FRENCH EDTECH & RH TOUR

EXPO 2020 DUBAI

Dubai
December 8 - 12, 2021

Team France Export was created to help French businesses succeed abroad. Supported by Business France, the French
Chambers of Commerce and Industry and France’s public investment bank, Bpifrance, Team France Export brings together all
the expertise of its founders with that of public and private key players, helping businesses to expand into the export market.
 BUSINESS FRANCE

Business France is the national agency supporting the international development of the
French economy, responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as
promoting and facilitating international investment in France.

It promotes France’s companies, business image and nationwide attractiveness as an

investment location, and also runs the VIE international internship program.
Business France has 1,500 personnel, both in France and in 58 countries throughout the
world, who work with a network of partners.

Since January 2019, as part of the reform of the state support system for exports, Business
France has given private partners responsibility for supporting French SMEs and mid-size
companies in the following markets: Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Norway, the Philippines
and Singapore.

For further information, please visit: www.businessfrance.fr @businessfrance.fr

Business France
77 boulevard Saint-Jacques
75680 Paris Cedex 14
Tél. : +33 (0)1 40 73 30 00
 FRANCE EDUNUM INTERNATIONAL

The France EduNum International (FENI) initiative, which brings together public institutional
players (the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Economy, Finance
and Recovery, the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Higher
Education, Research and Innovation, their directorates and operators, the Directorate
General of Enterprises), and the national and regional associations representing the EdTech
sector, aims to promote a national and European vision of digital technology for education
and to increase the competitiveness of French solutions on the global market.

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 PROGRAM

THE PROVISIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE DAY OF 12 DECEMBER AT THE

FRANCE PAVILION:
10:00 : Speakers and the public welcomed at the France Pavilion

> AUDITORIUM
10:30 - 11:15 Round Table:
Editing the DNA of tomorrow school.
In a period where everything’s mutating, where the consequences of digital transformation and the
Anthropocene era are remodeling the very heart of our civilizations, we have to design the school of
tomorrow.
How do technologies open new paths for pedagogy? What kind of skills do we have to teach the young
generation to prepare them for the challenges they’ll be facing?

11.30 - 12.45 Round Table:

EdTech For Good: How do technologies close the gap in knowledge access?
Edtech is also a place for purpose-driven innovation built to make a positive and lasting impact on
society. These solutions want to use technology to serve the public good by bringing knowledge and
training to everyone everywhere.
What kind of problems do they address? What are the challenges? How to develop this field? How to
attract VCs into financing these structures?

> AGORA ROOM

10:30 - 11:15 Round Table:
Between resilience and rapid transformation, the changes in French ESR in the face of Covid:
creative destruction?
How did universities and Ecoles face the crisis? What lessons did they learn? Did the crisis help them
on their journey to design hybrid campuses? The Covid19 lockdowns showed that technologies can
provide efficient solutions to maintain educational continuity, but what limits to their use have to be
settled?

11:30 - 12:45 Round Table:

Lifelong learning: how do edtech shape continuing education?
It’s now established that most of tomorrow’s jobs don’t exist yet. Continuing education appears to be
one of the solutions to address the transformations of work, but is it its only purpose? Arent also social
inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development aspects of this pursuit of knowledge?
How can technologies help both professionals and firms to remain relevant? What kind of pedagogy
is performant when it comes to adult education? How can new approaches proposed by edtech
companies meet individual expectations?

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 PROGRAM

These thematic highlights will bring together entrepreneurs, institutional players and experts
who are working on these topics related to education, higher education and vocational
training. The 12 December will enable a meeting with the FENI delegation, to highlight the
wide variety of French solutions and know-how, and existing and potential synergies with
Emirati and international partners.

