Thursday, February 5, 2026
1 to 3 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
Award-winning data and visual journalist at McClatchy and co-author of the Miami Herald’s investigative climate series Floods of Trouble and Built on Sand.
The Summit is free and open to the public, and advanced registration is not required. Come early at Noon 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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