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ITA TO HOST SAS 48H ON SEPT 18 [Week, The (Oman)](Week, The (Oman) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Information Technology Authority's (ITA) Sas Programme for Entrepreneurship promotes innovative ideas and solutions of startups in the field of information and communication technology through the Sas48H contest. The first of its kind in Oman, the Sas 48H event is a weekend event held for 48 hours and focuses on the development of new web services and mobile services. The event targets programmers and mobile app developers, web developers, designers, visionary entrepreneurs/project managers and marketers. The Sas 48H event idea is taken from the Estonian initiative Garage 48 that started in Estonia in April 2010 and has expanded to other countries. The event will be held by ITA with the cooperation of Garage 48 team from Estonia. It aims to nurture the culture of entrepreneurship among Omani youth, encourage champions to think creatively and establish new businesses, focus on developing startup companies in the most demanded sectors, mobile apps, and create and develop Omani products and promote Intellectual Property. One hundred participants from different backgrounds and skills, ranging from soft ware development to design, marketing, sales and entrepreneurship, will enter the competition to make an idea a reality in 48 hours of continuous work. During the 48 hours, there will be mentors to support participants in business skills and technical issues. The event will be held from September 18 starting from 3pm to September 20, finishing at 8pm, at AlMouj Golf, The Wave, Muscat. Log on to www.sas.om/sas48 for details. (c) 2014 Apex Press and Publishing Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |