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12th International Conference on Coasts,
Ports and Marine Structures
ICOPMAS 2016
Holding Report
Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran
Olympic Hotel, Tehran, Iran
31 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2016
Contents
1.Introduction ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.Venue ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.Organization ................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.1.Management Committee ........................................................................................................ 3
3.2.Executive Committee ......................................................................................................... 3
3.3.Iranian Scientific Committee ..................................................................................................... 4
3.4.Foreign Scientific Committee ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.Moral Sponsors ......................................................................................................................... 6
5.Paper Submission ........................................................................................ 7
6.Participants ......................................................................................................... 7
7.Opening Ceremony ........................................................................................................................... 8
7.1. Eng. Mohammad Reza Allahyar ................................................................................................... 9
7.2. Eng. Mohammad Saeidnejad ..................................................................................................... 10
7.3. Mr. Geoffroy Caude ................................................................................................................ 11
7.4. Dr. Sourena Sattari ................................................................................................................ 12
7.5. Dr. Abbas Akhoundi ................................................................................................................ 13
7.6. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari ........................................................................................................ 14
8. Conference Exhibition .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
9.Keynote Speakers ............................................................................................................................ 16
10.Presentations ............................................................................................................................... 19
11.Workshops ............................................................................................................................... 20
12.Closing Remarks ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
12. 1. Dr. Mohsen Soltanpour ........................................................................................................... 22
12.2. Mr. Francis Zachariae ............................................................................................................... 23
12.3. Mr. Freddy Wens ................................................................................................................ 24
12.4. Eng. Mohammad Saeidnejad ................................................................................................... 25
13.Conference Survey ............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
14. Cultural Tours .................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
14. 1. Isfahan .................................................................................................................. 30
14. 2. Qeshm Island .................................................................................................................. 31
14. 3. Shiraz .................................................................................................................. 32
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1. Introduction
The biennial International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (ICOPMAS) is
organized by Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran. The conference has its roots dating
back to 1990 hosted at Tehran University.
"ICOPMAS" creates an established forum for discussion and debate on science and
technology in all areas of coastal and ocean engineering.
This conference aims to become a leading conference in providing a platform for exchanging
new ideas and information and gathering scholars from all over the world to develop new
collaborations and foster the strategic and economical technology and management
systems.
The 12th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (ICOPMAS 2016)
was held during 31st Oct. – 2nd Nov. 2016 at Olympic Hotel, Tehran, Iran gathering
innovative academics and industrial experts from 37 countries. During this conference, an
ideal environment was provided to meet experts from different international maritime
organizations, associations, universities and consulting engineers to create a better
understanding of the current challenges in maritime engineering and providing better
solutions by using both theoretical developments and practical applications.
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2. Venue
The conference was held in Tehran Olympic Hotel with direct access to the major highways
and airports of Tehran. Its exclusive location provides a fantastic view of the mountains and
is conveniently located close to the Azadi international lake and Chitgar forest park.
