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distribute video using wireless and wired infrastructure. GEELONG GRAMMAR Our wireless offering generates instant collaboration tools as they allow the universal screen mirroring from Australia’s largest co-educational boarding school. Our any device to a large screen display. Our wired solution Purpose is to inspire our students and community to provides in room, over campus or internet delivered flourish and make a positive difference through our video. Integrated into our wired solution are features unique and transformational education adventures. designed for large screen video walls, multi-image projector presentation, automated room control system Company Overview: and monitoring and analysis tools to gain insight into facility use and proactive maintenance. An independent Anglican co-educational boarding and day school, Geelong Grammar School boasts a Our products are used in the following facilities of a reputation as a pioneer of modern education. From its school: origins in 1855, the School has always had a distinctive character. It is now Australia’s largest co-educational • In room presentation, interconnected/Overflow boarding school. Spread across four campuses, it has a rooms non-selective enrolment policy. The School introduced its transformational Positive Education programme in 2009. • Campus wide video distribution, campus visual Developed from the science of Positive Psychology in messaging systems collaboration with Professor Martin Seligman and his team from the University of Pennsylvania. • Emergency video warning systems Our Purpose is to inspire our students and community • Daily video announcements to flourish and make a positive difference through our unique and transformational education adventures • Performing arts and Sporting facilities Category: Hardware – 3D Printers, AV, Multimedia Technology www.gessdubai.com 51

21st Century Online Learning Resources Here’s a taste of some of our exhibitors providing 21st Century learning resources to complement and assist your teaching strategy. CENTURY TECH P50 POSTECH G14 CENTURY is a personalised learning platform combining Looking for new partners, Postech are bringing a A.I., big data and behavioural science to provide real- multifunctional welding machine to GESS Dubai which time insights to educators and also is the first learning has VR / AR welding functionality. platform to combine artificial intelligence, data science, and neuroscience to personalise learning for all students. With differentiated English, Maths and Science resources, instant feedback, and recommended topics, enables students to take charge of their development, make sure you visit the stand for some really exciting demos. EDUVOYAGE K61 Eduvoyage caters to intricate requirements of student enrichment travel using our innovative portfolio of categories. Travel is ever-evolving and they take the education curriculum into account and adapt services accordingly. With 30+ years’ experience in the travel trade backed with evolving new products catering to this segment, Eduvoyage are looking forward to meeting visitors to illustrate who they can enrich education with travel. www.gessdubai.com 52

2SIMPLE P62 Offering outstanding free content to teachers and BOSCH REXROTH AG O33 parents, such as the Computing Leader’s Toolkit and Parenting in a Digital World, 2Simple are looking forward Bosch Rexroth with be launching the mMs mechatronics to meeting with the schools already using their products training system; a complete Industry 4.0 system in and to warmly welcome new schools and teachers to the miniature at GESS Dubai. Bosch Rexroth has a unique world of 2Simple. You can also see Purple Mash an all-in- level of technological expertise, which is used in the one Edtech solution designed for primary schools; 2Build development of training courses, training systems and a Profile: an app for lesson observations. learning tools. Make sure you visit their stand to see leading edge solutions and ideas and live demonstration of the mMs mechatronics training system as well as the IOT Gateway rack. 5-A-DAY FITNESS LTD R33 5-a-day Fitness is the ultimate fun fitness and MFL learning resource for primary schools. Their products are designed to increase in-classroom activity in schools. 5-a-day Fitness have just launched a new website, www.5-a-day.tv, making it even easier to get your school up and active in the classroom. Make sure you visit their stand for exciting discounts (subject to terms and conditions). www.gessdubai.com 53

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Uniforms Presentability is important through everyone’s school and work career, it provides students with responsibility, belonging and familiarity with the school and work environments. That’s why GESS recognises how vital school uniforms are in shaping a student’s future. Smart, reliable and innovative are all qualities you will find with GESS’ uniform exhibitors so come and have a look at this year’s latest trends. ADEEM UNIFORM L20 This year, we will be showcasing the highest quality school uniforms and workwear to suit all ages of students. To us, quality assurance is paramount that’s why we like to focus on the style and durability of our products that can withstand both learning and playground antics! We would like to get to know you more so join us on stand L20 for some exciting surprises and to see what we have in store. SNAR / NATURA SCHOOL UNIFORM H2 Come and see our wide range of uniforms created for Kindergarten up to High school use made with the newest technology. Our priority is to ensure all our products are up to the highest standard so we use organic fabrics to make our products a market leader including technology such as Thermocool Fresh. To find out more head to stand H2 to see our fantastic offers exclusive to GESS Dubai. www.gessdubai.com 55

Vocational and Higher Educational Products & Resources See the latest and most innovative products for higher education to equip your students with practical experience and technical skills in key fields. KAPEK Q23 The KAPEK Scientific Mathematical Set is the only hybrid scientific calculator and mathematical tool set available in the market. KAPEK are looking to meet distributors as well as schools, exam board and Ministries to demonstrate their specialised examination model. PHYWE SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG N40 With a range of products including; Cobra DigiCart Dynamics/Kinetics System: Dynamics / Kinetics with digital measurements that are simple, quick, flexible and intuitive! PHYWE’s new Cobra SMARTsense sensors are the ideal entry into digital education for natural sciences. ARMFIELD LTD P31 LUCAS NULLE MIDDLE EAST FZE N40 Visit the stand to see ArmBus an integrated hardware / Vocational equipment including Smart Grid, Industry 4.0, software ecosystem, enabling the connection of teaching Automotive-Electric Mobility and research equipment to the modern world. www.gessdubai.com 56

MOHAN BROTHERS I12 If you’re in the market for big machines including BYTRONIC LIMITED P20 Theory Of Machine, Thermodynamics Lab, Heat & Mass Transfer Lab, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Lab, Fluid Featuring a range of products for the Higher Education Mechanics Lab then the GESS Awards nominated Mohan and Vocational sectors including Process Control, Brother’s stand is for you. Every educator wants to create Automation and Mechatronics, with features that an environment that will foster students’ love of learning. compliment key trends of Industry 4.0 and Internet of Mohan Brother’s mission is “Gearing Future Through Things IoT. Bytronic are looking to meet key distributors Education”. There are special offers, demonstrations, and end users, visit to see equipment demonstrations. giveaways & discounts exclusive for GESS visitors RJH FINISHING SYSTEMS P20 For the first time in Dubai experience the Swordfish FESTECH CO LTD G10 scroll saw, which is market leading in quality, safety and performance, producing an excellent finish cutting wood, Launching Pneumatics/Hydraulics and PLC trainer, be plastic and metal. You can also see the “Gerbil” Vacuum introduced to this equipment and the newly developed Form Trimming & Finishing Machine. With an ethos of Smart Factory System. With live demos, they are looking quality, safety and performance see live demonstrations to meet distributors from across the Middle East. and take advantage of reduced show prices for the stand machines. www.gessdubai.com 57

ELECTRON SRL – ITALY U1 Showcasing one electrical and one electronic trainer, these innovative products were designed through collaboration with Teaching institutions and Italian industry. Electron say there’s nothing better than chat so make sure you visit this friendly company. WOOSUN CONTROL CO., LTD. G15 Aimed at the Vocational market this easily adaptable product can be used in the industry field and invested in to develop new technology. They are looking for new distributors. www.gessdubai.com 58

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Edtech – Digital Resources to Transform Your Classroom The education landscape has changed dramatically over the last 2 decades. With today’s generation of students labelled as “digital natives”, it is vital that teachers and schools are able to provide 21st Century learning. Digital Ed-Tech solutions are one way in which to do this. Make sure you check out our exhibitors who are providing the very latest digital ed-tech solutions for the classroom. K12NET STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM A20 K12NET student information system is an end-to-end system aiming to equip schools with complete suite of school management software solutions. They are looking forward to meeting with potential customers as well as distributors. SPECKTRON F1 Gold sponsor Spektron bring the latest Technology MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION J55 to the region, which is cost effective and efficient to make learning productive and fun. Showcasing Launching their innovative and interactive print and digital a range of new interactive LED Panels - Digital programme for maths and science – Inspire Science Signages - Kiosks & Digital Stand - Projectors and Reveal Math at GESS Dubai, McGraw-Hill Education - XView Posters. They are looking for active will be demoing products on their stand. They partner participation from the Government sector, Private with schools to identify the right combination of content, schools, Public schools and Universities to engage platforms and services that help to unlock the potential and explore the range. With special offers and of every learner. Providing hands-on learning to students promotions for folks from the education sector, make that go beyond the four walls of the classroom to ignite sure you visit their stand and find out what’s new. students curiosity and imagination embedded with AI. www.gessdubai.com 60

