Roundtable VI -- 22-25 May 2006

CalConnectSM Interoperability Test Event - 22-23 May
Roundtable VI - 23-25 May

Final as of 19 May 2006


The sixth Roundtable of The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, together with a CalConnect Interoperability Test Event (C.I.T.E.), will be hosted by IBM/Lotus on Monday-Thursday, 22-25 May 2006, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The C.I.T.E. and Roundtable will be held serially: interoperability testing will take place all day Monday and Tuesday through noon. The Roundtable will begin after lunch on Tuesday and run through lunch on Thursday (two full days). This will allow C.I.T.E. participants to fully participate in the Roundtable as well, either as members or as observers (if they are from a non-member and wish to stay on to assess the Roundtable).

Interoperability testing will comprise multiple scenarios including CalDAV server and client testing, Min-IOP testing, and iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP interoperability testing. The event is open to members and non-members; please see IOP May 2006 for current information. Check back often as this will be updated as we get nearer to the event.

The Roundtable will be comprised of Technical Committee meetings, to which all members and observers are welcome, plus some additional sessions and committee meetings which will be determined closer to the event. Thursday morning will be the full Plenary meeting of the Consortium, open to all participants. This session will include report-outs from all Technical Committees, possibly demonstrations resulting from the Interop testing earlier in the week, and establishment of future goals and directions for the Consortium.

Location

IBM/Lotus
1 Rogers Street
Auditorium, CMA-1RS-01 Lecture Hall 1300
Cambridge, MA 02142

The Practicums, Workshop and Roundtable will be held in the Auditorium Lecture Hall, which is outside the secure area. The IOP test event will be held in conference room 4-4003 which is inside the secure area - check in with the guard desk and ask for your visitor badge.

Transportation

Airport Information: The Boston/Cambridge area is served by Logan International Airport: http://massport.com/logan/default.aspx.

Car Rentals: http://massport.com/logan/getti_typeo_renta.html.

Taxis: http://massport.com/logan/getti_typeo_taxis.html.

Driving/Walking Instructions: This document provides driving instructions to IBM/Lotus from several directions, Parking information, and walking instructions from Kendall Square if you arrive by subway: Driving/Walking Instructions.

Hotels:

Hotel Marlowe
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA 02141
Tel: 617-868-8000
*complimentary wireless access/10 min. walk to IBM*
http://www.hotelmarlowe.com/index.html

Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: (800) 766-3782
http://www.sonesta.com/boston/

Holiday Inn Expresss Boston Cambridge
250 MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hd/boscb

Radisson Hotel Cambridge
777 MEMORIAL DR., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
http://www.radisson.com/cambridgema
800-333-3333

Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 MEMORIAL DR., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
http://cambridge.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
800-233-1234

Hotel at MIT
20 SIDNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
http://www.hotelatmit.com/
(1) 617 577-0200


Schedule

This Schedule is final as of Friday 19 May 2006. Any changes will be announced Tuesday at the combined opening lunch and announcements.

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TESTING EVENT
Monday 22 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0900 Welcome/level-set
0900-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Testing
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Testing
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Testing
 		Tuesday Morning 23 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Wrap-up
1230 End of IOP Testing
1230-1330 Lunch/announcements1
ROUNDTABLE VI (See below for session topical agendas)
Tuesday 23 May
0800-0830 Breakfast2
0900-1115 Calendaring Practicums3
   0900-1000 iCalendar Specifications
   1015-1115 CalDAV Specification
1130-1230 Mobile Calendaring
   Workshop I4
1230-1330 Lunch/announcements1
1330-1530 Mobile Cal. Workshop II
1530-1600 Break
1600-1700 Mobile Cal. Workshop III
1700-1800 vCard Review and Discussion
 		Wednesday 24 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC EVENTPUB
0930-1000 Free/Busy Challenge
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 TC CALDAV
1230-1330 Lunch; Steering Committee
1330-1400 TC AUTHENTICATE I
1400-1530 TC REALTIME I
1530-1600 Break
1600-1700 TC REALTIME II
1700-1800 TC USECASE I
1900-2100 Social Event (dinner) 		Thursday Morning 25 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC USECASE II
0930-1000 TC AUTHENTICATE II
1000-1030 Break
1030-1115 TC Wrapup
    IOPTEST Review
    RECURR/TIMEZONE reportouts
1100-1200 General Plenary Session
1200 Close of Meeting; Box Lunch provided
1Combined Lunch/Announcements on Tuesday for all IOP Testing and Roundtable Participants
2Breakfast on Tuesday will be served to IOP testing and Practicum Attendees
3The Calendaring Practicums are open to all Roundtable attendees and will help to level-set participants on the relevant calendaring and scheduling specifications.
4The Mobile Calendaring Workshop replaces the TC MOBILE session for this Roundtable

Breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon breaks will be served to all participants in the Roundtable and the IOP testing event and are included in your registration fee. Your Roundtable registration fee includes the group dinner on Wednesday evening.

Lunch on Tuesday is provided for all IOP testing and Roundtable participants. Roundtable participants who are not involved in the testing event are welcome to arrive Tuesday morning for the Calendaring Practicum or for ad hoc discussions prior to the start of the Mobile Calendaring Workshop at 1130.

Topical Agendas

Mobile Calendaring Workshop (Tuesday 1130-1700)
1130-1230 Part I Introduction of participants, finalization, begin Part II if possible
1330-1530 Part II Review of current state of Mobile Calendaring and scheduling
Possible topics include (but are not limited to)
- Presentations from invited experts in the mobile industry
- Summary of work to date from Calconnect Mobile technical committee
- Technology overview: iCalendar, CalDAV and other relevant standards**
- Summary of the current state of mobile calendaring & scheduling
(standards adoption, functionality supported)
- Results from Mobile technical committee questionnaire
- Capabilities and vision for mobile calendaring
- Migrating from vCalendar to iCalendar as a content format
- Review of mobile requirements and use cases
- Identification of problems to be addressed
- Brainstorm: What is the future of mobile calendaring & scheduling?
1530-1600 Break
1600-1700 Develop recommendations to address problems identified in previous session
- Agree short, medium and long term actions to improve interoperability of mobile calendaring & scheduling
- Update Mobile technical committee milestones and work products

TC AUTHENTICATE I (Wednesday 1330-1400): Presentation on server-server authentication protocols and alternatives.
TC AUTHENTICATE II (Thursday 0930-1000): Continue discussion of possible http authentication mechanisms and their impact on CalDAV. Also will report on IETF discussions at previous meeting.

TC CALDAV (Wednesday 1030-1230):
Progress and Status Update
- CalDAV out there
- CalDAV calendar-access draft 		CalDAV Scheduling Requirements
- Free/Busy Requirements
- Scheduling Requirements 		Open Discussion
- Group support 		Moving Forward
- Plan of action

TC EVENTPUB (Wednesday 0830-0930): Review and discuss vVenue document. The hope for vVenue is to fill-in the location information for events. The current location field works when meeting attendees already have a context for the location (e.g. Building G, room 27). Further information is necessary when people are attending a public event where they don't have a context.

TC IOPTEST (Thursday 1030-1115): Present IOP testing results, discuss next steps.

TC MOBILE: See Mobile Calendaring Workshop.

TC REALTIME I & II(Wednesday 1400-1700):
Progress and Status Update
- Summary of activities 		Realtime Requirements
- Non-functional requirements
- Functional requirements 		Open Discussion
- Technical approaches 		Moving Forward
- Plan of action<

TC RECURR: Completed work; will report out on Thursday.

TC TIMEZONE: Completed work; will report out on Thursday.

TC USECASE I & II (Wednesday 1700-1800; Thursday 0830-0930) Review the glossary. Determine min-iop use cases for Tasks and Journals. Originally, we expected that vTodos and vJournals would be removed from 2445bis, but the Calsify working group has recently determined they will be included.

Free/Busy Challenge (Wednesday 0930-1000): Status of Open Group Free/Busy Challenge and CalConnect involvement. Planned demonstration of CalDAV freebusy report functions.

vCard Discussion (Tuesday 1700-1800): Review status of vCard, apparent need for revised draft, possible ways of finding resources for and undertaking the work (if CalConnect wishes to undertake it).
Who May Attend

The C.I.T.E. is open to members and non-members. The Roundtable Technical Committee and related sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are limited to members or observers. Non-member C.I.T.E. participants are welcome to register for the Roundtable as observers so long as their organization has not already been an observer at a previous Consortium Roundtable.

Registration and Registration Fees

Registration is required in advance for both the Roundtable and the C.I.T.E. Registration for the Roundtable does not include C.I.T.E. participation and is limited to Consortium members or observers. Registration for the Interop is available to both members and non-members and does not include participation in the Roundtable.

Please see Roundtable Registration to register and pay the Roundtable registration fee. If you will be participating in the associated Interop, please see IOP May 2006 for more information and IOP Registration to register and pay the C.I.T.E. registration fee. Note that you must register separately for the Roundtable and the C.I.T.E.

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