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3. Organization
3.1. Management Committee
No. Name Designation
1 Mohammad Saeidnejad President
2 Nooreddin Aliabadi Vice President
3 Mohammad Reza Allahyar Secretary
4 Behzad Alvand Alternate Secretary
3.2. Executive Committee
No. Name Designation
1 Reza Sohrabi Chief Executive
2 Farhad Khansari Announcement Consultant
3 Somayeh Shoghian Website Expert
4 Afshan Khaleghi International Affairs Expert
5 Mohammad Javad Mehrpour Coordinator
6 Mehdi Monadi EDI Expert
7 Farzad Kalantari Formalities Expert
8 Mahmoud Kiani Formalities Expert
9 Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Hardware expert
10 Asghar Lak Aliabadi Public Relation Expert
11 Rasoul Ghanbari Coordinator
12 Ebrahim Zare’ Public Relations Expert
13 Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad International Announcement Expert
14 Hamed Mohammadnejad Internal Announcement Expert
15 Aneseh Tavakol Coordinator
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3.3. Iranian Scientific Committee
No. Name Affiliation
1 Soltanpour, Mohsen K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2 Abaee, Hamidreza Port & Maritime Organization (PMO)
3 Ahmadian, Reza Islamic Azad University, Iran
4 Alam, Mohammad Reza University of California – USA
5 Aliakbari Bidokhti, Abbas Ali Institute of Geophysics
6 Ale Sheikh, Ali Asghar K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
7 Allahyar, Mohammad Reza Ports and Maritime Organization, Iran
8 Badiee, Seyed Peyman University of Tehran, Iran
9 Bahari, Mohammad Reza Consulting Engineer, Iran
10 Banijamali, Babak Consulting Engineer, Iran
11 Bargi, Khosro University of Tehran, Iran
12 Daghigh, Mohammad University of Tehran, Iran
13 Dibajnia, Mohammad Baird Company – Canada
14 Estiri, Seyed Ali Consulting Engineer, Iran
15 Farshchi, Parvin Department of Environment , Iran
16 Gatmiri, Behrouz University of Tehran, Iran
17 Ghader, Sarmad University of Tehran, Iran
18 Ghaderi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Ports and Maritime Organization, Iran
19 Golshani, Ali Asghar Islamic Azad University, Iran
20 Hajizadeh Zaker, Nasser University of Tehran, Iran
21 Hakimzadeh, Habib Sahand University of Technology, Iran
22 Hejazi, Kourosh K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran
23 Jandaghi Alaee, Majid Consulting Engineer, Iran
24 Kamalian, Reza Ministry of Energy Water Research Institute
25 Kebriaee, Alireza Ports & Maritime Organization, Iran
26 Ketabdari, Mohammad Javad Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
27 Khayyer, Abbas Kyoto University, Japan
28 Khedmati, Mohammad Reza Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
29 Khoshravan, Homayoun water research institute / Caspian Sea National Research Center
30 Mazaheri, Saeed Iranian National Center for Oceanography
31 Moradi, Masoud Iranian National Center for Oceanography
32 Gharabaghi, Ahmadreza Sahand University of Technology, Iran
33 Naimi, Babak University of Copenhagen, Denmark
34 Nakhaei, Ali University of Tehran, Iran
35 Panahi, Roozbeh Tarbait Modarres University, Iran
36 Pirasteh, Saeed Waterlo Institute, Canada
37 Rahimipour, Hamid Consulting Engineer, Iran
38 Rahmani, Iraj Building and Housing Research Center
39 Ramezanianpour, Ali Akbar Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
40 Rasti Ardakani, Reza Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
41 Razazan, Abdolkarim Ports & Maritime Organization, Iran
42 Sadeghi, Kabir Near East University, Cyprus
43 Shafieefar, Mahdi Tarbait Modarres University, Iran
44 Shayan, Siavosh Tarbait Modarres University, Iran
45 Yeganeh Bakhtiari, Abbas University of Science and Technology, Iran
46 Zaker, Homayoun Consulting Engineer, Iran
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3.4. Foreign Scientific Committee
NO. Name Affiliation
1 Ergin, Aysen Middle East Technical University, Turkey
2 Higelin, Gerald University of Applied Science Furtwangen, Germany
3 Ioan, Nistor University of Otawa, Canada
4 Kirby, Robert Ravensrodd Consultants Ltd - U.K
5 Kosyan, Ruben Southern Branch of the P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. RAS
6 Larson, Magnus Lund University, Sweden
7 Ligteringen, Han Delft University of Technology and UNESCO IHE – The Netherland
8 Mammadov, Ramiz Institute of Geography, Azerbaijan
9 Michel, Jacqueline Research Planning, Inc., USA
10 Nemazie ,David University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA
11 Oumeraci, Hocine TU Braunschweig - Germany
12 Pattiaratchi, Charitha B. The University of Western Australia, Australia
13 Rahman , MD. Ataur Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
Bangladesh
14 Risk, Michael J. McMaster University, Canada
15 Roelvink, Dano UNESCO_IHE, The Netherlands
16 Sanford, Lawrence University of Maryland Center of Environmental Science, USA
17 Sasaki, Jun The University of Tokyo, Japan
18 Shibayama, Tomoya Waseda University, Japan
19 Subramaniam, Neelamani Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KUWAIT
20 Tomasicchio, Giuseppe Roberto
University of Salento, Italy
21 Van Breugel, Klaas Delft University, Netherlands
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4. Moral Sponsors
World Association for
Waterborne Transport
Infrastructure (PIANC)
International Association of
Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
World Meteorological
Organization (WMO)
International Association for
Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research
(IAHR)
Coordinating Committee on
Hydrometeorology & Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea
(CASPCOM)
International Association of
Marine Aids to Navigation and
Lighthouse Authorities
(IALA –AISM)
Iranian National Commission for
UNESCO
Iranian Coastal & Marine Structural Engineering Association
(ICOMSEA)
Iranain Hydraulic Association
Iranian Association of
Geomorphology
Iranian Association of Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering
Iranain Hydrographic
Association
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5. Paper Submission This year 426 papers have been received on topics lying within the scope of the
conference and were reviewed by the scientific committee. The number of 131 papers has been qualified for the oral presentation and 88 poster presentations from the overall number of 219 accepted papers. The presentations and poster session took place in the halls of Olympic Hotel in which a favorable environment was provided for networking and sharing new ideas. The good access to the hall and exhibitions provided an opportunity for the attendees to make the best from the conference and use the most of the ideas have been presented.
6. Participants
Numerous researchers, scientists, engineers, managers etc. from every part of the globe including but not limited to Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Malaysia, Netherland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, USA and Venezuela attended to make this conference a most memorable technical event with more than 1200 attendees from 37 countries.
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7. Opening Ceremony
The grand hall of Olympic Hotel was the venue for the opening ceremony of 12th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures. The ceremony took place on the morning of 31st October and was honored to have Dr. Akhundi Minister of Road and Urban Development of Iran, Eng. Saeidnejad the president of Ports and Maritime Organization, Deputy Minister of Road and Urban Development, former PMO presidents, relevant governmental and executive authorities along with national and international scientists, professors, researchers and experts in the field of coasts and ports engineering.
7.1. Eng. Mohammad Reza Allahyar
Eng. Allahyar, as the secretary of 12th ICOPMAS, delivered an opening address to the audience by describing the goals from the first ICOPMAS was held 26 years ago until now with an emphasize on the main topics of this conference presentations.
He expressed his sincere thanks to all those who made a contribution to ICOPMAS 2016 including keynote speakers, moral sponsors, scientific committee members, executive committee, authors and other participants from 37 countries. He extended his thanks to the PIANC President and the Secretary General of IALA for their presence.
Another part of the speech covered the detailed program and schedule of the different sections of the conference.
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Eng. Allahyar brought out the remarkable achievements of ICOPMAS including the successful unveiling of the “Atlas of Ports and Maritime history of Iran” and launching the “National Network of Physical Monitoring and Marine Data”.
The Secretary of ICOPMAS also declared that the conference is online broadcasted at the website in English, Persian, Russian and Arabic and it would be available for everybody from everywhere to follow the whole program.
7.2. Eng. Mohammad Saeidnejad
Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development, and Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran, and ICOPMAS President started his speech by welcoming the guests and said: “You have presented the message of your cooperation and coordination to the Iranian people.”
He added: ”Having 5800 kilometers of coasts and 17 residential islands, Iran has a suitable situation for International, political, economic and social cooperation with adequate marine facilities.”
Mr. Saeidnejad outlined the persistent efforts on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and expressed his hope for further success in the current projects. He assured that the required Iranian legislations and regulations would effectively assist PIANC in the region.
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Another subject discussed was that PIANC can be surely benefited from the active cooperation and scientific participation of Iranian experts in developing guidelines and standards.
He pointed out the fact that Iran is the "regional security anchorage" and the considerable efforts of Iran to spread that stability and safety to other countries and regions as well:
"An excellent advantage of the Iranian economy is the existence of some 400 million people in the hinterlands of Iranian ports, who mainly live in land-locked countries that may only access free waters through Iran."
The final remarks covered the laudable enthusiasm of major international shipping companies to return to Iranian ports and resume cooperation after the sanctions were lifted. It was mentioned that the existing maritime facilities, rail and road transportation in the country can provide quick and easy cargo transit.
7.3. Mr. Geoffroy Caude
Mr. Caude started his speech with a short history of ICOPMAS since it has begun its work in 1990.
He also declared how much he was impressed with a large number of participants and prestigious keynote speakers from 37 different countries.
Mr. Caude briefly described the role of PIANC as an international non-political and non-profit organization where governments, universities and engineering or public works companies can network and share their experience and knowledge on the waterborne
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infrastructures along with organizing international conferences such as ICOPMAS and setting out guidelines or reports.
He emphasized the need for adequate and strong national sections in PIANC to strengthen the scientific and technical cooperation with considering logistical, economic and environmental issues. He also pointed out that each international event and AGA, as a peaceful approach, provides an opportunity to introduce the lifestyle, culture and beauties of the host country.
The speech was ended with the declaration of the candidacy of Iran to organize the 10th PIANC-COPEDEC conference together with the 14th which is an important milestone in the history of PIANC and its expansion in this part of the world.
7.4. Dr. Sourena Sattari
The Vice President of Science and Technology of Iran started his talk with the importance of recognizing the Iranian potential of specialist human resource in the field of coasts and ports and the growing interest and support of the Iranian government for the new generation of scientists, technicians, and engineers.
Dr. Sattari mentioned that Iran currently has more than 4.5 million students and has the 5th place for the number of engineering graduates in the world; however, the lack of marine activities and communications is still observed.
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The Vice President of Science and Technology continued: “An innovative participation of experts, students, consultant engineers and contractors is able to fulfill the marine potentials of this country."
He mentioned that the “Project of Marine Monitoring and Prediction” is one of the important and effective accomplishments in Iran. He also added: "The Scientific Deputy pays attention to the customers in national master plans of technology and considers their presence in the functional process as one of the most significant characteristics of this program. In fact, in several aspects of this project, the customers have expressed their satisfaction with the plan."
Dr. Sattari finished his speech with: "These technological projects are the result of the proper point of views of experts. Providing a suitable forum is the best way to support new companies to develop”.
Meanwhile, the Master Plan of "The National Technology of Marine Monitoring and Prediction Network" has launched and started operation with support of Vice President of Science and Technology and cooperation of Ports and Maritime Organization, and with presence of Dr. Abbas Akhoundi, Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Eng. Mohammad Saeidnejad, Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization, Mr. Mahmood Sheikh Zeinoddin, Deputy of Commercialization and Innovation of Vice President of Science, Mr. Peyman Salehi, Director of National Master Plans, and Mr. Modarres Hashemi, President of Isfahan University of Technology.
The Memorial Stamp of this event was also signed and sealed. The book of Persian Maritime History was unveiled by the coordination of Ports and Maritime Organization and the University of Tehran. This book covers detailed information of seas and ports of the country since 3000 B.C. until the 2010s.
7.5. Dr. Abbas Akhoundi
The Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development started his speech by welcoming the guests and mentioning the importance of the marine culture in Persian history. The expression was continued by the discussion on the critical geostrategic role of Iran in providing the solutions for the political issues of the Middle East.
He said that nowadays Iran becomes an independent marine power and has the great improvements in the field of coasts and ports. He expressed his happiness about hosting of PIANC-COPEDEC 2020 by Iran and appreciated new friendly communications with different nations and new links for scientific innovations.
He emphasized the importance of the marine economy and the willingness of the Iranian government to share knowledge and experiences with modern marine societies.
He introduced 17 shipping lines in Iran, launched after the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”, by which different national and international companies and corporations started working successfully.
