The Nantucket Project
Nantucket is punching above it’s weight again this fall as it plays host to The Nantucket Project – an experience that will bring a select group of eminent and accomplished visionaries, thinkers, innovators and performers to one of the most storied places in the United States.
Nantucket, Massachusetts has long been a laboratory for innovative ideas, ever since the island emerged as America’s leading whaling port in the eighteenth century. In fact, this island–a fragile outpost located 26 miles off the coast of Cape Cod–was so technologically advanced that it caused the British statesman Edmund Burke to remark how it had “exceeded the collective might of all of Europe.”
This unique crowd-sourcing event, which was brought to life by an influential founding circle that includes Wendy Schmidt, Robert and Jennifer Diamond, Tom and Emily Scott, Tim and Alicia Cannon Mullen, Steve and Jill Karp, Tom Bresette and Kate Brosnan, is built around the idea of “Rethink” as its inaugural theme.
The cross-disciplinary group of participants, which features hedge fund managers, CEOs, artists, filmmakers, poets and writers–all share one thing in common, according to Nantucket Project co-founder Tom Scott: they are on the cutting edge of their field at the moment.
The Nantucket Project runs from September 30 – October 2, 2011. For more information visit The Nantucket Project.
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