Promofair, the company specializing in events and exhibitions, announced the launch of EDEX Education & Orientation Expo 2018 (Biel, March 1-4 under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. According to Promofair managing director, Nabil Baz, the event is the first in Lebanon in terms of the size of participants (some 55 local and international universities and 100 exhibitors). The pavilions bring together the different branches of the Lebanese University, private universities and a number of French and British academic institutions, in addition to technology giants like Apple, Microsoft and Huawei companies. The exhibition, Baz stressed, offers students an opportunity to learn about future careers and possible studies in an innovative and comprehensive approach. The event extend guidance and orientation to students through hooking them up with specialists in the fields who listen to their questions and help them discover their professional tendencies, and eventually learn about the appropriate and most wanted competence in the labor market. (An Nahar, February 28, 2018)