OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will join forces with key leadership from Microsoft, DeepMind and Google on Thursday as the secretive Bilderberg Meeting kick-starts.
Artificial intelligence will be a key focus of the talks between members of the business and political elite in Lisbon, Portugal.
The annual Bilderberg event is shrouded in mystery, with discussions held behind closed doors and under Chatham House rules.
Bilderberg: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google join AI talks at secretive meeting
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will join forces with key leadership from companies like Microsoft and Google this week as a secretive meeting of the business and political elite kick-starts in Lisbon, Portugal.
All in, around 130 participants from 23 countries are set to attend the private meeting — a similar number to previous years. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, BP chief Bernard Looney, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne, investor Peter Thiel and a number of EU politicians will also be there.
The three-day event, which this year runs from Thursday to Sunday, is shrouded in mystery, with clandestine talks held behind closed doors and subject to Chatham House rules, meaning the identity and affiliation of speakers must not be disclosed.
Abrams, Stacey (USA), CEO, Sage Works Production Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chair, Global Advisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG Agrawal, Ajay (CAN), Professor of Economics, University of Toronto Albares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign Affairs Altman, Sam (USA), CEO, OpenAI Alverà, Marco (ITA), Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO TES Andersson, Magdalena (SWE), Leader, Social Democratic Party Applebaum, Anne (USA), Staff Writer, The Atlantic Arnaut, José Luís (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut Attal, Gabriel (FRA), Minister for Public Accounts Balsemão, Francisco Pinto (PRT), Chair, Impresa Group Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chair, International Advisors, Goldman Sachs Baudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi SA Beaune, Clément (FRA), Minister for Transport Benson, Sally (USA), Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University Beurden, Ben van (NLD), Special Advisor to the Board, Shell plc Borg, Anna (SWE), President and CEO, Vattenfall AB Borrell, Josep (INT), Vice President, European Commission Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SA Bourla, Albert (USA), Chair and CEO, Pfizer Inc. Braathen, Kjerstin (NOR), CEO, DNB ASA Brende, Børge (NOR), President, World Economic Forum Brink, Dolf van den (NLD), CEO, Heineken NV Brudermüller, Martin (DEU), CEO, BASF SE Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA SA Byrne, Thomas (IRL), Minister for Sport and Physical Education Carney, Mark (CAN), Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management Cassis, Ignazio (CHE), Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Castries, Henri de (FRA), President, Institut Montaigne Cavoli, Christopher (INT), Supreme Allied Commander Europe Ceylan, Mehmet Fatih (TUR), President, Ankara Policy Center Chhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council Creuheras, José (ESP), Chair, Grupo Planeta and Atresmedia Debackere, Koenraad (BEL), Chair, KBC Group NV Deese, Brian (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council Donohoe, Paschal (INT), President, Eurogroup Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SE Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Economy, Elizabeth (USA), Senior Advisor for China, Department of Commerce Ehrnrooth, Henrik (FIN), Chair, Otava Group Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General for External Security, Ministry of the Armed Forces Empoli, Giuliano da (ITA), Political Scientist and Writer, Sciences Po Entrecanales, José M. (ESP), Chair and CEO, Acciona SA Eriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASA Ferguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Stanford University Fleming, Jeremy (GBR), Former Director, GCHQ Frederiksen, Mette (DNK), Prime Minister Freeland, Chrystia (CAN), Deputy Prime Minister Garijo, Bélen (DEU), Chair and CEO, Merck KGaA Gentiloni, Paolo (INT), Commissioner for Economy, European Commission Gonzáles Pons, Esteban (ESP), Vice Chair, European People’s Party Gosset-Grainville, Antoine (FRA), Chair, AXA Goulimis, Nicky (GRC), Board Member and Co-Founder, Nova Credit Inc. Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel LLC Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Anchor, La7 TV Gürkaynak, Refet (TUR), Professor of Economics, Bilkent University Haines, Avril D. (USA), Director of National Intelligence Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University Hassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO, DeepMind Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation Hofreiter, Anton (DEU), MP; Chair Committee on European Affairs Holzen, Madeleine von (CHE), Editor-in-Chief, Le Temps Jensen, Kristian (DNK), CEO, Green Power Denmark Joshi, Shashank (GBR), Defence Editor, The Economist Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), Minister of Finance; Deputy Prime Minister Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc. Kasparov, Garry (USA), Chair, Renew Democracy Initiative Kieli, Kasia (POL), President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery Poland Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chair, Koç Holding AS Kolesnikov, Andrei (INT), Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business Roundtable Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman, KKR & Co. Inc. Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Chair, The Museum of Modern Art Kudelski, André (CHE), Chair and CEO, Kudelski Group SA Kuleba, Dmytro (UKR), Minister of Foreign Affairs Lammy, David (GBR), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, House of Commons Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chair DSM-Firmenich AG Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation Trustees Looney, Bernard (GBR), CEO, BP plc Marin, Sanna (FIN), Prime Minister Metsola, Roberta (INT), President, European Parliament Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist Moreira, Duarte (PRT), Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Zeno Partners Moyo, Dambisa (GBR), Global Economist; Member, House of Lords Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates LLC Nadella, Satya (USA), CEO, Microsoft Corporation O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair Group Orida, Deborah (CAN), President and CEO, PSP Investments Özel, Soli (TUR), Professor, Kadir Has University Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chair, TITAN Cement Group; Treasurer Bilderberg Meetings Philippe, Édouard (FRA), Mayor, Le Havre Pottinger, Matthew (USA), Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chair and CEO, TotalEnergies SE Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times Ramírez, Pedro J. (ESP), Director, El Español Rappard, Rolly van (NLD), Co-Founder and Co-Chair, CVC Capital Partners Reynders, Didier (INT), European Commissioner for Justice Röttgen, Norbert (DEU), MP, German Bundestag Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister Salomon, Martina (AUT), Editor-in-Chief, Kurier Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd. Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Schallenberg, Alexander (AUT), Minister for European and International Affairs Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chair, Google LLC Schmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), Head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks Sebastião, Nuno (PRT), Chair and CEO, Feedzai Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), MEP, European Parliament Silva, Filipe (PRT), CEO, Galp Stilwell de Andrade, Miguel (PRT), CEO, EDP Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO Subramanian, Arvind (INT), Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Brown University Tellis, Ashley J. (USA), Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLC Tsu, Jing (USA), Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), Minister of State for Security Vadera, Shriti (GBR), Chair, Prudential plc Vassilakis, Eftichios (GRC), Chair, Aegean Group Waldron, John (USA), President and COO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Wennink, Peter (NLD), President and CEO, ASML Holding NV Wright, Thomas (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council Yang, Yuan (GBR), Europe-China Correspondent, Financial Times Yergin, Daniel (USA), Vice Chair, S&P Global
