Local Buzz Worthy: 5th Muscat Youth Summit 2013

 

The 5th Muscat Youth Summit is an annual initiative organized by the Brand Oman Management Unit (BOMU) supported by UNESCO, the Sultanate's Ministry of Education and the Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.

 

It is schedualed to be held on the 14th-19th Dec at Crowne Plaza, Duqm. The solgan this year for the summit is "Investing in the Future". 


It gives the youth of Oman a voice in the planning of activities and programs for their communities and also provides information to adults making decisions that may affect the future generations.

 

What is The Muscat Youth Summit all about?

BOMU will be welcoming 200 students from across Oman and internationally for an open-minded exchange of diverse perspectives on contemporary global challenges. The Muscat Youth Summit (MYS) blends social interaction with cultural, economic and entrepreneurial components to create a cohesive experience that promotes cross-cultural youth dialogue and socially responsible leadership.

 

 

The Summit has been designed specifically to help young people explore issues that include: entrepreneurship, urban development, the environment, sustainability, innovation and creativity.

 

Who organizes MYS?

MYS is organized by the Brand Oman Management Unit (BOMU).  BOMU was established in January 2009, to lead and facilitate the promotion of the Sultanate by bringing together leading businesses and organizations from Oman’s public and private sectors, to position and promote the Sultanate as a world class destination where people choose to visit, live and in which companies want to do business and invest.

 

Who attends MYS?

MYS attracts 200 students aged 15 to 24 from different countries in the world.

 

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Showcasing: Microsoft -Omani National Winners

I had the pleasure of meeting three young Omani women, who are representing Oman in a splendid fashion!

No! I am not talking about their dress sense.

These young Omani ladies have represented Oman in the IT field via competing in the Microsoft's Imagine Cup; the world’s premier competition for student technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market.

Team Thrizers created an app known as ReadX, which helps dyslexic children learn and lets parents keep track of their progress. The app was good enough to win a national Imagine Cup, a Microsoft-sponsored student competition; that earned Asya Al Jabri and her friends--Marwa Al Habsi and Safa Al Mukhaini, both 22--a spot representing Oman in the International Imagine Cup in July in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It just filled my heart to the brim to see young Omani ladies representing Oman on an International level and bringing something worthy to the local community that would eventually enhance the learning abilities of dyslexic children. There confidence and passion for what they had achieved was evident when presenting. I must say that they are in a huge way a inspiration to Omani youth.

Students are eligible to register and compete in Imagine Cup by visiting http://www.imaginecup.com. A full list of competition categories is available at http://imaginecup.com/main/compete.