Organizing committees and sponsors

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE M. van Beurden – University of Amsterdam E.P.J. van den Heuvel (chair) – University of Amsterdam F. Kroon - University of Amsterdam E. Lensen – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands A. Lenssen – University of Amsterdam M. Méndez – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands L. Stolte – University of Amsterdam R.A.M.J. Wijers – University of Amsterdam J.J.M. in ’t Zand – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE J.A.M. Bleeker – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands E. Costa – Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica / CNR, Sez. Roma C. Cesarsky – European Southern Observatory G. DiCocco – Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica / CNR, Sez. Bologna P. Giommi – ASI Science Data Center N. Gehrels – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center F. Frontera – Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica / CNR, Sez. Bologna G. Hasinger – Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik J. Heise – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands W. Hermsen – SRON National Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands E. P. J. van den Heuvel (chair) – University of Amsterdam H. Inoue – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency M. van der Klis – University of Amsterdam C. Kouveliotou – NASA Marshall Space Flight Center L. Maraschi – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera A.N. Parmar – European Space Agency G.C. Perola – Dipartimento di Fisica E. Amaldi, Universitá di Roma Tre L. Piro – Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica / CNR, Sez. Roma M. Rees – Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (UK) G. Ricker – Massachusetts Institute of Technology L. Scarsi – Universitá di Palermo R. Sunyaev – Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik G. Villa – Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica / CNR, Sez. Roma SPONSORS Space Research Organisation Netherlands (SRON) University of Amsterdam (UvA) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Alenia Spazio Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (NIVR) European Space Agency (ESA) Dutch Space The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) Leids Kerkhoven Bosscha Fonds Stichting Physica Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Kapteyn Fonds