He continued: "In addition to developing sea ports, we need to integrate the concept of international corridors and multi-modal transport in the agenda of cooperation among ports,
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rails, roads and airways. For the time being, multi-modal transport is possible in the sea ports of this country, and their connection to the Central Asia, China, the Russian Federation and West would incubate an unprecedented network in this region."
7.6. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari
The speech of Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy focused on the economic importance of the marine structures and coastal engineering. The subject was opened by mentioning the 90% percent dependency of world trades on waterways and how Iran can have access to the Indian Ocean and other parts of the world by one of the best waterways, Makran port. He explained that according to Iran’s great geopolitical role in the world, it is mandatory to expand its maritime activities by focusing on significant resources of the country.
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The general conclusion from this subject was the influence of the marine economy on modern era and a development plan for the coastal resources and marine engineering which was proposed by the commander.
8. Conference Exhibition
The exhibition consisted of two different halls with 52 booths allocated to different national and international organizations, consulting engineers, contractors and all other participants.
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9. Keynote Speakers
Prof. Charitha Pattiaratchi,
The University of Western Australia – Australia
Subject: Application of oceanographic drift modeling
Prof. Michael J. Risk
McMaster University - Canada
Subject: Integrated aquaculture for iran: Avoiding pitfalls while preparing for the future
Prof. Jun Sasaki
University of Tokyo – Japan
Subject: Strategies and policies towards environmental and fisheries restoration in Tokyo Bay
Prof. Robert Kirby
Ravensrodd Consultants Ltd
Subject: Twin related aspects of engineered mud suspensions for the NW European and Iranian port industry
Prof. Magnus Larsson
Lund University, Sweden
Subject: Ship-generated waves and the effects on shore and bank erosion
Prof. Jacqueline Michel Research Planning, Inc., USA Subject: A Comprehensive Approach to Oil Spill Preparedness – Planning, Response and
Assessment Prof. Lawrence P. Sanford
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – USA
Subject: Physical-biological interactions in muddy nearshore environments
Prof. Herman Ligteringen
Delft University of Technology and UNESCO IHE, The Netherlands
Subject: Port Development in the 21st Century
Prof. Dano Roelvink (Winner of 2017 International Coastal Engineering Award)
UNESCO-IHE – The Netherlands
Subject: Predicting coastal impacts at a range of scales
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Prof. Michael J. Risk
Prof. Jacqueline Michel
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Prof. Charitha Pattiaratchi
Prof. Dano Roelvink (Winner of 2017 International Coastal Engineering Award)
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10. Presentations
Presentations took place at four halls with simultaneous interpretations from Persian to English and vice versa.
The Conference was also covered via online broadcasting on http://live.pmo.ir to provide everybody the chance to follow the conference from anywhere.
There were totally about 2630 minutes of presentation, including 2405 minutes for paper presentations and 225 minutes for keynote speech.
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11. Workshops
The 9 workshops were held by consultant engineers and contractors, as listed in the following table:
No.
Workshop Title Presented by
1 BUILDING WITH NATURE (BWN) - HOW CAN NATURE DO
THE WORK? Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
2 SCRUTINIZING THE ICZM PLAN FOR HORMOZGAN
PROVINCE SAZEH PARDAZI IRAN Consultant Eng. Co
3 SPECIAL EXPERIENCES OF SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE
FOR REPAIR OF BERTHS NO.4,5 AND 6 OF BOUSHEHR PORT SAZEH PARDAZI IRAN Consultant Eng. Co
4 QUAY WALLS BUILT OVER SOFT SOILS: A CASE STUDY TREVI Group & ENSER
5 MAKORAN COAST Maab consulting Engineers
6 AQUACULTURE AND MARINE GAGE CULTURE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN I.R.IRAN Iran Fisheries Organization
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APPLICABLE PROCESS TO PRODUCE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP WITH 1:5000 SCALE& 0.5 METER CONTOUR LINE FROM THE SHORELINE OF HORMOZGAN PROVINCE (DESIGN AND AERIAL IMAGING, FIELD SURVEYING, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, HYDROGRAPHY, GIS)
Naghsheh Pardazan Pars Consulting engineers
8 INTEGRATION OF TIDAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE LARGE
AREA HYDROGRAPHY PROJECTS; CASE STUDY: MAKRAN Darya Tarsim consulting company
9 THE METHODS OF SKIMMING OIL POLLUTIONS FROM
WATER SURFACE Iran University of Science and technology
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12. Closing Remarks
The 12th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures has ended its work in the evening of 2nd November at the grand hall of Olympic Hotel.
