The workshop is intended to provide an opportunity to discuss recent developments about groups and semigroups and to promote joint research in these fields.

This event is associated with the 60th birthday of Mikhail Volkov, being an occasion to celebrate Misha's mathematical achievements and human qualities.

It will be held in Porto, Portugal, on June 9, 2015, at the Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.

This workshop is associated with the special session "Algebraic Theory of Semigroups and Applications" of the 2015 AMS-EMS-SPM International Meeting. The International Meeting will also take place at the University of Porto, from June 10 to June 13, 2015.