The seventh meeting in the series "The X-ray Universe” http://xrayuniverse.esa.int/ is planned to be held in the Mediterranean city of Elche, Spain from 8 to 11 June 2026. This conference series is aimed at encompassing a broad range of high-energy astrophysics topics, from solar system studies to cosmology and at providing a showcase for results and discoveries from XMM-Newton as well as from the variety of other current missions. The scientific potential of future mission projects and the evolution of the scientific analysis landscape will be further topics for discussion.