SESSION 1: Opening Session - Session Chair: Prof. Zuhoor Al-Khanjari, College of Science, SQU

10:00-10:10 am

Opening

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10:10-10:20 am

Organizing Committee Speech , Prof. Abdulnasir Hossen, Chairman

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10:20-10:30 am

Short Video on Research at Sultan Qaboos University

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10:30-11:15 am

Prof. Dirk Riehle, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Keynote speech: User-led Open Source Consortia

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11:15-12:00 pm

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, Senior Principal Product Security Engineer, Red Hat Product Security Team

Supply chains attacks are real and they are happening

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SESSION 2 - Session Chair: Dr. Dawood Al-Abri, College of Engineering, SQU

13:00-13:30 pm

Dr. Adil Al-Busaidi, Director of Innovation and Technology Transfer Center, SQU

Innovating and Elevating Education 4.0 Through Free and Open-Source Social Media Analytical Tools

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13:30-14:00 pm

Dr. Ahmed Al Maashri, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, SQU

Upskilling students in AI and Robotics using FOSS: EIVS as a case study

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14:00-16:00 pm

Sivaramakrishnan, Director Of Business Development, 3QSPACE LLC

Workshop: Internet and Web economy and E-Commerce for Small and Medium Scale

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SESSION 3 - Session Chair: Dr. Khalid Al-Saadi, College of Education, SQU

10:00-10:45 am

VM (Vicky) Brasseur, Open Source & Tech Strategist, Wipro Open Source Program Office

What is an Open Source Supply Chain and Why does it Matter?

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10:45-11:15 am

Dr. Oualid Ali, Director of Quality and Accreditation Dept., University of Buraimi, Oman

Adoption of FOSS in Intelligent Education

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11:15-12:00 pm

Prof. Ali Al Musawi, College of Education, SQU

Keynote speech: Adopting Free and Open Source Software in Intelligent Learning (in Arabic)

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SESSION 4 - Session Chair: Dr. Chaham Al-Alouch, College of Engineering, SQU

13:00-13:30 pm

Dr. Noura Merhabi, EdTech Curriculum Advisor, ACT College, Lebanon

Education on Innovation

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13:30-14:15 pm

Gilles Gravier, Director and a Senior Open Source Strategy Advisor, Wipro Open Source Program Office

Open source at the Core of Everything Digital

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14:15-15:00 pm

Dr. Mohamed Mostafa Fouad, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt

What Impact could AI and the Metaverse have on the Education Industry?

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15:00–16:30 pm

Prof. Abdulnasir Hossen, Director of CIRC, SQU

Dr. Zia Nadir, Associate Professor, College of Engineering , SQU

Dr. Hassan Al Lawati, Assistant Dean Undergraduate Studies, College of Engineering , SQU

Mr. Rayees Afroz , Senior Programmer CIS, SQU

Ms. Muna Al Subhi, Development Mechanical Engineer, PDO, Oman

Tutorial: Artificial Intelligence in Education

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16:30–17:15 pm

Eric Tice, Global Director Open Source SME and COI, Wipro Open Source Program Office

Untangling the -Ops: DevOps, GitOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, and beyond

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SESSION 5 - Session Chair: Dr. Adil Al-Busaidi, College of Economics and Political Sciences, SQU

10:00-10:30 am

Prof. Zuhoor Abdullah Al-Khanjari, Computer Science Dept., College of Science, SQU

Is SMART education really SMART?

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10:30-11:00 am

Prof. Naoufel Kraiem, University of El Manar, Tunis

Artificial intelligence in education: The urgent need to prepare future instructors today for the school of tomorrow?

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11:00-11:30 am

Dr. Alauddin Al-Omary, College of IT, University of Bahrain

FOSS Security Risk and their Mitigation to Boost World Digital Economy

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11:30-12:00 pm

Closing

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