7th Jun - Bilderberg meeting agendas

30 May - 2 June 2019 in Montreux, Switzerland

•     A Stable Strategic Order
•     What Next for Europe?
•     Climate Change and Sustainability
•     China
•     Russia
•     The Future of Capitalism
•     Brexit
•     The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
•     The Weaponisation of Social Media
•     The Importance of Space
•     Cyber Threats

7 - 10 June 2018 in Turin, Italy 

• Populism in Europe

• The inequality challenge

• The future of work

• Artificial intelligence

• The US before midterms

• Free trade

• US world leadership

• Russia

• Quantum computing

• Saudi Arabia and Iran

• The “post-truth” world

• Current events

1-4 June 2017 Chantilly, VA, USA

• The Trump Administration: A progress report 
• Trans-Atlantic relations: options and scenarios
• The Trans-Atlantic defence alliance: bullets, bytes and bucks
• The direction of the EU
• Can globalisation be slowed down?
• Jobs, income and unrealised expectations
• The war on information
• Why is populism growing?
• Russia in the international order
• The Near East
• Nuclear proliferation
• China
• Current events

9-12 June 2016 Dresden, Germany

• Current events
• China
• Europe: migration, growth, reform, vision, unity
• Middle East
• Russia
• US political landscape, economy: growth, debt, reform
• Cyber security
• Geo-politics of energy and commodity prices
• Precariat and middle class
• Technological innovation

11-14 June 2015 Telfs-Buchen, Austria

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity
• Chemical Weapons Threats
• Current Economic Issues
• European Strategy
• Globalisation
• Greece
• Iran
• Middle East
• NATO
• Russia
• Terrorism
• United Kingdom
• USA
• US Elections

29 May-1 June 2014 Copenhagen, Denmark

• Is the Economic Recovery Sustainable?
• Who will Pay for the Demographics?
• Does Privacy Exist?
• How Special is the Relationship in Intelligence Sharing?
• Big Shifts in Technology and Jobs
• The Future of Democracy and the Middle Class Trap
• China's Political and Economic Outlook
• The New Architecture of the Middle East
• Ukraine
• What Next for Europe?
• Current Events

6-9 June 2013 Hertfordshire, England

• Jobs, Entitlements and Debt
• European Politics: Core Questions
• Can the US and Europe Grow Faster and Create Jobs?
• Africa's Challenges
• Saudi Arabia
• Dialogue with Prime Minister David Cameron
• How Big Data is Changing Almost Everything
• Major Trends in Medical Research
• Nationalism and Populism
• Online Education: Promise and Impacts
• Cyberwarfare and the Proliferation of Asymmetric Threats
• Is America Withdrawing from the World?
• Current Affairs: Syria

31 May-3 June 2012 Chantilly, Virginia, USA

• The State of Trans-Atlantic Relations
• Is Vigorous Economic Growth Attainable?
• The Future of Democracy in the Developed World
• The US Political Landscape
• The European Political Landscape
• A Conversation on US Foreign Policy
• The Politics and Geo-Politics of Energy
• Stability and Instability in the Middle East
• Imbalances, Austerity and Growth
• Sustainability of the Euro and its Consequences
• What Does Putin 2.0 Mean?
• What Can the West Do about Iran?
• How Do Sovereign States Collaborate in Cyber Space?
• China's Economic and Political Outlook

9-12 June 2011 St. Moritz, Switzerland

• The Middle East: What Does Democracy Mean?
• Emerging Economies: Roles and Responsibilities
• Economic and National Security in a Digital Age
• Technological Innovation in Western Economies: Stagnation or Promise?
• The Appetite for Reform: Can Governments Deliver?
• Switzerland: Can It Remain Successful in the Future?
• European Union's Challenges
• A Sustainable Euro: Implications for European Economies
• China's Domestic Challenges
• China's Regional and Global Challenges
• Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power
• Current Conflict Areas
• Demographic Stresses

3-6 June 2010 Sitges, Spain

• 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?

14-17 May 2009 Vouliagmeni, Greece

• Governments and Markets
• After the G20: The Role of Institutions
• Protectionism: How Serious?
• Cyber-terrorism: Strategy and Policy
• Sustainability: Post-Kyoto Challenges
• Iraq: Role and Responsibilities in the Region
• Afghanistan and Pakistan
• A New Order: The United States and the World
• Lessons from a Crisis
• Challenge to Market Economies and Democracies
• Russia and China: New Imperialisms
• Current Affairs: How does Industry See the Future?

