Building BL26/B – Room 0.19 (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Andrea Flori, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano School of Management

Committee Members:
Finn Wynstra, Full Professor of Purchasing and Supply Management, Department of Technology &Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Igor Kozin, Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Marcelo Nogueira Cortimiglia, Full Professor of Technology Management and Information Systems, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1.30 – 2.00 pm | Briefing and Introduction to the PhD Programme (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

2.00 – 5.00 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair – Professor Andrea Flori
Presentations (30 minutes) | Discussions and defences (30 minutes)

2.00 – 3.00 pm | 1st PhD Candidate: Michela Guida
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “The role of Artificial Intelligence in the Procurement Process”
Supervisor: Federico Caniato, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano School of Management
Co-Supervisor: Antonella Moretto, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano School of Management

3.00 – 4.00 pm | 2nd PhD Candidate: Jacopo Manotti
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full-time)
Thesis Title: “Strategizing in Nascent Industries: Business Model Dynamics in the European New Space Economy”
Supervisor: Antonio Ghezzi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano School of Management

4.00 – 5.00 pm | 3rd PhD Candidate: Mariachiara Piraina
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full-time)
Thesis Title: “A Novel Methodology for Capability Based Emergency Management in Complex Systems”
Supervisor: Paolo Trucco, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano School of Management

5.00 – 5.30 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

5.30 pm | Proclamation of the results

Link to join the public defense on TEAMS