Marco Taisch is Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, where he teaches Advanced & Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations Management. • He is one of the coordinators of the Manufacturing Group of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. • He is a member of the EFFRA Board (European Factories of the Future Research Association) and of the Board of the Italian Smart Factory Cluster; • He was part of the Advisory Board of the National Industry 4.0 Plan, coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Economic Development; • Since 2002, he has been particularly dedicated to the study of technological trends by carrying out technological Roadmaps and studies of Technologies foresight on Manufacturing, for the European Commission; • He is co-founder and Scientific Chairman of the World Manufacturing Foundation, which organizes the World Manufacturing Forum, the global event for the definition of the Manufacturing Agenda; • He is the President of MADE, Competence Center on Industry 4.0; • He is a founding member of Miraitek, spin-off of Politecnico di Milano on Industry