We are therefore honoured to invite you to take part in this day and to meet the local and
international experts present. You will have the opportunity of attending the round tables
organised around the themes mentioned above, as well as discussion times and a themed
itinerary scheduled for the end of the day.
This invitation also means that you will be able to attend the Cocktail Reception in the
presence of the local and international press.
If you wish to take part in the institutional events of 12 December 2021, we invite you to
contact the Business France team, which is at your disposal to answer your questions about
the programme.
Please confirm your participation in this French delegation as part of the Dubai World Expo
by return email.
Yours faithfully,
The France EduNum International Team

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 EXHIBITORS LIST

Appscho........................................................................................................................ 7
Aren - Agence de Ressources Educatives Numeriques.................................................. 8
Blue Frog Robotics........................................................................................................ 9
Come In-VR................................................................................................................. 10
Corneille...................................................................................................................... 11
Datascientest.............................................................................................................. 12
Edflex.......................................................................................................................... 13
Evidenceb................................................................................................................... 14
Fontainebleau Langues Et Communication.................................................................. 15
Glowbl......................................................................................................................... 16
Groupe Bizness........................................................................................................... 17
Learn & Go Kaligo....................................................................................................... 18
Openclassrooms......................................................................................................... 19
Pulse Experience Microdoing....................................................................................... 20
Theia........................................................................................................................... 21

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 APPSCHO is France’s leading mobile student
APPSCHO engagement platform, improving student success
through mobile across higher education.
The APPSCHO mobile app centralises all the services
students need in real time (timetable, grades,
dematerialised student card, absence tracking, etc.),
and creates a digital campus experience directly on
mobile.
The app facilitates campus life and allows institutions
to improve their student retention and engagement.
Using the app students can live a seamless student
experience, independently if they are physically on
campus or not.

Victor WACRENIER
CEO
victor@appscho.com

www.appscho.com

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 AREN Education help teacher to:
AREN - AGENCE 1. Engage their learner by delivering true and valuable
DE RESSOURCES learning experiences.
EDUCATIVES 2. Bring steam into my teaching and using active
pedagogies, such as game-based learning and
NUMERIQUES experiential learning.
3. Seek for new approaches that make a difference in
the lives of their students, but don’t have the time to
focus on the technology.

Mélanie RIZK
CEO
mrizk@areneducation.com

Ressources utiles et en lien

avec le Plan de relance-
Continuité pédagogique.

La nouvelle référence pour

tous vos besoins en ressources
éducatives numériques!
En partenariat avec

areneducation.fr

www.areneducation.com/en

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 BLUE FROG ROBOTICS, pioneer and leader in social
BLUE FROG robotics creates “Robots for Good” that embody
ROBOTICS Emotional AI to drive significant positive impact on
major social issues: education, inclusion of vulnerable
people and ageing population.

BLUE FROG ROBOTICS is the developer of BUDDY,

the world’s first emotional companion robot that has
captured the affection of thousands of people around
the world and offering real services to recreate social
relations while enhancing quality of life at all age. With
his unique charm, this adorable companion improves
SOCIAL ROBOTS FOR GOOD
everyone’s life, and more particularly, creates social
link, supports childhood learning, watches over and
takes care of our elders.

Recently, Blue Frog has been awarded a French

Rodolphe HASSELVANDER Government contract (1750 Buddy robots) to fight
COO against isolation of Homebound and Hospitalized
mv@bluefrogrobotics.com; rh@ children that are unable to physically attend school
bluefrogrobotics.com to connect to their classroom, by using the Buddy
Telepresence Avatar robot, allowing the preservation
of an essential link to learning.

www.bluefrogrobotics.com

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 COME IN-VR is a French company created in 2017 in
COME IN-VR Martigues, south of France.
Our ambition is to revolutionize professional training.
We create and develop virtual reality training solutions
to make learning fun and impactful.
We have developed training tools in different business
sectors : logistics and industry with forklift simulator
and risk hunting VR experience, lifting with safety
crane and safety hook experience, Early childhood
with in the eyes of a 2 years old child experience…
We are working with you to imagine the innovative
projects of tomorrow.

