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BILDERBERG
MEETINGS
17
May
2009The
57'h
BildcrbergMeetingwillbeheldinVouliagmeni,Greece
14-
17
May
2009.TheConferencewilldealmainlywiththefinancialcrisis,governments
and
markets,role
of
institutions,marketeconomiesanddemocracies,Iraq,PakistanandAfghanistan,USandtheWorld,cyberterrorism,newimperialisms,protectionism,post-Kyotochallenges.Approximately130participantswillattend
of
whomabouttwo-thirdscomefromEuropeandthebalancefromNorthAmerica.Aboutone-thirdisfromgovemmentandpolitics,andtwothirdsarefromfinance,industry,labor,education,andcommunications.Themeetingisprivateinordertoencourage
frank
andopendiscussion.BilderbergtakesitsnamefromthehotelinHolland,wherethefirstmeetingtookplaceinMay
1954.
Thatpioneeringmeetinggrewout
of
theconcernexpressedbyleadingcitizens
On
bothsides
of
theAtlanticthatWesternEuropeandNorthAmericawerenotworkingtogetherascloselyastheyshouldon
COmmon
problems
of
criticalimportance.Itwasfeltthatregular,off-the-recorddiscussionswouldhelpcreateabetterunderstanding
of
thecomplexforcesandmajortrendsaffectingWesternnationsinthedifficultpost-warperiod.TheCold
War
hasnowended.
But
inpracticallyallrespectstherearemore,notfewer,commonproblems-fromtradetojobs,frommonetarypolicytoinvestment,fromecologicalchallengestothetask
of
promotinginternationalsecurity.
It
ishardtothink
of
anymajorissueineitherEuropeorNorthAmericawhoseunilateralsolutionwouldnothaverepercussionsfortheother.Thustheconcept
of
aEuropean-Americanforumhasnotbeenovertakenbytime.Thedialoguebetweenthesetworegionsisstill-evenincreasingly-critical.WhatisuniqueaboutBilderbergasaforumisthebroadcross-section
of
leadingcitizensthatareassembledfornearlythreedays
of
informalandoff-the-recorddiscussionabouttopics
of
currentconcerncspeciallyinthefields
of
foreignaffairsandtheinternationaleconomy;thestrongfeelingamongparticipantsthatinview
of
thedifferingattitudesandexperiences
of
theWesternnations,thereremainsaclearneedtofurtherdevelopanunderstandinginwhichtheseconcernscanbeaccommodated;theprivacy
of
themeetings,whichhasnopurposeotherthantoallowparticipantstospeaktheirmindsopenlyandfreely.
Tn
short,Bildcrbergisasmall,flexible,informalandoff-the-recordinternationalforuminwhichdifferentviewpointscanbcexpressedandmutualunderstanding
enhanced,
Bilderberg'sonlyactivityisitsannualConference.Atthemeetings,noconclusionsarereached,norecommendationsaremadeandnopolicystatementsissued.Since
1954,
fifty-sixconferenceshavebeenheld.Thenames
of
theparticipantsaremadeavailabletothepress.Participantsarechosenfortheirexperience,theirknowledge,andtheirstanding;allparticipantsattendBilderberginaprivateandnotanofficialcapacity.Therewillbenopressconference.Alist
of
participantsis
appended,
 
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FINALLISTOFPARTICIPANTS
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HonoraryChairman
BELDavignon,EtienneDEUAckermann,
Josef
USAAlexander,KeithB.GRCAlogoskoufis,GeorgeUSAAltman,RogerC.GRCArapoglou,TakisTURBabacan,AliGRCBakoyannis,Dora
NOR
Baksaas,JonFredrikPRTBalsemao,FranciscoPintoFRABaverez,NicolasITABernabe,FrancoSWEBildt,CarlSWEBjorklund,JanCHEBlocher,ChristophFRABompard,AlexandreUSABoot,MaxAUTBronner,OscarFRACastries,HenrideESPCebrian,JuanLuisBELCoene,LucUSACollins,TimothyC.GRCDavid,GeorgeA.GBRDearlove,RichardGRCDiamantopoulou,AnnaITADraghi,MarioUSAEberstadt,NieholasN.
DNK
Eldrup,AndersITAElkann,JohnDEUEnders,ThomasESPEntrecanales,JoseManuelAUTFaymann,WernerUSAFerguson,NiallIRLGleeson,DermotUSAGraham,DonaldE.HonoraryChairman,BildcrbergMeetings;ViceChairman,SuezTractebelChairman
of
theManagementBoardandtheGroupExecutiveCommittee,DeutscheBankAGDirector,NationalSecurityAgencyMember
of
ParliamentChairman,EvercorcPartnersInc.ChairmanandCEO,NationalBank
of
GreeceMinister
of
StateandDeputyPrimeMinisterMinister
of
ForeignAffairsPresidentandCEO,TelenorGroupChairmanandCEO,IMPRESA,S.G.P.S.;FormerPrimeMinisterPartner,Gibson,Dunn
&
CrutcherLLPCEO,TelecomItaliaS.p.A.Minister
of
ForeignAffairsMinisterforEducation;Leader
of
theLiberalPartyFormerSwissCounselor;FormerChairmanandCEO,EMSGroupCEO,EuropeIJeaneJ.KirkpatrickSeniorFellowforNationalSecurityStudies,CouncilonForeignRelationsPublisherandEditor,DcrStandardChairman
ofthe
ManagementBoardandCEO,AXACEO,PRlSAViceGovernor,NationalBank
of
BelgiumSeniorManagingDirectorandCEO,RipplcwoodHoldings,LLCChairman,Coca-ColaH.B.C.S.A.Master,PembrokeCollege,CambridgeMember
of
ParliamentGovernor,Bancad'ItaliaHenryWendtScholarinPoliticalEconomy,AmericanEnterpriseInstituteforPublicPolicyResearchPresident,DONG
NS
Chairman,EXORS.p.A.;ViceChairman,FiatS.p.A.CEO,AirbusSASChairman,AccionaFederalChancellorLaurenceA.TischProfessor
of
History,HarvardUniversityChairman,A18GroupChairmanandCEO,TheWashingtonPostCompany
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