5-8 June 2008 Chantilly, Virginia, U.S.A.

• Cyber-terrorism
• A Nuclear-Free World
• Managing Financial Turbulence
• US Foreign Policy Without Change
• How Serious Are the Threats on Our Economies
• Islam in Europe
• Africa
• Afghanistan, Challenge for the West
• Iran-Pakistan
• A Look at the Future
• The Mounting Threat of Protectionism
• Russia
• After Bush: The Future of US-EU Relations
• Current Affairs: US Elections

31 May-3 June 2007 Istanbul, Turkey

• The New World Order: Uni-Polar or Non-Polar?
• Turkey and its Neighbours
• Europe and the US: Common and Conflicting Interests
• The Mood of the US
• Democracy and Populism
• Democracy in the Middle East
• Turkey's Long-Term Development in Comparative Perspective
• Leadership Changes in Key European Countries [France-UK]
• Information Technology: Globalising or Tribalising Force?
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation
• The US: Cutting Issues in State-Federal Relations
• Climate Change
• Current Affairs: Capital Markets: Risks and Opportunities of Private Equity and Hedge Funds

8-11 June 2006 Ottawa, Canada

• American Power and the Battle for Arab Reform
• Terrorist Movements in the Middle East
• The Challenges of Immigration
• Israel-Palestine: One Year Later
• China - the Economic and Political Landscape
• New Alignments in Asia: the Changing Strategic Landscape
• Energy: What Are the Issues
• Energy: What Does Dependence Mean?
• Russia: Quo Vadis?
• Economic Patriotism: A Real Threat?
• Current Affairs: Italy
• The Challenges of Deterrence in a Proliferating World
• Iran
• New Security Challenges for NATO, the EU: Afghanistan, Africa, ...

5-8 May 2005 Rottach-Egern, Germany

• What Do We Mean by Freedom?
• Development: Reflections and Perspectives
• How Can Europe and the US Work Together to Deal with Common Problems?
• Iraq
• Asia: the Geo-Strategic Challenges
• Where is Europe Going?
• Israel-Palestine
• Russia: Do the Transatlantic Partners have a Common Strategy?
• Failure of the Lisbon Agenda?
• The Non-Proliferation Treaty at Risk?
• Iran
• Current Affairs: Will the Fiscal Problems Facing Europe and the US Undermine Future Economic Performance?

3-6 June 2004 Stresa, Italy

• Energy: The Sustainability of Current Trends
• The Rules of the Game: Towards a 21st Century Concert?
• The Prospects for Iraq
• Afghanistan, Including the Implications for Future NATO Operations in the Area
• European Geopolitics
• Health and Development
• The US Political Landscape
• Is China Changing the World?
• Current Affairs: Russia
• The Middle East: Is Stability Within Reach?
• World Economic Outlook
• Corporate Fraud: How Lethal is the Cure?

15-18 May 2003 Versailles, France

• The Middle East II: Future
• The Middle East I: Overview
• Post-Iraq: The Future of Multilateral Organisations
• Re-Energising Germany
• Post-Mortem on Iraq: Diplomatic Failure and the Foreign Policy Consequences
• Non-Proliferation
• The European Convention
• The World's Economic Problems
• Aspects of Terrorism
• Current Affairs

30 May-2 June 2002 Chantilly, Virginia, U.S.A

• The Consequences of the War Against Terrorism
• Corporate Governance: Does Capitalism Need fixing?
• The Changing Nature of the EU Within the Western Alliance
• Have Civil Liberties Been Unnecessarily Eroded?
• The Influence of the Extreme Right
• The Middle East
• Post-Crisis Reconstruction/Nation Rebuilding
• Prospects for the World Economy
• Trade: The China Effect
• The Influence of Domestic Issues on American Foreign Policy
• Current Affairs

24-27 May 2001 Stenungsund, Sweden

• European Security Defence Identity and Transatlantic Security - I
• Consequences of the Italian Elections
• What Does EU Enlargement Mean for the EU and the Rest of the World?
• Productivity in Europe and the United States - Is the Gap Widening?
• Putin's Russia
• What Can the World Do About the Middle East?
• The New US Administration
• European Security Defence Identity and Transatlantic Security - II
• The Rise of China: Its Impact on Asia and the World
• Policies for Trade Development and Economic Growth
• What Should Governments Do About Food Quality?
• Current Affairs

