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CONNECT Community Calls

Are you a Community Gateway Manager or interested in becoming one? OpenAIRE invites you to participate in our Community Calls, held every four months online.
Explore the latest CONNECT updates, share feedback with peers, and discuss new features, fostering collaboration and shaping CONNECT's future together.

  • Timeline: The meetings will be held every four months and are open to all to register. They will last an hour and will provide a perfect opportunity to answer any questions on CONNECT Gateways, detailed information on the Managemenent and Configuration, Templates, Features, APIs, Guidelines, Integrations.

  • Structure: The meetings will have a generic structure with a particular topic of interest each time.
    1. Relevant updates (5 min.),
    2. Main topic presentation (30 min),
    3. Open discussion on community questions and comments (25 min.).

    Meetings will be held for researchers using CONNECT and equally for CONNECT Gateway Admins. The invitations sent out each month will make explicit which meeting is for whom.

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Upcoming Calls

Stay tuned for our next calls!

01 July 2025

Agenda:

Time: 12:00 - 13:00 CEST

Register here

Notes & Recordings

01 July 2025

Agenda:

Time: 12:00 - 13:00 CEST

04 March 2025

Agenda: 

  • The new OpenAIRE CONNECT website
  • Tech highlights: Metadata snapshots and new functionality for organisations in Premium plans
  • Open mic for discussion and co-design

Results:

Past Years Notes & Recordings

2024

05 November 2024

Agenda:

  • Tech highlights
  • Presentation of the new feature for the customisation of the home page
  • Feedback and Q&A from the Community

Results:

02 July 2024

Special Call Edition: OpenAIRE CONNECT+Monitor Joint Community Call

Agenda: 

  • CONNECT and MONITOR, a customised dashboard for Research Initiatives
  • Novel indicators for Research Assessment
  • Feedback and Q&A from the Community

Results:

    18 April 2024

    Agenda:

    • Introduction to CONNECT
    • Highlights on some functionalities/novelties
    • The EUT+ University Alliance
    • Q&A

    Results:

    05 March 2024

    Agenda: 

    • Tech highlights
    • The Link functionality for managers and end-users
    • Open Discussion: tell us about your experience - the good and the bad of being a CONNECT community manager

    Results:

    2023

    05 December 2023

    Agenda: 

    • Welcome to the new communities
    • Highlights/novelties: technical news since the last community call (April 2023)
    • Your CONNECT Gateway after OpenAIRE Nexus
    • Questions & Answers

    Results:

    12 January 2023

    Agenda: 

    • Highlights/Novelties: How to create your own menu
    • Main topic of the day: Your help for new functionalities
    • CONNECT use case
    • Q&As

    Results:

    2022

    31 March 2022

    Presentation: Here

    2021

    07 December 2021

    Topic: The first CONNECT Community Call 

    Presentation: Here