Prospects in space-based Gamma-Ray Astronomy for Europe 2005

Objective	With Cosmic Vision 2020, ESA has started the process to setout the European roadmap for space-based astronomy for the next decades (horizon 2015-2025). The themes for Cosmic Vision 2020 were presented in a preliminary form during a workshop held in Paris in September 2004. In order to assure the continuity of the field of space-based gamma-ray astronomy within the next decades, and to provide input to ESA for the Cosmic Vision 2020 roadmap, we propose to meet during a one-day seminar to discuss possible future mission scenarios in light of the scientific objectives of the community. The declared aim of this seminar is to work towards a scientific road-map of the European gamma-ray community for the horizon 2015-2025. The outcome of this seminar will be presented during the ESLAB 2005 symposium that will be held at ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands) during April 19-21, 2005 (see www.congrex.nl/05a14).

Presentations	9h00 : Welcome (P. Ubertini) 9h10 : Objective of meeting (J. Knödlseder) 9h30 : The Comptonised Universe (A. Zdziarski) 10h30 : Laue lens for hard X-rays (F. Frontera) 10h40 : Coffee break 11h00 : Nuclear Astrophysics (R. Diehl) 12h00 : Cosmic accelerators (G. Kanbach) 13h00 : Lunch break 14h30 : Coded mask telescope for gamma-rays (P. Ubertini) 14h40 : Polarisation measurements (E. Caroli) 14h50 : Laue lens for gamma-rays (P. von Ballmoos) 15h00 : Compton-Pair telescope (G. Kanbach) 15h10 : Discussion 16h00 : End of meeting

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