Bilderberg 2014 - Copenhagen, Denmark: 29th May - 1st June - update / links thread.

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Its that time of year again. This time its at the Marriott Hotel in Copenhagen

Danish Police Confirm Marriott Hotel Site of Bilderberg 2014

http://www.prisonplanet.com/danish-police-confirm-marriott-hotel-site-of-bilderberg-2014.html


Other links and updates will follow.

Edit:


http://bilderberg2013livestream.blogspot.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/Bilderberg20131

http://bilderbergmeetings.co.uk/about/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bilderberg-2014-Exposed/623026267727348

https://secure.gn.apc.org/members/www.bilderberg.org/phpBB2/

http://www.bilderberg2014.dk/forum/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/764637016880138/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489776241243493/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1467675226796189/?fref=ts

http://www.oplysning.org/bilderberg-meeting---copenhagen-2014.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9CzymC5mI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRpo20FjyrI

[Kryztian]

So this year the Bilderberg meeting is just a few blocks from the main train station of Copenhagen with a large parking lot for protesting right across the street. What used to be a secret meeting is now becoming a dog and pony show for the world alternative press.

Let me guess a few other things will happen - they will invite a few journalists who will "courageously" write magazine articles about "what actually goes on there." (They will do this with Bilderberg's blessing, unlike previous journalists who were probably told they would die a suspicious death if they ever talked about what happened there). These articles will basically show that the meetings are pretty benign. Let me guess the usually secrecy is way down and that hotel employees are not trained with the same militant attitude towards secrecy and security as at previous meetings. In another year or two, they might even invite the press in or broadcast some of the presentation on the internet. Then they can say "See, we Globalists have nothing to hide, the idea that we Bilderbergers were up to no good is all the idea of some tin foil hat conspiracy theorists."

As awareness of Bilderberg increased in the alternative media (since Ottawa in 2006) let me guess the significance of these meetings has decreased, and that the globalists do more with teleconferencing, or meeting on military bases. Who knows if David Rockefeller, Kissinger or Queen Beatrix will show up or will just send body doubles there to make the world think this meeting has any real meaning. Bilderberg may have died, but the evil globalist powers that run it are alive and well, but they won't be in Copenhagen.

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I agree. Since the lid was blown off last year, I think this is just a bone thrown to the alternative media. There is much talk that the hotel in question is a decoy. There are several, more private, hotels in Denmark with golf courses that are blocked booked for the same weekend. I think the usual suspects will turn up at the advertised hotel while the "others" who do not want to be seen at Bilderberg will be elsewhere in Denmark.

[Zaya]

Anyone know if Obama is attending?

[Kryztian]

My rant above aside, I wish the protesters there Godspeed. I am glad they are bringing attention to this group. Even if Bilderberg isn't the engine for the evil cabal that it used to be, we still need to bring awareness about Bilderberg and globalism to the world. People need to ask how this group, founded by Prince Bernhard, former member of the Nazi Party and employee of I G Farben, the company that made poison gas for concentration camps, remained secret for so long. The Bilderberg Group may not run the world, but the fact that it has existed for so long in secret clearly demonstrates that there is a group of wealthy and powerful people who have been manipulating our history and they are doing so without the best intentions of the human beings on this planet.

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Luke Rudkowski and Dan Dicks Arrested at Bilderberg for Filming and Identifying Bilderberg organisers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnBzbUIDlUk&list=UUhwwoeOZ3EJPobW83dgQfAg

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BILDERBERG 2014 MEMBERS LIST:

Chairman
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group

DEU Achleitner, Paul M. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
DEU Ackermann, Josef Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG
GBR Agius, Marcus Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group
FIN Alahuhta, Matti Member of the Board, KONE; Chairman, Aalto University Foundation
GBR Alexander, Helen Chairman, UBM plc
USA Alexander, Keith B. Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency
USA Altman, Roger C. Executive Chairman, Evercore
FIN Apunen, Matti Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
DEU Asmussen, Jörg State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs
HUN Bajnai, Gordon Former Prime Minister; Party Leader, Together 2014
GBR Balls, Edward M. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman, Impresa SGPS
FRA Baroin, François Member of Parliament (UMP); Mayor of Troyes
FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
USA Berggruen, Nicolas Chairman, Berggruen Institute on Governance
ITA Bernabè, Franco Chairman, FB Group SRL
DNK Besenbacher, Flemming Chairman, The Carlsberg Group
NLD Beurden, Ben van CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister for Foreign Affairs
NOR Brandtzæg, Svein Richard President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
INT Breedlove, Philip M. Supreme Allied Commander Europe
AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher, Der STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H.
SWE Buskhe, Håkan President and CEO, Saab AB
TUR Çandar, Cengiz Senior Columnist, Al Monitor and Radikal
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA
FRA Chalendar, Pierre-André de Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain
CAN Clark, W. Edmund Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
INT Coeuré, Benoît Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
IRL Coveney, Simon Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
GBR Cowper-Coles, Sherard Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO, HSBC Holdings plc
BEL Davignon, Etienne Minister of State
USA Donilon, Thomas E. Senior Partner, O’Melveny and Myers; Former U.S. National Security Advisor
DEU Döpfner, Mathias CEO, Axel Springer SE
GBR Dudley, Robert Group Chief Executive, BP plc
FIN Ehrnrooth, Henrik Chairman, Caverion Corporation, Otava and Pöyry PLC
ITA Elkann, John Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
DEU Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus Group
DNK Federspiel, Ulrik Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
USA Feldstein, Martin S. Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER
CAN Ferguson, Brian President and CEO, Cenovus Energy Inc.
GBR Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
ESP García-Margallo, José Manuel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
USA Gfoeller, Michael Independent Consultant
TUR Göle, Nilüfer Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
USA Greenberg, Evan G. Chairman and CEO, ACE Group
GBR Greening, Justine Secretary of State for International Development
NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University
USA Hockfield, Susan President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NOR Høegh, Leif O. Chairman, Höegh Autoliners AS
NOR Høegh, Westye Senior Advisor, Höegh Autoliners AS
USA Hoffman, Reid Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
CHN Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University
USA Jackson, Shirley Ann President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
USA Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman and CEO, Lazard
USA Johnson, James A. Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners
USA Karp, Alex CEO, Palantir Technologies
USA Katz, Bruce J. Vice President and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
CAN Kenney, Jason T. Minister of Employment and Social Development
GBR Kerr, John Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power
USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
TUR Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
DNK Kragh, Steffen President and CEO, Egmont
USA Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute
CHE Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
INT Lagarde, Christine Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
BEL Leysen, Thomas Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
USA Li, Cheng Director, John L.Thornton China Center,The Brookings Institution
SWE Lifvendahl, Tove Political Editor in Chief, Svenska Dagbladet
CHN Liu, He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs
PRT Macedo, Paulo Minister of Health
FRA Macron, Emmanuel Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency
ITA Maggioni, Monica Editor-in-Chief, Rainews24, RAI TV
GBR Mandelson, Peter Chairman, Global Counsel LLP
USA McAfee, Andrew Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PRT Medeiros, Inês de Member of Parliament, Socialist Party
GBR Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
GRC Mitsotaki, Alexandra Chair, ActionAid Hellas
ITA Monti, Mario Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University
USA Mundie, Craig J. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation
CAN Munroe-Blum, Heather Professor of Medicine and Principal (President) Emerita, McGill University
USA Murray, Charles A. W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
NLD Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the
ESP Nin Génova, Juan María Deputy Chairman and CEO, CaixaBank
FRA Nougayrède, Natalie Director and Executive Editor, Le Monde
DNK Olesen, Søren-Peter Professor; Member of the Board of Directors, The Carlsberg Foundation
FIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc; Chairman, Outokumpu Plc
TUR Oran, Umut Deputy Chairman, Republican People’s Party (CHP)
GBR Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer
FRA Pellerin, Fleur State Secretary for Foreign Trade
USA Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
USA Petraeus, David H. Chairman, KKR Global Institute
CAN Poloz, Stephen S. Governor, Bank of Canada
INT Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Secretary General, NATO
DNK Rasmussen, Jørgen Huno Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation
INT Reding, Viviane Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission
USA Reed, Kasim Mayor of Atlanta
CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
NOR Reiten, Eivind Chairman, Klaveness Marine Holding AS
DEU Röttgen, Norbert Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag
USA Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
USA Rumer, Eugene Senior Associate and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
NOR Rynning-Tønnesen, Christian President and CEO, Statkraft AS
NLD Samsom, Diederik M. Parliamentary Leader PvdA (Labour Party)
GBR Sawers, John Chief, Secret Intelligence Service
NLD Scheffer, Paul J. Author; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University
NLD Schippers, Edith Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
USA Schmidt, Eric E. Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
AUT Scholten, Rudolf CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
USA Shih, Clara CEO and Founder, Hearsay Social
FIN Siilasmaa, Risto K. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO, Nokia Corporation
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
USA Spence, A. Michael Professor of Economics, New York University
FIN Stadigh, Kari President and CEO, Sampo plc
USA Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University
IRL Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; UN Special Representative for Migration
SWE Svanberg, Carl-Henric Chairman, Volvo AB and BP plc
TUR Taftalı, A. Ümit Member of the Board, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation
USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Thiel Capital
DNK Topsøe, Henrik Chairman, Haldor Topsøe A/S
GRC Tsoukalis, Loukas President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
NOR Ulltveit-Moe, Jens Founder and CEO, Umoe AS
INT Üzümcü, Ahmet Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Honorary Chairman, Novartis International
FIN Wahlroos, Björn Chairman, Sampo plc
SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB
SWE Wallenberg, Marcus Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
USA Warsh, Kevin M. Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University
GBR Wolf, Martin H. Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
NLD Zalm, Gerrit Chairman of the Managing Board, ABN-AMRO Bank N.V.
GRC Zanias, George Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Greece
USA Zoellick, Robert B. Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group

AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CAN Canada
CHE Switzerland
CHN China
DEU Germany
DNK Denmark
ESP Spain
FIN Finland
FRA France
GBR Great Britain
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
INT International
IRL Ireland
ITA Italy
NLD Netherlands
NOR Norway
PRT Portugal
SWE Sweden
TUR Turkey
USA United States of America

[ElfeMya]

Just a question, is there anyone from Australia and NZ ? At all ?

[Operator]

No real news ... although ... perhaps this is new: http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22677868/__Zeven_NL_ers_bij_Bilderberg__.html

An article in a Dutch mainstream newspaper announcing which people from the Netherlands attend the meeting.

And ... they even allowed comments on this article (which they normally avoid on 'hot' topics).




Seven Dutch representatives at Bilderberg Conference
AMSTERDAM -

Seven Dutch bigwigs attend the Bilderberg Conference, which begins Thursday in the Danish capital Copenhagen, the organization announced.

Princess Beatrix will be present at the conference in Copenhagen, as well as Labour leader Samsom, Minister Schippers (Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport), Ben van Beurden (Shell), Victor Halberstadt (professor at the University of Leiden), Paul Scheffer (professor at the Tilburg University) and banker Gerrit Zalm. The full guest list is available here (http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants.html).

The Bilderberg meeting with influential people from politics, industry and science is shrouded with a lot of mystery for decades. Critics speak of a shadow world government. The first Bilderberg meeting in 1954 was co-organized by Prince Bernhard.

Translated by Google (manually corrected a little)

The word bigwigs was chosen by Google ... I think it appropriately reflects the original Dutch word BoBo

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First UK mainstream news article on Bilderberg 2014: (Luke and Dan's arrest get a mention)


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/is-it-the-bilderberg-conference--or-conspiracy-9449477.html




Conspiracy theorists may chuckle when they learn a debate entitled “Does Privacy Exist?” is to feature at this year’s Bilderberg conference, the notoriously secretive gathering of the world’s most powerful bankers, politicians and business people.

There may be a further shaking of heads when they discover one of the participants at the heavily fortified, five-star Marriott Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, will be Keith Alexander, the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA), which was embarrassed by the mass-surveillance revelations leaked by Edward Snowden. In fairness to the Bilderberg, the organisers of this year’s conference – which starts on Thursday – have made efforts to be more transparent by publishing a list of all the prime ministers, chief executives and military chiefs in attendance, as well as the topics up for discussion.

Chancellor George Osborne and his Labour counterpart, Ed Balls, are among the hand-picked group of British politicians who will visit Copenhagen to hob-nob with the global elite behind closed doors.

Other guests from the political sphere include the former “Third Man” of New Labour, Lord Mandelson, the current International Development Secretary, Justine Greening, and the veteran American foreign policy expert, Henry Kissinger.

Billionaire captains of industry who landed invitations include the heads of Shell, BP, Airbus, HSBC, Saab, AXA, Google, and Linkedin. They will sit alongside key global powerbrokers such as Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, and senior officials from the European Central Bank.

The chairmen from Goldman Sachs and Lazards will perhaps reflect on how their investment banks “advised” Whitehall over the controversial flotation of Royal Mail, which left the UK taxpayer £1bn out of pocket.

Keeping a discreet eye over the exchanges will be the intelligence chiefs such as Mr Alexander from the United States and Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, who was pictured on Facebook in his swimming trunks in 2009.

Items on the agenda include “The future of democracy and the middle-class trap”, “The new architecture of the Middle East” and the major geopolitical crisis of the moment: “Ukraine”. The secretive nature of the Bilderberg Conference has triggered suspicions that the event is used to shape global policy at the expense of democratic oversight. The idea of the euro was said to have been spawned at one meeting in the Nineties.