David DELAUNAY
President
david.delaunay@come-in-vr.com

www.come-in-vr.com

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 Leading edutainment platform for early childhood
CORNEILLE French literacy and language learning for children
aged 3 to 8. Collection of interactive stories and
phonics games.
Children can read and learn French at home or as
part of an in-class blended learning environment by
playing with Corneille.
Corneille is accessible on tablets and smartphones
and provides:
100% personalized learning path combining games
and interactive stories, based on an adaptive
algorithm
More than 200 reading activities, designed
by education professionals, and following the
recommendations of the French National Education
A digital library offering more than 40 titles (launched
in April 2021), soon to be enriched with 30 new titles
Ana-Maria MEGELEA THABET
(original content by Corneille authors and publisher
CEO
partnerships)
ana@corneille.io
Teachers and parents can track individual progress.

www.corneille.io/en/

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 Founded in 2016, DataScientest is a specialized
DATASCIENTEST player in B2B and B2C Data Science training. Today,
we are proud to have a community of more than
3,000 alumni from more than 100 major partner
companies, including 30 in the CAC 40. To these
3000 learners benefiting from our B2B programs,
1000 more were also trained following the launch of
our B2C offer in 2020.
All of our users benefit from a training platform entirely
thought out and designed by our experts, along with
personalized support throughout the course. Our
DataScie
aScien
ntest training modules provide training for the trade of
Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Engineer and Data
Management Officer. To date, our corpus is rich with
more than 1500 hours of content, certified by the
Université Paris Panthéon Sorbonne, and available
both in English & French.
Along with our reskilling tracks, we have more than
Théophile ROQUES
100 upskilling short tracks, on introductory material
Head of Sales
(Introduction to Python, Data Visualisation…), highly
theophile@datascientest.com
technical skills (Computer Vision using Deep Learning
technologies…) or on proprietary material (Microsoft
Azure, AWS, Power BI, Microstrategy…).

www.datascientest.com/en/
home-page

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 Our moto : reimagining learning in the workflow !
EDFLEX Edflex helps organizations (corporate, public and
NGO) build a new learning experience through
curated and customized training catalogues
consisting of the best resources available on the
internet.
Our competitive advantage is based on a unique
combination of a robust curation technology and a
strong team of learning experts. Easy integration into
existing Learning Management System (LMS) and
workflow (HRIS, Social network…).

Philippe RIVERON
Chairman & Head of Global Alliances
philippe.riveron@edflex.com

www.edflex.com/en

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 EvidenceB develops and deploys adaptive learning
EVIDENCEB resources for K-12 markets focused on fundamental
knowledge and intended for students in primary and
secondary education and their teachers.
In the service of personalised learning, our Adaptive
Learning resources are based on a unique alliance of
3 key areas: recent cognitive research about how
childrens’ brains learn fundamental knowledge,
reinforced by Artificial Intelligence and proposed
through rich UX/UI promoting student engagement
and supporting teachers’ pedagogical decision
through powerful data analytics and dashboards.
Our business model is B2B2C/B2G2C, through
partnerships with Educational Publishers and
Ministries, in a strong internationally scalable approach
to market.

EvidenceB was born from two observations about the

Philippe MERO challenges facing Education systems:
VP - Business Development and The direct link between academic success and the
Strategic Partnerships future integration of students into society
philippe-m@evidenceB.com Recent discoveries in cognitive science and artificial
intelligence that have opened up new potential to
facilitate knowledge and skill acquisition for each
student.

These opportunities have led us to design a

personalized learning solution allowing each
student to reinforce the desire to learn at an individual
pace. It is really about helping teachers to help
students, facilitating decision-making by providing
new tools to better support their students, regardless
of their level.

www.evidenceb.com

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 Since 1986, FL&C has been providing innovative,
FONTAINEBLEAU bespoke solutions to higher education institutions,
LANGUES ET optimising their students’ language learning
experience and performance. In addition to providing
COMMUNICATION high-level, learner-centred training programmes
on campuses, in France or internationally, FL&C
can manage all or part of the administrative and
pedagogical aspects for the client language
department. Our goal is to facilitate efficiency and
guarantee results.

Christophe KIJEWSKI
Managing Director
christophe.kijewski@flc-int.com

www.flc-int.com/english

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 Glowbl is french company providing a platform for
GLOWBL team facilitation and engaging sessions.
Create virtual spaces with smart tables when people
can move freely, representing by a bubble.
Space customisation and easy sub-groups
management allow you to lead virtual classrooms,
team seminars, workshops, world café etc.
Main businesses: education, HR, digital learning,
team management…

Sophie LAZARD
CEO
s.lazard@glowbl.com

www.glowbl.com/en/

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 Bizness is the french N°1 in new generation training
GROUPE BIZNESS with 3 main areas of expertise:
• Training around 4 key areas: Management, Sales,
Customer Relationship, Soft skills.
•
D igitalization: Experts and recognized digital
solutions to digitalize your content, including the
STORIZ tool.
• Modernization: Consulting, experts, services and
solutions to transform large education and training
systems.

