(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) The Free and Open Source Software Conference (FOSSC Oman) will be held at the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) on Wednesday and Thursday.
Jointly organised by the Communication and Information Research Centre (CIRC) and the Information Technology Authority (ITA) the two-day conference aims to promote awareness on the use and development of free and open source software for professionals staff students and the community a press release said.
The conference activities include an exhibition 'FOSSC- Oman 2015' which will showcase national and international open source solutions and products.
A number of workshops tailored to meet needs of local communities and a number of well-known international and local experts in the FOSS field will enrich the conference with topics such as sustainability of open source communities role and opportunities of FOSS in public administration open source for the public sector scaling applications for global communities and others.
The winning projects of the Oman Summer of Code competition will also be presented.
The event is an opportunity for FOSS users to network and benefit from insightful lectures.
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