DS LAB/ EASY TOUCH N52 Focussing on manufacturing laboratory furniture and LEARN & GO U60 implementation of network infrastructure and configuration of active components, they will be showcasing Learn & Go are launching a fully UK Curriculum aligned manufactured furniture and interactive network solutions. English language version of Kaligo Handwriting Software With lots of exciting activities and demonstrations on into the MENA market. This GESS Awards nominated their stand, their products will provide pleasant working product is made by teachers for teachers. A handwriting environments through furniture and will adapt to changes application that gives children instant feedback and in systems and technology to benefit their clients. remediation. Visitors will be able to use the Kaligo app on ipads and Samsung devices using the latest stylus’s. They will also have a Twitter competition! SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC M10 GMBH & CO. KG OUR EDUCATION S32 Offering cutting-edge digital audio technology that enables institutes to deliver the learning experience of The product of Activefloor is really innovative, new and the future to all students today. With products including; interesting . It makes the educational process more lively, MobileConnect Assistive Listening, TeamConnect active and exciting. Make sure you visit their stand to try Ceiling 2 Microphone, SpeechLine Digital and EW G4 out the interactive floor for yourself. Series Wireless Mics and LSP 500 Wireless Speaker. Sennheiser are looking forward to meeting IT and AV decision-makers, to show them their easy to operate and maintain learning solutions that can be controlled remotely. Anyone who registers at their stand will be able to win some of their highly regarded headphones. www.gessdubai.com 61

PROJECTION HOUSE I1 CHUNGDAHM LEARNING E60 Technology is changing the way education is being imparted and Projection house brings the latest of those Hoping to find distributors and buyers for their tablet- solutions. Showcasing the latest Technology Solutions based interactive smart class solution, Loudclass, which relevant for the education industry visitors can see a makes traditional education relevant with a powerful range of NEC Projectors & Signanges - OHM Audio tablet-based learning solution, smart textbook authoring Solutions for Education - Optoma Projectors - Specktron tool, and cloud management. You can see the product Interactive LEDs & Kiosks - LED Signage Solutions. Visit being demoed on their stand. the stand to take advantage of lots of demos, giveaways and special offers for education representatives. INFOFORT K62 HANBACK ELECTRONICS F15 Launching their smart education solution which transforms paper based processes into a fully digital Featuring the latest products and launches of environment, InfoFort have highly customisable solutions educational solutions and new IT technology such as AI, which can cater to all clients’ requirements. With live IoT, Blockchain, Drone, you can see a range of products demonstrations about their solution and offering special including; Autofly_Spring, AI IoT Smart Light, HBE-Basic discounts to potential clients make sure you check out iLAB (Electronic), HBE-MCU Multi AVR, LiDAR Steering their Electronic Content Management System - enVision SmartCAR, AI IoT Smart Server, HBE-DSP LAB 2. BI & Analytics solution. www.gessdubai.com 62

ETONX P55 Leaders in online soft skill development for CELCAT Q22 teenagers using innovative tech and pedagogical techniques to deliver, EtonX are launching their With interest in cloud software and student self-service online Entrepreneurship and Critical Thinking courses continuing to increase within the sector you can see for teenagers which form part of their Future Skills a range of products including; Interactive timetabling, Programme. This programme is a series of online soft Automation, Attendance, Publication and Integration. With skills courses for teenagers available worldwide to software that is user-friendly, sophisticated and capable schools and individuals. Visit their stand for a special of completing complex tasks in an efficient, time-saving show discount on courses for schools and individuals. way, CELCAT are looking forward to expanding their overseas market and finding new opportunities and leads. TEXTHELP M2 ISAMS Q54 Shortlisted for a GESS Award Texthelp provide a range Student wellbeing is expanding beyond child of software tools to help all students succeed. They will safeguarding, so iSAMS have enhanced their Wellbeing showcase Read&Write (literacy software) and EquatIO Manager to support teachers in improving student (digital maths software). Read&Write has 18 million users experience The first web-based student information across 182 countries. It’s available in Arabic to support system for schools, with a modular architecture that’s Arabic learners. Read&Write also supports students in customisable and scalable to meet your needs. With exams. They will have live demonstrations at our stand designated portals and suite of intuitive multi-lingual - stop by stand M2 to try out their literacy and maths apps, you can transform student engagement and access solutions for yourself. key school information 24/7. And their new and improved UI features a modern, intuitive interface with improved navigation, so you can now access key information even more easily. www.gessdubai.com 63

SOCS Q50 SOCS provides school calendar, activities and sports CLASSLINK E55 management & communications systems. Clients include over 800 independent schools worldwide. They are excited As leading advocates for open data standards, they to launch SOCS Calendar to the Middle Eastern market. offer instant access to apps and files, streamline class The module has been developed to complement SOCS rostering, and provide actionable analytics. With products activities management systems. SOCS offers user-friendly including; ClassLink LaunchPad, Analytics, Roster Server, solutions to manage, communicate and upscale schools’ and OneSync visit their stand for interactive demos. activities programmes. With mini demonstrations on their stand at the request of interested delegates. Come and see them for a chat to find out how they can help your school! SCHOOLSBUDDY Q21 IMPERO SOFTWARE Q51 Launching SchoolsBuddy Online Payments for Schools Launching their new web-based and cloud option of in the Middle East Region at GESS Dubai, as part of the Education Pro at GESS Dubai, their products including complete extracurricular management system. The first Education Pro, EdAware and EdLink are now fully web- integrated provider of school payments for activities, based with a cloud option. Make sure you stop the trips, tuition fees and more. stand for a live demonstration of the new cloud product portfolio and new digital safeguarding solution. MY LEARNING T40 My Learning are excited to launch “Fusion VLE”, which is now available across The Middle East in two editions and fully supports Arabic. Showcasing Fusion Lite and Pro editions of VLE, which operates in over 120 languages on smartphone, tablet and desktops. Specialising in integration, adaptability and new features for all our schools, stand visitors who order within the first 2 months of the show, receive an additional 10% discount. www.gessdubai.com 64

mechanics and robotics. Offering the right PLC for every application, as training racks they can be used in every classroom. At GESS Dubai you will find the mechatronic system VerSort which depicts the first part of a manufacturing plant. It includes the processes material storage, separation, conveyance, testing and sorting. WCBS INTERNATIONAL Q43 GESS 2019 will see the introduction of HUBapply, an SEEKTEACHERS P60 online admissions management system for international schools, launched by WCBS in September 2018. With a range of products including Recruitment, HUBapply, the new online admissions and student Headhunting, Training and CPD, School Improvement recruitment CRM system from WCBS, helping school Services, Ed-Tech, SeekTeachers portal is unique to the admissions to be simple, efficient and effective. Offering recruitment of teachers. Visit their stand to have the staff, parent, agency and feeder school portals, an opportunity to speak to a consultant 1-1. application tracker, real-time reporting, with forms and payments managed online. Delegates visiting the WCBS stand will be offered product demonstrations, including our new comprehensive and powerful admissions solution HUBapply. CHRISTIANI O31 With an extensive product portfolio covers both the YES01 F13 hardware for training labs as well as suitable didactic teaching materials Mechatronic System mMS-VerSort: With a range of products including Automotive, with their mechatronic training concept you not only Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Electric and Electronic find sophisticated technology for your training but also a training equipment Universal Engineering Platform. tailor-made solution for your needs. Beginning from small stations up to complex systems with a robot, trainees can easily learn the correlation between electronics, www.gessdubai.com 65

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School Management Managing a school can seem like an impossible task at times, juggling safety, thriving children and good scores is a real challenge. That’s why GESS understands how important it is to keep on top of all of these things and want to help you manage your students academic achievements seamlessly. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES PVT LTD (SAGE) G60 Check out our product ASSET, a skills based test which measures students conceptual understanding, benchmarks schools performance at an international, national & regional level. Taken by over 350,000 students from nations such as India, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Singapore & USA empanelled by the KHDA, Dubai. Connecting the world’s education, we are looking forward to meeting new people at the show this year! FIELDWORK EDUCATION Q52 Fieldwork education offers a range of professional learning opportunities to support of our International Curriculum, the IEYC, IPC and IMYC. Our international curriculum provides clear learning goals and helps develop a subject knowledge, personal skills and international mindedness. As well as displaying our products we are looking forward to presenting three very engaging leadership presentations throughout GESS Dubai. Pop along to our Fieldwork Education stand to find out more about our Professional Learning opportunities and our International Curriculum. www.gessdubai.com 67

