Oral title: Studying local AGN with X-ray polarimetry

Oral abstract: Our current X-ray view of local AGN is based on spectroscopic, imaging and timing analysis. In this talk I 
will discuss the importance of adding polarimetry in studying the geometry of the X-ray emitting corona, the distribution of 
circumnuclear matter, the magnetic field in jets and even the space-time close to the event horizon. I will also discuss the 
observational perspectives, with particular emphasis on IXPE,  a NASA SMEX mission to be launched in 2021.