Roundtable VII -- 26-29 September 2006

CalConnectSM Interoperability Test Event - 26-27 September
Roundtable VII - 27-29 September

As of September 14, 2006


The Seventh Roundtable of The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, together with a CalConnect Interoperability Test Event (C.I.T.E.), will be held in Cupertino, California (Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area) on Tuesday-Friday, 26-29 September, 2006, hosted by Apple Computer.

The C.I.T.E. and Roundtable will be held serially: interoperability testing will take place all day Tuesday and Wednesday through noon. The Roundtable will begin after lunch on Wednesday and run through lunch on Friday (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).

We also plan to conduct an expanded version of the Federated Free/Busy demo which the Consortium conducted in July at The Open Group meeting in Miami (see below).

Registration:

Registration information for the Roundtable may be found at Roundtable Registration; registration information for the IOP Test Event is at IOP Registration. Please be aware that you must register separately for the Roundtable and for the IOP testing event if you plan to do both.

IOP Test Event:

Interoperability testing will comprise multiple scenarios including CalDAV server and client testing, Min-IOP testing, and iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP interoperability testing. A special series of tests is planned for Extended Daylight Saving Time support, to go into effect in March of 2007. We are also planning IOP testing around the response to the Open Group's Federated Free/Busy Challenge. (See the TC FREEBUSY page for more information about this Challenge and CalConnect's involvement.

The interoperability testing event is open to members and non-members; please see IOP September 2006 for current information. Check back often as this will be updated as we get nearer to the event.

Roundtable VII:

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. Friday 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 IOP testing earlier in the week, and establishment of future goals and directions for the Consortium.


Location

Apple Computer
Cupertino Campus
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 996-1010

A map of the general Santa Clara Valley area showing the location of the Apple campus may be found at Santa Clara Valley Map.

IOP Testing Meeting Rooms:
Tuesday all day: De Anza 3 building, Beatles conference room.
Wednesday morning: Infinite Loop 4 building, Piano Bar conference room.

Roundtable Meeting Room:
Wednesday-Friday Infinite Loop 4 building, Garage 1 & 2 conference rooms.

A map of Apple's Cupertino Campus showing the building locations may be found here: Apple Cupertino Campus. All meeting rooms are outside of secure areas.


Transportation

Airport Information: The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three airports: San Jose International (SJC), San Francisco International (SFO), and Oakland International (OAK). SJC is the closest airport to Apple Computer (about 15 miles); SFO is about 30 miles; OAK is on the east side of the Bay, about 40 miles. SFO has the greatest range of flights and airlines serving it, but you may be able to find less expensive fares to SJC or OAK.

Ground Transportation: Information on rental cars and public transportation are available on all three airport websites.


Hotels:

The Cypress Hotel is offering a special rate for Roundtable/IOP test attendees, available if booked by September 6th. Call 1-866-408-0704 and ask for the "CalConnect Roundtable" group rate.

Cypress Hotel (.8 miles)
10050 S. De Anza Blvd.
Cupertino, CA, 95014
+1 800-499-1408 toll free
+1 408-253-8900 local
+1 408-253-3800 fax

Cupertino Inn
10889 North De Anza Boulevard (.7 miles from Apple)
Cupertino, CA 95014
+1 800-222-4828 toll free
+1 408-996-7700 local
+1 408-257-0578 fax

Hilton Garden Inn Cupertino (1.8 miles)
10741 North Wolfe Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
+1 408-777-8787
+1 408-777-8040 fax
Schedule:

This shows the general plan of the meetings at this point, and will be upated to show the actual TC sessions as soon as they are agreed.

