Date
08/05/2026
Time
16:00 - 18:30
Location
Council Room (ground floor)
In presence and online streaming
Building BL26/B – Council Room (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B
Committee Chair: Stefano Baruffaldi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Committee Members:
Fabio Bertoni, Full Professor, SKEMA Business School, Paris, France
Xitong LI, Full Professor, HEC Paris, Paris, France
16:00 – 18:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Stefano Baruffaldi
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)
16:00 – 17:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Cecilia D'Agostino
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “New ventures and access to funding: understanding the formation of the demand for capital and its matching with the supply”
Supervisor: Evila Piva, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
17:00 – 18:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Jiacheng Fu
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Executive Tsinghua)
Thesis Title: “Efficiency, Synergy, and Returns from AI-Driven Algorithmic Trading Strategies to Blockchain-Based Synergy Optimization: a New Paradigm for Enhancing Market Returns in Power Trading, Carbon Trading, and Green Certificate Trading”
Supervisor: Giuliano Noci, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
18:00 – 18:30 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)
18:30 pm | Proclamation of the results