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

Steve Bambury
Head of AI & Digital Learning & Innovation at JESS
Speaker

Profile

Steve Bambury has worked in education and training for 20 years. In 2016 he became the first Head of Digital Learning and Innovation across the JESS Dubai school group before moving on to work as an education consultant in 2019. This included an extended engagement with New Media Academy where he led on education strategy and immersive technology, coordinating the deployment of the first virtual campus in The Middle East. Steve has won awards from Apple, Microsoft, GESS, BETT and EdTech Digest for his work integrating technology in learning and professional development. In 2024 he returned to JESS Dubai to help lead the school into a new era of AI-enriched education. Steve is also the co-founder and Chair of the Dubai AI in Education Think Tank.

Agenda Sessions

  • The Digital Ambassador Programme: Reinventing Student Digital Leadership

    , 10:30am