The Free and Open Source Software Conference (FOSSC Oman) is jointly organized by the Communication and Information Research Center (CIRC) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and the Information Technology Authority (ITA), on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) to support the national initiative on FOSS. It is a two days event and aims to promoting awareness and disseminating the use and development of free and open source software for professionals, staff, students, and the community in Oman.

The conference is scheduled for every two years. The previous events was on February 2013, 2015 and February 2017 and the main objective was always to promote the open source software. The next conference FOSSC-Oman 2019 will be on 11 and 12 February 2019 and its main theme is “FOSS as Driver for Technology Transfer, Innovation & Enterpreneurship“. FOSSC-Oman targets ICT companies and professionals, researchers, faculties, staff and students and the broader FOSS community.

GDG Muscat has partnered with FOSS Conference, so If you're intreated to attend, kindly note that the registration should be done through: https://fossc.om/2019/registration/