Industrial Symbiosis in the Twin Transition Era: A daily tool for systemic competitiveness, innovation and resource efficiency

The twin transition - ecological and digital - presents significant challenge that industrial symbiosis can effectively address by integrating both paradigms, which are reshaping the global industrial landscape. European and national policies, such as the European Green Deal, the Italian National Strategy for the Circular Economy, and the Draghi Report on revitalizing European industry, all emphasize the importance of creating a favourable environment for resource sharing and optimization of material and energy flows, leveraging technological innovation and investment support. The recent European Clean Industrial Deal provides further momentum, outlining urgent strategies to enhance the competitiveness of European industry against China and the United States while staying on course toward climate neutrality. The plan includes measures to secure access to competitively priced energy, decarbonize manufacturing, and incentivize investment in clean technologies, underscoring the critical role of industrial symbiosis in the transition to a more efficient and sustainable production model.
In this context, the 9th edition of the conference of the Italian Industrial Symbiosis network – Symbiosis Users Network (SUN) offers a value opportunity to explore tools, approaches, and case studies that can help integrate industrial symbiosis into strategies aimed at enhancing Italy’s industrial system, making it more efficient, competitive and environmentally sustainable.

Session chairs

Alessandra De Santis, economiacircolare.com (TBC)
Laura Cutaia, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) – SUN (Symbiosis Users Network)

Program

10.00 Introduction by the Chairs

10.10 Invited speakers
Carlo Zaghi, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (TBC)
Marco Calabrò, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (TBC)
Maria Teresa Monteduro, Ministry of economy and finance (TBC)
Representative of CEN-CENELEC, Industrial Symbiosis standardization – Progetto RISERS (TBC)
Giovanni Caniglia, Pelligra Holding (TBC)
Representative of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)
Representative of Metapiattaforma portoghese (TBC)

11.00 Speeches selected from the Call for Papers

12.20 Pitch – Case study
Chair: Tiziana Beltrani, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)

12.55 Conclusions

Poster session
Chair: Marco La Monica, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)