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10We are absolutely delightedto be a part of IFB 2014. I thinkthe idea of an internationalbusiness festival is brilliant.“And it’s not too late to get involved,” Ian adds,“If you’ve an idea for the festival, or want yourbusiness to stage an event, come and talk tous, be part of our programme and connect yourbrands to national and international audiences.”“We’re Delighted To Be Involved!”Sara Geater, CEO, Fremantle GroupResponsible for over 9,000 hours ofprogramming across 62 territories - including XFactor, Britain’s Got Talent and The Apprentice- Fremantle Media Group is one of the world’slargest and most successful creators, producersand distributors of prime time TV, entertainingmillions around the world.“The UK is probably the most important marketfor international formats,” Geater says. “ We areabsolutely delighted to be a part of IFB 2014.I think the idea of an international businessfestival is brilliant. Being a significant part of thecreative industry in terms of the programmeswe produce, this is really important for us. Weexport a lot of our programmes, so having theopportunity of showing people what we can doon an international scale, and to actually listento what the requirements of others are, andunderstanding their businesses more will bereally interesting to all of us.”FROM DREAM TO SCREENStuart Ford, founder and CEO of IM Global Filmswill be curating the Dream Factory segment ofIFB 2014.I’m excited that anotherprestigious world event iscoming to my home town,by the inspiration and creativity of exceptionalindividuals. Their dreams, and their uniquevisions are realised by dedicated teams ofcollaborators. 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The prestigious event (held betweenthe 26-29 June) will see companies from 25countries compete in an Olympian-stylesports championship.“We’re delighted that the games are coming toLiverpool,” says the Games’ Global PartnershipDirector, Doug White.“The Corporate Games are the world’s largestsports festival for businesses, and we’vehad over a million participants representingover 20,000 unique organisations acrossfive continents.”Doug estimates next summer’s games willattract thousands of participants, in a sportsprogramme thatwill feature 20 different events.Doug WhiteWe see the link between thecorporate games and the IFB asthe perfect partnership.We see the link between the corporategames and the IFB as the perfect partnership.The first World Corporate Games was held inSan Francisco in 1988 and, since then, over170 Games have been held in the world’sleading cities.