FRANKLIN COVEY EDUCATION P2 NETSUPPORT SOFTWARE LTD. Q30 We’re launching our College and Career Readiness We will be launching our brand new cloud-based Solutions at GESS Dubai 2019 and will be showcasing safeguarding console, and the first contextual out fantastic brands such as Leader In Me, The 7 habits intelligence based Risk Index to student safeguarding. for Teens, The 7 Habits for College and The 7 Habits Come and see our wide range of great products for Families. We work to increase children’s skills and including award-winning educational solutions to view mindsets as well as increasing teacher’s tools in the and demo include Classroom management, IT Asset classroom. Come and meet the team and find some Management, Safeguarding and School Alerting tools. great giveaways including some free books at stand P2! We are the first to use key components of AI to utilise ‘CI’ – contextual intelligence – in a new tool that delivers a Risk Index for student safeguarding. Come and have a chat at stand q30 for interesting demonstrations, giveaways and exclusive content! See you there! LEXONIK BY SOUNDTRAINING Q62 REDIKER SOFTWARE INC F54 Lexonik provides specialist instruction in literacy to Our stand will be host to our TeacherPlus Gradebook teachers, our programmes combine a unique range app for phones which allows teachers to access grade of prescriptive teaching and methodology. Lexonik is data on the go from their Android or iOS devices. We a unique product, it works to develop phonological will also be showcasing our other products such as awareness, metacognition and automatically overcome Administrators plus, Admissions Plus pro, TeacherPlus learning barriers and accelerate students progress. Gradebook, RediSite websites, Plus Portals and Teacher Vocabulary deficit is not an indication of aptitude, Evaluator so there is lots to choose from! Lexonik addresses this word gap meaning students are more likely to reach their academic potential. We will be offering 10% discounts at the show this year so come along for a chat! www.gessdubai.com 68

QUALITY TEACHING STAFF P32 EVERYBUDDY LTD Q21 Quality Teaching Staff will be offering schools an insight into their brand new app which aids them in finding British Launching at GESS Dubai 2019 is SchoolsBuddy, a teachers for their schools. As the recruitment industry is complete modular software solution which integrates constantly evolving, we provide a recruitment service of directly with schools’ MIS systems to streamline British teachers looking to work in the Middle East ahead processes. We provide a single software solution for of the international recruitment game aiming to make the multiple applications via the web and fully functioning process as swift and seamless as possible. This is our iOS and Android Apps. We are looking forward to second year at GESS Dubai and we are excited to meet connecting with schools ready to streamline their new people, so for your chance to try some authentic processes and find new ways to organise activities, British treats then head to P32 to find out more. payments, comms etc. So head down to our stand where our directors will be on hand to offer demonstrations of SchoolsBuddy and how it can benefit your school. LASER LEARNING Q20 EES FOR SCHOOLS Q24 We will be launching our new products, UK qualifications translated to Arabic as part of NCFE CACHE Level 3 We will be showcasing two fantastic products at GESS Diploma for Early Years Workforce and NCFE CACHE 2019, the Target Tracker Assessment and the pupil Level 5 Diploma in Leadership. We will be providing full progress tracking tool School Effectiveness+ school learning resources for childcare, teaching, customer self-evaluation tool kit. Target tracker is the UK’s market service, and business administration and displaying Video leading assessment, pupil progress tracking and data resources for blended learning. Our online resources analysis system for schools. We are excited to bring are written by education professionals to support our award winning products to a wider audience in the learners are part of your blended learning approach to Middle East that assist teachers with the ever growing UK qualifications. GESS continues to be an incredibly work load. Come and have a chat with us on stand Q24 important exhibition for education professionals to where we will be offering some fantastic discounts! network and discuss the future development of Dubai education. You can interact with tablets on our stand to view our online, digital learning resources including examples of videos, tutorials, and reading. www.gessdubai.com 69

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Bright Screens & Ideas – Multimedia, Hardware & ICT These exhibitors are bringing the latest hardware and technology to GESS Dubai, whether you’re looking to source projectors, interactive screens or ICT solutions we’ve got it all. ALMOE C1 EMIRATE TRANSPORT L40 Working with top brands to deliver the best learning opportunities in the sector, Almoe are looking forward to Launching the first Electric School Bus in the Middle showcasing their solutions to Supervisors, Head of Dept., East, Platinum Sponsor Emirates Transport are Principals, IT Managers & Govt. Clients. Working with top showcasing a range of innovative and green school brands including; Epson Projectors, Swivl Robot, Aver transport facilities. Make sure you visit their stand charge carts, Documents Cameras & Display Panels – for some amazing demonstrations on the operation Samsung to deliver the best learning opportunities in the of the electric bus and the TESLA car along with sector. Offering special offers and promotions to clients distribution of giveaways from Emirates Transport. and visitors, along with some giveaways. ALMOE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS / BROTHER JAPAN H1 AESTHETIX TECHNOLOGIES LLC H10 Launching a range of new label printers for Aesthetix aim to provide smart and technologically Education including advanced solutions to schools and universities by coloured, black and white, teaming up with Clevertouch and Clearone. Showcasing Arabic / English with the latest trends in Smart Classroom Technology in various tape sizing’s. They partnership with Clevertouch and Clearone and a mock are looking forward to up of a smart classroom on their stand. showcasing their solutions to Teachers, Supervisors, Dept. Heads, Principals and decision makers from the education community. Make sure you visit their stand for special offers and giveaways. www.gessdubai.com 71

EPSON B30 Showcasing innovative smart school solutions, see the PANZERGLASS™ G62 latest EPSON projectors and printers dedicated for the education sector. Showcasing the complete range of PanzerGlass product offering, with special focus on tablet category namely iPad and Microsoft Surface full range with and without privacy. In addition they will also showcase our unique privacy filter solution for the laptop category. They have recently introduced a new innovative product for the iPhone category which is our patented solution with a Camslider. Visit the stand to see live demonstrations to show the durability of our product and its importance in protecting and extending the life screens on your tablets and smartphones. IRIS CONNECT / INVENTRY R31 EXTRON H12 IRIS Connect has been proven to improve the quality At GESS Extron will be showcasing a range of of Teaching and Learning in over 20 countries InVentry collaboration systems and AV System Products used is used by over 5000 schools in the UK. IRIS Connect commonly in today’s classrooms and learning spaces. encourage any Senior leaders interested in developing With advanced technologies that create better looking Teaching and Learning / CPD at their school to come and images, higher quality sound, systems that are easier to visit their stand for giveaways and tradeshow discounts. control and work more reliably. TESCA TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD. P1 Specialising in providing turnkey solutions in the field of Test, Measuring, Educational, TVET Training Systems, Robotics, Workshop Tools and Machines. They will be launching the LMS / CMS - Learning Management System and Classroom Management System for Schools / Colleges / Universities and Industries. Tesca are offering 10% discounts on any orders booked during the show on their dealer pricing. Free Tesca Bag and Pen Distribution. www.gessdubai.com 72

Sports, Music & Games GESS understands that with a little dusting of imagination these products can create the best fun and memories. However, they are also a powerful tool when it comes to engaging a child’s senses and understanding the world around them. VINCO EDUCATION O30 We will be introducing our brand new Betzold SNAP-X Construction games which are amazingly versatile. Our easy click system products will enable children to get a feel of success in almost no time at all! Our products fit perfectly to the children’s senses by enabling the child to lean by feel and touch. We are excited to meet more people in the industry and in the Gulf region at GESS, so head down to our stall O30 to experience our world of education! PALMS SPORTS K20 We will be showcasing our range of sporting uniform and curriculum books at this year’s show. You will get the chance to view exclusive Jiu-Jitsu programmes as well as understanding the benefits of Jiu-Jitsu on students and the community. We will be holding a demonstration and giving away some great prizes so come visit us to find out more! ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS M20 CHARANGA Q63 This year, we will be showcasing our protection for play We are launching our brand new product, Charanga areas such as school playgrounds, gyms, basketball for International Schools at this years GESS Dubai courts, gardens & fire escapes. We also create anti show! We are the only innovative digital platform with slip treads for steps/schools by using the best quality a comprehensive and engaging programme for music anti – splinter, fire proof and shock proof materials. We covering both curriculum and instrumental music. understand how every child should feel safe and secure We look forward to speaking to school leaders and in their learning environment in order to get the best understanding the specific needs of music in local results, that’s why we pride ourselves on good quality schools. We will be offering a free 30 day trial and to German products with reasonable pricing, professional anyone taking out a subscription, 20% off their purchase! delivery and installation with consistent customer care. Head down to stand M20 for some exclusive discounts and demonstrations. www.gessdubai.com 73

