Chairs
Adriana Trevisan
Adriana Trevisan, PhD, is a research fellow in the Manufacturing Group at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. She earned her PhD in Production Engineering from the São Carlos Engineering School (EESC) at the University of São Paulo (USP), during which she also held a visiting researcher position at Politecnico di Bari, focusing on skills for the twin transition (green and digital). Currently, her research encompasses Circular Economy, Ecosystems, Business Models, Digital Transformation, Product-Service Systems, and Reverse Logistics.
Claudio Sassanelli
Claudio Sassanelli is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Bari, Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management and Senior Research Fellow at École des Ponts Business School of École des Ponts ParisTech. He received his two master degrees in Management and Civil Engineering from Politecnico di Bari, respectively in 2010 and 2013, and his PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2017, also holding visiting researcher positions at Tokyo Metropolitan University and Universidade de São Paulo. His main research interest is Circular Economy, specifically addressing to Product-Service System, Product Lifecycle Management, Design for X approaches, and Industry 4.0. To advance these research domains, he manages special issues in international journals as guest editor, and disseminates his research being co-author of more than 130 publications. He is member of the IFIP WG 5.1 and 5.7, and has a 10-year experience in teaching, and industrial and European research and innovation action projects.
Federica Acerbi
Federica Acerbi is an Assistant Professor in the Manufacturing Group of Politecnico di Milano (Italy) at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. She developed her PhD research at Politecnico di Milano in both academic and industrial contexts with attention towards sustainable operations management in manufacturing. Her research focuses on data and information valorisation enabling the embracement of circular economy strategies and principles by manufacturing companies. She is involved in European and national research projects. She is also involved in industrial consultancy projects facilitating the digital transformation of manufacturing companies. She is lecturer and tutor for two master courses at Politecnico di Milano: Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations Management and lecturer for one Bachelor course “Impianti Industriali e Gestione della Produzione” at Politecnico di Milano. She is member of AIDI and IFIP W.G. 5.7 scientific communities. Within the IFIP W.G. 5.7. community, she is co-leader of the Special Interest Group on Eco-efficient and Circular Industrial Systems.
Georgia Apostolou
Dr. Ir. Georgia Apostolou received her BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece and her PhD degree in Industrial Design Engineering department of the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft) in The Netherlands, with a focus on Photovoltaics. After that, she continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the Twente University (UTwente) in Enschede, The Netherlands, and since 2021 she has been a PostDoc researcher at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas at Information Technologies Institute, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Her research interests involve smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence, IoT, smart grids, alternative sources of energy, and user interaction with products and services. She was/is now working and/or coordinating multiple EU-funded projects (e.g., i4Q, AIDEAS, TALON, DiMAT, MaaSAI) with a main focus on smart manufacturing, AI, and robotics.
Hernan Ruiz Ocampo
Dr. Hernan Ruiz Ocampo is a PhD and circular economy expert with over 15 years of international experience in sustainable development, water management, and innovation-driven business transformation. Currently based in Paris, he is a Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Circular Economy Research Center at Ecole des Ponts Business School. He supports and coordinates high-impact European projects on education, business modeling, circular strategies, and digital transformation. He also develops educational materials that foster sustainable circular solutions, including in emerging countries, connecting green tech innovations with global development needs. Dr. Ruiz Ocampo holds a PhD in Process and Bioprocess Engineering, an MBA in Innovation Management, and two MSc degrees from leading French institutions. He is also pursuing an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration to expand his impact as a leading senior researcher. His early career included civil engineering, research, and innovation management roles. A published author and international speaker, his work has consistently bridged academia, industry, and policy, contributing to sustainable sector transitions.
Ilias Gialampoukidis
Dr. Ilias Gialampoukidis serves as the deputy project coordinator of the Manufacturing as a Service project MaaSAI (https://maasai-project.eu/), after the successful closure of the Factories of the Future project i4Q (https://www.i4q-project.eu) and the Twin Transition project AIDEAS (https://aideas-project.eu) on smart manufacturing. He has over 10 years of experience at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) - M4D group (https://m4d.iti.gr), working in R&D projects related to Artificial Intelligence and Multimodal Data Fusion for industrial, environmental, security, and space applications. Dr. Ilias Gialampoukidis is also one of the co-founders and CEO of the spin-off company of CERTH, CDXi solutions (www.cdxi.gr) focusing on visual quality inspection and predictive analytics, bringing to the market AI-driven solutions for large enterprises.
Iskra Dukovska-Popovska
Iskra Dukovska-Popovska is associate professor in Operations and Supply chain management at Alborg University (AAU). Expertise in Operations and Supply Chain Management and Planning; Supply Chain Demand and Supply Alignment; Supply Chain Collaboration and Information Sharing; Contingency Perspective; Food Industry and Retail Supply Chain Planning, and sustainable textiles.
