Dhofar University took part in the conference entitled 'Knowledge Society: The Social, Cultural and Linguistic Challenges in the Arab World Today and Tomorrow' which was arranged by the College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University and held from the 2nd to the 4th of December, 2007, on the SQU campus. The conference aimed to encourage the exchange of knowledge as well as scientific and linguistic research and information. It gave the participants a chance to determine and discuss the cultural, linguistic and social challenges that are facing the Arab world in of the era of the 'knowledge society'.
The conference itself was divided into six parts, all under the title of 'Knowledge Society Issues', and were as follows: 'Family, Society and Development', 'Language, Literature and Teaching', 'History, Geography and Archeology', 'Media, Information and Tourism', 'Philosophy, Culture and Arts', and 'Projects and Experiments'.
As each part of the conference took place, each of the subjects were discussed in depth in order to examine not only the challenges that Arab communities are currently facing but the importance of the continuous development and exchange of knowledge in each field. The mission of the conference was described as an attempt to provide a meeting place for scientists, researchers and experts to discuss the cultural, linguistic and social challenges within the Arab world in order to share their experiences by presenting new studies and scientific research. Those theoretical and practical studies and experiments will help the participants to increase their acquaintance with social knowledge and will enable them to discover, analyze and solve problems. DU was represented at the conference by Dr. Amar Almasude, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education in the College of Arts and Applied Sciences. Dr. Almasude said that he felt that the conference had presented a good chance for DU to become more involved in the pressing issues that had been discussed. He added that in attending conferences such as this, DU itself would benefit from the exchange of the knowledge and information in such an elite setting.