International Workshop

Input-Output Perspectives on Economic Dynamics and the Blue Economy

November 27, 2025 – 9.30 a.m.

Humanistic Center (6th floor)
Via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice 8
Naples

Remote access to Teams

Poster

This international workshop is organized within the framework of the project “National Biodiversity Future Center – NBFC”, funded under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), promoted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and supported by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

The event aims to bring together researchers, economists, data scientists, and policy practitioners working in the field of Input-Output (I-O) analysis, fostering a multidisciplinary exchange of methodologies and applications that address both theoretical and policy-relevant questions. In particular, the workshop will provide a platform to explore the role of I-O models and data frameworks in understanding and promoting sustainable productivity, income distribution, and the Blue economy, within the broader context of ecological transition and biodiversity conservation.

Key topics will include, but are not limited to:

• The construction, harmonization, and application of regional supply and use tables to capture territorial dynamics;
• The development of national commodity–industry investment matrices and their role in productivity and structural changes analysis;
• I-O based approaches for modeling the Blue economy, with a focus on the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources;
• The use of I-O frameworks in evaluating policy scenarios, supporting circular economy strategies, and guiding the green and blue transitions.

By encouraging dialogue between methodological and applied research, the workshop seeks to contribute to the refinement of I-O tools for evidence-based decision-making. Special attention will be given to case studies, data innovations, and collaborative approaches that can inform science-based policy and contribute to the strategic objectives of the NBFC.

PROGRAMME

9.30 a.m. OPENING REMARKS AND INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Gabriella Corona (Director, CNR-ISMed)
Salvatore Capasso (Director, CNR-DSU)

CHAIR
Salvatore Capasso (Director, CNR-DSU)

SPEAKERS

Nadia Garbellini (UNIMORE)
Getting Input-Output Wrong:
Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

11.00 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

Renato Paniccià (IRPET)
Estimating a multiregional SUT through a mixed bottom-up/top-down
approach: scopes, methodological issues and results

Stefano Rosignoli (Banca d’Italia)
Microdata supporting the extension of national input-output tables:
methodological constraints and applied perspectives

1.15 p.m. LUNCH

Mattia Pettena (UNISA, CNR-ISMed), Stefania Badiglio (CNR-ISMed),
Luciano Seta (CNR-ISMed)
Assessing the Blue Economy for Maritime Spatial Planning:
A Satellite Accounting Approach

Gianmarco Oro (UNICATT, ECOSISTER)
National commodity-industry investment bridge matrix:
A simplified standard approach

4.15 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

Jose L. Santiago (CETMAR)
Integrating Blue Economy Analysis into Maritime
Spatial Planning: A Macroeconomic Input-Output Perspective

ORGANIZED BY
CNR-ISMed and CNR-DSU

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Francesco Andreottola, Stefania Badiglio, Salvatore Capasso, Monica Gambino, Luigi Guadalupi, Mattia Pettena, Vito Pipitone, Desirée A.L Quagliarotti, Luciano Seta

INFO AND CONTACTS
Monica Gambino (monica.gambino@ismed.cnr.it)
www.ismed.cnr.it