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2024-2025
Florida Forum Speaker Series
RT HON BORIS JOHNSON
Former Prime Minister of the UK/Journalist/Author
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 7:00 pm
Presented by: Landstar
DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD, FACP, FRCP
Physician/Author/World-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation
Wednesday January 15, 2025 7:00pm
Presented by: Wells Fargo
All forums are held at the
Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts
300 Water Street
Jacksonville, Florida
CARL HIAASEN
Novelist/Journalist/Floridian
Wednesday February 12, 2025 7:00 pm
Presented by: Florida Blue
RT HON BORIS JOHNSON
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 7:00 pm
Presented by: Landstar
Former Prime Minister of the UK/Journalist/Author
Rt Hon Boris Johnson served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Conservative Party, Foreign Secretary, and Mayor of London. In 2019, he led the Conservative Party to an election victory, winning their biggest majority in the House of Commons since 1987 and the highest share of the vote of any party since 1979.
The UK’s exit from the European Union was Mr Johnson’s first major achievement in Downing Street. Under his leadership, the UK restored sovereign control over its borders, economy and law-making. When Covid-19 struck, he led the UK through the darkest days of the pandemic. Under Mr Johnson’s leadership, the UK emerged from the global crisis as the fastest growing economy in the G7.
Recently, Mr Johnson emerged as the preeminent global leader in the effort to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion. Mr Johnson sits on the International Leadership Council of Washington think-tank the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), and is a member of the International Democracy Union’s (IDU) Advisory Board.
In addition to his work in politics, Mr Johnson is an award-winning journalist, writer, and editor. He is the author of almost a dozen books including the globally bestselling historical biography of Winston Churchill, The Churchill Factor.
DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD, FACP, FRCP
Wednesday January 15, 2025 7:00pm
Presented by: Wells Fargo
Physician/Author/World-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation
Deepak Chopra MD, FACP, FRCP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is also an Honorary Fellow in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 95th book Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Wellbeing will be published September 17, 2024.
TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of their top 100 most influential people.”
CARL HIAASEN
Wednesday February 12, 2025 7:00 pm
Presented by: Florida Blue
Novelist/Journalist/Floridian
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He has published eleven national bestsellers, including Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, Lucky You, Sick Puppy, Basket Case, Skinny Dip, Nature Girl, Star Island, Bad Monkey, Razor Girl, and his latest, Squeeze Me.
Hiaasen has also written several popular novels for young readers: His first, Hoot, won a Newbery Honor and was made into a feature film starring Brie Larson, Luke Wilson, and Logan Lerman. Together, Hiaasen’s books have been published in 34 languages.
His nonfiction work has appeared in many magazines, including Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Time, and Esquire. Hiaasen began writing a regular column for The Miami Herald in 1985, covering everything from local issues like polluted rivers, the criminal justice system, and animal welfare, to national stories like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trayvon Martin case, Bernie Madoff’s trial, and Florida’s presidential election woes.
He has received numerous honours for his incisive journalism and commentary, including three Pulitzer Prize nominations, the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
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