Nantucket Project: Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Speak

Posted by Cape Cod News via Freedoms of Nantucket on Wednesday January 30, 2013 - 12:20 pm (4 months, 2 weeks ago)

The Nantucket Project 2013 just announced that the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will be one of the speakers at the 2013 event which takes place September 27, 2013 - September 29, 2013 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Former leader Mikhail Gorbachev is also a 1990 Nobel Prize winner (nobelprize.org).  According to nantucketproject.com the leader will reflect “on the end of Soviet Communism, his relationship with Ronald Reagan and views on the world today.” ”a unique opportunity to witness history.”  nantucketproject.com The Nantucket Project according to their website is “an event experience that brings together a select group of eminent and accomplished visionaries, thinkers, innovators and performers to one of the most storied places in the United States.”  Former speakers at the Nantucket Project includes Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google, Peter Thiel, PayPal founder, Rahm Emanuel, 46th Mayor of Chicago, Former White House Chief of Staff, Lawrence H. Summers, 27th president of Harvard University, Political Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, chief economist of the World Bank, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. If you are looking for a place to stay during this special event, Century House provides charming room accommodations please check us out at www.centuryhouse.com. You can connect with Nantucket Project on twitter at twitter.com/nantucketproj or on their facebook page facebook.com/nantucketproject