Bizness also has its own Digital Factory "JUMP"

made of 40+ developers, to transform training
experiences through state-of-the-art digital solutions.

Bruno SOLA
CEO
sola@groupe-bizness.com

www.groupe-bizness.com/en

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 Established in 2013, Learn&Go based in France and
LEARN & GO KALIGO with a UK office, created the first digital handwriting
exercise book, developed in partnership with AI
laboratories and supported by the French ministry of
Education.

What is Kaligo ?
Kaligo is designed to teach students how to write
using a stylus and tablet, built on an AI machine
learning platform.
Learn&Go Following seven years of research, curriculum-aligned
exercises have been co-created with teachers,
occupational therapists and neuroscientists. A self-
paced approach enables children to progress at
their own speed according to their own ability, whilst
AI Machine learning provides real-time corrective
feedback and stores data for future analysis.
Faisal HAMID Kaligo at School enables teachers to enhance their
Director of International Development handwriting teaching methods through the use of
contact@learn-and-go.com tablets and styluses within the classroom.
K a l i g o a c c o mp anie s t e a c he r s w it h c la ss
management, lesson plans, student monitoring and
create personalized writing models.

www.kaligo-apps.com

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 OpenClassrooms: Our mission is to make
OPENCLASSROOMS professional education accessible to everyone,
e v e r y w h e re .
Founded in Paris in 2013, OpenClassrooms has
grown rapidly with millions of students accessing
our high quality courses every month and more
than 10,000 students currently following our degree
programs to transition into new careers.
• We specialize in the jobs and competencies of
the future : development, data, marketing & sales,
It & security, project management, UX design,
leadership etc.
• We are a fully online education-to-employment
platform for both individuals and employers looking
to upskill or reskill their employees.
• O ur competency-based pedagogy is centered
around concrete projects and weekly individual
Siham JABRANE mentorship sessions with professionals in activity.
Channel Partner Manager MEA • In 2021 we are about to place over 10,000 adults
siham.jabrane@openclassrooms.com into the workforce and by 2025, we aim to help 1
million people find jobs and advance their careers
each year.

openclassrooms.com

Career
changing
skills.

www.openclassrooms.com/en/

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 Microdoing wants to revolutionize and reinvent the
PULSE EXPERIENCE way people learn and grow. Much more than just
MICRODOING training, Microdoing helps companies to develop
business performance.
How? Each learner will progress in an personalised
learning path, receiving via our mobile application
actionable content systematically debriefed on the
application and during collective or individual sessions
with coaches / tutors / experts. This method makes it
possible to work on the whole learning model and is
therefore not limited to the acquisition of knowledge
or skills.
Microdoing makes it possible for the first time to work
on automation in a work situation, thus developing
the performance of employees and their teams in the
service of the company's vision and business goals.

Antoine PERNET
CEO
antoine@microdoing.com

www.microdoing.com/en/home

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 The THEIA platform is a SaaS solution specializing
THEIA in digital education. With over 250,000 users and
over 80 million exams completed over the past 15
years, THEIA is an innovative, reliable, and proven
platform to meet the most complex online exam
needs. E-learning and Data Analytics modules enrich
THEIA's functionalities and make the platform a
complete, easy-to-use, and customizable solution
that helps you achieve your pedagogical objectives.

Sebastien ABDI
Partnership Manager
sebastien.abdi@theia.fr

www.edutheia.com

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 FRENCH EDTECH & RH TOUR

EXPO 2020 DUBAI

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

CONTACTS

Contact in France - Head office in Paris Contacts Business France in Dubai

Patricia BALLUM (French Embassy)
Project Manager Marielle STEPHAN
Ph.: + 33 (0)1 40 73 36 83 Regional Trade Advisor
patricia.ballum@businessfrance.fr Ph.: +971 (0)4 408 4980
marielle.stephan@businessfrance.fr

Laura JARROIR
Regional Trade Advisor
Ph.: +971 (0)4 408 4990
laura.jarroir@businessfrance.fr