ADELI

ADELI (originally Association pour le DEveloppement de la Logique Informatique) is a French non-profit association created in 1978 under the French law of 1901. Its original purpose was to promote and facilitate the use of the formalised information-processing methodologies developed by Jean-Dominique Warnier, known as "Logique informatique", which aimed to rationalise programming, information-system design and maintenance. Over the decades ADELI broadened its scope to cover all aspects of information systems, organisations and digital technologies, including software engineering, quality, project management, security and the social impact of digital technology. The association is run entirely by volunteers and describes itself as "Explorateurs des espaces numériques" (Explorers of digital spaces). It organises conferences, debates, working groups and an annual science-fiction short-story competition, and it publishes free-access articles, conference videos, books and a quarterly digital newsletter, La Lettre d'ADELI. Its statutes, published in the Journal Officiel, define its mission as facilitating the sharing and exchange of information between users and professionals of the digital economy, information systems and ICT through good practices, methods, standards and tools. ADELI is headquartered in France and operates primarily in the French-speaking professional community. It is not a commercial company but a membership-based association; its activities are financed by membership fees and volunteer contributions. The association has been active for more than four decades and continues to hold general assemblies, conferences and thematic events on topics such as artificial intelligence, cloud security, data leaks and frugal computing.

ADELI was founded in 1978 under the name "Association pour le DEveloppement de la Logique Informatique". Its creation was driven by the desire to promote the "Logique informatique" method developed by Jean-Dominique Warnier (1920–1990), a French author who advocated a rational approach to programming and data organisation. In the late 1970s, data processing was entering industrial take-off, and programmers struggled with limited hardware and software resources. Warnier's method offered a structured way to design programs and information systems, and ADELI was created to facilitate and promote its use. The founding assembly took place in March 1978 and was presided over by Jacques Bérigaud, then director of the SCAT at Cii-Honeywell-Bull. He warned the new association against two pitfalls: becoming a closed club of intellectuals or turning into a service company. ADELI remained a volunteer-based association, with early leaders such as François Tête (president 1982–1987), Paul Théron (1987–1991), Gilbert Abouhair (1992–1996) and Geneviève Coullault (1997–1999). Alain Coulon served as secretary-treasurer from 1978 to 2011, providing continuity. Over time, ADELI progressively extended its themes from the original Logique informatique to all aspects of information systems, organisations and digital technologies. It embraced software engineering, quality methods, project management, security and the societal impact of ICT. The association also became a publisher: it distributes numerous free articles on its website, videos of conferences, books and a quarterly digital newsletter, La Lettre d'ADELI. It organises an annual science-fiction short-story competition, with themes such as "2050… Quel monde pour demain?" and "Le bébé parfait". In the 2010s and 2020s, ADELI continued to hold general assemblies and conferences on current topics including cloud security, artificial intelligence, zero-trust cybersecurity, data leaks and frugal computing. The association remains active, run by volunteers, and describes itself as "Explorateurs des espaces numériques". Its website, espaces-numeriques.org, serves as its main platform for publications and event announcements.

• 2026

  General assembly 2025 on AI in digital service companies scheduled for 19 March 2026.

• 2025

  General assembly 2024 on cloud security and AI (6 March 2025); Zero Trust cybersecurity initiation (19 June 2025).

• 2024

  Conference on frugal, reliable and sustainable computing held on 14 November 2024.

• 2012

  Thomas Morisse becomes president (2012–2015).

• 1997

  Geneviève Coullault becomes president (1997–1999).

• 1992

  Gilbert Abouhair becomes president (1992–1996).

• 1991

  Joseph Barbou des Courières becomes honorary president.

• 1987

  Paul Théron becomes president (1987–1991).

• 1982

  François Tête becomes president (1982–1987).

• 1978

  ADELI founded as Association pour le DEveloppement de la Logique Informatique; founding assembly held in March 1978, presided by Jacques Bérigaud.

Non-profit professional association for information systems and digital technology practitioners in France.

• La Lettre d'ADELI

  Quarterly digital newsletter published by ADELI.

• Annual science-fiction short-story competition

  Competition open to the public, with themes such as '2050… Quel monde pour demain?' and 'Le bébé parfait'.

• Conferences and debates

  Regular events on information systems, AI, cybersecurity and digital society.

• Books and publications

  ADELI acts as a publisher of books and free-access articles.

1. 1Espaces Numériques - Page d’accueilespaces-numeriques.org
2. 2ADELI - Notre histoireespaces-numeriques.org
3. 3Principaux contributeurs d'ADELIespaces-numeriques.org
4. 4Les valeurs permanentes d'ADELIespaces-numeriques.org
5. 5ADELI (association) - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org
6. 6ADELI - Wikidatawikidata.org