Publisher’s imprint Publisher Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Public Relations 11019 Berlin, Germany www.bmwi.de Design and production Hirschen Group GmbH, Berlin Printed by Bonifatius GmbH Photo credits Cover/Hirschen Group GmbH, p. 12 Ralph Dommer­ muth/United Internet AG, p. 16 Oliver Samwer/ Rocket Internet SE, p. 22 Prof. Dr Gesche Joost/­UdK Berlin (Matthias Steffen), p. 28 Dr. Reinhold Festge/­ VDMA (Tristan Rösler), p. 32 Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrike Meyer/RWTH Aachen (Peter Winandy), p. 36 Holger Schwannecke/ZDH (Stegner), p. 40 Prof. Dr Siegfried Russwurm/Siemens AG, p. 44 Prof. Dr Christoph Meinel/Hasso-Plattner-Institut (Kay Herschelmann), p. 48 Anke Felbor/Cornelius Kalk – Fotografie, p. 54 Prof. Dieter Gorny/Markus Nass Date April 2016 www.de.digital 59