ESA Science & Technology - IXO Science Meeting <br>27-29 April 2010

Start date: 28 Apr 2010
Address: Cité Universitaire Paris,Avenue Rockefeller,75014 Paris, France

The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray telescope with joint participation from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

During this meeting it is planned to:

• Update the community on the status of the IXO mission following the decadal survey activities and the on-going studies in Europe.
• Review/(update where necessary) the science goals of IXO.
• Gather any further science topics that could be addressed by IXO within current payload baseline.
• Discuss synergies with other planned or proposed facilities e.g. JWST, EUCLID, SPICA, ELTs, ALMA, SKA.
• Discuss the timetable for presenting IXO to the Cosmic Vision down selection process and ensuring feedback from the community to support IXO through mission selection.