Bilderberg Releases Official Attendee List And Press Release

Bilderberg Meetings
Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May-3 June 2012
Final List of Participants
Chairman

FRA	Castries, Henri de	Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
DEU	Ackermann, Josef	Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
GBR	Agius, Marcus	Chairman, Barclays plc
USA	Ajami, Fouad	Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
USA	Alexander, Keith B.	Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency
INT	Almunia, Joaquín	Vice-President – Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
USA	Altman, Roger C.	Chairman, Evercore Partners
PRT	Amado, Luís	Chairman, Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF)
NOR	Andresen, Johan H.	Owner and CEO, FERD
FIN	Apunen, Matti	Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
TUR	Babacan, Ali	Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs
PRT	Balsemão, Francisco Pinto	President and CEO, Impresa; Former Prime Minister
FRA	Baverez, Nicolas	Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
FRA	Béchu, Christophe	Senator, and Chairman, General Council of Maine-et-Loire
BEL	Belgium, H.R.H. Prince Philippe of
TUR	Berberoğlu, Enis	Editor-in-Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper
ITA	Bernabè, Franco	Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia
GBR	Boles, Nick	Member of Parliament
SWE	Bonnier, Jonas	President and CEO, Bonnier AB
NOR	Brandtzæg, Svein Richard	President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
AUT	Bronner, Oscar	Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt
SWE	Carlsson, Gunilla	Minister for International Development Cooperation
CAN	Carney, Mark J.	Governor, Bank of Canada
ESP	Cebrián, Juan Luis	CEO, PRISA; Chairman, El País
AUT	Cernko, Willibald	CEO, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
FRA	Chalendar, Pierre André de	Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain
DNK	Christiansen, Jeppe	CEO, Maj Invest
RUS	Chubais, Anatoly B.	CEO, OJSC RUSNANO
CAN	Clark, W. Edmund	Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
GBR	Clarke, Kenneth	Member of Parliament, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of Justice
USA	Collins, Timothy C.	CEO and Senior Managing Director, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
ITA	Conti, Fulvio	CEO and General Manager, Enel S.p.A.
USA	Daniels, Jr., Mitchell E.	Governor of Indiana
USA	DeMuth, Christopher	Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
USA	Donilon, Thomas E.	National Security Advisor, The White House
GBR	Dudley, Robert	Group Chief Executive, BP plc
ITA	Elkann, John	Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
DEU	Enders, Thomas	CEO, Airbus
USA	Evans, J. Michael	Vice Chairman, Global Head of Growth Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co.
AUT	Faymann, Werner	Federal Chancellor
DNK	Federspiel, Ulrik	Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
USA	Ferguson, Niall	Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
GBR	Flint, Douglas J.	Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
CHN	Fu, Ying	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
IRL	Gallagher, Paul	Former Attorney General; Senior Counsel
USA	Gephardt, Richard A.	President and CEO, Gephardt Group
GRC	Giannitsis, Anastasios	Former Minister of Interior; Professor of Development and International Economics, University of Athens
USA	Goolsbee, Austan D.	Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
USA	Graham, Donald E.	Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
ITA	Gruber, Lilli	Journalist – Anchorwoman, La 7 TV
INT	Gucht, Karel de	Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
NLD	Halberstadt, Victor	Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary  General of Bilderberg Meetings
USA	Harris, Britt	CIO, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
USA	Hoffman, Reid	Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
CHN	Huang, Yiping	Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
USA	Huntsman, Jr., Jon M.	Chairman, Huntsman Cancer Foundation
DEU	Ischinger, Wolfgang	Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Global Head Government Relations, Allianz SE
RUS	Ivanov, Igor S.	Associate member, Russian Academy of Science; President, Russian International Affairs Council
FRA	Izraelewicz, Erik	CEO, Le Monde
USA	Jacobs, Kenneth M.	Chairman and CEO, Lazard
USA	Johnson, James A.	Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
USA	Jordan, Jr., Vernon E.	Senior Managing Director, Lazard
USA	Karp, Alexander	CEO, Palantir Technologies
USA	Karsner, Alexander	Executive Chairman, Manifest Energy, Inc
FRA	Karvar, Anousheh	Inspector, Inter-ministerial Audit and Evaluation Office for Social, Health, Employment and Labor Policies
RUS	Kasparov, Garry	Chairman, United Civil Front (of Russia)
GBR	Kerr, John	Independent Member, House of Lords
USA	Kerry, John	Senator for Massachusetts
TUR	Keyman, E. Fuat	Director, Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University
USA	Kissinger, Henry A.	Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA	Kleinfeld, Klaus	Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
TUR	Koç, Mustafa	Chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş.
DEU	Koch, Roland	CEO, Bilfinger Berger SE
INT	Kodmani, Bassma	Member of the Executive Bureau and Head of Foreign Affairs, Syrian National Council
USA	Kravis, Henry R.	Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA	Kravis, Marie-Josée	Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
INT	Kroes, Neelie	Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Digital Agenda
USA	Krupp, Fred	President, Environmental Defense Fund
INT	Lamy, Pascal	Director-General, World Trade Organization
ITA	Letta, Enrico	Deputy Leader, Democratic Party (PD)
ISR	Levite, Ariel E.	Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
USA	Li, Cheng	Director of Research and Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
USA	Lipsky, John	Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University
USA	Liveris, Andrew N.	President, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
DEU	Löscher, Peter	President and CEO, Siemens AG
USA	Lynn, William J.	Chairman and CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc.
GBR	Mandelson, Peter	Member, House of Lords; Chairman, Global Counsel
USA	Mathews, Jessica T.	President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DEN	Mchangama, Jacob	Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS)
CAN	McKenna, Frank	Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group
USA	Mehlman, Kenneth B.	Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
GBR	Micklethwait, John	Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
FRA	Montbrial, Thierry de	President, French Institute for International Relations
PRT	Moreira da Silva, Jorge	First Vice-President, Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
USA	Mundie, Craig J.	Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
DEU	Nass, Matthias	Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit
NLD	Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the
ESP	Nin Génova, Juan María	Deputy Chairman and CEO, Caixabank
IRL	Noonan, Michael	Minister for Finance
USA	Noonan, Peggy	Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
FIN	Ollila, Jorma	Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc
USA	Orszag, Peter R.	Vice Chairman, Citigroup
GRC	Papalexopoulos, Dimitri	Managing Director, Titan Cement Co.
NLD	Pechtold, Alexander	Parliamentary Leader, Democrats ’66 (D66)
USA	Perle, Richard N.	Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
NLD	Polman, Paul	CEO, Unilever PLC
CAN	Prichard, J. Robert S.	Chair, Torys LLP
ISR	Rabinovich, Itamar	Global Distinguished Professor, New York University
GBR	Rachman, Gideon	Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times
USA	Rattner, Steven	Chairman, Willett Advisors LLC
CAN	Redford, Alison M.	Premier of Alberta
CAN	Reisman, Heather M.	CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
DEU	Reitzle, Wolfgang	CEO & President, Linde AG
USA	Rogoff, Kenneth S.	Professor of Economics, Harvard University
USA	Rose, Charlie	Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose
USA	Ross, Dennis B.	Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
POL	Rostowski, Jacek	Minister of Finance
USA	Rubin, Robert E.	Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
NLD	Rutte, Mark	Prime Minister
ESP	Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, Soraya	Vice President and Minister for the Presidency
NLD	Scheffer, Paul	Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University
USA	Schmidt, Eric E.	Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
AUT	Scholten, Rudolf	Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
FRA	Senard, Jean-Dominique	CEO, Michelin Group
USA	Shambaugh, David	Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University
INT	Sheeran, Josette	Vice Chairman, World Economic Forum
FIN	Siilasmaa, Risto	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation
USA	Speyer, Jerry I.	Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer
CHE	Supino, Pietro	Chairman and Publisher, Tamedia AG
IRL	Sutherland, Peter D.	Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
USA	Thiel, Peter A.	President, Clarium Capital / Thiel Capital
TUR	Timuray, Serpil	CEO, Vodafone Turkey
DEU	Trittin, Jürgen	Parliamentary Leader, Alliance 90/The Greens
GRC	Tsoukalis, Loukas	President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
FIN	Urpilainen, Jutta	Minister of Finance
CHE	Vasella, Daniel L.	Chairman, Novartis AG
INT	Vimont, Pierre	Executive Secretary General, European External Action Service
GBR	Voser, Peter	CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE	Wallenberg, Jacob	Chairman, Investor AB
USA	Warsh, Kevin	Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
GBR	Wolf, Martin H.	Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
USA	Wolfensohn, James D.	Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
CAN	Wright, Nigel S.	Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister
USA	Yergin, Daniel	Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
INT	Zoellick, Robert B.	President, The World Bank Group
	Rapporteurs
GBR	Bredow, Vendeline von	Business Correspondent, The Economist
GBR	Wooldridge, Adrian D.	Foreign Correspondent, The Economist

Republican Super PACs Plan $1 Billion Spending 'Blitz' Before November

Republican donors and campaign groups are planning 'not to leave anything in the locker room' in the coming months, as they plan to break all previous records for campaign spending in a bid to ram Mitt Romney into the White House and influence more control in Congress in November.