Paul Flynn, Labour MP for Newport West, asked a series of parliamentary questions about Bilderberg last year when the conference was held at a five-star hotel near Watford. He told The Independent: “I don’t regard the Bilderberg as a great threat but we would all like to know what is going on with these things. Secrecy inspires concern.”

Despite its new efforts at transparency, the conference is still acutely sensitive about radical infiltration. On Tuesday night, three journalists – self-styled “InfoWarriors” – were arrested by Danish police after they tried to ambush the organisers outside the Marriott.

Unfortunately for Hannah Borno, a British freelance journalist staying in the hotel, she was spotted exchanging words with the “InfoWarriors” earlier in the day, which caused her stay to be prematurely cut short. She said: “As my husband and I prepared to go to bed we were confronted by a hotel member of staff and a member of security. They said we had been seen talking to some people earlier who had been asked to leave, and for the safety of the staff they had been advised to ask us to leave.”

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UPDATE:

What Happened When The Cops Took The Cameras


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDdGbfQ5dg


Update From Dan Dicks On Bilderberg Arrest


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWfaFgQEUDs

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Infowars and others now streaming live! Watch them all here:

http://bilderberg2013livestream.blogspot.co.uk/

[Johnny]

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[/COLOR]BILDERBERG 2014 MEMBERS LIST:

Chairman
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group


AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CAN Canada
CHE Switzerland
CHN China
DEU Germany
DNK Denmark
ESP Spain
FIN Finland
FRA France
GBR Great Britain
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
INT International
IRL Ireland
ITA Italy
NLD Netherlands
NOR Norway
PRT Portugal
SWE Sweden
TUR Turkey
USA United States of America

Now sorted by land and name:

AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher, Der STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H.
AUT Scholten, Rudolf CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
BEL Davignon, Etienne Minister of State
BEL Leysen, Thomas Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
CAN Clark, W. Edmund Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
CAN Ferguson, Brian President and CEO, Cenovus Energy Inc.
CAN Kenney, Jason T. Minister of Employment and Social Development
CAN Munroe-Blum, Heather Professor of Medicine and Principal (President) Emerita, McGill University
CAN Poloz, Stephen S. Governor, Bank of Canada
CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
CHE Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Honorary Chairman, Novartis International
CHN Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University
CHN Liu, He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs
DEU Achleitner, Paul M. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
DEU Ackermann, Josef Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG
DEU Asmussen, Jörg State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs
DEU Döpfner, Mathias CEO, Axel Springer SE
DEU Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus Group
DEU Röttgen, Norbert Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag
DNK Besenbacher, Flemming Chairman, The Carlsberg Group
DNK Federspiel, Ulrik Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
DNK Kragh, Steffen President and CEO, Egmont
DNK Olesen, Søren-Peter Professor; Member of the Board of Directors, The Carlsberg Foundation
DNK Rasmussen, Jørgen Huno Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation
DNK Topsøe, Henrik Chairman, Haldor Topsøe A/S
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA
ESP García-Margallo, José Manuel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
ESP Nin Génova, Juan María Deputy Chairman and CEO, CaixaBank
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
FIN Alahuhta, Matti Member of the Board, KONE; Chairman, Aalto University Foundation
FIN Apunen, Matti Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
FIN Ehrnrooth, Henrik Chairman, Caverion Corporation, Otava and Pöyry PLC
FIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc; Chairman, Outokumpu Plc
FIN Siilasmaa, Risto K. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO, Nokia Corporation
FIN Stadigh, Kari President and CEO, Sampo plc
FIN Wahlroos, Björn Chairman, Sampo plc
FRA Baroin, François Member of Parliament (UMP); Mayor of Troyes
FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
FRA Chalendar, Pierre-André de Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain
FRA Macron, Emmanuel Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency
FRA Nougayrède, Natalie Director and Executive Editor, Le Monde
FRA Pellerin, Fleur State Secretary for Foreign Trade
GBR Agius, Marcus Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group
GBR Alexander, Helen Chairman, UBM plc
GBR Balls, Edward M. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
GBR Cowper-Coles, Sherard Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO, HSBC Holdings plc
GBR Dudley, Robert Group Chief Executive, BP plc
GBR Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
GBR Greening, Justine Secretary of State for International Development
GBR Kerr, John Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power
GBR Mandelson, Peter Chairman, Global Counsel LLP
GBR Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
GBR Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer
GBR Sawers, John Chief, Secret Intelligence Service
GBR Wolf, Martin H. Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
GRC Mitsotaki, Alexandra Chair, ActionAid Hellas
GRC Tsoukalis, Loukas President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
GRC Zanias, George Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Greece
HUN Bajnai, Gordon Former Prime Minister; Party Leader, Together 2014
INT Breedlove, Philip M. Supreme Allied Commander Europe
INT Coeuré, Benoît Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
INT Lagarde, Christine Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
INT Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Secretary General, NATO
INT Reding, Viviane Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission
INT Üzümcü, Ahmet Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
IRL Coveney, Simon Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
IRL Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; UN Special Representative for Migration
ITA Bernabè, Franco Chairman, FB Group SRL
ITA Elkann, John Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
ITA Maggioni, Monica Editor-in-Chief, Rainews24, RAI TV
ITA Monti, Mario Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University
NLD Beurden, Ben van CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University
NLD Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the
NLD Samsom, Diederik M. Parliamentary Leader PvdA (Labour Party)
NLD Scheffer, Paul J. Author; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University
NLD Schippers, Edith Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
NLD Zalm, Gerrit Chairman of the Managing Board, ABN-AMRO Bank N.V.
NOR Brandtzæg, Svein Richard President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
NOR Høegh, Leif O. Chairman, Höegh Autoliners AS
NOR Høegh, Westye Senior Advisor, Höegh Autoliners AS
NOR Reiten, Eivind Chairman, Klaveness Marine Holding AS
NOR Rynning-Tønnesen, Christian President and CEO, Statkraft AS
NOR Ulltveit-Moe, Jens Founder and CEO, Umoe AS
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman, Impresa SGPS
PRT Macedo, Paulo Minister of Health
PRT Medeiros, Inês de Member of Parliament, Socialist Party
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister for Foreign Affairs
SWE Buskhe, Håkan President and CEO, Saab AB
SWE Lifvendahl, Tove Political Editor in Chief, Svenska Dagbladet
SWE Svanberg, Carl-Henric Chairman, Volvo AB and BP plc
SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB
SWE Wallenberg, Marcus Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
TUR Çandar, Cengiz Senior Columnist, Al Monitor and Radikal
TUR Göle, Nilüfer Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
TUR Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
TUR Oran, Umut Deputy Chairman, Republican People’s Party (CHP)
TUR Taftali, A. Ümit Member of the Board, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation
USA Alexander, Keith B. Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency
USA Altman, Roger C. Executive Chairman, Evercore
USA Berggruen, Nicolas Chairman, Berggruen Institute on Governance
USA Donilon, Thomas E. Senior Partner, O'Melveny and Myers; Former U.S. National Security Advisor
USA Feldstein, Martin S. Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER
USA Gfoeller, Michael Independent Consultant
USA Greenberg, Evan G. Chairman and CEO, ACE Group
USA Hockfield, Susan President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA Hoffman, Reid Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
USA Jackson, Shirley Ann President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
USA Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman and CEO, Lazard
USA Johnson, James A. Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners
USA Karp, Alex CEO, Palantir Technologies
USA Katz, Bruce J. Vice President and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
USA Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute
USA Li, Cheng Director, John L.Thornton China Center,The Brookings Institution
USA McAfee, Andrew Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA Mundie, Craig J. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation
USA Murray, Charles A. W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
USA Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
USA Petraeus, David H. Chairman, KKR Global Institute
USA Reed, Kasim Mayor of Atlanta
USA Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
USA Rumer, Eugene Senior Associate and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
USA Schmidt, Eric E. Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
USA Shih, Clara CEO and Founder, Hearsay Social
USA Spence, A. Michael Professor of Economics, New York University
USA Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University
USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Thiel Capital
USA Warsh, Kevin M. Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University
USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
USA Zoellick, Robert B. Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group

Johnny

[ponda]

Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/29/bilderberg-60-inside-worlds-most-secretive-conference)

Topics on the agenda for the three-day summit first held on 29 May 1954 will include: does privacy exist?

By Charlie Skelton


It's been a week of celebrations for Henry Kissinger. On Tuesday he turned 91, on Wednesday he broke his personal best in the 400m hurdles, and on Thursday in Copenhagen, he'll be clinking champagne flutes with the secretary general of Nato and the queen of Spain, as they celebrate 60 glorious years of Bilderberg. I just hope George Osborne remembered to pack a party hat.

Thursday is the opening day of the influential three-day summit and it's also the 60th anniversary of the Bilderberg Group's first meeting, which took place in Holland on 29 May 1954. So this year's event is a red-letter occasion, and the official participant list shows that the 2014 conference is a peculiarly high-powered affair.

The chancellor, at his seventh Bilderberg, is spending the next three days deep in conference with the heads of MI6, Nato, the International Monetary Fund, HSBC, Shell, BP and Goldman Sachs International, along with dozens of other chief executives, billionaires and high-ranking politicians from around Europe. This year also includes a visit from the supreme allied commander Europe, and a return of royalty – Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the daughter of the Bilderberg founder Prince Bernhard.

