The Internet has transformed service industries, from taxis to take-out. Now it’s about to hit the heavyweights: manufacturing, energy, transportation… Welcome to the Industrial Internet era. By connecting machines to people and to other machines, the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) will revolutionize factories, business models and the workforce, bringing productivity and efficiency to unseen levels. But the road to the factories of the future is a long one, as companies face security and data protection risks, weak interoperability and uncertain return on investments.

How can the Digital Single Market spur the development of the Industrial Internet? What incentives can policymakers create to encourage its adoption? Can the Industrial Internet deliver on its promise to turn Europe’s traditional industries around? What will the impact on the workforce be?

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