2010 Bilderberg Conference
The Bilderberg Conference 2010 took place at June 3–6, 2010, and were held in Sitges, Spain at Hotel Dolce.
Agenda
- Current Events: North Korea, Iran and Non-Proliferation
- Global Cooling: Implications of Slow Economic Growth
- The Growing Influence of Cyber Technology
- Is Financial Reform Progressing?
- US and European Fiscal and Financial Challenges
- The European Union and the Crisis of the Euro
- Promises of Medical Science
- Energy's Promises and Challenges
- Security in a Proliferated World
- Social Networking: From the Obama Campaign to the Iranian Revolution
- Europe-US: A New Approach
- Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Region
- Can We Feed the World?
Delegates (alphabetical)
- Josef Ackermann, chairman of the management board and the group executive committee, Deutsche Bank AG
- Marcus Agius, chairman, Barclays Bank PLC
- César Alierta, chairman and CEO, Telefónica
- Joaquín Almunia, commissioner, European Commission
- Roger C. Altman, chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
- Sonia Arrison, author and policy analyst
- Urban Bäckström, director general, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; former Prime Minister
- Franco Bernabè, CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Antti Blåfield, senior editorial writer, Helsingin Sanomat
- Ana Patricia Botín, executive chairman, Banesto
- Svein Richard Brandtzæg, CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
- Oscar Bronner, publisher and editor, Der Standard
- Ruşen Çakir, journalist from Turkey
- Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
- Jaime Carvajal Urquijo, managing director, Advent International
- Henri de Castries, chairman of the management board and CEO, AXA
- Juan Luis Cebrián, CEO, PRISA
- Gustavo A. Cisneros, chairman and CEO, Cisneros Group of Companies
- Edmund Clark, president and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
- Timothy C. Collins, senior managing director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
- Fulvio Conti, CEO and general manager, Enel SpA
- George A. David, chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
- Etienne Davignon, vice chairman, Suez-Tractebel
- Anders Eldrup, CEO, DONG Energy
- John Elkann, chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
- Thomas Enders, CEO, Airbus SAS
- José M. Entrecanales, chairman, Acciona
- Ulrik Federspiel, vice president of global affairs, Haldor Topsøe A/S
- Martin S. Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
- Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria
- Paul Gallagher, attorney general
- Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and chairman, Microsoft Corporation
- Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
- Donald E. Graham, chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
- Karel De Gucht, commissioner, European Commission
- Damla Gürel, ppecial adviser to the president on EU affairs
- Victor Halberstadt, professor of economics, Leiden University; former honorary secretary general of Bilderberg Meetings
- Richard C. Holbrooke, special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Jan Hommen, chairman, ING Group
- Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
- Jan Huyghebaert, chairman of the board of directors, KBC Group
- James A. Johnson, vice chairman, Perseus, LLC
- Jyrki Katainen, Minister of Finance
- John M. Keane, senior partner, SCP Partners
- John Kerr, member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
- Henry Kissinger, chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
- Klaus Kleinfeld, chairman and CEO, Alcoa
- Mustafa V. Koç, chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş.
- Henry R. Kravis, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Marie-Josée Kravis, senior fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
- Neelie Kroes, commissioner, European Commission
- Eric S. Lander, president and director, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
- Anne Lauvergeon, chairman of the executive board, AREVA
- Bernardino León, secretary general, Office of the Spanish Prime Minister
- Peter Löscher, chairman of the board of Management, Siemens AG
- Birger Magnus, chairman, Storebrand ASA
- Peter Mansbridge, chief correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Jessica T. Mathews, president, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Frank McKenna, deputy chair, TD Bank Financial Group
- John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief, The economist
- Thierry de Montbrial, president, French Institute for International Relations
- Mario Monti, president, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
- Dambisa F. Moyo, economist and author
- Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer, Microsoft Corporation
- Egil Myklebust, former chairman of the board of directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA
- Moisés Naím, editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Juan María Nin Génova, president and CEO, La Caixa
- Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former prime minister
- John Oldham, national clinical lead for quality and productivity
- Jorma Ollila, chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Peter R. Orszag, director, Office of Management and Budget
- Tuncay Özilhan, chairman, Anadolu Group
- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, former minister of finance; president of Notre Europe
- George Papaconstantinou, Minister of Finance, Greece
- Sean Parker, managing partner, Founders Fund
- Frank H. Pearl, chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
- Richard Perle, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Ignacio Polanco, chairman, Grupo PRISA
- Robert Prichard, president and CEO, Metrolinx
- Bernard Ramanantsoa, dean, HEC Paris Group
- Paulo Rangel, member, European Parliament
- Heather Reisman, chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
- Lars Renström, president and CEO, Alfa Laval
- Alexander Rinnooy Kan, chairman, Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands
- Gianfelice Rocca, chairman, Techint
- Matías Rodriguez Inciarte, executive vice chairman, Grupo Santander
- Charlie Rose, producer, Rose Communications
- Robert E. Rubin, co-chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; former secretary of the Treasury
- Suzan Sabanci Dinçer, chairman of Akbank
- Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni S.p.A.
- Eric Schmidt, CEO and chairman of the board, Google
- Rudolf Scholten, member of the board of executive directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Olaf Scholz, vice chairman, SPD
- Josette Sheeran, executive director, United Nations World Food Programme
- Javier Solana Madariaga, former secretary general, Council of the European Union
- Queen Sofía of Spain
- James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
- Björn Stigson, president, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Lawrence H. Summers, director, National Economic Council
- Peter Sutherland, chairman, Goldman Sachs International
- Martin Taylor, chairman, Syngenta International AG
- Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, Minister of State and Finance
- Peter A. Thiel, president, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
- Loukas Tsoukalis, president of ELIAMEP
- Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, member of the executive board, European Central Bank
- Christine A. Varney, assistant attorney general for antitrust
- Daniel Vasella, chairman, Novartis AG
- Paul A. Volcker, chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board
- Peter Voser, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Björn Wahlroos, chairman, Sampo plc
- Francis A. Waldvogel, chairman, Novartis Venture Fund
- Jacob Wallenberg, chairman, Investor AB
- Nout Wellink, president of De Nederlandsche Bank
- Bing West, author
- Shirley Williams, member of the House of Lords
- James D. Wolfensohn, chairman, Wolfensohn & Company of LLC
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain
- Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Daimler AG
- Robert B. Zoellick, president, The World Bank Group