Back in the 1950s, when Bernhard sent out the invitations, it was to discuss "a number of problems facing western civilization". These days, the Bilderberg Group prefers to call them "megatrends". The megatrends on this year's agenda include: "What next for Europe?", "Ukraine", "Intelligence sharing" and "Does privacy exist?"

That's an exquisite irony: the world's most secretive conference discussing whether privacy exists. Certainly for some it does. It's not just birthday bunting that's gone up in Copenhagen: there's also a double ring of three-metre (10ft) high security fencing. The hotel is teeming with security: lithe gentlemen in loose slacks and dark glasses, trying not to kill the birthday vibe. Or anyone else.

Already, two reporters have been arrested trying to interview the organisers of the conference in the Marriott hotel bar. It's easy enough to keep your privacy intact when you're employing so many people to guard it.

There's something distinctly chilling about the existence of privacy being debated, in extreme privacy, by people such as the executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, and the board member of Facebook Peter Thiel: exactly the people who know how radically transparent the general public has become.

And to have them discussing it with the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, and Keith Alexander, the recently replaced head of the National Security Agency. And with people such as the head of AXA, the insurance and investment conglomerate – Henri de Castries. Perhaps no one is more interested in data collection and public surveillance than the insurance giants. For them, privacy is the enemy. Public transparency is a goldmine.

Back in 2010, Osborne proudly launched "the most radical transparency agenda the country has ever seen". However, this transparency agenda doesn't seem to extend to Osborne himself making a public statement about what he has discussed at this meeting. And with whom.

We know, from the agenda and list, that Osborne will be there with the foreign affairs ministers from Spain and Sweden, and the deputy secretary general of the French presidency. And from closer to home, the international development secretary, Justine Greening, and fellow Bilderberg veteran and shadow chancellor, Ed Balls.

We know that he's scheduled to discuss the situation in Ukraine with extremely interested parties, such as the chief executive of the European arms giant Airbus, Thomas Enders. Not to mention the chief executive and chairman of "the defence & security company" Saab: Håkan Buskhe and Marcus Wallenberg. And billionaire investors including Henry Kravis of KKR, who is "always looking to sharpen" what he calls "the KKR edge". Helping Kravis sharpen his edge is General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA, now head of the KKR Global Institute – a massive investment operation.

The Bilderberg Group says the conference has no desired outcome. But for private equity giants, and the heads of banks, arms manufacturers and oil companies, there's always a desired outcome. Try telling the shareholders of Shell that there's "no desired outcome" of their chairman and chief executive spending three days in conference with politicians and policy makers.

Try telling that to the lobbyists who have been working so hard to push the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal that is being negotiated. Bilderberg is packed to the gills with senior members of powerful lobby groups. Will members of BritishAmerican Business's international advisory board, such as Douglas Flint and Peter Sutherland, express BAB's fervent support of TTIP when discussing "Is the economic recovery sustainable?" Or will they leave their lobbying hats at the door?

MP Michael Meacher describes Bilderberg as "the cabal of the rich and powerful" who are working "to consolidate and extend the grip of the markets". And they're doing so "beyond the reach of the media or the public". That said, every year, the press probes a little further behind the security fencing. Every year the questions for the politicians who attend, but remain silent, get harder.

They can try to laugh it off as a "talking shop" or a glorified knees-up, but these people haven't come to Bilderberg to drink fizzy wine and pull party poppers. It's possible that Reid Hoffman, the head of LinkedIn, has turned up for the birthday cake. But I doubt it. This is big business. And big politics. And big lobbying.

Bilderberg is big money, and they know how to spend it. From my spot outside, I've just seen three vans full of fish delicacies trundle into the hotel service entrance. I always thought there was something fishy about Bilderberg. Turns out that for tonight at least, it's the rollmops.

[Zaya]

I had just watched the video that EYES WIDE OPEN posted, and it sleighed me. I am so glad it was able to get posted. I also saw earlier that they made a small barricade for free speech and protestors.

Question for all of you though... any speculation on why the Mayor of Atlanta - Kasim Reed - was invited? Seems pretty random to me. He is the only American Mayor invited. Would love to hear any kind of thoughts on this as it stuck out to me as very interesting. Plus, Drudge posted this article today which Drudge labeled "Atlanta Mayor On the Rise" http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/05/28/reed-to-participate-in-bilderberg-group-meeting/9656857/

But in the article it does not say much about why he was invited or anything like that. All very vague. Literally does not say ANYTHING about it other than the fact that he was invited and a small breakdown about what Bilderberg is. Thoughts?

