As part of his science tour, Michael Müller, Berlin’s Governing Mayor and Senator for Higher Education and Research, visited the IoT Lab at the Berlin Center for Digital Transformation. During the visit, it was announced that the Berlin Center for Digital Transformation is entering the second phase, two years after its foundation. The Center is being funded by the state of Berlin, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and by monies from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the tune of 6 million euros until the end of 2020. 

The focus of the Center lies on the development and provision of practice-oriented solutions for digital transformation. Research is carried out on basic and cross-sectional technologies as well as on solutions for four specific fields of activity: Networked Healthcare, Networked Mobility & City of the Future, Networked Industry & Production, and Networked Critical Infrastructures & Energy. The four Berlin-based Fraunhofer institutes FOKUS, HHI, IPK, and IZM have pooled their expertise within the Center. Industrial partners and public bodies can collaborate on research projects with these Fraunhofer institutes.