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Ottawa, Canada,

Brook Street Hotel nr. Ottawa, Canada.

8-11 June 2006

List of participants

Honorary Chairman

B – Davignon, Etienne Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel

 

PNA – Abu-Amr, Ziad  Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council; President of the Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University

P – Aguiar-Branco, José Pedro  Former Minister of Justice; Member of Parliament (PSD)

CH – Aigrain, Jacques  CEO, Swiss Re

USA – Ajami, Fouad  Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University

GR – Alogoskoufis, George  Minister of Economy and Finance

TR – Bagis, Egemen  Member of Parliament; Poreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister

GB – Balls, Edward  Economic Secretary to the Treasury

P – Balsemão, Prancisco Pinto  Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister

F – Barnier, Michel  Former Minister for Foreign Affairs; Corporate Vice-President, Mérieux Alliance

A – Bartenstein, Martin  Minister of Economies and Labour

I – Barnabè, Franco  Vice Chariman, Rothschild Europe

S – Bildt, Carl  Former Prime Minister

TR – Boyner, Ümit N.  Member of the Executive Board, Boyner Holding

F – Bressand, Albert  Professor and Managing Director designate, Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

A – Bronner, Oscar  Publisher and Editor, Der Standard

GB – Browne, John  Group Chief Executive, BP plc

B – Burda, Hubert  Publisher and CEO, Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG

F – Castries, Henri de Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA

E – Cebrián, Juan Luis  CEO, PRISA

IRQ – Chalabi, Ahmad  Former Deputy Prime Minister

CDN – Clark, Edmund  President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group

GB – Clark, Kenneth  Member of Parliament

USA – Collins, Timothy C.  Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC

F – Collomb, Bertrand  Chairman, Lafarge

CDN – Comper, Tony  President and CEO, BMO Financial Group

CDN – Crawley, Phillip  Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail

GR – David, George A.  Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.

INT – Dervis, Kemal  Administrator, UNDP

F – Descoing, Richard  Director, Institut d’Études Politiques

CDN – Desmarais, Jr., Paul  CEO, Power Corporation

F – Devedjian, Patrick  Member of Parliament

USA – Donilon, Thomas E.  Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP

D – Döpfner, Mathias  Chairman of the Board of Management, Axel Springer AG

DK – Eldrup, Anders  President, DONG A/S

I – Elkann, John Vice  Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.

USA – Feldstein, Martin S.  President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research

USA – Geithner, Timothy F.  President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

USA – Gigot, Paul A.  Editor of the Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal

ISR – Gilady, Eival  Head of Coordination and Strategy at the Office of the Prime Minister

IRL – Gleeson, Dermot  Chairman, AIB Group

B – Goldschmidt, Pierre  Former IAEA Deputy Director General and Former Head of the Department of Safeguards; Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

A – Gusenbauer, Alfred  Parliamentary Leader SPÖ

NL – Halberstadt, Victor  Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings

B – Hansen, Jean-Pierre  CEO, Suez-Tractebel S.A.

FIN – Heinäluoma, Eero  Minister of Finance

USA – Holbrooke, Richard C.  Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC

USA – Hubbard, Allan B.  Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Director National Economic Council

N – Jensen, Siv  Member of Parliament

D – Joffe, Josef  Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit

USA – Johnson, James A.  Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC

USA – Jordan, Jr., Vernon E.  Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

GB – Kaletsky, Anatole  Editor at Large, The Times

F – Kerdrel, Yves de  Editor, Le Figaro

GB – Kerr of Kinlochard, John  Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc

USA – Kimsey, James V.  Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus, America Online, Inc.

USA – Kissinger, Henry A.  Chairman, Kissinger Associates

NL – Kleisterlee, Gerard J.  President and CEO, Royal Philips Electronics

TR – Koç, Mustafa V.  Chariman, Koç Holding A.S.

TR – Köprülü, Kemal  Founding Chairman, ARI Movement

FIN – Korkman, Sixten  Managing Director, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA and Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA

TR – Koru, Fehmi  Senior Writer, Yeni Safek

CDN – Koss, Johann O.  President and CEO, Right To Play

USA – Kravis, Henry R.  Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

USA – Kravis, Marie-Josée  Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.

