The German Apartment is a networking platform and event series for attendees of the world's leading business conferences dedicated to connecting and inspiring the German international community. Just like the Web Summit: in November, we will open the doors of our apartment in Lisbon for the fourth time.

​​​​​The German Apartment is jointly hosted by the Digital Hub Initiative, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and fischerAppelt.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action aims to ensure both Germany’s competitiveness and a high level of employment. The Ministry wants to help achieve this by using the legislative, administrative, and coordinating role it has in the fields of energy, industrial, innovation, competition, SME, and European policy. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has six agencies: Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office), Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control, Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway), Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, German National Metrology Institute and Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources.

The Digital Hub Initiative creates partnerships by connecting SMEs and corporations with the newest innovators from the science and start-up scene. This is digitization, made in Germany. Twelve digital Hubs provide a strong network that stimulates innovation by promoting the exchange of expertise in technology and business. The Digital Hub Initiative provides digital services for finding start-ups, experts, programs and jobs.

fischerAppelt is one of the leading agency groups for creative and integrated marketing and communication solutions. Every day, over 750 colleagues at ten national and international locations work to achieve this for over 200 clients, including half of all DAX-listed companies. We integrate disciplines on a project basis and across the board, from data to design to distribution, from strategy to stories to sales, from planning to product innovation to performance, from creation to content to campaigning, and focus everything on a valuable result for customers and users.