Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 16 March 2026

Data

16/03/2026

Orario

10:30 - 13:00

Dove

Rooms 3.26-3.27 (3rdfloor)

In presence and online streaming

Building BL26/B – Room 3.26-3.27 (third floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Claudio Dell’Era, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Michael Henke, Professor, IML Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Ferran Vendrell-Herrero, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland


10:30 am – 13:00 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Claudio Dell’Era
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)

10:30 – 11:30 am | PhD Candidate: Gabriele Pirami
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Digital Supply Chain Finance: The Design of Platform Ecosystems”
Supervisor: Federico Caniato, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Valentina Zancan
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Fostering a Product-Service System Logic for the New Space Transition: A Multi-Actor Investigation”
Supervisor: Paolo Trucco, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

12:30 – 13:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

13:00 pm | Proclamation of the results