INT – Kroes, Neelie  Commissioner, European Commission

INT – Kronenburg, Ed  Director of the Private Office, NATO Headquarters

CH – Kudelski, André  Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kudelski Group

F – Lauvergeon, Anne  Chairman of the Executive Board, AREVA

E – Leòn Gross, Bernardino  Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

B – Lippens, Maurice  Chairman, FORTIS

CDN – Lloyd, Ronald S.  Chairman and CEO, Credit Suisse First Boston

USA – Luti, William J.  Special Assistant to the President for Defense Policy and Strategy, National Security Council

USA – Mathews, Jessica T.  President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

CDN – McKenna, Frank  Deputy Chair, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group

USA – Medish, Mark C.  Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

F – Montbrial, Thierry de  President, French Institute for International Relations

INT – Monti, Mario President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

USA – Mundie, Craig J.  Chief Technical Officer Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation

N – Myklebust, Egil  Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA

D – Nass, Matthias  Deputy Editor, Die Zeit

NL – Netherlands, M.H. the Queen of The

CDN – Nickerson, Ken  iBinary Corp

CDN – Nixon, Gordon  President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

N – Norvik, Harald  Chairman & Partner, ECON Management AS

IRL – O’Brien, Denis  Chairman, Communicorp Group Ltd.

PL – Olechowski, Adnrzej  Leader Civic Platform

FIN – Ollila, Jorma  Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc

GB – Osborne, George  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

TR – Özel, Soli  Professor of International Relations and Political Sience, Istanbul Bilgi University

I – Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso  Minister of Finance

USA – Pataki, George E.  Governor of New York State

USA – Pearlstine, Norman  Senior Advisor, Time Warner Inc.

USA – Pei, Minxin  Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

USA – Perle, Richard N.  Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

D – Pflüger, Friedberg  State Secretary of Defence

INT – Piebalgs, Andris  Commissioner, European Commission

F – Pinault, François-Henri  President, Artemis; Chairman and CEO, PPR Group

CDN – Prichard, J. Robert S.  Preisdent, Torstar Corporation

USA – Rattner, Steven  Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group LLC

S – Reinfeldt, Fredrik  Chairman Conservative Party

CDN – Reisman, Heather  Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

USA – Rockefeller, David  Former Member, JP Morgan International Council

E – Rodriguez Inciarte, Matías  Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander, Ciudad Grupo Santander

USA – Ross, Dennis B.  Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

F – Roy, Oliver  Senior Researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research

USA – Roy, J. Stapleton  Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

USA – Sadjapour, Karim  Analyst, International Crisis Group

USA – Sant, Roger  Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation The Summit Foundation

IRN – Sariolghalam, Mahmood  Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Economic and Political Sciences, National University of Iran (Shahid Beheshti)

I – Scaroni, Paolo  CEO, Eni S.p.A.

D – Schily, Otto  Former Minister of Interior Affairs; Member of Parliament; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A – Scholten, Rudolf  Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Österreichische Kontrollbank AG

D – Schrempp, Jürgen E.  Former Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG

D – Schulz, Ekkehard D.  Chairman, ThyssenKrupp AG

DK – Seidenfaden, Tøger  Executive Editor-in-Chief, Politiken

P – Silva, Augusto Santos  Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

USA – Steinberg, James B.  Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas

S – Stråberg, Hans  President and CEO, AB Electrolux

IRL – Sutherland, Peter D.  Chariman, BP plc and Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

I – Tremonti, Giulio  Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies

GR – Tsoukalis, Loukas  President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

NL – Verhagen, Maxime J.M.  Parliamentary Leader, Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)

USA – Vinocur, John  Senior Correspondent, International Herald Tribune

S – Wallenberg, Jacob  Chairman, Investor AB

CDN – Waugh, Richard E.  President and CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia

NL – Wellink, A.H.E.M.  President, De Nederlandsche Bank

GB – Wolf, Martin H.  Associate Editor and Economics Conmmentator, The Financial Times

