Abstract

After reviewing some of the highlights of the implications of the Planck
results for cosmic inflation (presentation to be coordinated with Hiranya Peiris), I will discuss
some recent developments

regarding future searches for B modes and other new science resulting from an
ultra-precise

characterization of the microwave and far-infrared sky in polarization. I will
outline ideas for

a recently proposed large-class European Space Agency mission called PRISM.