The Abu Dhabi Education Council Endorses Building Future Education MENA 2010

ABU DHABI, UAE, July 12, 2010 - The Abu Dhabi Education Council is fully endorsing Building
Future Education MENA (formerly BSEC MENA) for the second time. The event,
which is organised by United Business Media's Built Environment division, is
being held in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on the 21st and 22nd
of November 2010.

Building Future Education MENA is a free-to-attendee
exhibition and conference bringing together regional and international
expertise in facilities, management, reform, investment and operation of all
educational institutions and programmes in the MENA region; and covers
creches, nurseries and kindergartens, schools, colleges, universities,
research, training centres and special needs.

As the importance of improving the standard of education in
the Middle East and North Africa region is fully realised His Excellency Dr.
Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Education Council
explained "Building Future Education MENA is in line with our primary goal to
develop world-class learners and a world-class education system across all
types of educational institutions in the region."

The free to attendee conference and workshop programme, which
is for all professionals involved in the education sector, will include a
selection of world renowned speakers from the field of education and workshop
topics such as facilities - new build and remodelling, special needs,
curriculum, programme delivery and training, quality assurance and school
improvement, public private partnerships (PPP) and investment, public
awareness (including health, safety & environmental programmes) and
sustainability; with ICT and e-learning featuring throughout.

Andrew Pert, Regional Director of United Business Media's
Built Environment division, said "We are thoroughly delighted that the Abu
Dhabi Education Council is fully endorsing the event and will be working
side-by-side with us and the other MENA Ministries of Education to improve
education across the region."

"Co-operation between the public and private sectors at this
stage in the region's development is considered to be essential to deliver
continued educational progress; the Abu Dhabi Education Council's support
will help us to achieve this," he said.

Building Future Education MENA is co-located with BETT Middle
East, the education technology event, and will also have strong
representation from the MENA region's education ministries and councils
including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Libya, Syria
and Egypt.

Notes to the editor

For more information see: www.buildingfutureeducationmena.com

Companies, academia, government bodies and individuals
interested in taking part or attending the event should contact the organiser
United Business Media for more information on: +971-2-406-4471 or email
info@buildingfutureeducationmena.com

Building Future Education MENA (brought to you by the
organisers of BSEC MENA), a free-to-attend exhibition and conference covering
facilities, management, reform, investment and operation of all educational
institutions and programmes in the MENA region, is organised by UBM Middle
East. UBM Middle East is one of the four founding partners of the Abu Dhabi
National Exhibition Company.

Building Future Education MENA is co-located with BETT Middle
East, an education technology event.

For images, photographs and further enquiries please contact:

Bryan Espie, Marketing Director, bryan.espie@ubm.com or
+971-2-406-4314

Further information on UBM Middle East can be found at
www.ubmmiddleeast.com

For images, photographs and further enquiries please contact: Bryan Espie, Marketing Director, bryan.espie at ubm.com or +971-2-406-4314