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.org/meetings/meeting-2026/

The 2026 Bilderberg Conference was held between 9–12 April 2026 at the Salamander Washington DC Hotel in Washington, D.C., United States. The 2026 meeting was the 72nd edition of the event. A Bilderberg Group press release listed 128 participants from 23 countries and territories. This was the second conference to take place at the Salamander Hotel after the 2022 edition.

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.

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. As a result, media are not invited and delegates rarely speak about what was discussed.

Agenda

Key topics for discussion were announced on the Bilderberg website shortly before the meeting. These topics included:

Participants

A list of 128 participants was published on the Bilderberg website. 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.

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