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TESTING EVENT
Tuesday 26 September
(Beatles, De Anza 3)
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
 		Wednesday Morning 27 September
(Piano Bar, Infinite Loop 4)
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Wrap-up
1230 End of IOP Testing
1230-1330 Lunch/announcements1
ROUNDTABLE VII - Garage 1 & 2, Infinite Loop 4
Wednesday 27 September
1000-1100 Introduction to CalConnect1
1100-1200 Federated Free/Busy Demo2
1230-1330 Lunch/announcements3
1330-1530 TC FREEBUSY
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 TC EVENTPUB
1800-1930 Evening Reception4
 		Thursday 28 September
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 TC CALDAV
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 TC REALTIME
1230-1330 Lunch; Steering Committee
1330-1530 TC MOBILE
1530-1600 Break
1600-1700 vCARD Ad Hoc
1700-1800 TC IOPTEST
1900-2100 Group Dinner5
 Friday Morning 29 September
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 TC USECASE
1000-1030 Break
1030-1115 TC Wrapup
1115-1200 CalConnect Plenary Session
1200 Close of Meeting; Box Lunch provided
1The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives).
2The Free/Busy Demo is optional, but will serve as a preface to the TC FREEBUSY session Wednesday afternoon.
3Combined Lunch/Announcements on Wednesday for all IOP Testing and Roundtable Participants.
4The Wednesday Evening Reception, hosted by Apple, will be held in the Piano Bar from 1800-1930. All Roundtable and IOP testing event participants are invited.
5All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner, which is part of your registration fee. It will be held at the Park Place Restaurant, associated with the Cypress Hotel (see entry under Hotels above) from 1900-2100 on Thursday; social period 1900-1930, dinner 1930-2100.

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 fees.

Lunch on Wednesday is provided for all IOP testing and Roundtable participants. All Roundtable participants who are not involved in the testing event are encouraged to arrive Wednesday morning for the Free/Busy Demo, and are welcome to attend the Introduction to CalConnect session before the demo.


Topical Agendas:

The topical agendas are current as of September 14, 2006, but may still undergo some change prior to the event.

TC AUTHENTICATE
- Review of TC activities and status
- Discussion of future of TC (close, new assignments, domain redistribution)

TC CALDAV
- Introduction and work to date
- Status of CalDAV Calendar Access Draft
- Review of CalDAV Scheduling Draft related to requirements document
- Demo of Apple iCal Server with multiple clients if possible
- Last call for scheduling draft (notification)
- Discussion on additions to improve the CalDAV protocol
  - HTTP extensions for performance
  - Notification
  - Collection synchronization
- Discussion on attachments
  - Where will external attachments be stored
  - Can we standardize an external repository as part of the WebDAV server
- Future of TC CALDAV
  - Review of existing charter and accomplishments
  - Recharter? New work items? For TC CALDAV or different TC?

TC EVENTPUB
- Review final VEVENT document to be submitted to IETF
- Proposal for new work item for TC EVENTPUB
- New Chair appointment for TC EVENPUB

TC FREEBUSY
- Demo of Federated Free/Busy Aggregation and Display
   - Wednesday morning at 11:00
- Report on TC FREEBUSY work to date
- Report for The Open Group on Federated Free/Busy Challenge and Response
- Next steps for TC FREEBUSY:
  - Additional vendor/implementator participation
  - Conversion to CalDAV Scheduling
  - Public availability of Freebusy Aggregator, CalDAV proxies, etc.

TC IOPTEST
- Review of C.I.T.E. Interoperability Test Event on Tuesday and Wednesday
- Discussion of possible Mobile Calendaring C.I.T.E. event
  - Practicality, interest, venue timing

TC MOBILE (and invited OMA/DS liaison guests)
- Report on recent work
- Benefits of migrating from vCalendar to iCalendar for the Mobile Industry
- Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Suite
- Mobile User Interfaces for recurring events (is there a need to simplify the recurrence rules?)
- Planning for future work

TC REALTIME
- Report back from IETF on response to SCHEDULETO URL
- Report on Internet draft
- Determine placement for future work items
  - Calendar URI registration
  - External access and access control
  - Discovery
- Put TC in monitor mode with respect to IETF discussions

TC USECASE
- Calendaring Glossary (final approval for publication)
- Min-IOP use cases for tasks and journals
- Future work items for TC USECASE
- New Chair appointment for TC USECASE

vCARD AD HOC
- Review status of vCard specification
- Presentation on vCard specification and requirements
- Discussion with OMA/DS representatives
  - Future vCard revision? Alternatives?
  - Participation and resources required
- Establishment of way forward if possible

CalConnect Plenary Meeting (Friday Morning)
1. Increase participation in technical work of Consortium (need more)
2. Close or initiate new Technical Committees; new work item proposals
3. Publicity and press event(s) - what, when, where?
4. Proposal to allow external participation in some CalConnect activities
5. Determine location/schedule for January and May Roundtables
6. Matters arising
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