The symposium is the third international meeting in the series "The X-ray Universe". The intention is to gather a general collection of research in high energy astrophysics. The symposium will provide a showcase for results, discoveries and expectations from current and future X-ray missions.

Complete details on the scope, organising committees, important dates, venue and registration can be found on the ESAC website.

Session topics will include:

• Stars, Star-forming Regions, Planetary and Cometary Studies
• Interacting Binary Systems, (Galactic) Black Holes & Micro-quasars
• Cataclysmic Variables and Novae
• Magnetars, Isolated Neutron Stars and Pulsars
• Planetary Nebulae, SN, SNR, PWN, Gamma-ray Bursts and Afterglows
• Galaxies, Galaxy Surveys, Population Studies, ISM and Diffuse Galactic Emission
• Active Galactic Nuclei
• Clusters of Galaxies
• Extragalactic Surveys and Population Studies, the Cosmic X-ray Background, WHIM and Cosmology
• X-ray Astronomy, Missions, Optics, Instrumentation, Data Analysis and Archiving