The doctoral workshop on Product and Asset Lifecycle Management will be held in Urrugne – Saint-Jean-de-Luz (France), October 16th-19th 2016. PALM is an initiative promoted by IFIP WG 5.7 to enhance cooperation on different themes among PhD students. This event is organized by Prof. François Pérès (ENIT-INP Toulouse) and Prof. Benoît IUNG (Université de Lorraine). To encourage links between communities dealing with topics of common interest, PALM is planned before the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Service and Technology, an event co-sponsored by IFIP WG5.7.