Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead off the Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital’s 2024-25 Florida Forum Speaker Series, the board announced Aug. 5.
Johnson is scheduled to speak in Jacksonville on Oct. 29, followed by physician, author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra on Jan. 15, 2025. Floridian journalist and novelist Carl Hiaasen will speak Feb. 12, 2025.
Johnson’s appearance in the series is set for two weeks after the anticipated release of his memoir, “Unleashed.” A new book from Chopra on the role of artificial intelligence, “Digital Dharma,” is set for release Sept. 17, according to a release on the speaker series, while a TV series based on Hiaasen’s book “Bad Monkey” is scheduled to debut Aug. 14 on Apple TV.