José Ferreira
As a researcher at UNINOVA CTS-GRIS, José holds a Master of Science degree in Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Information Systems from the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL). With a track record of over 20 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, he specializes in various domains including Self-Sustainable Interoperability, Interoperability Monitoring and Assessment, Internet of Things, Embedded Systems, and Middleware development. Since 2011, he has been actively engaged in both national and international research and development projects at UNINOVA, contributing to initiatives such as DIH4CPS, ZDMP, IMAGINE, OSMOSE, and C2NET projects.
María José Nuñez
María José Nuñez Ariño is Head of the Information Technology Department at AIDIMME (Metal-processing, Furniture, Wood and Packaging Technology Institute).She is computer science engineer from Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). She has overseen the Information Technologies department at AIDIMME for 26 years and has been working at AIDIMME since 1996. She has participated and coordinated European projects. In this way, most of the projects are industry driven, analysing and developing applications easy-to-use representing SMEs needs and requirements. Her main activity in these projects has been technical management in the ICT part, always involving the manufacturing companies in industrial pilots as end users so that the results were as simple as possible and adaptable to the industries of the specific sector. In addition, she coordinates the funStep Interest Group that began in 1988 for interoperability issues in the furniture sector, leading the ISO 10303-236 “Product Data Catalog Exchange” standard (funStep) and represents UNE in the ISO TC184 / SC4 Industrial Data Committee.AIDIMME is coordinator of the NARRATE project and María José is responsible of the pilots validation related to Smart Manufacturing networks in MaaS.
Miguel Angel Mateo-Casali
Miguel Angel Mateo-Casali is a computer engineer and PhD candidate in Industrial Production Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. Heis a member of the research groups at the Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering (CIGIP). He is responsiblefor technical coordination in several Horizon Europe projects. His research focuses on industrial process automation, zero defects manufacturing, MLOps, industrial AI and advanced manufacturing systems.
Raul Poler
Raul Poler is Professor in Operations Management and Operations Research at the Universitat Politécnica de València (UPV). He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from UPV in 1998. He is Head of the Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering (CIGIP). He is a founding partner of the Spin-off UPV EXOS Solutions S.L. He has published 543 research papers in a number of leading journals and at several international conferences. To date, his scientific publications have received 6.728 citations (according to Google Scholar), with an h-index of 26 (according to Scopus, Author ID: 22734966200). He has been the Director of the INTEROP-VLab. He is the Representative of INTERVAL, the Spanish Pole of the INTEROP-VLab. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ADINGOR. He is a member of several research associations, such as EurOMA, POMS and IFIP WG 5.8, among others. His key research topics include Enterprise Modelling, Collaborative Networks, Supply Chain Management, Knowledge Management, Production Planning and Control, Decision Support Systems, Evolutionary Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence.
Ruben Costa
Ruben Costa is Senior Researcher at UNINOVA Institute and Invited Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology. Holds a PhD degree in Industrial Information Systems by the New University of Lisbon. Holds an MSc in Computer Science and a graduation in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He began his professional career has a consultant at Deloitte. He has worked in the Integration, Development and Infrastructure area of the Management Solutions division. In his career has a consultant he had participated in several National and International projects for the industry in several areas: Telecommunications, Finance and Energy & Utilities. Later he has integrated the UNINOVA research group, collaborating in several EU projects. His primary area of expertise is related with big data analytics, real-time data processing and AI technologies. One of his interests is on spatio-temporal analysis, modelling and forecasting. He has been conducting research in several domains, such as manufacturing, mobility and health.
Sergio Gusmeroli
Sergio Gusmeroli is Research Coordinator at Politecnico di Milano, Industrial Engineering Derpartment. He has been and is coordinating several H2020 and HEP projects in the domain of Digital Manufacturing, especially focussing on Data Technologies and Artificial Intelligence. Sergio is also co-leading the BDVA working group about Smart Manufacturing Industry and is workpackage leader of the Data Space 4.0 Coordination and Support Action in the Digital Europe Programme about Data Spaces for Manufacturing. As coordinator of the AIREDGIO5.0 project, Sergio is actively engaged in Regional Innovation, EDIH Lombardy and the Italian AI Testing and Experimentation facility in Manufacturing. In MAASive, Sergio is responsible for the liaisons and relationships with EFFRA and Made in Europe.
Sergio Terzi
Sergio Terzi is Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering. His main research interests are in the field of Advanced and Smart Manufacturing (also said Industry 4.0), with special attention to the role of digital technologies and sustainability. Sergio Terzi has deepened his knowledge in the field of product design, development and management, with the holistic perspective of the product life cycle. In these contexts, he is used to conduct and manage research projects at national and international level.