| Abstract |
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) project aims to design
and build a 42m-diameter optical-infrared telescope, which will be the
largest telescope in the world. The project is now in the detailed
design phase, leading to a proposal for construction that will be
presented to ESO Council in late 2010. If approved, the ELT will see
first light in around 2018. In this talk I will present a summary of
the science case, which ranges from studies of exo-planets to the most
distant galaxies and cosmology. I will show some recent results from
science simulations developed as part of the Design Reference Mission
for the telescope. I will also present the status of the telescope
design and the ELT instrument studies that are currently underway.
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