In May I went to Porto to take part in EMAS 2013 13th EUROPEAN WORKSHOP on MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS IN MICROBEAM ANALYSIS. This year EMAS workshops was organized with cooperation of LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia and SPMICROS - Sociedade Portuguesa de Microscopia. During the conference I have presented a poster on "SEM/EBSD MEASUREMENTS OF MICRO-STRAIN FIELDS IN Zn AFTER SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION BY THE KoBo METHOD". Apart from presenting I have also attended multiple lectures and short presentations, most of which were concentrated on different aspects of micro-beam chemical analysis. Additionally I have participated in short EPMA course, which covered some basic knowledge on this method as well as some more advanced training with additional practical sessions with actual instrument.