AFS 2024 Speakers
Peter Florence
Initiator of European Festivals Forest
Speaker - Festivals & environmental sustainability workshop on Wednesday, 14 September 2022 | 14.00-16.00
Peter Florence founded the Hay Festival in 1988 and has since established and consulted for 18 festivals around the world from Brazil to Bangladesh and in Europe from Belfast to Budapest. He is a Trustee of the Baillie Gifford Prize and the National Library of Wales. He is a jury member of EFFE, and a Friend of Oxfam. He was awarded a CBE for services to Literature and Charity, and is a "Colombiano de Corazon”. He was educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne. He lectures on creative industries and cultural regeneration.