Date
24/03/2026
Time
09:30 - 12:00
Location
Rooms 1.20/1.21 (first floor)
In presence and online streaming
Building BL26/B – 1.20/1.21 (first floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B
Committee Chair: Matthias Klumpp, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Committee Members:
Maria J Sanchez‐Bueno, Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Eva Niesten, Professor, SkemaBusiness School, Lille, France
09:30 – 12:00 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Matthias Klumpp
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)
09:30 – 10:30 am | PhD Candidate: Alessandro Caterina
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “How Openness Endures: Internal Actors and the Institutionalization of Open Innovation”
Supervisor: Josip Kotlar, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
10:30 – 11:30 am | PhD Candidate: Priyanshu Protim Pathak
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Innovation Dynamics for Circular Transition in the Semiconductor Industry”
Supervisor: Lucia Piscitello, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)
12:00 pm | Proclamation of the results