1-3 June 2000 Brussels, Belgium

• The New Economy and its Effects on Society
• Globalisation under Threat: the Way forward for the WTO
• US Elections: State of Play and Foreign Policy Consequences
• Cleaning up the Balkans
• EU Enlargement and its Implications for Geo-Political Balance
• The European Far Right - Is there a Threat?
• Current Affairs

3-6 June 1999 Sintra, Portugal

• Kosovo
• The US Political Scene
• Current Controversies: Genetics and the Life Sciences
• Redesigning the International Financial Architecture
• The Social and Political Impacts on Emerging Markets of Recent Economic Events
• NATO's future
• The Relationship between Information Technology and Economic Policy
• Current Events
• Russia's Foreign Policy
• How Durable is the Current Rosy Complexion of European Politics

14-17 May 1998 Turnberry, Scotland

• Current Events
• What Will be the Consequences of EMU?
• Is there Room for one Transatlantic Market Place?
• Military Implications of the Growing Technological Disparity between the United States and Europe
• To what Extent Will Enlargement Redefine NATO's Relationship with Russia?
• Is Europe's Social Model Dead?
• A Review of the Crisis in Kosovo and Albania: the Role of the UN
• In the Light of the Asian Crisis should the World's Financial System be Reformed?
• The Implications of the New India Nuclear Weapon Program
• Turkey's Role in the Western Alliance

12-15 June 1997 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

• Will NATO's Enlargement Affect the Transatlantic Alliance?
• Do the World's Energy Needs Prevent Sustainable Development?
• Growth through Productivity Improvement: a Threat to Western Social Cohesion?
• Peacekeeping: Assessments and Prospects-Bosnia, Albania, Cyprus
• Status Report on American Foreign Policy
• How Should the West Look at China?
• Corporate Survival: Breaking with Tradition in Governance
• EMU's Consequences Assuming it Goes Ahead
• The Return of the European Left: Sign of Innovation or Reaction?
• Relationship of the West to Islam
• World Bank Update

30 May-2 June 1996 Toronto, Canada

• Status Report on the Alliance
• Former Yugoslavia
• Russia: Political Forces and Economic Prospects
• Europe: the Politics of EU Enlargement
• Has Europe's Economy Run out of Steam?
• Will the Enlarged Union Survive EMU's Succes or Failure?
• The US Agenda
• The Israeli Election
• How and How Much can the Western World Grow Economically?
• WTO and World Bank: Briefing
• Where is China Going?

8-11 June 1995 Bürgenstock, Switzerland

• What is NATO Supposed to Do?
• Is There Work for All?
• Atomization of Society: Impact on Political Behaviour of New Technology
• Looking [Back] at Washington
• Current Events: Turkey and the Atlantic Alliance
• Is There Still a North Atlantic Community?
• Should the European Union Integrate Further, and Why?
• Our Agendas for WTO and World Bank
• Current Events: Former Yugoslavia
• Peacekeeping in an UNstable World
• Lessons of the New Currency Crises
• Practical Steps Towards Better Global Governance and Rules

2-5 June 1994 Helsinki, Finland

• Redefinition of the Atlantic Relationship in a Time of Change
• The Changing Face and Perspective of America
• Europe - Cohesion or Confusion
• Economic Instabilities Ahead
• Jobs, Where Are They and How Will The West Create Them
• The Political Challenges of Islamic Fundamentalism
• Russia - How Will Its Internal Evolution Affect Its External Behaviour
• GATT: Risks Ahead
• The Issue of Non-Proliferation: North Korea
• China - The Consequences of Convulsion or Stability

22-25 April 1993 Vouliagmeni, Greece

• What Kind of Europe Will the U.S. Have to Deal With?
• Current Events: Former Yugoslavia
• Restoring Confidence in Leadership and Institutions
• Prospects for Global Trade
• U.S. Domestic Policy Concerns
• The Outlook for Japan's Economy
• Cost of Indifference Toward the Former Soviet Union
• Current Events: Italy
• Foreign Policy Concerns of the Clinton Administration
• Crisis Management

21-24 May 1992 Evian-Les-Bains, France

• Prospects for the former Soviet Republics
• What should be done for Eastern Europe
• Whither the United States?
• The World economy
• Wither Europe?
• Soviet Union: the view from Moscow
• The migration issue
• The evolving west/west relationship

6-9 June 1991 Baden-Baden, Germany

• Eastern Europe: economic prospects
• Developments in the Soviet Union: political and economic impact on the Alliance
• The Middle East: political fallout and future prospects
• Economic and financial threats to the Alliance
• The practical agenda for the Alliance
• Do we have the institutions to deal with the agenda?
• Recent developments in Yugoslavia
• The situation in South-Africa
• The Treuhand experience

11-13 May 1990 Glen Cove, New York, U.S.A.

• The new Soviet (Dis)Union
• Strategic issues
• Economic relations with Eastern Europe
• Can Western values be applied universally?
• Germany
• The future of NATO and the European Community
• Japan: political changes

12-14 May 1989 La Toja, Spain

• Domestic developments in Eastern Europe: policy implications for the West
• Can the Alliance be sustained by military and arms control issues alone?
• The long-term economic design of the E.C.: European sovereignty?
• Current events: U.S.-Soviet relations
• Greater political and monetary union of Europe: European sovereignty?
• Global relationships: surpluses, deficits and protectionism
• Environmental constraints

3-5 June 1988 Telfs-Buchen, Austria

• What can be done with the world economy: alternative scenarios
• How to handle a world awash with public and private debt?
• The German question revisited
• The new information era
• Briefing on the Moscow summit
• The impact of glasnost
• Future strategy of the Alliance
• The Gulf and Afghanistan

24-26 April 1987 Villa d'Este, Italy

• Strategy toward the U.S.S.R.
• Policy toward trade and protectionism
• The public sector and economic growth
• Current events: China
• The arms control debate

25-27 April 1986 Gleneagles, Scotland

• The Soviet Union under Gorbachev: foreign policy implications
• The Western global response to the Soviet challenge
• The fragmentation of the world economy: debt, currency disorder, protectionism, uneven growth
• Current events: terrorism
• South Africa

10-12 May 1985 Rye Brook, New York, U.S.A.

• Divergent social and economic trends in the Atlantic World
• How should the West deal with the Soviet Bloc?
• S.D.I.
• How should the West deal with developing countries?
• Current events: the current status of the budget in Congress and the European perspective on that situation
• Operating the Alliance

11-13 May 1984 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden

• Western power and the Middle East: a case study in Atlantic relationships
• The state of arms control negotiations
• Future employment trends in the industrialized democracies
• Current events: continental drift: economic and political
• The Soviet Union, the West and the Third World; a case study: Central America

13-15 May 1983 1983 Montebello, Canada

• East-West relations: containment, détente or confrontation
• Issues in medium-term prospects for growth in the world economy:
  - Protectionism and employment
  - Risks in banking and finance
• Current events: U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and Central America

14-16 May 1982 Sandefjord, Norway

• Divergent policies and attitudes in the North Atlantic Community
• What can arms control achieve?
• Middle East: issues at stake
• Economic issues: dogmas and realities
• Current events:
  - The Falkland Islands crisis
  - East-West relations: Poland, trade and finance

15-17 May 1981 Bürgenstock, Switzerland

• What should Western policy be toward the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
• Obstacles to effective coordination of Western policies
• How can the Western economies put their house in order?

18-20 April 1980 Aachen, F.R.G.

• America and Europe: Past, Present, Future

27-29 April 1979 Baden, Austria

• The present international monetary situation and its consequences for World cooperation
• The implications of instability in the Middle East and Africa for the Western World

21-23 April 1978 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A

• Western defence with its political implications
• The changing structure of production and trade: consequences for the Western industrialized countries

22-24 April 1977 Torquay, England

North American and Western European attitudes towards

• The future of the mixed economies in the Western democracies
• The Third World's demand for restructuring the world order and the political implications of those attitudes

25-27 April 1975 Çesme, Turkey

• Inflation: its economic, social and political implications
• Recent international political developments:
  - The present status and prospects to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict and the effect on relations among NATO members
  - Other recent developments affecting the relations among NATO countries

19-21 April 1974 Megève, France

Prospects for the Atlantic world

11-13 May 1973 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden

• The possibilities of the development of a European energy policy and the consequences of European-North American relations
• Conflicting expectations concerning the European Security Conference

21-23 April 1972 Knokke, Belgium

• The state of the Western community in the light of changing relationships among the non-communist industrialized countries and the impact of changing power relationships in the Far East on Western security

23-25 April 1971 Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.A.

