World's Education Leaders to Gather at Building Future Education Middle East & North Africa

ABU DHABI, UAE, October 19, 2010 - Education leaders from across the world will gather at
Building Future Education MENA and BETT Middle East at the Abu Dhabi National
Exhibition Centre on the 21st and 22nd of November 2010. The event is held
under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed
Forces and is fully endorsed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council.

Building Future Education MENA is a free-to-attendee
exhibition with conference and workshops 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; and will be
co-located with BETT Middle East, the education technology event.

Andrew Pert, Regional Director of United Business Media's
Built Environment division said "The vision of Building Future Education MENA
is to modernise education to create tomorrow's workforce. This can only be
achieved through reform and investment in education in the region to create
knowledge based economies; and by creating the best students and graduates by
putting education first."

He continued "This vision requires dynamic partnerships
between governments and the leading education providers."

In light of this, Abu Dhabi Education Council is to be joined
by the Ministry of Education of Bahrain, the Supreme Education Council of
Qatar the Ministry of Education of Oman and by the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia,
Jordan, and the Republic of Egypt.

Also present are the world's leading education architects,
contractors, consultants, suppliers and providers like Taaleem, Nord Anglia,
SABIS and GEMS Education. Alongside them are institutions such as Princeton
University, Imperial College London and the New York University (NYU).

The exhibition will allow education providers to demonstrate
their services and the conference and workshops will highlight what students
will be taught and how they will be taught, including those with special
needs. It will show how new, sustainable facilities will be designed to
create 21st century learning environments and how students will be prepared
to compete for a place in tomorrow's workforce.

There will also be special sessions on raising public
awareness from the Abu Dhabi Police and Health Authority and representation
from the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and Advantage Abu Dhabi as the Exclusive
Destination Partner.

Visitors to Building Future Education MENA include education
institutions, education ministries and councils, education companies and
operators, government bodies and agencies, education consultants, private
education operators, government and state school operators, university and
college operators, deans, principals, head teachers and lecturers, teachers,
students, investors, construction consultants, architects, construction
contractors, developers, procurement directors and managers, ICT and
E-Learning procurement managers and distributors.

To register for free as a delegate and to secure one of the
limited spaces within the Building Future Education Middle East and North
Africa conference and workshop sessions please visit:
www.buildingfutureeducationmena.com. For sponsorship and exhibition
enquiries contact matthew.robarts@ubm.com, +971 (0) 2 406 4310.

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: +971-2-406-4310 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, education technology event.

For images, photographs and further enquiries please contact:
Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, E: abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com
or T: +971-4-390-1630.

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

For images, photographs and further enquiries please contact: Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, E: abdulkarim at graylingmomentum.com or T: +971-4-390-1630.