The Department of Commerce will lead the largest-ever U.S. delegation to Hannover Messe. For the first time in the event’s history, the United States is the Partner Country for Hannover Messe. President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. President to ever participate in the show.

Wearing virtual reality glasses, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached out to shake a hand in digital space, and U.S. President Barack Obama responded by shaking hers in reality.

This will no doubt go down as one of the most memorable images from HANNOVER MESSE 2016, and it also aptly portrays the close partnership shared between the two nations as they move down the road towards Industrie 4.0.