Grand Hall hosted many participants and the main core of the conference including Eng. Saeidnejad as the president of the conference, Eng. Mohammad Reza Allahyar as the Secretary of the conference, Mr. Francis Zachariae as the Secretary General of IALA and Dr. Soltanpour as the Chair of Scientific Committee.
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12. 1. Dr. Mohsen Soltanpour
As the Chair of Scientific Committee, Dr. Soltanpour presented a quality report of the presentations. He introduced the Scientific Committee members and other individuals who are dedicated to success the scientific aspect of the conference. Finally, he acknowledged all those who made a contribution in this international event and hoped to see the further success of this productive conference.
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12.2. Mr. Francis Zachariae
It was the first time for Mr. Zachariae to visit Iran. The Secretary General of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) said: “All of us enjoyed the hospitality and the Organization of this fantastic conference. I would also express my gratitude to ICOPMAS Secretariat especially Eng. Allahyar. He and his team were everywhere to help the guests.”
The talk was followed by the description of IALA, its plans for new communications with Iran and the benefits of this organizational connection. He mentioned that the primary goal of IALA in Iran is to harmonize the navigations and to access the worldwide standards which in turn, need more meetings and conferences to share ideas and negotiate about the important issues.
Once again he thanked ICOPMAS because of inviting IALA as a moral sponsor at 2016 conference and hoped to attend ICOPMAS 2018 as well.
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12.3. Mr. Freddy Wens
Mr. Wens started his talk with focus on organizing PIANC-COPEDDEC every four years. He spoke of the 9th conference in Brazil as a huge success with more than 460 participants (300 from developing countries) and 150 presentations.
He also mentioned the PIANC –COPEDEC constituency to hand over the flag to the representative of I.R. IRAN for hosting the 10th in Nov 2020 together with 14th Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures. He added that the active mission of the event is to provide an international forum where coastal and port engineers form developing countries can exchange knowledge and experience among themselves and with their colleagues from industrialized countries and to enable the developing countries to have a sustainable human resource pool of coastal and port development professionals.
Mr. Wens expressed his happiness and surprise by the great diversity and high scientific quality of all presentations. He continued his talk by calling ICOPMAS 2016 as a great success in providing a proper forum not only for the experts in coastal and port engineering in IRAN and the Persian Gulf region but also for the engineers from all around the world. Moreover, he assured that the benefits of this conference is not limited to the coastal and port engineering community but also boost the economy and mitigate adverse environmental and climate changes impact so the world population will get full advantage of that.
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12.4. Eng. Mohammad Saeidnejad
The ICOPMAS President and the Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development, and Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran stressed on the favorable results of the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”. He expressed his hope for the future gatherings bring together all the experts in the field of port and coastal engineering such as what happened during the ICOPMAS.
Mr. Saeidnejad also brought out the subject of Iranian potential and appropriate conditions for being the PIANC’s regional headquarters. He asked PIANC to benefit from the Iranian potential in their working groups to meet their joint regional goals. He emphasized on establishing PIANC-COPEDEC Secretariat in 2017 and the essential efforts to be done for another successful conference in 2020.
13. Conference Survey Form
A conference feedback survey was provided and was available at the website. The participants were encouraged to fill out the questionnaire survey to help the conference committee for the future plans and better meet the needs of the attendees. 132 forms were filled in total.
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Gender: Male Female Age
Participation as a: Keynote Speaker Scientific Committee
Author Other Participant
Education: B.Sc. M.Sc. PHD
Work at: State organization University Scientific organization
Consulting engineering company Contractor company Organization
How many times have you participated in ICOPMAS? Once Twice Three or more
How you were informed of the conference?
