Julien Adelberger started working for IDSA in June 2022. He is mainly responsible for IDSA’s contribution to various research and innovation projects as well as the worldwide outreach of the association. One of these projects is Health-X dataloft, the first German health-based data space project that aims to ensure that data owners retain sovereignty over their data.

To strengthen the global efforts of the IDSA, Julien Adelberger joined the IOFD (International Open Forum on Data Society) discussion forum together with Dawex, DSA (Data Society Alliance in Japan), Gaia-X, NTT, DLR, Fiware and BDVA to recommend guide lining principles for policy makers and corporate representatives. He is furthermore active in regular talks with the international IDSA community with the goal to establish Hubs as well as liaisons, research- and competence centers with the private and public sector.

Fascinated by new technological developments, intercultural experiences and working with an international team of colleagues, Julien Adelberger found his way to IDSA due to the future oriented topic of data sharing and digital sovereignty on a global scale.

As a background, Julien holds a bachelor’s degree in international business in Dortmund and a bilingual master’s degree in Development Economics and International Studies from the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen-Nürnberg. He also studied at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Australia during a foreign semester focused on gaining advanced expertise in international relations and economics.