Under the Patronage of H. E. Yaqoob Khalfan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of Fisheries Wealth, Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth & Water Resources, Faculty of Business Studies & Faculty of Computer Studies, Arab Open University, Oman is organizing a colloquium on “Empowering Oman as a production and export hub of Seafood Value-added products" on Sunday, 21^st May 2023 at the AOU New Campus in Al Mabella.  The colloquium will be chaired by Prof. Mohammed Hamdan Al Badi, Rector of AOU-Oman. This colloquium aims to discuss the effective strategies for empowering Oman as a production and export hub of Seafood Value-added products to export value-added seafood products from Oman. The colloquium will have two keynote addresses by Eng. Redha Said Bait Faraj, DG of the Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth, & Water Resources and Mr Viju Puthusseril, Bell Foods Group. The panel discussion will be Moderated by Ms Sultana Sulaiman Al Jardani, Business Intelligence Associate at Fisheries Development Oman. The Panel Member includes Eng. Dawood Sulaiman Al Wahaibi, Chairman of Five Oceans LLC, Mr. Mohammed Ameen, Managing Director of Sea Pride LLC, Ms Rumaitha Al Busaidi, Secretary General of World Aquaculture Society, Mr Naif Habib Al Raisi, General Manager, of AMAQ Group, Dr Kabaly P Subramanian, Program Coordinator, Faculty of Business Studies  AOU- Oman and Mr Eldho Mathew, General Manager Barzman National LLC.  This Colloquium is part of the Research Grant Program funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, (MOHERI) and headed by Dr Mohammed Al Haziazi, Assistant Rector for Academic Affairs & Research, AOU-Oman.