GESS,Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions Exhibition, is the only event for educational professionals in the Gulf region.

Why exhibit?
GESS is The Middle East’s premier international, education supplies and solutions event and an exciting platform to present your educational products and services, to a rapidly developing audience of buyers and decision makers, from schools and educational bodies from the GCC region and all around the world…….

If you are looking for new areas to expand your business, or are already in the region, GESS 2009 offers you a unique opportunity to get in front of the region’s educational professionals.

Business to Business exhibition:
GESS brings global suppliers and buying professionals together.  Visitors are invited from both the public and private sector from kindergarten to higher education, throughout the UAE and GCC states. Backed by BESA, Worlddidac and the Ministry of Education for the United Arab Emirates, GESS is the only relevant platform in the region. At GESS the visitors and exhibitors can network, gather information, exchange ideas and upgrade or source new equipment, all under one roof.

What is the Global Education Forum?
GESS is more than an exhibition. The incorporated Global Education Forum is a 3 day leadership conference aimed at the practitioners and decision makers.

Who visited GESS 2008?
The last GESS was visited by 4,000 Head Teachers, Heads of Departments, IT specialists, from public and private establishments who all came to be informed and to buy.

The Gulf Education sector:
is experiencing substantial growth, with large investment from the government into the public sector, with the explicit aim to bring the education system up to international standards.  Also the private sector is seeing marked expansion with an major rise in demand as the population increases. 

With 731 public establishments, and 460 in the private sector, it is estimated that market will a value of $8 billion in the next five years.