The current Chairman is French businessman Henri de Castries. Meetings were chaired by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands until 1975. This is to encourage candid debate, while maintaining privacy-a provision that has fed conspiracy theories from both the left and right. Attendees are entitled to use information gained at meetings, but not attribute it to a named speaker (known as the Chatham House Rule). Participants include political leaders, experts, captains of industry, finance, academia, numbering between 120 and 150. The group's agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe. The Bilderberg meeting (also known as the Bilderberg Group) is an annual off-the-record conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.
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