Since the regional policies and governance systems play a crucial role in the implementation of industrial symbiosis in Italy, SUN promoted its last conference on “Good practices of industrial symbiosis in Italy and the contribution of regional policies as a strategic lever”. The conference co-organized by SUN, CTS of Ecomondo and ENEA was held on November 7th, 2019 within Ecomondo exhibition in Rimini (IT). Chaired by Laura Cutaia (President of SUN and responsible of the "Laboratory for Resources Valorization" (RISE) in the ENEA Department for "Sustainability") and Luigi Rossetti (General Director of the Umbria region “Health, welfare, economic development, education and the right to an education”) the conference has provided a broad view of policy and funding tools that Italian regions are implementing for boosting the implementation of industrial symbiosis as a lever for industrial and territorial competitiveness.
The conference allowed managers, researchers, regional officers and academia to dialogue on the role that regions should have for the transition towards a circular economy, and offered also the opportunity to show some very good experiences of collaboration between private companies and researchers for the implementation of real industrial symbiosis cases. This report collects proceedings received by the oral and poster presentations held at the conference, which attracted more than 100 participants.