DUBAI PARKS & RESORTS L62 Dubai Parks and Resorts is the perfect location for educational school programmes that takes learning to the next level and brings education to life. After seeing a 75% increase on visitation from last year, Dubai Parks and Resorts is the best place to be for occasions such as school trips as well as school occasions like Prom, Graduation, summer school events and many more! We also do a range of educational day trips to the parks so your students can get the best from Dubai Parks and Resorts. Come and have a chat at stand L62 where we have a wide range of giveaways! FINDEL EDUCATION R20 Brand new for 2019 is E.a.R.L, our amazing coding robot with programmable lights and recording sounds that pupils will love to create and debug programmes. We will be showcasing our full range of inspiring resources from Maths and English resources to sport, science, technology and Early years. Our wide range of resources ensures schools and nurseries can get everything they need through one complete supplier. Come along and meet E.a.R.L at stand R20 where we will be giving demonstrating lots of our range including Chatter Clouds. EARLY YEARS RESOURCES R41 This is their year exhibiting at GESS; and are excited to be showcasing products designed to enhance and support international curriculums. With engaging hands on displays, you can find products and kits developed by their team of early years specialists, all educationally and developmentally relevant. They will be launching their International Catalogue - brand new for 2019 - to make ordering educational resources even easier www.gessdubai.com 74

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Meet your GESS 2019 Keynote Speakers Once again at GESS Dubai 2019 our international panel of Keynote speakers are bringing you unrivalled expertise and insight. the Parliament of Finland (1995-2002). of Bullying Prevention”. For more Mr Heinonen has had a number of information see:  micheleborba.com positions of trust serving the society in a wide scale. Mr Heinonen holds a Master’s degree in Laws. OLLI-PEKKA HEINONEN DR. MICHELE BORBA DR ANANTHA KUMAR DURAIAPPAH DIRECTOR GENERAL, FINNISH EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST NATIONAL AGENCY FOR AND CONSULTANT INAUGURAL DIRECTOR, MAHATMA EDUCATION GANDHI INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION “Empathy is a Verb: New Lessons for FOR PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE “Education Systems as an Innovation Student Success in the Digital Age” DEVELOPMENT (MGIEP) – UNESCO Platform for Life-Long Learning in Finland” Dr. Michele Borba is an internationally  “Education: Predators to Nurturers” recognized educational psychologist Olli-Pekka Heinonen is Director and expert in bullying, social- Anantha Duraiappah took the General at the Finnish National emotional learning, and character position as Inaugural Director of Agency for Education. development and has spoken to the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi over one million participants on five Institute of Education for Peace and Before his current position he worked continents. She is a Today Show Sustainable Development (MGIEP) as a State Secretary at the Ministry contributor, appearing over 140 based in New Delhi, India in 2014. A of Finance of Finland. He was also times, and featured as an expert on science-policy pacesetter, with over responsible as a State Secretary of Dateline, The View, Dr. Phil, NBC 33 years’ experience, he now plays the portfolios of Ministry of Education Nightly News, CNN, MSNBC, Dr. a key role in positioning UNESCO and Culture, Ministry of Internal Oz, Dr. and The Early Show, among MGIEP as a leading research institute Affairs, and Ministry of Foreign Trade others and regularly quoted in on education for peace, sustainable and Development. national media from New York Times, development and global citizenship. TIME, Boston Globe, Washington Before that he acted as a State Post. Dr. Borba has authored 24 Prof. Anantha Duraiappah is the Secretary at the Prime Minister’s books; her latest are “UnSelfie: Why Executive Director of the International Office and was responsible for Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our Human Dimensions Programme organising and leading the Prime All-About Me World” and “The 6Rs on Global Environmental Change Minister’s Office. Before joining the (IHDP) in Bonn, Germany. He is Prime Minister’s Office in March an experienced environmental- 2012, Mr Heinonen worked for 10 development economist whose years as a Director in the Finnish work largely focuses on the equity Broadcasting Company. Mr Heinonen has been Minister of Transport and Communications (1999-2002) and Minister of Education (1994-1999). Mr Heinonen has also been a Member of www.gessdubai.com 76

of access and use of ecosystem Nicola Morgan is an internationally- developed national educational services. Prof. Duraiappah received acclaimed author and authority technology policy, formed public- his PhD in economics from the on teenage wellbeing, how stress private partnerships to assist state and University of Texas in Austin, USA impacts performance, effects of local education leaders in transitioning and currently holds a visiting screens, social media and reading to digital learning, helped school professorship at Beijing Normal for pleasure. Her best-selling districts expand the use of openly University, China in coupled systems examination of the teenage brain, licensed educational resources (OERs), modelling. He has published books Blame My Brain, was shortlisted for and collaborated with stakeholders to on environmental and developmental the Aventis Prize; the prize-winning nurture a robust ecosystem of edtech issues as well as numerous articles Teenage Guide to Stress, along entrepreneurs and innovators. He in peer reviewed journals, and is with The Teenage Guide to Friends, also worked on a cross-governmental presently an associate editor for “The Positively Teenage, Life Online team to bring high-speed broadband, Journal of Human Development and and her popular teaching materials interactive devices, professional Capacity”. In his previous post as underline Nicola’s range of expertise. development for educators and Chief of the Ecosystem Services and In 2018, she was awarded the SLA’s leaders, and high-quality affordable Economics Unit of the United Nations prestigious award for Outstanding digital content to U.S. classrooms. Environmental Programme (UNEP), Contribution to Information Books. He is a strong proponent of the Prof. Duraiappah was involved in the Her next book, Body Brilliant, tackles active use of technology by learners. initiation of the Intergovernmental negative body image. South has led learning product Platform on Biodiversity and development teams at startups, Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and has museums, nonprofits, corporations since then played a pivotal role in and higher education institutions. He its approval process. He initiated was most recently a Design Resident the Inclusive Wealth Report and at IDEO in their Learning Studio. He continues to successfully incorporate has also directed a host of learning his expertise in fields related to the programs and consulted on projects in Green Economy, science-policy China, Korea, Mexico, South America interaction, economics, development and the Middle East. He holds a and ecosystem services into his work doctorate in instructional psychology at IHDP. and technology from Brigham Young University. NICOLA MORGAN JOSEPH SOUTH DAME DARCEY BUSSELL DBE AUTHOR CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER, ISTE FOUNDER, DDMIX (DIVERSE “Inside the Learning Brains in your “ISTE Standards: Empowering DANCE MIX) Classroom” Learners in a Connected World (ISTE)” Joseph South, chief learning officer, is a strategic national educational technology leader focused on evidence-based learning transformation. He formerly served as the director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. In his role at the department, he was an adviser to the Secretary of Education and www.gessdubai.com 77

“Fostering Empathy Through Dance” PROFESSOR PETER learning spaces. The findings of this BARRETT work have, for the first time, isolated Whilst still at the Royal Ballet School, the significant scale of the influence choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan EMERITUS PROFESSOR of physical classroom design on had noticed her exceptional UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD & variations in pupils’ learning. This has technique and he created the lead HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW directly influenced, for example, the role of Princess Rose in The Prince UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD US Green Building Council and the of the Pagodas for her when she Norwegian Education Directorate. was just 19 years old. Darcey was a “Designing the Empathetic Peter now provides strategic Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet Classroom” consultancy on optimizing the impact for almost 20 years (ret. 2007). She of school buildings on learning, danced in over 80 different roles and Professor Barrett is a past President for example, for the World Bank had 18 roles made on her. Coming of the UN-established International in Romania and, in the UK, for the out of retirement, she led a troupe Council for Research and Innovation Girls’ Day School Trust and the of 200 dancers when she danced in Building and Construction (CIB). He Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School. the Spirit of the Flame in the closing is Emeritus Professor of Management ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.  in Property and Construction at GILDA SCARFE Salford University in the UK and Darcey is patron of 14 charities, Honorary Research Fellow in the FOUNDER & CEO, POSITIVE including being President of the Department of Education at Oxford ACTION UK Royal Academy of Dance, Campaign University. “Using Positive Psychology President of the Birmingham Royal interventions and Emotional Ballet and the overseas Patron of the Peter is an international advisor to the Intelligence as an Education Strategy Sydney Dance Company.  OECD and the US-based Academy to Create a Flourishing and Positive of Neuroscience for Architecture Classroom Experience” Amongst her many activities she is and the American Institute of Gilda Scarfe is the CEO and Founder a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, Architects. He has produced over of Positive Action UK a leading and she presents The Royal Ballet’s one hundred and seventy single innovative company using research worldwide cinema simulcasts and volume publications, refereed papers to develop, implement and evaluate is a Principal coach at The Royal and reports, and has made over one mental toughness, wellbeing and Ballet. She has made documentaries hundred and ten presentations in resilience programmes in schools. on dance including her ‘Looking for around sixteen countries. With a degree in Philology, Law series’ with the BBC, focusing on and Positive Psychology and over Margot Fonteyn, Audrey Hepburn Professor Barrett has undertaken a 15 years facilitating in business and Fred Astaire. Her most recent wide range of research. For the last performance and education contexts, documentary ‘Dancing to Happiness’ ten years this has focused on the explores the value of dancing theme of Senses, Brain and Spaces in improving mental health and with a particular interest in the area of wellbeing. school design and achieving optimal Recently Darcey founded DDMIX (Diverse Dance Mix), a dance fitness program, whose primary aim is to have dance fitness incorporated into an expanded physical education in British schools. Awarded a CBE in 2007, she was made a Dame Commander in the 2018 New Years honours list. www.gessdubai.com 78

