Testimonials
This has been yet another fantastic year for GESS & GEF, reaffirming the show’s position as the major education event in the region. GESS provides the MOE and Education Zones with the perfect opportunity to meet with new and existing suppliers and to source products and technologies for our academic institutions. As an annual event, it is a vital part of our procurement and purchasing process. GEF is instrumental for our teachers to learn the latest teaching methods and hear about developments in education from throughout the world. We were delighted with the extremely high calibre research papers and speakers that were presented throughout the Forum.
Dr. Abdalla AlAmiri, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Education, UAE
GESS has once again proved to be the perfect platform for us to demonstrate how Microsoft enables teachers to give the best experience possible to their students. We had a good show and are very happy with the results of our participation. Senior decision makers from various schools were very impressed with our Multipoint Server solution which was launched at GESS 2011. We hope GESS continues to grow in the years to come.
Azza El Shinnawy, Education Lead, Microsoft Gulf
The show and location were great and the leads we have come away with very useful. I have suggested to the Principal that we should participate in next year’s show
Afshan Baksh, HE and international Manager, Harrow College
Through the years, GESS allowed us to maintain and strengthen our clientele in the region. It is also a great approach to seek new partnership opportunities.
Lilian Boisvert, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Automation Studio™
GESS 2011 was a very interesting show for us to be part of. The crowd was varied and we were happy to find visitors from the rest of the Gulf this year too, who traveled to visit us at the show.
Zenya Al Jabri, Director, Buzoor
We have been organizing the Chinese Pavilion for three years for GESS since 2009. And the China pavilion has grown from 7 companies in 2009, to 12 companies in 2010 and then to 26 companies in 2011. This expanding is a strong evidence of GESS’s function in help clients building connections in Middle East market. Most of the Chinese exhibitors will surely exhibit again next year.
Teresa Cao, Business Director, Sino-Essence International Exhibitions
GESS was an extremely successful show that had a high quality of visitor that we would not have been able to see anywhere else.
Hussain Al Saboodi, Marketing Executive Manager Middle East, Promethean
Knowledgeable, professionalism, commitment and reliability are few ways to describe GESS2011.I'm proud to say that GESS did a fabulous job of managing the event, the team were excellent to work with and provided a great support from the onsite inspection to execution
Loai Hassan, Sales & Marketing Manager, Human Logic
GESS is an excellent platform for UK companies to showcase their equipment, resources and/or services to the MENA region. GESS 2011 was a very useful exhibition which brought not only delegates from the region but also from further afield such as India, China and Pakistan.
William Prieto-Parra, International Manager, BESA
With participation from all spectrums of the educational sphere, GESS provided the ideal platform for SMART to showcase its extensive range of education solutions and services. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, we found GESS to be a valuable tradeshow for engaging with key decision makers, who are responsible for shaping the future of education in the Middle East.
Aaron Fright, Area Manager SMART Technologies, Middle East
I had a great experience at GESS and will definitely be planning on being there next year. I would also be very interested in speaking again and was very pleased with the attendance and dialogue.
Brett Woudenberg, COO, Gaggle
It's a great way to get a handle on the Middle East market. The networking, the seminars and the impact of the exhibition in the press are all vital. Travelling around the region after it was a big plus to be able to state I had been speaking at GESS and GEF.
Matt Anderson, Executive Director, TVET UK
GESS is a leading education event, where I was able to get a deeper understanding of education and learn more about the latest technologies. Thank you to the organizers of GESS & GEF 2011.
Mohamed Zakey, Key Accounts Executive, Business Communications LLC
GESS is one of the most interesting exhibitions in the region.
Deepa Narwani, Reporter, Khaleej Times
My main purposes of visiting the show was to network with suppliers and gain as much knowledge as possible about the new innovations in education and learning…Let me put it this way “Mission Accomplished”. Thank you.
Reenu Mary Binu, Marketing Consultant, Ishara Consultants
It was my first time to attend such exhibition so I did not really know what to expect, but I was really amazed how learning and teaching has evolved so much and GESS has truly introduced me to these new solutions.
Louie Nevado, Sales Supervisor, Projection House
Thank you for organizing this exhibition again. The region needs more educational exhibitions of this kind. Brilliant organization. Professor Cheng Yin Chong was a fascinating speaker.
Tina Blackaby, Regional Director, Beacon House School Services
It was a very exciting and well organized event. Well done to GESS and GEF team.
Shaista Khanum, Biology Teacher, Islamia English School
GESS was amazing and more teachers from my school will be there next year; that is for sure.
Lotfi Abidi, Teacher, Al Tamayoz Model School
BenQ is delighted to have showcased our educational technology at GESS 2011. The conference provided an effective platform for the education sector to learn about our innovative new projector technology and see first hand the benefits it can bring to the classroom.
Manish Bakshi, General Manager, BenQ Middle East and North Africa
The Global Education Forum 2011 provided a platform for a healthy and diverse debate, bringing together a number of thought leaders in the field to question and share thoughts within the industry.
Paul Humphreys, Business Development Director, Nord Anglia Education
