What is the agenda of the Bilderberg Group?

According to the official Bilderberg website: The conference is a forum for informal discussions about megatrends and major issues facing the world… There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued… The Bilderberg conference has one main goal: to foster discussion and dialogue. There is no desired outcome, there is no closing statement, there are no resolutions proposed or votes taken.

There are however, pervading ideologies of Bilderberg group members of corporate and financial globalization, support of a Western-led one world government, and the advancement and further institutionalization of global governance. In short, the Bilderberg group’s agenda is for a New World Order, the same agenda proscribed by other groups of shadowy elites such as the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, and perhaps even the Illuminati.

According to the research journalist Daniel Estulin, whose groundbreaking book “The True Story of the Bilderberg Group”, remains the definitive work on the subject, the Bilderberg agenda ‘wish list’ includes:

– “one international identity (observing) one set of universal values;”
– centralized control of world populations by “mind control;” in other words, controlling world public opinion;
– a New World Order with no middle class, only “rulers and servants (serfs),” and, of course, no democracy;
– “a zero-growth society” without prosperity or progress, only greater wealth and power for the rulers;
– manufactured crises and perpetual wars;
– absolute control of education to program the public mind and train those chosen for various roles;
– “centralized control of all foreign and domestic policies;” one size fits all globally;
– using the UN as a de facto world government imposing a UN tax on “world citizens;”
– expanding NAFTA and WTO globally;
– making NATO a world military;
– imposing a universal legal system; and
– a global “welfare state where obedient slaves will be rewarded and non-conformists targeted for extermination.”

To this end, the meetings each year include official ‘Key Topics of Discussion’. A list of current events or ongoing concerns for the group to focus on and exert control over.

Below is a list of the date and location of every Bilderberg Group meeting since their inception, along with their official discussion topics:

2-5 June 2022 Washington DC, USA

Geopolitical Realignments
NATO
China
Indo-Pacific Realignment
Energy Security and Sustainability
Russia
Continuity of Government and the Economy
Disruption of the Global Financial System
Disinformation
Sino-US Tech Competition
Post Pandemic Health
Fragmentation of Democratic Societies
Trade and Deglobalisation
Ukraine

2021 - Cancelled

This meeting was cancelled due to travel and meeting restrictions related to COVID-19.

2020 - Cancelled

This meeting was cancelled due to travel and meeting restrictions related to COVID-19.

30 May - 2 June 2019 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 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, Virginia, 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 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