Gilda specialises in creating European leaders in positive for the Psychologies magazine (UK, curriculums that are evidence- psychology, having founded and France and Russia), for the Positive based, meaningful and make a headed the first Masters Degree in Psychology magazine (France), as well powerful impression. She has been Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) as radio and TV interviews for BBC responsible for the organisation in Europe at the University of East 24, BBC London and other channels. and implementation of the Positive London. Nowadays, she heads the She frequently addresses psychology Psychology/Education strategy at International MSc in Applied Positive and professional audiences at national several grammar school in the UK Psychology (I-MAPP) at Anglia and international conferences, having and has supported the strategic Ruskin University (that includes delivered hundreds of presentations direction and implementation of a dedicated positive psychology and workshops. Illuminate Education a non-profit coaching pathway), teaches Positive organisation promoting Positive Management at l’Ecole Centrale Ilona is passionate about practical Education initiatives. Gilda is Paris and HEC, and consults around applications of positive psychology also a global ambassador for the the world as a director of Positran to coaching, business and education. International Positive Education and ScholaVie. Her main teaching Having trained as a coach in 2005 Network (IPEN). Her dream is for expertise lies in the areas of positive and upon completion of her PhD every school in the UK to fully and psychology and positive psychology in 2006, she worked as a Senior seamlessly incorporate positive coaching, with research interests Lecturer in Coaching on the Masters education into their curriculum and around: subjective time use, time and Professional Doctorate in application for students, families, and perspective, eudaimonic well- Coaching and Mentoring at Oxford staff. Passionate about improving being and applications of positive Brookes University, UK. Her own wellbeing and mental toughness in psychology to business, executive individual and group coaching education through innovative yet coaching and education. clients have included executives simple and clear interventions, Gilda from L’Oreal, Microsoft, Sanofi, Bull, is always keen to bridge the gap Ilona founded and was the first Mars, Alpro Soya, MindGym, as well between academics and practitioners Chair of the European Network of as internal coaches in Orange and in making a practical and powerful Positive Psychology (ENPP), and Johnson & Johnson. Nowadays, as impact to the world of education. was subsequently the member of its a director of Positran, a boutique Steering Committee for many years. consultancy specialising in the DR ILONA BONIWELL She organised the first European applications of evidence-based Congress of Positive Psychology methodologies to achieve lasting CEO, POSITRAN in June 2002 (Winchester), starting positive transformation, Ilona delivers “Positive Education: Global a successful tradition of bi-annual advanced coach training, having Developments in Well-Being and events. She was the first Vice- developed her own approach Resilience Education” Chair of the International Positive to positive psychology coaching Dr Ilona Boniwell is one of the Psychology Association (IPPA) and and having trained thousands of has been continuingly the member coaches around the world (in Japan, of its Board of Directors since 2007. Singapore, South Africa, Portugal, She is now the Vice-President for the France and the UK). Francophone Association of Positive Psychology, serves on the Board of Ilona is also a co-director of Directors of the International Positive ScholaVie, a positive education Education Network (IPEN) and is lab that offers multiple well-being, a co-editor of the Applied Positive resilience and teacher-as-coach Psychology Journal. programmes for educational institutions. She further worked for She acted as the main consultant for the Government of Bhutan to develop and appeared in the BBC2 series a framework for happiness-based The Happiness Formula (2006). Her public policy at the request of the other media work included Guardian, UN, as a member of the International Times, Top Sante and Cosmopolitan Expert Working Group for the New articles and interviews, columnist Development Paradigm. www.gessdubai.com 79

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GESS TALKS ARENA DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 11:00 - 11:15 WELCOME SPEECH HE Eng. Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi | UAE Minister 11:15 - 11:25 of Education KEYNOTE: EDUCATION SYSTEM AS AN INNOVATION Olli-Pekka Heinonen | Director General | Finnish PLATFORM FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN FINLAND National Agency for Education Dr Anantha Kumar Duraiappah | Inaugural Director | 11:25 - 11:55 KEYNOTE: EDUCATION: PREDATORS TO NURTURERS Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) - UNESCO 12:00 - 12:30 KEYNOTE: EMPATHY IS A VERB: NEW LESSONS FOR Dr. Michele Borba | Educational Psychologist and 12:30 - 12:40 STUDENT SUCCESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Consultant 13:00 - 13:10 13:15 - 13:25 GESS BITES: HOW ARCADIA'S JUNIOR MBA Navin Valrani | CEO | Arcadia Education PROGRAMME WAS CREATED? SallyAnn della casa | Chief Identity hacker | GLEAC GESS BITES: LINKEDIN WILL SOON NOT EXIST AS IT DOES NOW AS A PLATFORM TO FIND JOBS Reenu Sahore | Founder & CEO | stressfreeall.com GESS BITES: EMPATHY & RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN - Mophat Odienge | Director | International Maestro CAN IT BE CULTIVATED BY EXAMPLES Centre Poonam Heryani | Head of Teacher Training & 13:30 - 13:40 GESS BITES: THE MUSIK VILLAGE Education | TAITO Education Ashley Green | Year 1 teacher & Well-being Coordinator 13:45 - 13:55 GESS BITES: SUSTAINABLE THINKING - POWERFUL | JESS Jumeirah School TOOL FOR CHANGE Christa Haire | English & Drama Teacher | Raffles International School 14:00 - 14:45 YOGA SESSION Victoria Williams | Head of Arts/IBSP Theatre Teacher | Universal American School 15:00 - 15:45 \"WHY DRAMA?\" 16:00 - 16:45 “HOMEWORK EATS DOG\" DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 11:05 - 11:25 KEYNOTE: INSIDE THE LEARNING BRAINS IN YOUR Nicola Morgan | Author 11:25 - 11:55 CLASSROOM 12:00 - 12:30 Dr Ilona Boniwell | CEO | Positran KEYNOTE: POSITIVE EDUCATION: GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS IN WELL-BEING AND RESILIENCE Joseph South | Chief learning Officer | ISTE Standards: EDUCATION Empowering Learners in a Connected world (ISTE) Dr. Ronald Lalonde | CEO & Founder, Middle East KEYNOTE: ISTE STANDARDS: EMPOWERING LEARNERS Manager | Riverspath Coaching and Consulting & IN A CONNECTED WORLD Institute of Positive Education Raya Bidshahri | Founder & CEO | Awecademy 12:30 - 12:40 GESS BITES: PUTTING WELLBEING AT THE HEART OF Vanessa North | Head of ICT and Computer Science | EDUCATION JESS Adam El Rafey | Year 4 Student | JESS Jumeirah 12:40 - 12:55 GESS BITES: MOONSHOT THINKING IN EDUCATION 13:00 - 13:10 Gilda Scarfe | Founder & CEO | Positive Action UK 13:15 - 13:30 GESS BITES: #WOMENINTECH - ARE SCHOOLS DOING 13:30 - 13:40 ENOUGH? Deborah Eyre | Founder & CEO | High Performance Learning 13:45 - 13:55 GESS BITES: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE AN 8 YEAR OLD! GESS BITES: ARE WE EMBRACING THE SOFT SKILLS AGENDA SUPERFICIALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY IN EDUCATION? GESS BITES: HOW TO CREATE HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARNERS www.gessdubai.com 81

