A former U.S. presidential candidate is visiting London later this year.
Mitt Romney, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2012 election, is scheduled to take part in the Robarts’ Leaders in Innovation Dinner hosted by Western University.
The prominent Republican and former governor of Massachusetts will be joined by his wife, Ann Romney, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1998.
She has become a champion for those fighting the disease and helped launch the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston last year.
This year’s dinner celebrates research excellence in the field of MS.
The Romneys will take part in an armchair discussion which will shed light on their lives, careers and their journey with MS.
“We are very pleased to welcome Ann and Mitt Romney to London, Ontario,” said executive and scientific director at Robarts, Marlys Koschinsky, in a media release. “Their involvement in this year’s Leaders in Innovation Dinner will bring valuable perspectives to the importance of multiple sclerosis research and raising awareness of this disease.”
The Leaders in Innovation Dinner is being held at the London Convention Centre on Nov. 15.
Tickets are $250 per person or $2,000 for a table of eight.
More information can be found here.