Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 20 July 2026

In presence and online streaming

Building BL26/B – Room 0.18 (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Mariano Corso, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Enrique Bigne, Professor, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Alice Comi, Associate Professor, Tongji University, China
Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium

14:00 – 17:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Mariano Corso
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)

14:00 – 15:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Francesco Di Paolo
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: ”The MetaverseArc: AdvancingBranding and Customer Experience ThroughVirtual Worlds”
Supervisor: Lucio Lamberti, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

15:00 – 16:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Ilaria Durante
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Full Time)
Thesis Title: ”Future Making: Imagining and Designing Desirable Futures”
Supervisor: Claudio Dell’Era, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

16:00 – 17:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Silvia Gadola
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Full Time)
Thesis Title: ”Unconventional Platforms: A framework to Adopt Platform Thinking into Unexplored Fields”
Supervisor: Daniel Trabucchi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

17:00 – 17:30 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

17:30 pm | Proclamation of the results