CalConnect Virtual Conference 2021
06 Nov 2020 - Initial post.
17 Feb 2021 - Initial schedule and agenda posted.
31 Mar 2021 - Thursday JMAP session will be joint working group call with IETF WGs
01 Apr 2021 - Start Time on Monday 12 April adjusted to 1100 Eastern
06 Apr 2021 - Conference Calendar .ics entries provided
09 Apr 2021 - Thursday sessions content updates
14 Apr 2021 - corrected schedule reference to UTC offset for daylight time, removed Friday reference from schedule
Introduction
The CalConnect Virtual Conference 2021 will be held via Zoom the week of April 12-16, 2021. Our goal is to present a set of compelling sessions on issues CalConnect members are currently facing and possibly working on.
The conference will be conducted on the North America Eastern time zone (UTC-5) and will take place Monday through Wednesday from 11:00 to 14:00 EST. Thursday and possibly Friday, which will have sessions at times convenient for our Far East and Australia colleages presenting the sessions, will be from 01:00 to 04:00 EST (this schedule may be adjusted as needed).
The conference will be organized by day with each day having a list of sessions and session topics. At this time we are not going to assign a specific time for each session within the 3-hour period, however we expect that most sessions will be no more than an hour including a question or discussion period and a short break. Insofar as possible sessions will be scheduled to begin on the top of the hour. All sessions will be recorded and available after the fact to registrants who were unable to be on a specific session.
We also plan to offer interoperability testing during or adjacent to the Virtual Conference. More details on this will be available when people register.
The Virtual Conferences will be open to members and non-members. You must register in advance and pay the registration fee for the conference prior to Monday April 12 2021. Please register for the conference at https://www.calconnect.org/events/event-registration-payment.
Registration for the Virtual Conference is $50 U.S. per person.
Registration is open through Sunday April 11 2021; please see https://www.calconnect.org/events/event-registration-payment to register. See the registration pages linked above for more information. Registrants will be sent the access information prior to the Virtual Conference.
Via Zoom. URL and access credentials will be provided to all registered attendees before the Virtual Conference.
To be announced.
CALCONNECT VIRTUAL CONFERENCE APRIL 2021
This schedule will be updated as new information and new sessions are added. Please check periodically for changes and additions.
All times shown are Eastern North America UTC-4 (daylight saving time)
| Monday 12 April 2021 | |
| 1100-1130 | Intros and Familiarization - Quick discussion on Zoom and tools - Introductions and welcome to newcomers |
| 1130-1200 | Conference Welcome and Plenary - TC Status - Report from Board, next steps - Plans for Autumn 2021 and beyond |
| 1200-1300 | Implementing JSCalendar HIGHLIGHT SESSION - Report on implementing JSCalendar in Bedework and Fastmail |
| 1300-1400 | Testing and Certification Discussion - CalDAV Tester improvements and client support - Automated testing of calendar clients -CalConnect Certification discussion: should CalConnect offer certification of calendar servers or clients? |
| 1400-1430 | Interoperability Testing opportunity / Chat Time |
| Tuesday 13 April 2021 | |
| 1045-1100 | Chat Time |
| 1100-1200 | DMARC and iMIP Constraints and Incompatibilities HIGHLIGHT SESSION There are known issues with iMip and DMARC. For example, forwarding of invitations and sending on behalf of another user. We will outline the problems and possibly suggest solutions. |
| 1200-1300 | Date and Time Representations - Non-Gregorian Calendar Systems - What to expect from calendar systems? - Standard representation of dates - What is already there (RSCALE)? - A new implementation of RSCALE in Java |
| 1300-1315 | TC-CALENDAR Review Review of ongoing work; status of current draft specifications |
| 1315-1400 | Calendar Privacy and Encrypted CalDAV Many calendar services require storing the data on servers with full access by the provider. Are there approaches we can take to enhance privacy? The ISO Privacy work is focused on consumer rights. This discussion wlil focus on the protocols and implementation. |
| 1400-1430 | Chat Time |
| Wednesday 14 April 2021 | |
| 1045-1100 | Chat Time |
| 1100-1200 | Calendaring, Public Events and Higher Education HIGHLIGHT SESSION A discussion on the calendar issues facing higher ed institutions. These include resource management and event publication. |
| 1200-1300 | Overview of the Calendar Client Landscape and the Future of Calendaring Discussion and brainstorming |
| 1300-1400 | Calendar Migration and Data Portability Presentation and discussion |
| 1400-1430 | CalConnect Calendar Develoopers' Guide Introdoctuion to the DEVGUIDE, latest changes and next steps |
| 1430-1500 | Chat Time |
| Thursday 15 April 2021 | |
| 0100-0200 | TC-LOCALIZATION, TC-VCARD and ISO/TC 211 Presentations and discussion |
| 0200-0300 | TC-DATETIME and ISO/TC 154 WG 5 Presentations and discussion |
| 0300-0430 | JMAP and JSCalendar/JSContacts Joint Session with IETF CALEXT and JMAP WGs Joint public working group call with IETF CALEXT and JMAP workin groups |