Pictures of the Future is published twice a year (Spring and Fall) with a circulation of more than 65,000 copies in German and English. The two editions, typically 108 pages per issue, are distributed to readers in over 100 countries. An additional 35,000 copies are produced by the Regional Siemens Companies in Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Russian.
Members of the scientific community at top universities and research institutes, selected international media, science journalists, heads of R&D departments and managers in the private sector, experts and decision-makers in government ministries, public authorities, industry associations and other organizations.
Nobel prize winners such as Steven Chu (US Secretary of Energy), Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and Harry Kroto. Top researchers such as Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), William Mitchell (M.I.T.). Top Managers such as Nandam Nilekani, Chairman and cofounder of Infosys, Robert Peugeot, member of the Executive Committee of PSA Peugeot Citroën, Craig Silverstein, Google. Politicians such as Daniel Doctoroff (Vice Mayor of New York), former Deputy Prime Minister Singapore Dr. Tony Tan, Catherine Day (Director General for Environment at the European Commission), Zhang Ao (Shanghai City Commission), Dora Bakoyannis (Greek Foreign Affairs Minister), top architect and environmentalist Jaime Lerner (former governor of the Brazilian state Parana) and Prof. Wan Gang (China’s Minister of Science and Technology).