Professors are available to present thematic seminars illustrating current topics related to innovation and the advances brought by new technologies.
These sessions can be organized either on our Campus or, in some cases, at the requesting Institute.
All seminars will be held in Italian.
Participants may choose from the following titles:
- Physics in Music
- Industry 4.0 and the Evolution of Manufacturing
- The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodology for Calculating Environmental Impacts
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Exercise: Learning to Calculate the Environmental Impacts of a Product (*depending on class size and available time)
- Sustainability and Circular Economy
- Turning Agro-Industrial Waste into Materials and Energy
- Artificial Intelligence: Where We Stand and How We Got Here (Understanding Where We’re Headed)
- USA vs China: Generative AI vs Agentic Intelligence – The Rise of Chinese Humanoid Robots
- Virtual Reality and Culture: How Management and Production Engineering Explores Consumer Emotions and Choices
- Let’s Design a Hydroponic Wall: How to Grow Vegetables and Edible Flowers in the Heart of the City
- Protect Who You Are: Cybersecurity and Digital Identity in an Interconnected World
- The Strategic Role of Logistics Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Capital
- Designing Innovative Tourism Services: Student Projects from Politecnico di Milano
- Europe as a Team: Working with International Partners in EU Projects
In recent years, the following topics have also been offered:
- Engineering of Computing Systems: History and Opportunities
- Free Software for Mathematics
- Overcoming the Distinction Between Manufacturing and Service Companies - Career Opportunities in Management and Production Engineering
- The Digital Revolution in Media: What Role for Management and Production Engineers at Sky, Mondadori or Vodafone?
- Becoming an Entrepreneur: How to Prepare and What It Really Involves
- Environment and Energy: A Rapidly Growing Sector and the Opportunities for Management and Production Engineers
- The Value Created through Environmental Sustainability
- Economics and the Environment
- Economic Evaluation of a Photovoltaic Plant
- Introduction to Mobile Programming: New Opportunities in Computer Science
- Create Your Own Video Game – A First Look at Game Creation with Just a Few Clicks
- IT Between Apps and Social Networks
- Business and the Environment: A Critical Success Factor
- Business Strategy in Management and Production Engineering: From Theory to Practice
- Evaluating Strategic Investments: Concepts, Methods and Decision-Support Models for Management and Production Engineers
- “The Business Model: The Unknown Factor.” Strategy in Support of Startups”.
- The Digital Transformation of the Economy: Opportunities and Threats for Italy
- Computer Science and Economics Must Go Hand in Hand: Let’s Try to Understand Why
- A Strategic Analysis of Why the Nintendo Wii Succeeded in 2004
- When Speed Matters More Than Advertising: A Strategic Analysis of Zara’s Success
- What Does an Engineer Do? And Why Do We Need More Engineers?
- What It Means to Study Engineering at the Politecnico and What It Means to Study Management and Production Engineering
- Digital Innovation in Healthcare: Why Healthcare Needs Management and Computer Engineers
- You Set the Price: Radiohead’s Strategy for Selling Music
- Think Different: A Strategic Analysis of Apple’s Success
- Smart Working: Rethinking Work, Releasing Energy
- Digital Agenda in Italy: Why Our Country Must Invest More in Digital Technologies
- Cloud Computing: What Does It Mean? What Changes?
- How Computing Has Changed Modern Society: Examples and Reflections
- The Engineer: Turning Ideas into Mechanisms
- Robotics: Past, Present and Future
- The Evolutionary Path of Work Organization Models – A Brief Guide to Understanding New Production Contexts
- Measuring an Organization’s Competitiveness (Manufacturing or Services) – Meaning and Dimensions of Productivity, Flexibility and Quality Indicators
- “Project Management” as the Foundation of Product and Process Innovation
- Scaling Up
- “fiat π” (not a car commercial): A Conversation About the Number π and Its Emergence in Human Thought
- Data, Dice and Models
- Manufacturing Companies: The Engineer’s Role in Enhancing the Competitiveness of Italian Production Plants
- A JOURNEY INTO the Heart of Video Games
- The Science of Video Games