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IntroductionIn the 20 th anniversary of holding the first International Conference on Coasts, Ports andMarine Structures (ICOPMAS), The 9 th conference (ICOPMAS 2010) with overall theme of"The effect of Climate Changes and Global Warming on Coasts, Ports and MarineStructures" has been successfully held on Nov. 29 th to 1 st Dec. 2010 in Hotel OlympicTehran-Iran. The Conference is organized by the Ports & Maritime Organization of Iran(PMO) in cooperation with International Maritime associations, domestic and foreignorganizations, universities and consulting engineers. The Moral sponsors of the conferenceare International Maritime Organization (IMO), The World Association for WaterborneTransport Infrastructure (PIANC), The International Association of Ports and Harbors(IAPH), International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), International Association of MarineAids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities(IALA), World MeteorologicalOrganization(WMO), World Maritime University(WMU), Coordinating Committee onHydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea(CASPCOM).Participants and opening ceremonyA total of 950 scientists, engineers, researchers, university students and decision makersfrom 15 countries, including officials from international organizations and relevantorganizations attended the important technical event. At the opening ceremony, Dr.H.Behbahani Minister of Road and Transportation and Mr. A.Sadr vice Minister of Road andTransportation and P.M.O. Managing Director delivered their speech by emphasizes oninvigorating technical and specialized cooperation among all countries, especially coastalneighboring ones. Mr. Sadr mentioned that the theme of the conference bring out twoespecial points that our scientists and experts should resolve the present and future of humanlife related to climate change and there are lots of projects in this field.Opening ceremony - 29 th Nov. 2010