The International Festival of Business is descending upon Liverpool this summer, with a broad range of events including many on maritime issues.

The events include a breakfast on board a tall ship, courses for marine surveyors and on bunkering, a ports conference from UKTI, a close-up on Liverpool's port, an introduction to shipping, and the bit we're most excited about is the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) event on women in shipping featuring our very own Teresa Peacock, who is also Membership Secretary of WISTA.

The festival in general runs across 7 weeks in June and July and is a chance for businesses to meet, network and develop – all in the culturally rich (and of course closely maritime linked) Liverpool.

The majority of individual IFB 2014 events are autonomous commercial events in their own right – to find out how to register for a particular event, pop on over to the IFB 2014 Events Calendar.