14:00 - 14:45 \"WHY DRAMA?\" Christa Haire | English & Drama Teacher | Raffles International School 16:00 - 16:45 PRACTICAL SESSION OF DDMIX FOR SCHOOLS DANCE FITNESS Giselle Parker | Chief Executive Officer | DDMIX (Diverse Dance Mix) DAY 2 – 28.02.2019 11:05 - 11:25 KEYNOTE: FOSTERING EMPATHY THROUGH DANCE Dame Darcey Bussell DBE | Founder | DDMIX (Diverse Dance Mix) 11:25 - 11:55 KEYNOTE: DESIGNING THE EMPATHETIC CLASSROOM Professor Peter Barrett | Emeritus Professor University of Salford | Honorary Research Fellow University of Oxford 12:00 - 12:30 KEYNOTE: USING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Gilda Scarfe | Founder & CEO | Positive Action UK INTERVENTIONS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS AN EDUCATION STRATEGY TO CREATE A FLOURISHING AND POSITIVE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE 12:45 - 12:55 GESS BITES: EXPLORING STEM AND PBL Shady Elkassas | Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs | Sharjah American International School 13:00 - 13:10 GESS BITES: IS KINDNESS WORTHY OF ‘EXAMINATION’? Marco Longmore | Headmaster | Brighton College Dubai 13:15 - 13:25 GESS BITES: WHY SCHOOLS SHOULD INTEGRATE VR IN Steve Bambury | Head of Digital Learning & Innovation THE CLASSROOM | JESS Jumeirah 13:30 - 13:40 GESS BITES: INNOVATION AND IMPACT - A Oliver Lewis | Head of Science | The British COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY International School Abu Dhabi 13:45 - 13:55 GESS BITES: HOW AUTHENTIC ARE YOU AS A LEADER? Kai vacher | Principal | British School Muscat 14:00 - 15:00 PANEL SESSION Jonathan Hughes-D’Aeth | Former Headmaster of Repton School Dubai | Former Chief Education Officer, EKI (Evolvence Knowledge Investments) Sarah Rogers | CEO | Quest Direct Professional Services Gilda Scarfe | Founder & CEO | Positive Action UK Sarah Whitbread | Physical Education Teacher | Brighton College Dubai Victoria Williams | Head of Arts/IBSP Theatre Teacher | Universal American School Fiona Cottam | Principal | Hartland International School NEUROSCIENCE & WELLBEING Furniture Sponsor: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 MINDFULNESS: PERSONAL PRACTICE TO PEDAGOGY Elissa Ballard | Grade 5 Teacher & Mindfulness Leader | GEMS American Academy 11:00 - 11:30 VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT Dr Ayesha Saeed Husaini | Director | Manzil 11:30 - 12:00 NURTURING EMPATHY AND EMOTIONAL SELF Reenu Sahore | Founder & CEO | stressfreeall.com AWARENESS IN CHILDREN Poonam Heryani | Head of Teacher Training & 12:00 - 12:30 BUILD BETTER BRAINS Education | TAITO Education 12:30 - 13:00 POSITIVE EDUCATION: EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND Gilda Scarfe | Founder & CEO | Positive Action UK TEACHERS TO FLOURISH Mona Kazim | Owner & Learning Difficulties Consultant 13:00 - 13:30 IS IT YOUR EYE OR YOUR BRAIN? | Alef Centre www.gessdubai.com 82

13:30 - 14:00 CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS IN KIDS - WHAT TEACHERS Susan Koruthu | Director & Principal Practitioner | 14:00 - 14:30 AND PARENTS OUGHT TO DO? Sceptre Life Skills & Mind Fitness Centre USING THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR TO HELP ALL Paul Stephany | Executive Director | Fundacja Krok po 14:30 - 15:00 STUDENTS SUCCEED Kroku - The Step by Step Foundation THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-STUDY USING IPAD IN 15:00 - 15:30 DEVELOPING PRONOUNCING SKILLS FOR SPECIAL Khulud Alyami | Elementary School Teacher for 15:30 - 16:00 NEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN Disability | Ministry of Education 16:00 - 16:30 16:30 - 17:00 APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA) IN THE SCHOOL Nicholas Orland | Managing Director | Autism Rocks Support Centre A WELL-BEING JOURNEY Ashley Green | Year 1 teacher & Well-being Coordinator | JESS Jumeirah School DETENTION OUT - MINDFUL MEDITATION IN Najiha Syeda | School Psychologist | ASCS THE IMPACT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BASED ON THE COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Zainab Abbas Ali Al Ajmi | Educational Researcher | IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Sultan Qaboos University DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 10:30 - 11:15 HOW TO MAKE A GREAT SCHOOL David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 11:30 - 12:15 David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 12:30 - 13:15 THE LEARNING MAP David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer Rola Ghadban | Mindfulness & Well-being Coordinator 13:15 - 14:00 BRAIN FRIENDLY REVISION FOR EXAM SUCCESS | Greenfield Community School David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 14:00 - 14:45 STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE POSITIVE EDUCATION WITHIN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SETTING David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 15:00 - 15:45 BUILDING RESILIENT CHILDREN David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 16:00 - 16:45 BRAIN PLASTICITY AND GROWTH MINDSET FOR CLASSROOM WELL-BEING PERSONALITIES IN THE CLASSROOM DAY 3 – 28.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 HOW TO MAKE A GREAT SCHOOL David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 11:20 - 12:00 THE LEARNING MAP David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 12:10 - 12:50 BRAIN FRIENDLY REVISION FOR EXAM SUCCESS David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer Dr Ashok Kumar Tangri | Chief Executive Officer | The 12:50 - 13:30 THE FUTURE OF LEARNING Indian High School David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 13:30 - 14:10 BUILDING RESILIENT CHILDREN 14:30 - 15:10 David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer 15:20 - 16:00 BRAIN PLASTICITY AND GROWTH MINDSET FOR CLASSROOM WELL-BEING David Hodgson | Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer PERSONALITIES IN THE CLASSROOM LEADERSHIP STREAM Furniture Sponsor: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 Nargish Khambatta | Principal & CEO & Vice President 10:30 - 11:00 ENABLING LEADERSHIP AT MODERN | GEMS Modern Academy 11:00 - 11:30 BENEFITS OF MUSIC TO A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT Mophat Odienge | Director | International Maestro Centre www.gessdubai.com 83

11:30 - 12:00 WHY ENTREPRENEURSHIP MUST BE TAUGHT AT  Navin Valrani | CEO | Arcadia Education SCHOOLS? Sarah Rogers | CEO | Quest Direct Professional Services 12:00 - 12:30 MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP Raya Bidshahri | Founder & CEO | Awecademy Elise Tarvainen | Director | Learning Isku 12:30 - 13:00 BRINGING AWE & WONDER INTO TEACHING 13:00 - 13:30 Eileen Barnes-Vachell | Lead Adviser | Gabbitas 13:30 - 14:00 PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP AS A CATALYST FOR 14:00 - 17:00 SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION - EASY PRACTICES Zen Khan | CEO | Zen PD PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP – SECURING AN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL MORAL EDUCATION CPD (THIS IS A KHDA APPROVED MANDATORY TRAINING FOR TEACHER PERMIT DUBAI) DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 DEVELOPING THE INCLUSION AGENDA: IMPLICATIONS Dr Anne Shipton | Head of Learning | Kent College 11:00 - 11:30 FOR LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS Dubai LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Maliha Ahad | CEO | AIM Middle East 11:30 - 12:30 LEADING LEARNING FOR INTERNATIONAL LEARNERS Isabel Du Toit | Fieldwork International Consultant - School Leadership & Management | Fieldwork 12:30 - 13:00 DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR AN AGE OF EXPONENTIAL Education 13:00 - 13:30 LEARNING Priyamvada Taneja | Regional Manager | Fieldwork Education BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH Kevin Ruth | Chief Executive | ECIS (Educational Collaborative for International Schools) 13:30 - 14:00 REDUCING THE VERBAL DEFICIT: INNOVATIVE USE OF INTERVENTION AND WHOLE SCHOOL STRATEGY Kathryn Simms | Vice Principal/Head of Secondary School | Raha International School 14:00 - 14:30 FINDING SIMPLICITY IN COMPLEXITY Nicholas Bruce | Deputy Headteacher | GEMS 14:30 - 15:00 STUDENT SAFETY FIRST WITH EMIRATES TRANSPORT Wellington International School - Dubai Claire Preston | CEO | Sound Training, Lexonik 15:00 - 15:30 THE LINK BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND 15:30 - 16:00 STUDENT WELLBEING OUTCOMES Dr Ronald Lalonde | CEO & Founder, Middle East 16:00 - 16:30 Manager | Riverspath Coaching and Consulting & A LEADERSHIP GUIDE TO CREATING ACHIEVEMENT Institute of Positive Education THROUGH TECHNOLOGY Bader Al Kamali | Director of Competitiveness EDUCATION AND AI: HOW EDUCATIONAL LEADERS Information Center | Emirates Transport CAN HELP TO ENSURE LEARNERS AND TEACHER BENEFIT Gilda Scarfe | Founder & CEO | Positive Action UK 16:30 - 17:00 HOW TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE Patrick McGrath | Education Technology Specialist | PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY Texthelp Ltd Prof. Rose Luckin | Professor of Learner Centred Design & Director EDUCATE London | UCL Institute of Education Omar Murtaza | Teacher of Business & Professional Development Co-ordinator | Dubai English Speaking College DAY 3 – 28.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 THE DIVERSITY EQUATION: HOW DIVERSITY IN Dr Helen Wright | Associate | LSC Education LEADERSHIP CAN IMPROVE SCHOOL OUTCOMES Jaya Bhavnani | Executive Director | Dwight Global 11:00 - 11:30 NURTURING STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Online Ulrike Suwwan | Senior Education Management 11:30 - 12:00 GUIDING OTHERS BY LEADING YOURSELF. HANDS Consultant/Education Consultant for School ON WORKSHOP ON SETTING A PERSONAL VISION Improvement and Development Company | Guide & 12:00 - 12:30 STATEMENT AS FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING YOUR Lead/German International School Dubai 12:30 - 13:00 OWN BRAND AS A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR Marco Longmore | Headmaster | Brighton College CLASSROOM LESSONS AND VIEWS FROM CASTLE Dubai ROCK TO BURJ KHALIFA (AND THE 28 YEARS IN BETWEEN!) Priyamvada Taneja | Regional Manager – India, Middle East & Africa | Fieldwork Education \"EMPOWERING OTHER LEADERS FOR INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS\" www.gessdubai.com 84

