Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) IBTM global event portfolio has entered a partnership with Lithium Logistics Group to launch the 'Global Emerging Leaders Community', which will be active at EIBTM (held in Barcelona), AIME (Melbourne), GIBTM (Abu Dhabi), CIBTM (Beijing) and AIBTM (USA).

Announced at its June 19-21 AIBTM 2012 show held in Baltimore, the initiative will “provide leadership development and education opportunities for up-and-coming professionals in the meetings, incentives, conference and exhibitions industry, the programme matching the younger generation, those with seven years or less of professional experience in the field, with industry veterans through events, webinars and other premium business and networking opportunities.”

Graeme Barnett, event director of AIBTM, said: “The Global Emerging Leaders Community will be a centre of excellence, information and recommendations for new professionals entering the industry. We believe that mentoring the future generation of meetings professionals will serve to strengthen and grow business opportunities in our industry.”