The Managing Director and his/her team supports collaboration within and among the SPP projects, together with the members of the programme committee and the lead and coordination of ENTAILab. This encompasses conceptualizing, initiating, organizing, coordinating and administering the meetings, workshops, and other exchange formats as well as regular (Extended) Steering group and Scientific Advisory Board meetings. Furthermore, the CONNECT team coordinates and manages the central network funds for the exchange initiatives and researchers’ support and promotion.
In consultation with the SPP speaker, Cordula Artelt, and the other members of the steering group, the CONNECT team also engages in media and science communication and in conceptualizing, designing, and coordinating transferable deliverables from SPP’s central output – together with ENTAILab Measure Results for Future Data Spaces and Open Science.