2026 Bilderberg Conference
| 2026 Bilderberg Conference 72nd Bilderberg Meeting | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United States |
| Date | 9–12 April 2026 |
| Cities | Washington, D.C. |
| Venues | Salamander Washington DC Hotel |
| Participants | c. 128 from 23 countries |
| Follows | 2025 Bilderberg Conference |
| Precedes | 2027 Bilderberg Conference |
| Website | bilderbergmeetings |
The 2026 Bilderberg Conference was held between 9–12 April 2026 at the Salamander Washington DC Hotel in Washington, D.C., United States.[1][2] The 2026 meeting was the 72nd edition of the event. A Bilderberg Group press release listed 128 participants from 23 countries and territories.[3] This was the second conference to take place at the Salamander Hotel after the 2022 edition.[4]
Established in 1954 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Bilderberg conferences (or meetings) are an annual private gathering of the European and North American political and business elite. Events are attended by between 120 and 150 people each year invited by the Bilderberg Group's steering committee; including prominent politicians, CEOs, national security experts, academics and journalists.[5][6][7]
Bilderberg conferences operate under the Chatham House Rule, meaning that participants are sworn to secrecy and cannot disclose the identity or affiliation of any particular speaker.[5] As a result, media are not invited and delegates rarely speak about what was discussed.[8]
Agenda
[edit]Key topics for discussion were announced on the Bilderberg website shortly before the meeting.[2] These topics included:
- AI
- Arctic Security
- China
- Digital Finance
- Energy Diversification
- Europe
- Global Trade
- The Middle East
- Russia
- Trans-Atlantic Defence-Industrial Relationship
- Ukraine
- United States
- Future of Warfare
- The West
Participants
[edit]A list of 128 participants was published on the Bilderberg website.[3] This list may not be complete, as a source connected to the Bilderberg group told The Daily Telegraph in 2013 that some attendees do not have their names publicized.[9]
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
European Union (international)
Finland
France
- Valérie Baudson
- Henri de Castries
- Roland Lescure
- Catherine MacGregor
- Ross McInnes
- Arthur Mensch
- Patrick Pouyanné
- Nicolas Roche
- Luis Vassy
Germany
- Roland Busch
- Mathias Döpfner
- Jeanette zu Fürstenberg
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- Uwe Horstmann
- Gundbert Scherf
- Christian Sewing
- Oliver Zipse
Greece
Greenland
International Energy Agency (international)
Ireland
Italy
NATO (international)
Netherlands
- Roy Jakobs
- Rob Jetten
- Sigrid Kaag
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
- Rolly van Rappard
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Murray Auchincloss
- Camilla Cavendish
- Demis Hassabis
- David Lammy
- Blaise Metreweli
- Zanny Minton Beddoes
- Gideon Rachman
- John Sawers
- Mark Sedwill
- Mark Tucker
United States
- Stacey Abrams
- Anne Applebaum
- Albert Bourla
- Douglas Burgum
- Jack Clark
- Daniel P. Driscoll
- Elizabeth Economy
- Niall Ferguson
- Rana Foroohar
- Jamieson Greer
- Kevin Harrington
- Kimberly Kagan
- Alex Karp
- David Kirtley
- Stephen Kotkin
- Michael Kratsios
- Henry R. Kravis
- Marie-Josée Kravis
- Robert Lighthizer
- Brett McGurk
- John Micklethwait
- Mira Murati
- Peter R. Orszag
- Samuel Paparo
- Skye Perryman
- Nadia Schadlow
- Brian Schimpf
- Eric E. Schmidt
- Terri Sewell
- Faryar Shirzad
- Brad Smith
- Jason Smith
- Alexandr Wang
- Fareed Zakaria
References
[edit]- ↑ Carvalho, Frederico Duarte (April 10, 2026). "Bilderberg já começou em Washington sem António Costa na lista oficial (mas Guta mantém-se)". Página UM (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- 1 2 "Press release 2026". Bilderberg Meetings. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- 1 2 "Participants 2026". Bilderberg Meetings. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- ↑ Inside the Plan to Demolish and Rebuild Trump's Washington, retrieved April 12, 2026
- 1 2 Gilchrist, Karen (May 30, 2024). "A top secret meeting is kicking off in Madrid with the CEOs of Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Microsoft AI in attendance". CNBC. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ↑ Sommerlad, Joe (June 4, 2019). "Who are the secretive Bilderberg Group and are they really the New World Order?". The Independent. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ↑ Kantor, Lukas (January 1, 2024). "Bilderbergers head EU, NATO, IMF and UN". Academia.edu. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ↑ "Bilderberg group meets in Sweden amid US-Europe tensions". Reuters. June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ↑ Holehouse, Matthew (June 6, 2013). "Bilderberg Group? No conspiracy, just the most influential group in the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 22, 2023.