IceCube-Gen2, the Window to the Extreme Universe*

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the South Pole, has been in full operation with over 99.5% uptime for over a decade and has made breakthrough discoveries in neutrino astrophysics. It has detected the first steady and transient extragalactic neutrino sources. However, the origins of the majority of the diffuse flux are still to be resolved. IceCube-Gen2 has been proposed to expand the optical volume of IceCube by at least a factor of 8, which would significantly improve the discovery potential of source classes due to the larger effective volume and better angular resolution. In this talk, we will report on the science cases for IceCube-Gen2 and provide updates on the project.