Prof. Dr. Chris Schlueter Langdon has been appointed an Ambassador of the International Data Spaces Association, with particular recognition for his contribution to developing dataspace ecosystems in the U.S. The appointment was formally recognized at the Data Spaces Symposium 2026 in Madrid (LinkedIn post).

IDSA Ambassadors are carefully selected experts whose nominations are reviewed by the IDSA Head Office and approved by its Board of Directors. They promote the understanding and potential of dataspaces, and expand the international IDSA network.

A key differentiator for Chris is putting Drucker’s customer-centric approach to innovation into practice: translating customer pain points through iterative pilots into scalable product solutions. The critical advantage is his own AI-data R&D, which provides the critical depth and reusable building blocks to turn experimentation into business impact rather than technology demonstrations. This combination has built a strong track record with Fortune Global 100 companies and now underpins his role at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems in AI-dataspace software and international ecosystem development.

Official dataspace roles and responsibilities
•  RoX – Digital Ecosystem for AI-Based Robotics — Lead of the Digital Robotics Ecosystem work package (TP6), 2024–present (T-Systems reference)
•  AIAG Catena-X Hub North America — Core member, 2025–present
•  Catena-X Automotive Network — Ecosystem Development Manager North America, member of the Internationalization Committee, 2023–present (T-Systems reference)
•  IDSA Mobility Community — Co-founder and co-lead, 2021–present (T-Systems reference)
•  Eclipse Tractus-X — Principal Investigator for Deutsche Telekom, one of three Product Managers of the Catena-X Consortium, responsible for the overall software stack transferred to Eclipse Tractus-X, 2021–2024 (T-Systems reference)

IDSA publications with contributions by Chris Langdon
•  Data Spaces and AI: Trustworthy Agentic Participation in Data Spaces — author/ contributor, 2026
•  Establishing a Unified, Sovereign, and Open Digital Infrastructure: A Vision for Telecommunication Providers — author/ contributor, 2025
•  Data Spaces Business Models — author/ contributor, 2024
•  Linking Data Sovereignty and Data Economy: Arising Areas of Tension — co-author, 2022
•  Data Move People – IDSA Mobility Community Anthology — co-editor and chapter author, 2021
•  New Business Models for Data Spaces Grounded in Data Sovereignty — author/ contributor, 2021

IDSA blog posts by Chris Langdon
•  Catena-X With GAIA-X: Will Data Space Be the Word of 2021? — 2021
•  Mobility with IDS: Adding the “N” in NPM to RealLab HH — 2020
•  IDSA on Center Stage at Data Natives of Europe — 2020
•  Metamorphosis of Auto into Mobility — 2020
•  Implementing IDS — 2019
•  German Federal Minister Altmaier Advocating Data Pools — 2019
•  How to Do the Right Thing First and Create Data Pools — 2019
•  Why Data Matters — 2019