• The contribution of business in dealing with current problems of social instability
• The possibility of a change of the American role in the world and its consequences

17-19 April 1970 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

• Future function of the university in our society
• Priorities in foreign policy

9-11 May 1969 Marienlyst, Denmark

• Elements of instability in Western society
• Conflicting attitudes within the Western world towards relations with the U.S.S.R. and the other Communist states of Eastern Europe in the light of recent events

26-28 April 1968 Mont Tremblant, Canada

• The relations between the West and the Communist countries
• Internationalization of business

31 March-2 April 1967 Cambridge, England

• Do the basic concepts of Atlantic cooperation remain valid for the evolving world situation? If not, what concepts could take their place?
• The technological gap between America and Europe with special reference to American investments in Europe

25-27 March 1966 Wiesbaden, F.R.G.

• Should NATO be reorganized and if so how?
• The future of world economic relations especially between industrial and developing countries

2-4 April 1965 Villa d'Este, Italy

• Monetary cooperation in the Western world
• The state of the Atlantic Alliance

20-22 March 1964 Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

The consequences for the Atlantic Alliance of:

• Apparent changes in the communist world
  - Soviet internal development
  - The Communist Bloc
• Possible changes in the attitude of the U.S.S.R. to the West
• Recent developments within the Western world
  - political
  - military
  - economic

29-31 May 1963 Cannes, France

• The balance of power in the light of recent international development
• Trade relations between the U.S.A. and Europe in the light of the negotiations for Britain's entry into the Common Market
• Trade relations between the Western world and the developing countries

18-20 May 1962 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden

• The political implications for the Atlantic community of its members' policies in the United Nations
• Implications for the Atlantic community of prospective developments

21-23 April 1961 St. Castin, Canada

• What initiatives are required to bring about a new sense of leadership and direction within the Western community?
• The implications for Western unity of changes in the relative economic strength of the United States and Western Europe

28-29 May 1960 Bürgenstock, Switzerland

• State of the world situation after the failure of the Summit Conference
• New political and economic developments in the Western world

18-20 September 1959 Yesilkoy, Turkey

• Review of developments since the last Conference
• Unity and division in Western policy

13-15 September 1958 Buxton, England

• Survey of events since the last Conference
• The future of NATO defence
• Western economic cooperation
• The Western approach to Soviet Russia and communism

15-17 February 1957 St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.A.

• Review of events since the fourth Bilderberg meeting in May 1956
• Nationalism and neutralism as disruptive factors inside the Western Alliance
• The Middle East
• The European policy of the Alliance, with special reference to the problems of Eastern Europe, German reunification and military strategy

4-6 October 1957 Fiuggi, Italy

• Survey of developments since the last Conference
• Modern weapons and disarmament in relation to Western security
• Are existing political and economic mechanisms within the Western community adequate?

11-13 May 1956 Fredensborg, Denmark

• Review of developments since the last Conference
• The causes of the growth of anti-Western blocs, in particular in the United Nations
• The role played by anti-colonialism in relations between Asians and the West
• A common approach by the Western world towards China and the emergent nations of South and East Asia
• The communist campaign for political subversion or control of the newly emancipated countries of Asia
• How the West can best meet Asian requirements in the technical and economic fields

18-20 March 1955 Barbizon, France

• Survey of Western European-USA relations since the first Bilderberg Conference
• Communist infiltration in various Western countries
• The uncommitted people:
  - Political and ideological aspects
  - Economic aspects

23-25 September 1955 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, F.R.G.

• Review of events since the Barbizon Conference
• Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• The political and strategic aspects of atomic energy
• The reunification of Germany
• European unity
• The industrial aspects of atomic energy
• Economic problems:
  - East-West trade
  - The political aspects of convertibility
  - Expansion of international trade

29-31 May 1954 Oosterbeek, Netherlands

• The attitude towards communism and the Soviet Union
• The attitude towards dependent areas and peoples overseas
• The attitude towards economic policies and problems
• The attitude towards European integration and the European Defence Community