[christian]

I'm on the ground in Copenhagen... Essentially, it's all very relaxed, nice, and cute... Very likeable! Gonna make a movie out of all the material I'm gathering, here just a little something, because I think it's particularly nice. :)

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[ponda]

Bilderberg conference 2014: eating our politicians for breakfast (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/bilderberg-copenhagen-2014-osborne-mandelson-balls)

by Charlie Skelton




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Osborne rolled up to the hotel with John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of the Economist and board member of the Economist Group.

So here he is, our esteemed chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, arriving at the 2014 Bilderberg in Copenhagen. In a snappy suit, and with a new razor-sharp hairdo, Osborne looks ready for business. You could skin a goat with that fringe. He probably got a trim and a shoe polish at the airport, wanting to look his best for the conference.

Osborne rolled up to the hotel with John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of the Economist and board member of the Economist Group. This year, in all, there are three members of the Economist board at Bilderberg: Micklethwait, John Elkann (the billionaire Agnelli heir) and Eric Schmidt (the executive chairman of Google).

During his stay in Copenhagen, Osborne will also have the chance to hammer out economic policy with three senior members of Goldman Sachs, three board members of Shell Oil, and two people whose nickname is "the Prince of Darkness" – Richard Perle and Peter Mandelson.

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Mandelson perfectly embodies the ghastly, muddy fudge of public and private.


Here's Mandy – or should I say, the chairman of Lazard International – arriving now. Mandelson perfectly embodies the ghastly, muddy fudge of public and private that so typifies the atmosphere at Bilderberg. Throw a rock and hit a public servant turned investment banker. Actually, don't throw a rock, because this guy will have your brains on the pavement before you can say "revolving door".

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This guy will have your brains on the pavement before you can say 'revolving door'.



Mandelson's boss at Lazard is also here in Copenhagen: Kenneth M. Jacobs.

He's the chairman and CEO of the investment bank, and also sits on the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution. This year's Bilderberg seems quite Brookings-heavy. Jacob's has two fellow trustees in Copenhagen: Klaus Kleinfeld (the CEO of Alcoa) and Paul Achleitner (the head of Deutsche Bank) – both of whom also happen to on the board of Bayer, the multinational pharmaceutical company. Cosy.

There are so many interwoven corporate, think-tank and advisory board relationships at Bilderberg it fries your brain to try and unpick them. Take John Elkann for example – the board member of the Economist and part-time knitwear catalogue model.

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John Elkann – the board member of the Economist and part-time knitwear catalogue model.


Elkann is another Brookings connection: he sits on Brookings' International Advisory Council alongside Marcus Wallenberg (one of the two Wallenberg billionaires here this year) and the always dapper Nicolas Berggruen – seen here having a 'moment' with one of the conference staff. Berggruen Holdings has a net equity in excess of $2bn. No wonder he's laughing. Also, to be fair, it always gives him a cheery glow to have someone fired for leaving a bottle of Windolene in the back of his limo.


Billionare Berggruen runs the Institute on Good Governance, a think tank aimed at promoting "globalization 2.0", which sounds like a sequel so terrible that Nicholas Berggruen will probably find himself being played by Adam Sandler.

One of the main projects of The Institute for Good Governance is the '21st Century Council', which features three of this year's Bilderbergers: the ubiquitous Eric Schmidt, Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn, and the publisher Juan Luis Cebrián.

Everyone here's so profoundly interrelated you expect them all to have seven toes, three knees and drink champagne through their ears. It's like one gigantic, pulsing amoeboid corporation, held together by a sticky mesh of board memberships and advisory councils. It gloops hungrily along, oozing cash like a snail trail, digesting every politician and policymaker in its path.

Which makes me feel kind of sorry for Ed Balls. Particularly after he made what has to be the worst entrance to a conference in conference-entering history. Balls arrived at the gate without his security pass, spent ages trying to find it amongst the great armful of files he was huffing along with him, and ended up flapping some ID at a policeman, saying: "That's my name, I'm on the list". Sadly for Balls, his frustration was caught on camera by an Infowars reporter, and the resulting footage makes painful viewing. And by painful I mean hilarious. And by hilarious I mean poignant.

A flustered Balls was escorted around to another entrance, carefully scrutinized, and finally allowed in. Once he'd got through security his assurance returned and a triumphant Ed strode magnificently into the lobby. He looks like the cat who got the cream. And then went back for more cream.

And then found half a chicken at the back of the fridge and had that as well.


