Monday, March 16 at 2:00pm to 7:30pm, Earlene & Albert Dotson Pavilion, MARC Building – FIU Geopolitical Summit: An Uninhabitable Earth?
David Wallace-Wells with Michael Grunwald and FIU experts on Global and Local Impacts of Climate Change
New York Times bestselling author David Wallace-Wells claims climate change will soon render the world “uninhabitable.” Critics brand him as an alarmist while others say his book, “The Uninhabitable Earth,” is a long-overdue antidote to climate complacency. FIU’s 9th Geopolitical Summit will examine the complex issues related to climate change, from global warming and sea-level rise to more frequent and intense weather events like hurricanes and wildfires. Experts will discuss what this means globally and here in South Florida, as well as possible solutions – from collective action for states and nations to what you and your family can do at home.
With:
Keynote Speaker:
David Wallace-Wells
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
And
Mark B. Rosenberg, President, FIU
John F. Stack, Jr., Founding Dean, Steven J. Green School of International and & Public Affairs
Michael Heithaus, Dean, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Global Impacts
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Mireya Mayor, Director, Exploration and Science Communications Initiative, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Panel Members:
Shlomi Dinar, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Innovation, Steven J. Green School of
International & Public Affairs
Cheryl Holder, Associate Professor and Program Director, Panther College of Medicine
Communities, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Gail Hollander, Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs
Steven Oberbauer, Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Rich Olson, Professor and Director, Extreme Events Institute, Steven J. Green School of
International & Public Affairs
Local Impacts:
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Mike Grunwald, Senior National Correspondent, Time
Panel Members:
Todd Crowl, Director of the FIU Institute of Environment and Professor of Biology, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Kevin Grove, Associate Professor, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs
Pallab Mozumder, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs and Department of Earth and Environment, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Marilys Nepomechie, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, and Professor, Architecture,
College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts
Tiffany Troxler, Research Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Science, Sea Level Solutions Center, College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Reception and Book Signing:
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU
6:15 – 7:30 p.m.