso , former President of the European Commission
Nicolas Baverez , partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
René Benko , founder, Signa Holding
Franco Bernabè , chairman, FB Group
Ben van Beurden , CEO, Royal Dutch Shell in 2015
Laurent Bigorgne , director, Institut Montaigne
Laurence Boone , special adviser on financial and economic affairs to the president in 2015
Ana Patricia Botín , chairman, Banco Santander in 2015
Svein Richard Brandtzaeg , president and CEO, Norsk Hydro
Oscar Bronner , founder and, as of 2015, publisher of Der Standard
William J. Burns , president, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2015
Patrick Calvar , director general, DGSI in 2015
Henri de Castries , chairman, Bilderberg Meetings; chairman and CEO, Axa Group in 2015
Juan Luis Cebrián , executive chairman, PRISA in 2015
W. Edmund Clark , retired executive, TD Bank Group
Benoît Coeuré , member of the executive board, European Central Bank in 2015
Andrew Coyne , editor, editorials and comment, National Post
Mikael L. Damberg , minister for enterprise and innovation
Karel De Gucht , former EU trade commissioner, state minister
Thomas E. Donilon , former U.S. national security advisor; partner and vice chair, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Mathias Döpfner , CEO, Axel Springer SE
Ann Dowling , president, Royal Academy of Engineering
Regina Dugan , vice president for engineering, advanced technology and projects at Google , in 2015
Trine Eilertsen , political editor, Aftenposten
Merete Eldrup , CEO, TV 2 Danmark A/S
John Elkann , chairman and CEO, EXOR ; chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Tom Enders , CEO, Airbus Group in 2015
Mary Erdoes , CEO, JP Morgan Asset Management
Rona Fairhead , chairman, BBC Trust
Ulrik Federspiel , executive vice president, Haldor Topsøe A/S
Martin Feldstein , president emeritus, NBER; professor of economics, Harvard University
Heinz Fischer , federal president
Douglas Flint , group chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
Christoph Franz , chairman of the board, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Louise Fresco , president and chairman of executive board, Wageningen University and Research Centre
Kenneth C. Griffin , founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC
Lilli Gruber , executive editor and anchor Otto e mezzo , La7 TV
Sergei Guriev , professor of economics, Sciences Po
Gönenç Gürkaynak , managing partner, ELIG Law Firm
Alfred Gusenbauer , former chancellor of the Republic of Austria
Victor Halberstadt , professor of economics, Leiden University
Erich Hampel , chairman, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Demis Hassabis , vice president of engineering, Google DeepMind
Wolfgang Hesoun , CEO, Siemens Austria
Philipp Hildebrand , vice chairman, BlackRock Inc.
Reid Hoffman , co-founder and executive chairman, LinkedIn
Wolfgang Ischinger , chairman, Munich Security Conference
Kenneth M. Jacobs , chairman and CEO, Lazard, in 2015
Julia Jäkel , CEO, Gruner + Jahr
James A. Johnson , chairman, Johnson Capital Partners
Alain Juppé , mayor of Bordeaux, former prime minister
Joe Kaeser , president and CEO, Siemens AG
Alex Karp , CEO, Palantir Technologies
Gilles Kepel , university professor, Sciences Po
John Kerr , deputy chairman, Scottish Power
Ilhan Kesici , MP, Turkish Parliament
Henry Kissinger , chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Klaus Kleinfeld , chairman and CEO, Alcoa
Klaas Knot , president, De Nederlandsche Bank
Mustafa Vehbi Koç , chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
Henry Kravis , co-chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Marie-Josée Kravis , senior fellow and vice chair, Hudson Institute
André Kudelski , chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
Kurt Lauk , president, Globe Capital Partners
Carola Lemne , CEO, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Stuart Levey , chief legal officer, HSBC Holdings plc in 2015
Ursula von der Leyen , minister of defence
Thomas Leysen , chairman of the board of directors, KBC Group
Shiraz Maher , senior research fellow, ICSR, King's College London
Christina Markus Lassen , head of department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security Policy and Stabilisation
Jessica Mathews , president and Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2015
James Mattis , Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Pierre Maudet , vice-president of the State Council, Department of Security, Police and the Economy of Geneva
David I. McKay , president and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada
Nuray Mert , columnist, professor of political science, Istanbul University
Jim Messina , CEO, The Messina Group
Charles Michel , prime minister
John Micklethwait , editor-in-chief, Bloomberg LP
Zanny Minton Beddoes , editor-in-chief, The Economist
Mario Monti , senator-for-life; president, Bocconi University
Leena Mörttinen , executive director, The Finnish Family Firms Association
Craig Mundie , principal, Mundie & Associates, former advisor to CEO of Microsoft (in 2014)
Heather Munroe-Blum , chairperson, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Beatrix of the Netherlands
Michael O'Leary , CEO, Ryanair Plc
George Osborne , First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Soli Özel , columnist, Haberturk Newspaper; senior lecturer, Kadir Has University
Dimitri Papalexopoulos , group CEO, Titan Cement Co.
Catherine Pégard , president, Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles
Richard Perle , resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
David Petraeus , chairman, KKR Global Institute
Panagiotis Pikrammenos , honorary president of The Hellenic Council of State
Heather Reisman , chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
Gianfelice Rocca , chairman, Techint Group
Gerhard Roiss , CEO, OMV Austria
Robert Rubin , co chair, Council on Foreign Relations; former secretary of the Treasury
Mark Rutte , prime minister
Karim Sadjadpour , senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
John Sawers , chairman and partner, Macro Advisory Partners
Selin Sayek Böke , vice president, Republican People's Party
Eric Schmidt , executive chairman, Google Inc.
Rudolf Scholten , CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
Karl Sevelda, CEO, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Jens Stoltenberg , secretary general, NATO
Alexander Stubb , minister of finance
Katrin Suder , deputy minister of defense
Peter Sutherland , UN special representative; chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Carl-Henric Svanberg , chairman, BP plc; chairman, AB Volvo
Olaug Svarva , CEO, The Government Pension Fund Norway
Peter Thiel , president, Thiel Capital
Loukas Tsoukalis , president, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Ahmet Üzümcü , director-general, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
António M. Vitorino , partner, Cuetrecasas, Concalves Pereira, RL
Jacob Wallenberg , chairman, Investor AB
Vin Weber , partner, Mercury LLC
Martin H. Wolf , chief economics commentator, The Financial Times
James Wolfensohn , chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
Robert Zoellick , chairman, board of international advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group
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