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This conference is traditional. It was first organized in Odessa in 1980, exactly 30 years ago. At that time, it was organized by Professor Vladimir Platonovich Tsessevich (1907–1983), the director of the Odessa observatory in 1945-1983 years. He was an outstanding variable star researcher of the twentieth century, eminent scientist, lecturer, popularizer and supervisor of science. Other conferences ”Variable stars” were devoted to the memory of Prof. of V.P.Tsessevich - in 1987, then with a 4-year cycle in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005. In between, there were conferences on ”Interacting binary stars”, which are also related to variable stars. The main topics discussed at the conference were: Interacting Binary Stars (with special sections on Cataclysmic and Symbiotic Variables); Pulsating Variables; Eruptive Variables; Chemical Composition and Evolutionary Status; Discoveries and Classification of New Variables; Mathematical Modeling of Variable Astrophysical Objects and Processes; Variable Radio, Gamma and X-Ray sources; Occultations of Stars and Extraterrestrial Planet Transits; Small Telescopes in Variable Star Research; Advanced Methods and Instruments for Astrophysical Observations. The participants of the conference got a good opportunity to discuss different topics of one of the most actual and dynamically evolving part of astrophysics - the theoretical and observational research of variable stars.