GESS Dubai is held at Dubai World Trade Centre, 11 - 13 November 2025, for more details and opening times visit our Venue & Travel Page

GESS Dubai is free of charge to visit.

Once you’ve registered you can visit GESS on any of the days the show is open and you can attend as many of our conference sessions as you like.

Yes all attendees who attend our conference sessions are eligible for a certificate of attendance. You will be emailed your certificate after the event.

A full list of all our exhibitors will be released later in the year. Last year we had 300+ international and local brands showcasing the very best in interactive technology, digital education supplies, virtual technology, ergonomic furniture, SEN, books, sports, science and laboratory equipment plus, many more products and solutions for your school or institution.

GESS is a business to business trade exhibition and is designed for all levels of educational professionals, whether you are a head teacher, head of procurement, head of department, dean, professor, lecturer, teacher or just involved in education, there’s something for everyone. Please note that children under 16 are not permitted as this is a professional trade show, unless they are part of a pre-arranged school group. Please see our admission policy for more details. 

Yes we do. No person under 16 years of age can be admitted to the GESS Dubai trade exhibition during the build-up, open period or breakdown as it is a B2B trade only event. This rule applies to exhibitors, contractors and visitors and will be rigidly enforced to comply with venue health & safety regulations. Please note that no child-care facilities are located on-site. Only children who are part of a pre-approved chaperoned school activity or pre-arranged school visit may be allowed entrance to GESS Dubai during show days.

On rare occasions that children may be taking part in pre-arranged exhibitor demonstrations or conference presentations, the organisers may allow escorted siblings into GESS Dubai on a case-by-case scenario for that period of time only, as long as the parents or guardians of the siblings report to the organisers office at least one (1) day beforehand or apply in writing one (1) day in advance so arrangements for security badges and venue clearance can be arranged. This option is not confirmed though and is still at the organisers discretion and final decision, subject to parent and/or guardian submitting a disclaimer that Tarsus Indonesia are not responsible for the welfare of said child while onsite.

Also note that GESS Dubai is a B2B trade event and the dress code is business attire and cultural clothing sensitivities must be adhered to at all times.

Yes, an integral part of the GESS show is our CPD-accredited conference programme. Our 2024 show had over 205+ conference sessions all free of charge to attend and featuring hands-on learning that you can put into place in the classroom immediately.

Our speaker line-up will be announced later in the year.

The speaker application form will be live in early 2025. 

Visit gessawards.com for full information. Applications for the GESS Awards will open early 2025. 

GESS is a business to business trade exhibition for educational professionals, so students under the age of 16 are not eligible to attend. The only exception to this is if students are taking part in one of our conference sessions or invited to demo products on an exhibitors stand. Please see our admission policy for more details. 

Please ask your hotel, travel agent, or Emirates Airline (if you are travelling with them) to arrange your visa. You can find more information on the Government of Dubai website here. The organisers are unable to offer any assistance with this process. 

Connect ME is a mobile app that helps you to:

• Book meetings 
• View the latest agenda
• Find exhibitors selling products you want to review
• Choose the sessions you want to attend
• Take part in polls and view results
• Make new contacts and keep in touch after the event

The app code will be available closer to the show.

Please speak to one of our sales team for full details of the options available.
There are no deadlines for exhibiting at GESS, however there are deadlines for international shipping to ensure delivery of items onsite.

We’ve plenty of exciting opportunities, whatever your budget we will put your company name firmly in the spotlight. Contact us for further information.

All information about exhibiting is in our exhibitor portal – you can find essential forms that you need to complete, information about deadlines and options for your catalogue and online entries.

As part of signing up to GESS Dubai we offer free marketing support to exhibitors, to help you get the best out of your participation in the exhibition. To find out more information contact us.

GESS Dubai takes place on the 11 - 13 November 2025 at Dubai World Trade Centre, opening times for visitors are 10:00 – 18:00 on the 11 and 12 November, and 10:00 – 17:00 on the 13 November. For more information visit our venue and travel page.
For exhibitor access times please contact the team for the full schedule. 

If you contact the team they will be able to help you.

Please be aware of fraudulent companies, check our official contractors lists. We never sell our visitor/exhibitor data, or ask external companies to collect your data on our behalf, anyone claiming to have this information is being dishonest! 

Visit gessawards.com for full information. Applications for the GESS Awards will open in early 2025.

Connect ME is a mobile app that helps you to:

• Book meetings 
• View the latest agenda
• Choose the sessions you want to attend
• Take part in polls and view results
• Make new contacts and keep in touch after the event

The app code will be available closer to the show.

Lead Insights is a platform that offers a single, near real-time view of all your event and digital campaign leads and reporting in one place. It will help you understand who your leads are and how they have engaged with your content, enabling you to prioritise and target them with tailored follow up messaging faster and more effectively. 

Lead retrieval is a service, partnered with Visit Connect. It provides the lead retrieval service via a scan app, enabling exhibitors to scan attendee badges and capture details for easy follow up after the show. 

Connect ME and Lead Retrieval are your data collecting apps, they are scanning badges and collecting information based on your meetings and session attendance etc. This all gets pulled into Lead Insights, a desktop display of information and data for you to utilise for your sales and marketing strategies. 

You will need to fill out our speaker application form which will be live early 2025. 

GESS Dubai runs on the 11 - 13 November 2025 at Dubai World Trade Centre, for full details of opening times and how to get there, visit our Venue & Travel page.

We will have contacted you by end of September 2025, so if you do not hear back from us by then, unfortunately your application has not been successful.

As GESS Dubai is free of charge for attendees the organisers are unable to cover any speaker costs including travel, hotel or expenses.

Brilliant! They can register for free online, when registration launches (in summer). We will also provide you with a digital banner/social media block for you to send out to let people know you are talking at GESS.

We will be in contact with further details, closer to the time you will be sent speaker joining instructions. We will also contact you for social media details and perhaps an interview or PR coverage to help raise awareness of your talk. If you have any more questions you can speak to a member of the conference team.

Connect ME is a mobile app that helps you to:

• Book meetings 
• View the latest agenda
• Choose the sessions you want to attend
• Take part in polls and view results
• Make new contacts and keep in touch after the event

The app code will be available closer to the show.