ADRIAN BOSSEY

Adrian Bossey is Chair of the Association for Events Management Education and a Trustee of Attitude is Everything. Previously, he was Head of Subject at Cornwall Business School, Falmouth University, overseeing a wide range of courses including MA Creative Events Management and BA(Hons) Sustainable Festival Management in partnership with the Eden Project. At Falmouth, Adrian was Executive Producer at AMATA for 6 years; working with artists including Cara Dillon, Pussy Riot and Elton John.

As a former artist manager whose clients included Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Chumbawumba, Drugstore, My Life Story and The Senseless Things, Adrian worked on 15 UK top forty albums and managed the main stage headline act at Glastonbury Festival (1992).

He has both attained a UK Number One album and achieved a Guardian UK number one subject ranking in Hospitality, Events Management & Tourism. His research interests include liveness, haptic technology and potential digital futures for accessible live performances for people who are d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent at music festivals.