USA – Wolfensohn, James D.  Special Envoy for the Gaza Disengagement

USA – Zelikow, Philip D.  Counselor of the Department, US Department of State

CHN – Zhang, Yi  Deputy Secretary General, China Society for Strategy and Management Research

USA – Zoellick, Robert B.  Deputy Secretary of State

D – Zumwinkel, Klaus  Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG

Rapporteurs

GB – Bredow, Vendelin von  Paris Correspondent, The Economist

GB – Wooldridge, Adrian D.  Foreign Correspondent, The Economist

Notes on participants from Fathers.ca

Andrzej Olechowski

Former minister of foreign affairs and finance in his native Poland, where he has frequently been involved in politics since the 1990s. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 presidential election and Warsaw’s 2002 mayoral race. Mr. Olechowski was a founding member of the centrist Civic Platform party, and is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Vivendi Universal, Citibank Handlowy and PKN Orlen.

Egil Myklebust

Served as president and CEO of Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian oil and gas group that is one of that countries biggest companies, between 1991 and 2001. He then served as Norsk’s chairman until 2004 and was also a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. While he is a well-known face in the world’s oil and gas industry, Mr. Myklebust is currently chairman of Scandinavian Airlines.

Robert Zoellick

Reports to Condoleeza Rice as the U.S. deputy secretary of state, after serving as the U.S. trade representative from 2001 to 2005. A lawyer, Mr. Zoellick has worked in economic and diplomatic policy development in different Republican administrations for more than two decades. He has a strong reputation for hammering out international trade deals; he played a key role in sealing NAFTA and has been an important player in World Trade Organization talks.

James B. Steinberg

Best known for his work as deputy national security adviser to U.S. president Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2000. After working in government, Mr. Steinberg went on to direct foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington and is now the dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a frequent media commentator on U.S. foreign policy and has written several books on national security topics.

Juan Luis Cebrian

CEO of the Spanish media conglomerate Grupa Prisa, which owns El Pais, a centre-left daily that is the country’s leading newspaper. Mr. Cebrian is a former editor at El Pais and has also served as chairman of the International Press Institute. He is also an acclaimed author of books such as Red Doll and the essay collection, The Press and Main Street.

Mario Monti

Dubbed “Super Mario” by the press, is an Italian economist, president of Bocconi University in Milan and chairman of the European think-tank Bruegel. He has most notably served on the European Commission, where he was sometimes called an antitrust czar. Mr. Monti fought against a proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywell in 2001. The European Union eventually blocked that merger, earning criticism from U.S. regulators.

Jean-Pierre Hansen

CEO of energy giants Electrabel, Belgium’s top power producer, and Suez-Tractebel, Belgium’s top utility holding company and one of the world’s biggest independent power producers. Mr. Hansen holds advanced degrees in engineering and economics and has worked in the electricity and gas sectors since the 1970s.

Neelie Kroes

Veteran Dutch politician and businesswoman who has served as European Commissioner for Competition since 2004. Ms. Kroes’ appointment to the position was met with some controversy, due to her extensive business contacts. Since assuming her post, Ms. Kroes has been in the middle of Microsoft’s on-going dispute with the EU over a 2004 antitrust ruling against the company. Ms. Kroes has also been a staunch ally of controversial Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Franco Bernabe

Vice-chairman of the European investment bank Rothschild Europe, former CEO of the Italian energy giant ENI and a board member of Petro-China. Mr. Bernabe headed ENI’s privatization process in the early 90s and was recently quoted as saying the world oil industry remains “uneasy” with the feverish development of Alberta’s oilsands near Fort McMurray. Mr. Bernabe also worked as a chief economist at Fiat, and started his career as an academic at Turin University.

David Rockefeller

Founder of the Trilateral Commission, formed in 1973 by citizens of Japan, European Union countries, the U.S. and Canada with the goal of fostering closer co-operation among those regions. Mr. Rockefeller, who has a PhD from the University of Chicago, spent 35 years as an officer of the Chase Manhattan Bank and was chairman and CEO from 1969 to 1980. He serves as honorary chairman of the Americas Society, the Council on Foreign Relations and Rockefeller University.

Frank McKenna

Was Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. under prime minister Paul Martin. When Mr. Martin lost the election, Mr. McKenna returned to private life, quickly quelling rumours he would run for the Liberal party leadership. Before his U.S. stint, Mr. McKenna practised law and served on numerous corporate boards. He became New Brunswick’s premier in 1987, winning every seat. He served for a decade and created a call centre industry in the resource-based province.

Jorma Ollila

Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation for 14 years, from 1992 until this month when he became non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell while hanging on to his Nokia association, also as non-executive chairman. He is the first non-Dutch, non-Briton to head Shell. He took Nokia from a cellphone company on the brink of takeover to the world’s most successful. The Finn is a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, and UPM-Kymmene.

Queen Beatrix

…of the Netherlands became queen in 1980 when her mother, Juliana, abdicated. Ottawa is not new to the queen, who moved to the capital in the 1940s, and lived in Stornoway. While there her father and mother Juliana and Bernhard took a trip to Cape Cod just as a German XIb U-Boat carrying the failed Hitler assassination indistrialists and military was arriving off the coast. She went to Rockcliffe Park Public School and her sister, Princess Margriet, was born in Canada. Queen Beatrix, who has a degree in law, married Claus von Amsberg, a German diplomat, in 1966.

Richard Perle

Assistant secretary of defence to U.S. president Ronald Reagan and is still considered influential in the U.S., having advised President George W. Bush. Mr. Perle served as chairman of the Defence Policy Board from 2001-2003 and was assistant secretary of defence for international security policy from 1981 to 1987. His opinions appear regularly in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and London’s Daily Telegraph.

James Wolfensohn

As president of the World Bank, walks the fine line between being a banker and an advocate for the world’s poor. Born in Australia, he ended up on Wall Street via London, eventually founding a banking firm with former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Paul Volker. Today, he is credited with working to return the World Bank to its original mandate of relieving poverty.

Etienne Davignon

Former Belgian politician and president of the annual Bilderberg conference. Mr. Davignon was born in Hungary and quickly established a name for himself in business and politics. He was the first president of the International Energy Agency from 1974-77 and at the age of 32, he became head of cabinet. Between 1977 and 1985, he was an influential member of the European Commission. In 1989, he joined the board of the Societe Generale de Belgique.

John Vinocur

Senior correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and reports on everything from politics to sports. He went to the Tribune from the New York Times, where he was metropolitan editor. He served as the Times’ bureau chief in France and Germany. He went to the Tribune as executive editor and served as the newspaper’s vice-president from 1986-96. He writes for Foreign Affairs and the New York Times Magazine.

Adrian Wooldridge

The Economist‘s Washington bureau chief. Prior to this, he was the magazine’s west coast correspondent, and also held positions as its management correspondent and its correspondent in Britain. He co-wrote The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, and A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation, Witch Doctors, and The Right Nation, a look at American conservatism.

Vernon Jordan

A Washington insider, Mr. Jordan chaired the Clinton transition team in 1992. He started his public life through the civil rights movement in the 1960s, working for the NAACP, and served as executive director of the United Negro College Fund and National Urban League in the 1970s. The lawyer is a managing director with the investment banking firm Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and is on several boards, including American Express and Dow Jones & Company.

Tony Comper

Has been chief executive officer of BMO Financial Group since 1999. In his three decades with BMO, he served as chairman from 1999 to 2004, when the company moved to a non-executive chairman model. He first signed on with the bank in 1967, after completing a BA in English. Mr. Comper is a member of the board of directors of the International Monetary Conference and vice-chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute.

Dermot Gleeson

Chairman of Allied Irish Banks, is a lawyer. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and chairman of the Irish Council for Bioethics and is the former attorney general of Ireland. He also served as a member of the Council of State for Ireland and as then-Irish prime minister John Bruton’s chief legal adviser from 1994-97. He joined the board of Allied Irish Banks in 2000 and was appointed chairman in 2003.