Conference website Conference posters and brochures University supervisors
Friends and Colleagues Others
Assessment subjects
Weak Average
Good Excellent Way of informing
1 Informing through website and email
Informing through posters, calls, brochures, ...
Informing at the conference venue
Weak Average
Good Excellent Time of the conference
2 Season of Conference (Fall)
Number of the days (3)
Time of the conference (08:30-17:00)
Weak Average
Good Excellent Executive committee
3 Quality of the package (Bag, pen, USB flash,
etc.)
Executive committee cooperation and guidance
Weak Average
Good Excellent Scientific subjects
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Scientific level of oral presentations
The applicability of Keynote Speaker's Presentation
Scientific level of the workshops
Modern technologies` level, presented at the exhibition
The time of Oral Presentation:15 minutes (12 minutes for presentation, 3minutes for questions)
The time for Poster Presentations : 5 minutes
Number of oral presentation hall
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Average 16%
Excellent 43% Good
65%
Weak 8%
Announcement through website and email
Average 15%
Excellent 21%
Good 55%
Weak 9%
Announcement through posters, calls, brochures, etc.
Average 19%
Excellent 34%
Good 40%
Weak 7%
Executive committee cooperation and guidance
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Average 17%
Excellent 19%
Good 57%
Weak 7%
Scientific level of oral presentations
Average 24%
Excellent 27%
Good 44%
Weak 5%
The applicability of Keynote Speaker's Presentation
Average 27%
Excellent 15%
Good 46%
Weak 12%
Scientific level of the workshops
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14. Cultural Tours
ICOPMAS Secretariat organized special cultural tours for Keynote Speakers, Foreign Scientific Committee and Foreign Authors of the Conference to visit three different cities with the most tourist attractions in Iran chosen by participants.
14. 1. Isfahan
Isfahan was the most visited city between tour choices. 16 Participants decided to visit Isfahan after ICOPMAS 2016. Prof. Robert Kirby, Prof. Dano Roelvink, Mr. Francis Zachariae, Prof. Adrian Gittenberger, Prof. Gerald Higelin, Prof. Toshiyuki Asano, Dr. Jiri Kadlec, Dr. Ahmad Sana, Dr. Issa Al-Harthy, Dr. Mahad Baawain, Mr. Sarmad Salahuddin, Mr. Marc Vila, Mr. Francisco Sarrias, Mr. Akio Nagayama, Mr. Frederic Laget and Mr. Jason Hale were the participants of Isfahan tour. They visited several tourist attractions including historic buildings and modern places of Isfahan. Mr. Reza Sohrabi, Mr. Mohammad Hosseini and Dr. Mohsen Soltanpour accompanied the visitors on this trip.
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14. 2. Qeshm Island
The Secretary General of PIANC, Mr. Louis Van Schel and the IOC Chief of PIANC-COPEDEC, Mr. Freddy Wens preferred to visit Qeshm Island with the accompanying of Eng. Mohammad Reza Allahyar as the Secretary of ICOPMAS and Mr. Shoushtarizadeh. Other people at Qeshm tour were Prof. Magnus Larsson, Dr. Hiroshi Takagi, Dr. Miguel Esteban and Dr. Takahito Mikami. Qeshm, the mysterious dolphin-shaped Persian Gulf Island with its natural beauties and amazing cultural heritage provided a great stay for conference guests.
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14. 3. Shiraz
Mr. Mehdi Shadi and Mr. Rasoul Ghanbari accompanied eight People including Prof. Michael Risk, Prof. Jacqueline Michel, Prof. Lawrence Sanford, Prof. Herman Ligteringen and his wife, Prof. Jun Sasaki, Dr David Nemazie and Mr. Linos Cotsapas to visit Shiraz. Shiraz, a city steeped in culture, history and poetry is always a great destination for the tourists; our guests mainly enjoyed exploring the beauties of the city, and the story of historic significance can be read from this amazing city which was the host to Iran’s capital many times.
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