The list of the rich and powerful attending this year's Bilderberg Conference has been released - it includes bankers, prime ministers and former heads of the CIA and MI6

No minutes will be taken. No reporters will be allowed in. There will be no opening press conference, no closing statement, and participants will be asked not to quote each other.

Welcome to the 64th Bilderberg Conference.

Rich and powerful bankers, prime ministers and former heads of the CIA and MI6 are about to join other members of the global elite for arguably the world's most high-powered but secretive annual meeting which this year is being held in Dresden.

By their own admission, those organising the Bilderberg meetings have "never sought any public attention", while always denying conspiracy theories that they are a global ruling class that can start wars and decide who becomes the next US President. They just refer to it as a forum for informal discussions about the world's "megatrends" and a chance for participants to "reflect and gather insights".