140 entities participate in Comex under eOman

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Organised by OITE Trade Fairs and supported by ITA, the eOman pavilion concluded its activities at the 28th edition of Comex 2018 exhibition that focused on ICT industry under the theme 'New Horizon'; 140 government and private entities participated under the umbrella of eOman pavilion and the business section while the shoppers section continued until April 28.

Comex exhibition activities included launching the updated website for Muscat Municipality that will offer more online services for users. During the three days, 42 workshops were conducted on many areas such as social media strategic planning and virtual identity. Nine specialised workshops in Majlis com highlighted topics including digital transformation, programming, operating systems, smart cities and sound engineering.

Comex 2018 Smart Cities and Industry 4.0 summit, entitled 'AI and IoT for advancing the National Economy', discussed on its second day many topics related to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, cognitive cities, PPP business, cyber security, Li-Fi, cloud computing and smart building. Also, it covered smart cities initiatives in Oman represented in Mwasalat's new smart technology initiative that aims to enhance the public transportation services.

Amongst the events that took place at Comex exhibition 2018 was a signing agreement between Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), represented by Dr Rahma al Mahrooqi, deputy vice chancellor for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and ITA's Sas Centre for Mobile Apps Development, represented by Dr Salim al Ruzaiqi, chief executive officer.

The agreement is a research contract for the development of an iPad application for SQU Test and Survey Management System (TSMS) by using native platform Swift-3 for the development. The app will be completely developed By Omani Students, who undergo intensive, specialised training in mobile applications development under the guidance of some of the best and highly experienced technical experts and consultants in the industry (from HCL Technologies). The main objective of this agreement is to complete a test management and survey system, which includes creating and managing the test or survey by the administrator and allowing students to attempt the test or survey.

The final day witnessed signing other two agreements between Al Raffd Fund and ITA to integrate all the government eServices with Sanad Services Centres and the second one with Haya Water to provide eServices through Sanad Service Centres.

On the closing day of eOman pavilion participation, the ITA has honoured the participants of eOman pavilion including GCC countries, government entities, SMEs, ICT initiatives, speakers of the technical workshops and sessions and media organisations.

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