According to "officials familiar with the groups’ internal operations", Republican super PACs and major league conservative players – including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – will be spending over $1 billion before November’s elections.

The spending 'blitz' comes in addition to funds raised by the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee – which intend to raise an additional $800 million.

read more here: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/30-4

CNN Founder Ted Turner Supports Population Reduction To 2 Billion

For decades, a shadowy and secret elite organization called the Bilderberg Group has plotted policy together that subjugates humanity under the cover of darkness. On the first day of the Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, VA on May 31st, from 10am to 10pm, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange will shine a much needed light on the group's members and media pundits that have kept details about the group hidden from the American public. Tune into http://www.ustream.tv/WeAreChange for a twelve hour donation drive being broadcast outside the Bilderberg conference to watch TWELVE never seen before confrontations released LIVE every hour.

WeAreChange's Schedule for the release of the 12 never before seen confrontation videos. We will release these videos while streaming live from Chantilly, VA, outside the Bilderberg meeting. Starts Thursday, May 31st at 10am. http://www.ustream.tv/WeAreChange

1. Tony Blair (10am)
2. Lawrence O'Donnell (11am)
3. Alan Greenspan (12pm)
4. George Pataki (1pm)
5. Charlie Rose (2pm)
6. Ted Turner (3pm)
7. Henry Kissinger (4pm)
8. Jill Abramson (5pm)
9. Vernon Jordan (6pm)
10. Paul Wolfensohn (7pm)
11. Lou Dobbs and Paula Zahn (8pm)
12. Lord Jacob Rothschild (9pm)

How Independent Are Vaccine Defenders?

For years some parents and scientists have raised concerns about vaccine safety, including a possible link to autism and ADD. Many independent experts have sided with government officials and other scientists who say there's no possible connection. But how "independent" are they? CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson shares here's what she found.

They're some of the most trusted voices in the defense of vaccine safety: the American Academy of Pediatrics, Every Child By Two, and pediatrician Dr. Paul Offit.

But CBS News has found these three have something more in common - strong financial ties to the industry whose products they promote and defend.

Read more here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/25/cbsnews_investigates/main4296175.shtml

Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group

How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderbergers, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. As part of the BBC's Who Runs Your World? series, Bill Hayton tries to find out more.

Bilderberg's head Viscount Davignon plays down the group's role in setting the international agenda

The chairman of the secretive - he prefers the word private - Bilderberg Group is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon, corporate director and former European Commissioner.

In his office, on a private floor above the Brussels office of the Suez conglomerate lined with political cartoons of himself, he told me what he thought of allegations that Bilderberg is a global conspiracy secretly ruling the world.

"It is unavoidable and it doesn't matter," he says. "There will always be people who believe in conspiracies but things happen in a much more incoherent fashion."

More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4290944.stm

Quebec's conflict of contrasting social visions

What began as a protest over tuition hikes has now become a standoff over a much deeper political discord in Quebec.

Montreal, Canada - A mass student strike in Quebec over rising university tuition fees is quickly turning into a major social movement and a real challenge to the provincial Liberal government.

Despite growing international attention and constant protest, including demonstrations among the largest in Canada's history, Liberal politicians continue to hold firm on a decision to hike post-secondary tuition fees by US $1,778 over five years, a 82 per cent increase per student.

Symbolised by a carre rouge or red square, inspired by the French phrase carrement dans le rouge, meaning "squarely in the red", in reference to growing student debt, the Quebec student strike is clearly gaining political momentum. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets on May 22, marking 100 days on strike, as local media and politicians now openly acknowledge that Quebec is facing a "political crisis".

Read more here: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012529121533793470.html

BP oil spill criminal charges laid

Former company engineer faces 2 counts of obstructing justice for allegedly deleting text messages.

The first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have been filed against a former BP engineer who is alleged to have destroyed evidence, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.

Kurt Mix of Texas was arrested on charges of intentionally destroying evidence. He faces two counts of obstruction of justice.

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, killing 11 men and eventually spewing five million barrels, or about 795 million liters, of crude into the sea — the largest offshore oil spill in U.S history.


Read more here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/04/24/bp-engineer-charged-in-oil-spill.html