FORA.tv Speaker - Peter Barron

Peter Barron is Google's Director of Communications and Public Affairs for North and Central Europe.

He was previously editor of BBC2's "Newsnight" from 2004-2008, and he has worked in TV news and current affairs for nearly twenty years.

He started as a BBC news trainee and has worked at a senior level on "Newsnight," "Channel 4 News" and "Tonight with Trevor McDonald." He devised and edited the BBC drama documentary series "If...".

In 2007 he was advisory chair of the Edinburgh International TV Festival.