TEHRAN- Representatives from 36 countries will participate in Iran’s 13rd Biennial International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (ICOPMAS 2018) which will be held at Olympic Hotel in Tehran from November 26 to 28.

In a press conference held at the place of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) on Tuesday on details of the international event, Mohammadreza Allahyar, the deputy head of PMO for engineering and development of infrastructure, said the conference will provide the ground for strengthening ties between Iranian and foreign companies, IRIB reported.

The official also announced that an exhibition of maritime structures and technology will be held on the sidelines of the conference.

Like the previous editions of the event, the inaugural ceremony will be attended by the first vice president as well as some high-ranking officials, Hamid Khalili, director general of Coasts and Ports Engineering Department of PMO, said in a press conference held previously in October on this event. He said the conference is sponsored and supported by many renowned Iranian and international organizations and institutes.

The official underlined that this conference is also a preparation for the 10th edition of PIANC-COPEDEC, which is the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries (COPEDEC), to be held in Iran’s southern island of Kish in November 2020 concurrent with the 14th edition of ICOPMAS.

ICOPMAS, as one of the oldest and the most important scientific events in Iran and the Persian Gulf region, provides an appropriate ground to exchange the latest scientific innovations and technical executive achievements by gathering engineers, designers, scientists and researchers in the field of coasts, ports and marine structures.

The conference will also be a think tank to improve the knowledge of coasts and ports engineering.

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