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. at the Data Spaces Symposium 2026 Madrid (LinkedIn).

IDSA Ambassadors are selected based on their expertise, reviewed by the IDSA Head Office, and approved by the Board of Directors to promote and expand the potential of dataspaces: “Chris puts Drucker’s customer-centric approach to innovation into practice: translating customer pain points through iterative pilots into scalable product solutions. A key differentiator is his AI-data R&D, which provides the depth and reusable building blocks required to turn experimentation into business impact, not merely 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 (Prelaunch Austin TX)
•  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: “5-Stars“)

IDSA publications with contributions by Chris Langdon
•  Data Spaces and AI: 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/ chapter author, 2021
•  New Business Models for Data Spaces with 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