Perhaps Balls will be persuaded by some of his fellow conference goers to join them on their daily jogs. Here's Facebook board member Peter Thiel, setting off for trot along the waterfront. You've never seen anyone take his jogging more seriously than Thiel. The frown doesn't leave his face for a second. In fact, his face been locked in a granite frown since he arrived at the hotel.


Someone should warn him he's going to get crows feet. Or maybe he thinks that by the time he's due for wrinkles he'll already have melded with AI and be sharing a kind of ageless cyberternity with Eric Schmidt.


Here's Schmidt himself, enjoying a cosy patio chat during the lunch break with his fellow tech-head Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, the data analysis and surveillance software company (which was co-funded by Thiel and the CIA).

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Eric Schmidt and Alex Karp, deep in conversation with Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner.


Karp and Schmidt are deep in conversation with Viviane Reding, the EU Commissioner who said recently that the British public were unable to make an "informed decision" about Europe.

Far better that decisions about Europe are taken by wiser heads, like those hobnobbing at Bilderberg. Heads belonging to people like "EU doyen" Viscount Davignon, seen here (on the right) enjoying a smoke with former World Bank boss (now private equity investor) James Wolfensohn.

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Wolfensohn looks like he’s glad to be out of that heavy morning session on 'What next for Europe?'


Wolfensohn looks like he's glad to be out of that heavy morning session on "What next for Europe?" Wolfensohn arrived at this year's conference with another megarich investor, Roger C. Altman, the executive chairman of Evercore, the "premier independent investment banking advisory firm".

Altman followed Thiel's example, and popped out for a jog after he arrived at the hotel, although he found it tricky to snake his way out through the heavy security.

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Altman popped out for a jog, although he found it tricky to snake his way out through the heavy security.


All this patio chit-chat and ostentatious jogging about Copenhagen seems like a new venture for Bilderberg: as if they're doing their level best to look normal and relaxed. At lunchtime, the delegates were led out on the patio by the conference organisers, who spent the whole time beadily watching the cameras. If I were a suspicious person by nature, which I am, I'd suspect this of being a bit of a PR experiment for the group.

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At lunchtime, the delegates were led out on the patio by the conference organisers.


Over the last few years they've found themselves under so much more media scrutiny than usual that they've decided to show off a new "informal" front. I slightly admire them for trying. Although I'd admire them a hell of a lot more if they stopped behaving like children and held a press conference and released the minutes of the meetings.

Either that or they could give us our politicians back. Ideally before they've digested their backbones and spat them back out on into the carpark. Actually, you know what, they can keep Ed Balls as part of the deal.

Keep Balls and release the minutes. Have we got a deal?

[TODD & NORA]

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[gnostic9]

I had just watched the video that EYES WIDE OPEN posted, and it sleighed me. I am so glad it was able to get posted. I also saw earlier that they made a small barricade for free speech and protestors.

Question for all of you though... any speculation on why the Mayor of Atlanta - Kasim Reed - was invited? Seems pretty random to me. He is the only American Mayor invited. Would love to hear any kind of thoughts on this as it stuck out to me as very interesting. Plus, Drudge posted this article today which Drudge labeled "Atlanta Mayor On the Rise" http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/05/28/reed-to-participate-in-bilderberg-group-meeting/9656857/

But in the article it does not say much about why he was invited or anything like that. All very vague. Literally does not say ANYTHING about it other than the fact that he was invited and a small breakdown about what Bilderberg is. Thoughts?

He's being primed to be the next president of the USA.

[GuyFox]

Check out Alex Jones's speech from last year

- at the Bilderberg Fringe in London, 2013

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[christian]

Maybe yelling is a bit crude, but I always wanted to scream at a Bilderberger... now I had the chance with Henry Kissinger... one thing less on my bucket list. :)

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[Zaya]

The CDC is HQ'd in Atlanta - http://www.cdc.gov/

Just came across something relevant here... Pray Peace, when I had inquired about why the mayor of Atlanta was at Bilderberg, you brought up this excellent point.

The past month or so I keep reading posts about using illness for population control and all that, and... well I ran into this today and remembered this thread:

From: http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/06/19/chikungunya-in-georgia-confirmed/10849347/


"First case of Chikungunya in Georgia confirmed"

Georgia's Dept. of Public Health confirmed Thursday the first case of a mosquito-born virus in a person.

Officials spoke with 11Alive's Blayne Alexander and said a person who recently traveled to the Caribbean with a group has the virus. They did not say where in Georgia the person lives.

Lab results were done by CDC, which confirmed the virus.

Until recently, the virus, transmitted through mosquito bites, was mostly seen overseas, with strong numbers in the Caribbean Islands. But in recent weeks, the Centers for Disease Control have reported cases in 10 US states, including 23 cases in Florida alone.