Anil Turkmayali is Head of Research and Innovation Programs at the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA). Before that, he was Senior Project Manager at IDSA, working in the Technology and Architecture Team, co-leading IDSA's involvement in various EU projects) and managing the association's open-source operations, strategy, assets and community. Prior to this, he served as Chief Innovation Officer for The Uncomplicated Family Corporate Group in Calgary, Canada, while also running his own consultancy, Arendify OÜ, based in Tallinn, Estonia. As Director of Technology Transfer Office at Bahçeşehir University, Anil directed R&D grant processes and represented the university in EU organizations for R&D. Earlier, he was Director of Business Development at UBIT Bilgi Teknolojileri in Istanbul and Chief Business Officer at Hemen Masa Inc., a restaurant reservation startup. Anil Turkmayali began his career as a Research and Teaching Assistant at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, working on research projects with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and digital teaching courses. Anil holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from Kadir Has Üniversitesi, where his thesis proposed a new teaching method for design thinking in interactive media, and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design from Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi.