title: The future of GRB investigation from ground and space.
abstract: I will describe the prospects for future investigations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the 'electromagnetic' domain, by giving a brief overview of some near future facilities. I will discuss in some detail one of the most (if not the most) exciting perspective in the field, the use of GRBs as cosmological beacons.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Sezione di Roma, INAF/C.N.R. Area di Ricerca di Roma, Tor Vergata, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 Roma, 00133 Italy. luigi.piro@iasf-roma.inaf.it
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piro