General Information and Terms

Under the patronage of the Ministry of Higher Education and the attendance of Minister of Higher Education.

The 6th "kuwaitedu" Exhibition will be held from the 6th to 8th of March 2012 at the Safir International Hotel – Kuwait.

The Kuwait International Higher Education exhibition "kuwaitedu" is regarded as one of the main annual event in Kuwait.

The series of "kuwaitedu" provides the best educational opportunities appropriate for all student's leaning and continued education needs, gathering the best educational authorities, institutions under one roof , exchange experiences among local and global educational spirits by adding value in time saving for all college education seekers when giving them the widest opportunities in choosing the university that may help and bring them closer to living their dreams and meeting their objectives with clear vision.

Kuwait Global Center for organizing exhibitions (KGCE) is one of the most active and influential Organizers in the education field in Kuwait.

The Kuwait International Higher Education exhibition

"kuwaitedu" of Kuwait sets the platform to meet thousands of prospective students in Kuwait.

Your presence is important to keep all prospect students well informed with the study opportunities offered at your campus. The exhibition ensures that you meet aspiring and promising students interested to complete their higher studies in Kuwait and abroad. You can't afford to miss out the Kuwait's most important event of international universities, business schools and colleges which brings you thousands of potential students face-to-face, parents and agents from all over the country.

Our "kuwaitedu" is a unique education fair showcasing universities, colleges and other educational Institutions from all across the world. This fair would be the most exciting platform for introducing your institutions to an eager and growing market of large number of potential international students. Kuwait is one of the leading international markets in Gulf Area and Middle East for recruiting students for educational institutions from all across the world.

Details of the Exhibition:

Date: 4^th –8^th March 2012. We are taking new and empowering steps in your favor in order to make your visit more effective and productive, therefore, on the first two days, the 4^th and 5^st March 2012 there will be scheduled site visits to the different private schools in Kuwait.

Venue: Safir International Hotel-Kuwait. (It is a well known exhibition hall location with very easy in and out, a very specious parking area and the hall is an easy reach to all Fair visitors).

Opening Ceremony: Opening will be at 6^th March 2012 under the patronage of the Minister of Ministry of Higher Education.

Daily Visiting Hours:  09:00 -13:00

17:00 - 21:30

Exhibitors & Visitors Profile:

- Universities, Colleges, Educational Institutes &Training centers.
- Educational Boards.
- Cultural & Educational centers.
- International education consultants.
- Education & Training content providers.
- Training companies and centers.
- Educational tools and scientific equipment firms.
- Academic publishes.
- TV, video and DVD education solution providers.
- Educational fund banks.

The Exhibition Aims:

One of the most important aims of the exhibition:

- Provide the best educational opportunities appropriate for all students’ leanings.
- Gathering the best educational authorities’ institutions in one place.
- Exchange of experiences among local and global.
- Saving by the time for reaching to seekers for places in universities, colleges and educational institutes.

Application Forms and Participation Contract:

All organizations interested to participate should carefully read all the Content of our General Information & Terms and General Condition. Application forms are only valid if they are fully filled out according to the needs required by each individual interested organization a long with the legally valid signature and official stamp. The filled application forms are to be sent to (info@kt-sh.biz ), the organizing management will then process the application forms and send a reply back within two weeks to the interested organization. Once finally approved by the organizing management of the Fair the interested exhibitors are asked to fully complete the Participation Contract officially stamped and signed. The original Contract and all original required application forms are then sent to the Organizers address not later than (ten days) from the date of the approval letter.

Due to the excellent feed back from the participants (universities & Colleges) and due to the limited number of stands at our exhibition hall in accordance to the possible demand by exhibitors, we regret to inform you that we will only consider the possibility of accepting your applications if they were submitted before the 21^st of February 2012.

Note: The acceptance or rejection of an interested organization application form lies entirely up to Kuwait Global Center for Organizing Exhibitions, Conferences and Camps (KGCE). The organizers are not eligible to give any reason for any rejections.

Stands contain:

The shell scheme of stands contains (3 x 3m.):

- Fascia Board.
- Open Grid Ceiling.
- Rear and dividing wall panels.
- Shelves (Two rows of shelves).
- Lighting (3 spotlights) along with one electric socket 220-240V.
- One table with two chairs.
- Trash Bin.
- Name of participant (English and Arabic).

The organizers will have all stands ready for the exhibitors by 5 PM of 5^th March 2012, to start putting their belongings and arranging their stand. Exhibitors are to furnish their area with their belongings before the opening date and not later than 11.00 PM of 5^th March 2012.

Exhibitors are also asked to remove and shift their belonging immediately after the Fair ends and as soon as possible, not later than 12.00 AM of 9^th March 2012.

All Exhibiting organizations are to insure the cleanness of their stands at all times during the Fair, and assure the continuous presence of at least one person at the stand during the Fair visiting hours and up to the complete cleaning of goods by the end of the exhibition. We would also like to emphasize that distribution of illustrative material is allowed only on the single exhibition area for each exhibitor and manifest’s can not be exposed outside the area. Any other kind of advertisement is forbidden outside the stand location for the exhibitor.

Stand Allocation:
The Organizing Committee will categorize the location of all Stand reservations according to the Countries (Exhibitors from a Certain Country will be all located in one area). All exhibitors would be notified their stand locations by the 28^th of February 2012. These measures are taken for the benefit of both the exhibitors and visitors of the Fair.

The acceptance or rejection of an interested organization application form lies entirely up to (KGCE) the organizers are not eligible to give any reason for any rejections.

Stand Use:
The exhibitors are not allowed to use the stand allocated for any purpose other than the display of educational materials.

Transfer or sub lease of stands to third party should be done only with the knowledge of the organizers (an official acceptance letter by the organizers should be obtained for the above).

Staff within the stand:
Exhibitors have to fill the special forms for their named attendees at the stands and to send this form to the organizers by the 21^st of February 2012 in order to issue the special identity cards for them.

Extra equipment & Design services:
for the participating exhibitors who would like to use some special exhibition stands such as roll ups, pop-ups and other instruments or extras, we do have our sister company working in this field on selling or renting basis. For more information or inquiries please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Hotel Accommodations:
To further matters for exhibitors, the Organizers have arranged a special discounted package with several hotels in Kuwait, please refer to the organizers to send you the special prices for exhibitors.

Entry Visas:
Many of the exhibitors from all around the world and GCC residents don’t require an entry visa to Kuwait. You can refer to us or to the Kuwait Embassy at your country to check if a certain nationality needs a visa to Kuwait.

Organizers will provide a visa if needed and upon request from the exhibitors (KD 10.000 for each Visa), participants needing us to issue them entry visas should provide us their passport copy’s by e-mail not later than the 21^st of February 2012.

Note: - We the organizers must receive the exhibitor’s personal (attending the Fair) names and passport copies not later than and before the 21^st of February 2012,Adding to us the receiving of Air Line Company name, the date and the time of their arrival and departure to and from Kuwait Air port. These measures are taken to give us time to issue Entry Visas to the personal that require it, issue the Fair tag for each exhibitor and also arrange air port pick up and drop if needed.

Transportations:
We, the organizers had also arranged free transportation services to all Participants from the Airport to the hotel, also from the hotel the Organizers have arranged to the Exhibition Hall on a daily bases back and forth .Adding to the fact that we will arrange free transportations back to the airport