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GESS Dubai
10 - 12 November 2026
Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Saeed Halls

Ben Mason
Founder & CEO at Global Bridge
Speaker

Profile

Following 16 years in school leadership, Ben Mason founded globalbridge to shift the conversation to the evidence of broader student outcomes and skills. Ben is pioneering a multimedia Digital Record of Achievement that evidences a student’s emerging skills and character in real-time. Under Ben’s leadership, globalbridge has developed a unique multi-stakeholder framework, which highlights how:
• Students can build a lifelong record of achievement, making unique skills visible to close the future talent gap.
• Schools can gain the critical, demographic-mapped data required for inspection reporting and statutory requirements.
• Parents can receive a transparent, real-time view of their child’s holistic progress and potential.

A Sunday Times Top 100 Entrepreneur and Business Cloud UK Top 10 EdTech innovator, Ben has addressed the OECD Global Forum, the World Education Summit, and presented in both the UK House of Commons and House of Lords. Through globalbridge, he is ensuring every student’s unique skill set is visible, valued, and ready for the future workforce.

Agenda Sessions

  • Skills Passport: Shifting School MIS Data from Institutional Analytics to Student Agency

    , 11:50am