The Americas Meetings & Events Exhibition (www.aibtm.com) announced today that keynote speaker Alexander Blass, an internationally acclaimed American innovator and entrepreneur, will present at AIBTM 2012, Reed Travel Exhibitions’ premiere provider for the U.S. meetings, incentive, business travel and events industry.  The three-day networking event, held 19th-21st June in Baltimore will feature a full day of education, followed by two days of exhibitions.

Graeme Barnett, Reed Travel Exhibitions, AIBTM & EIBTM Event Director commented, “We are delighted that Alexander Blass will be joining us this year.  His focus on how the current global economic climate is impacting leadership in the meetings industry is going to add great depth to this year’s AIBTM education programme.”

Alexander Blass, a highly sought after keynote speaker and invited expert, has travelled to 50 countries across multiple continents including: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.  Through his high energy, dynamic and inspirational presentation style, he shares his passion, vision and vividly enriching life and business experiences with audiences ranging from top Fortune 500 companies and Global 1000 corporate business executives and associations, to non-profit, students and religious organisations.

Some of the most prominent conferences on innovation and creativity, leadership and change, as well as business development and entrepreneurship have been keynoted by Alexander.  Examples include: Abu Dhabi Innovation Forum in the United States Arab Emirates, the World Management Forum, The European Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Portugal, the Stars of Business Awards in Dubai, The Kingdom Entrepreneurship Summit in Saudi Arabia, EPIC in New York, HR Summit in Singapore and IBM Innovate in India.

Several topics that Blass has spoken about recently include innovation strategies in challenging times, dominating the market and beating the competition, social media marketing secrets by harnessing the power of community and fundraising 2.0.