13:00 - 13:30 CULTURAL AWARENESS & INCLUSION WITH THE ARAB Nasif Kayed | Founder & CEO | The Arab Culturalist CULTURALIST Education 13:30 - 14:00 THE CASE FOR INCLUSION Tui Waruhia | Head of Training & Quality Assurance | Praxis Education 14:00 - 14:30 TEACHERS AS LEADERS Rashida Adnan | Head of STEAM Department | Badri 14:30 - 15:00 STUDENT LEADERSHIP High School Leena Atkins | Head of 6th Form | Raffles International School FUTURE LEADERS Furniture Sponsor: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 10:30 - 12:30 EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING Isabel Du Toit | Fieldwork International Consultant - 12:30 - 13:30 School Leadership Management | Fieldwork Education 13:30 - 14:00 THE CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP Kevin Ruth | Chief Executive | ECIS (Educational 14:00 - 14:30 Collaborative for International Schools) 14:30 - 15:00 USING THEATRE ACTIVITIES TO BUILD A SAFE Victoria Williams | Head of Arts/IBSP Theatre Teacher | 15:00 - 16:00 ENVIRONMENT Universal American School COMMON PITFALLS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN 16:00 - 17:00 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN SCHOOLS Mark Duncan | Executive Director | 365edu DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION SECTOR Mohammad Al Madani | CEO | Classera Inc. FOR PRACTITIONERS WHO MAY BE THINKING ABOUT STARTING THEIR OWN EARLY YEARS BUSINESS: Courteney Donaldson | Managing Director - Childcare CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN EDUCATION OF & Education | Christie & Co TOMORROW FOR LEADERS, TEACHERS AND LEARNERS Savita Venkat | Independent Educational Consultant, IN EDUCATION Motivational Speaker and Life Coach and Chief Development officer | Bombay Cambridge Gurukul DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 10:30 - 11:30 PRAGMATIC LEADERSHIP Sarah Rogers | CEO | Quest Direct Professional Services 11:30 - 12:30 HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARNING: HOW TO BECOME A Deborah Eyre | Founder & CEO | High Performance 12:30 - 13:30 WORLD CLASS SCHOOL Learning 13:30 - 14:30 HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEXT LEADERSHIP ROLE IS Dr Helen Wright | Associate | LSC Education 14:30 - 15:30 THE PERFECT FIT Christopher Batchelder | Co-Founder & Creative LEADING WITH POWERFUL QUESTIONS (WHATEVER Director | Bon Education YOUR ROLE MAY BE) Janet Larson Roberts | English Content Writer | Alef \"TEACHER, I’M BORED!” HOW SCHOOLS ARE Education REVOLUTIONIZING TEACHING FOR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT Dr Ronald Lalonde | CEO & Founder, Middle East Manager | Riverspath Coaching and Consulting & 15:30 - 16:30 POSITIVE EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP Institute of Positive Education 16:30 - 17:00 CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES IN EDUCATIONAL Ibrahim Al Gaisi | IT Manager | ABEGS.ORG SYSTEMS. www.gessdubai.com 85

DAY 3 – 28.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOLS - GOING BEYOND THE Graeme Scott | Director | Fairgreen International 11:00 - 11:30 HASHTAGS School 11:30 - 12:30 Jigna Tanna | CEO | Performance Excellence 12:30 - 13:30 MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES TO LEVERAGE Moustafa Mahmoud | Head of Special Education & PERFORMANCE IN KEY AREAS OF LIFE Inclusion | Ittihad Private School 13:30 - 14:30 Matthew Hall | Director | Making Stuff Better Ltd DUBAI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION POLICY FRAMEWORK (2017) Gill Kelly | Director | Making Stuff Better Ltd HOW EMBEDDING A COACHING CULTURE COULD Nasif Kayed | Founder & CEO | The Arab Culturalist TRANSFORM YOUR SCHOOL Education HOW EXPRESSING TRUE VULNERABILITY AND OPENNESS TO OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING CAN TRANSFORM PRACTICE 14:30 - 15:30 LEADING WITH CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION STAGE Furniture Sponsor: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 UNDERACHIEVING STUDENTS – HOW TO HELP THEM? Riku Alkio | CEO | Seppo 11:00 - 11:30 CLASSROOM ANALYTICS : HOW DEEP LEARNING CAN Sanjay Addicam | CTO Principal Engineer & Visual BE USED TO MEASURE ATTENDANCE IN A CLASS Retail Intel | Intel Corporation AND HOW YOU CAN MEASURE HOW EFFECTIVE THE TEACHER IS PRESENTING A TOPIC TO STUDENTS 11:30 - 12:00 ENGAGE EDUCATION PLATFORM David Whelan | CEO | Immersive VR Education 12:00 - 12:30 THE DATA BALANCING ACT Greg Watson | Chief Executive | GL Education & Paul Charman | Managing Director | Fischer Family Trust 12:30 - 13:00 KIDE SCIENCE: YOUNG CHILD AS A SCIENTIST Aino Kuronen | Co-Founder and Head of Pedagogy | Kide Science 13:00 - 13:30 GAMIFICATION - A WAY TO GROWTH MINDSET AND Makke Leppanen | VP of Marketing | Eduten Ltd SELF-CONFIDENCE DESIGNING INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Andrew Short | Sales Director - International Schools 14:00 - 14:30 FOR FUTURE-FOCUSED LEARNERS…. AND ENSURING | Furnware THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL 14:30 - 15:00 PAST LEARNING FOR FUTURE LEARNING: EDTECH Daniel Ingvarson | Education Technology Evangelist | SOLUTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRY 4.0 Victorian Government Trade Mission to Dubai 15:30 - 16:00 THE IMPORTANCE OF PEDAGOGICAL DOCUMENTATION Milla Mikkola | Co-Founder | Kindiedays IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 16:00 - 16:30 FINLAND STUDENT ASSESSMENT MEETS UAE MORAL Markus Packalén | Expert in Learning and Assessment EDUCATION | Qridi HOLISTIC SCHOOL WELLBEING – HOW NEXT LEVEL Mika Kasanen | Co-Founder & CEO | School Day 16:30 - 17:00 DATA ANALYTICS WILL TRANSFORM STUDENT AND Finland Juha Engman | Senior Development Manager | School TEACHER WELLBEING Day Finland 17:00 - 17:30 GAME CHANGING SYSTEMS: SCHOOLS SPORTS, James Kershaw-Naylor | Business Development ACTIVITIES AND CALENDAR MANAGEMENT Director | SOCS www.gessdubai.com 86

DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 ANTICIPATING AND PREPARING FOR EMERGING Dr Nader Imani | Executive Vice President Global 10:30 - 10:50 JOBS AND SKILLS IN THE ERA OF 4TH INDUSTRIAL Education | Festo Didactic SE REVOLUTION 11:00 - 11:20 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AS AN INDICATOR OF THE Filippo Prosperi | Business Development Director | De GLOBAL ECONOMY Lorenzo SpA 11:30 - 11:50 THE NEW FACE OF TVET: VIRTUAL TVET Dr. Steven McKee | President and Founder | Labtech Internatonal Ltd. 12:00 - 12:20 ATTRACTING NEW GENERATIONS TO VET Alejandro Villaran | CEO | Seabery Augmented Technology 12:30 - 13:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT DOES THE INCREASE IN Myriam Bonilla | Chief Commercial Officer | Edibon DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY MEAN FOR THE FUTURE? Dr Nader Imani | Executive Vice President Global Education | Festo Didactic SE Gerard Ezcurra | Managing Director | Vernier International Inc. Dr Steven McKee | President | Labtech International & WorldDidac Alejandro Villaran | Seabery Augmented Technology 13:30 - 14:00 BASIC CHECK - THE SWISS ICT SOLUTION FOR CAREER Bekim Kasumi | Managing Partner | Basic Check GUIDANCE 14:10 - 14:30 CHANGING THE FACE OF EDUCATION IN RUSSIAN- Irina Solonova | Founder & CEO | Ruspro Education SPEAKING COUNTRIES: KEY TRENDS AND CHALLENGES 14:40 - 15:00 CHANGE OF LEARNING TODAY Simone Winter | Head of Business Development and International Sales | Dusyuma Kindergartenbedarf GmbH/ Dusyuma Middle East 15:00 - 15:30 PANEL SESSION: HOW INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN Bekim Kasumi | Managing Partner | Basic Check & Irina EDUCATION IMPACT THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE? Solonova | Founder & CEO | Ruspro Education Dr. Mohamed Ebeid | General Manager | Espranza for scientific instruments DAY 3 – 28.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 MACHINE LEARNING IN HUMAN LEARNING Anupama Muraleedharan | Vice President | Data Science Educational Initiatives 11:00 - 11:30 USING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD INCLUSION IN A DIVERSE CLASSROOM Jamie Ball | Regional Education Manager | Texthelp Ltd 12:00 - 12:30 SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION Mohammad Jarman | Director of Business Development | Emirates Transport 12:30 - 13:00 HOW TO TEACH WORKING-LIFE, ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO YOUTH? Kari Väisänen | CEO | EduTAT 13:00 - 13:30 TECHNOLOGY ENHANCING CREATIVITY & PASSION- Janne & Tuomas Hiedanniemi, Kari Saarilahti | CEO, BASED LEARNING Head of Education, Head of Pedagogy | INTO SCHOOL Ltd 15:30 - 16:00 FOCUS ON BETTER LEARNING Mari Kyyhkynen | Publishing Manager | Otava 16:00 - 16:30 FILM PEDAGOGY – LEARNING IN THE VISUAL ERA Publishing Company Ltd Syed Sultan Ahmed | Managing Director | LXL Ideas www.gessdubai.com 87

FUTURE LEARNING Furniture Sponsor: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 DIGITAL SKILLS - HOW TO ENSURE YOUR STUDENTS Vanessa North | Head of ICT and Computer Science | ARE #FUTUREREADY JESS 11:00 - 11:30 LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN! USING GAMIFICATION TO Habeeb Mustafa | Primary Computing/Digital Coach | LEVERAGE INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATORS Kings School Al Barsha AND BETTER ENGAGE STUDENTS CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HELP STUDENTS SallyAnn della casa | Chief Identity hacker | GLEAC 11:30 - 12:00 BECOME MORE HUMAN AND BE 21-CENTURY WORKPLACE READY 12:00 - 12:30 ENHANCING STEAM THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY Nafissa El Jabban | Head of Physics department | ARDUINO BASED PROJECTS Dubai National School 12:30 - 13:00 BE AN INSPIRING TEACHER !! HOW MOTIVATION Shalini Nambiar | Head, Academic Operations - AFFECTS LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR Education Services | VIBGYOR HIGH 13:00 - 13:30 THE VALUE OF IDENTITY IN THIRD MILLENNIA Tariq Bell | Teacher of Geography & Head of House | CURRICULUMS Brighton College Dubai 13:30 - 14:00 INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO FOSTERING Arielle Davis-Featherstone | IB History Teacher & STUDENT TALK THROUGH DISCUSSION Extended Essay Coordinator | Universal American School of Dubai 14:30 - 15:00 EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE - EDMODO Hatem Radwan | High School Teacher | Al Ittihad Private School 15:00 - 15:30 CULTIVATING STUDENT CHANGEMAKERS IN HIGHER Yunsun Chung | Chair of Design Department & EDUCATION Associate Professor | Zayed University 15:30 - 16:00 ONLINE LEARNING: A CASE FOR FLIPPED CLASSROOMS  Claire Hazenburg | Classroom Technology Teacher | IN THE U.A.E Australian International School, Sharjah 16:00 - 16:30 ENTRUSTING THE BATON FOR TRANSFORMING Rutavija Sawant | ICT Coordinator KS4 & Post 16 | LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Pristine Private School 16:30 - 17:00 CREATIVE THINKING Kholoud Alzaiter | Teacher | American International School 17:00 - 17:30 SERIOUS GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Ali Alshammari | Assistant Professor | University of Tabuk DAY 2 – 27.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 GAME BASED LEARNING ON LOCATION Frances O'Neill | Founder | Global Trails 11:00 - 11:30 RE-INVENTING FINANCIAL LITERACY Omar Fisher | Founder | iWealth 11:30 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:30 INN4SDGS - INNOVATE FOR THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE Evo Hannan | Spark Tank Coordinator | Dwight School 12:30 - 13:00 DEVELOPMENT GOALS Dubai 13:00 - 13:30 13:30 - 14:00 TRANSFORMING LEARNING THROUGH RELEVANT STEM Adetola Salau | Executive Director/Founder | EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED Carisma4U Educational Foundation AND CHALLENGING BACKGROUNDS EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREPARE YOUR INTERNATIONAL Fiona McKenzie | Director | Gabbitas Middle East STUDENTS FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMING SCHOOL CULTURE FOR THE WORLD’S Aleksi Komu | Director of Global Partnerships | BEST USE OF ICT IN LEARNING ThingLink CREATING STEM LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS FOR GIRLS Saki Milton | Founder & Executive Director | The GEMS Camp - Girls interested in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science www.gessdubai.com 88

NURTURING NATURAL LEADERSHIP MINDSET Magdalena Matulewicz | Co-Founder / President | 14:30 - 15:00 THROUGH PERSONALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN Natural Born Leaders EARLY YEARS CHILD’S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT Cornelia Potterie | Course Coordinator (Research skills, Medical terminology & Health Professions) | Princess 15:00 - 15:30 DEMYSTIFYING RESEARCH: EXPERIENCES FROM A HE Nora University, Riyadh FOUNDATION YEAR PROGRAMME Tasneem Marsiawala | Head of Section | Badri High 15:30 - 16:00 THE HOW AND WHY OF GETTING THEM ON STAGE School 16:00 - 16:30 FUTURE CAREERS THROUGH DESIGN THINKING Eman Hamshari | GEMS English Teacher | GEMS-X innovation team 16:30 - 17:00 PLUGGING VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY IN THE CLASSROOM Susan Carter | Faculty General Studies | Higher Colleges of Technology Dubai Women's College 17:00 - 17:30 USING TELEGRAM AS A MICROLEARNING TOOL IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT Dr. Tahani Aldosemani | Assistant Professor and Vice Dean of Information Technology and Distance Education | Prince Sattam University DAY 3 – 28.02.2019 10:30 - 11:00 STEM AND MEANINGFUL EDUCATION Shady Elkassas | Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs | Sharjah American International School 11:00 - 11:30 EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN K-12 : 22ND CENTURY Sreejit Chakrabarty | Director of Robotics & Artificial SKILLS Intelligence | GEMS Dubai American Academy BORN TO PLAY - THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-DIRECTED Witold Matulewicz | Co-Founder / Vice-President | 11:30 - 12:00 PLAY IN EARLY YEARS EDUCATION AS A KEY TOOL TO Natural Born Leaders UNLOCKING CHILDREN'S FULLEST POTENTIAL 12:00 - 12:30 12 WAYS TO EFFICIENTLY BENEFIT FROM MOOCS Sultan Althubaiti | PhD Candidate | King Saud University 12:30 - 13:00 CREATING A LEARNING ETHOS FOR 21ST CENTURY Kai vacher | Principal | British School Muscat SKILLS 13:00 - 13:30 CORE COMPETENCIES - THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION Suzanne Perkowsky | Co-Founder & Chief Educational Officer | New Nordic School 13:30 - 14:00 HEARD OF STEM PAPER BAG CHALLENGES? Saki Milton | Founder & Executive Director | The GEMS Camp - Girls interested in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science WHAT'S INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING, DEVELOPING Richard Ballard | Head of Technology Integration 14:00 - 14:30 AND RAISING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN A | Raha International School SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT? 14:30 - 15:00 MY RESEARCH INFORMED EDTECH TOOLKIT Oliver Lewis | Head of Science | The British International School Abu Dhabi 15:00 - 15:30 ARE YOU A FUTURIST? Yara Lazkani | Founder | GenP VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE Powered by: DAY 1 – 26.02.2019 10:30 - 11:30 A CHANCE FOR DELEGATES TO GO HANDS-ON WITH HTC Vive + Steve Bambury 11:30 - 12:00 GOOGLE TILT BRUSH AND CREATE THEIR FIRST PIECE David Whelan - (Immersive VR Education) OF VIRTUAL REALITY ART ENGAGE EDUCATION PLATFORM www.gessdubai.com 89

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