Will ALICE be running during the HL-LHC era?

We will present the perspectives for ion running in the HL-LHC era. In particular, ALICE is preparing a significant upgrade of its rate capabilities and further extending its particle identification potential. This paves the way for heavy ion physics at unprecedented luminosities, which are expected in the HL-LHC era with the heaviest ions. Here, we outline a scenario, in which ALICE will be taking data at a luminosity L > 6 x 1027 cm-2 s-1 for Pb-Pb with the aim to collect of the order of at least 10 nb-1. The potential interest of data-taking during high luminosity proton runs for ATLAS and CMS will also be commented.