Thursday, February 5, 2026
1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Reitz Union Auditorium
Speakers
Francis Bouchard
Managing Director for Climate at the global insurance-risk management firm Marsh McLennan.
Jesse M. Keenan
Director of Tulane University’s Center on Climate Change and Urbanism and author of the new book North: The Future of Post-Climate America.
Susan Merriam
Data and visual journalist at McClatchy and co-author of the Miami Herald’s award-winning series Floods of Trouble.
The Summit is free and open to the public, and advanced registration is not required. Come early at 12:30 for a book sale and signing with Jesse Keenan and his new book, North.
The College of Journalism and Communications is offering a special morning session and lunch for professional and student journalists from 10 a.m. to Noon. Journalists, register here to join McClatchy data journalist Susan Merriam and housing experts for a session on housing data and tools.
For more information: Contact Cynthia Barnett with the College of Journalism and Communications at clbarnett@jou.ufl.edu or Carolyn Cox with the Florida Climate Institute at crcox@ufl.edu.
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