4th International Conference on Economic Statistics

STATISTICAL MODELS FOR THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION: THE NEW CHALLENGE IN A DEVELOPING WORLD

THE CONFERENCE ICES BARI 2026

The 4th International Conference on Economic Statistics (ICES) will be held at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) on February 5–6, 2026.
The focus of the 4th Conference on Economic Statistics is Statistical Models for the Economic Transition: The New Challenge in a Developing World.
Over the past decades, Economic Statistics — like many other applied and theoretical sciences — has been increasingly engaged in analysing new and complex issues arising from the deep changes of this millennium.
We are living through an economic and social transition driven by the global transformations that are reshaping the structural economic connections in the world market. These changes have consequences not only in the production processes but also in the socio-demographic balances. All scientific fields are being called upon to develop new approaches of analysis to better understand current and future scenarios underlying these phenomena, and new statistical-economic methodologies and innovative approaches are important tools to support the research activity. In this perspective, the effects of climate change and the implications of the ongoing transitions represent an essential part of the picture.

The meeting includes plenary, specialized, solicited and contributed sessions, encompassing both methodological and applied statistical research.
As part of the second day of Conference, it is programmed the Round-Table TALKs co-organized with Unioncamere Puglia – Enterprise Europe Network: “Innovation, Competitiveness, and SMEs: Challenges and Opportunities in Economic Transition”.

The main conference venue will be at Centro Polifìunzionale Studenti, Piazza Cesare Battisti. It is located in the centre of the city of Bari, very close to the railway station and to transport and hotel facilities. Centro Polifunzionale is a monumental structure founded in the second half of the 17th century as a public welfare institution intended to accommodate various categories of disadvantaged citizens. It now serves as a multi-purpose student center of University of Bari.