The scientific event “X-Ray Astronomy 2019, Current Challenges and New Frontiers in the Next Decade” was held on 8-13 September 2019 at Bologna, Italy. This meeting - fourth in a decadal series of X-ray astronomy conferences held in Bologna - focus on the contribution of current and past X-ray missions to our knowledge of the hot and energetic Universe, and highlight the results from the ESA and NASA flagships missions XMM-Newton and Chandra in the 20th anniversary of their operation.

There were several presentations relevant to the Athena community including among others a general talk on the status of the mission by Kirpal Nandra and a talk on understanding the AGN feedback with XRISM and Athena by Ciro Pinto. The presentations and posters are accessible at the meeting webpage.