CalConnect Interoperability Test Event - 2-5 February
CalConnect Roundtable XIV - 4-6 February
Information current to January 22, 2009
Schedule Change Updates, Dinner Locations
CalConnect XIV, consisting of a CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and a CalConnect Roundtable (Members Meeting), will be held in Redmond, Washington, Monday-Friday, February 2-6, 2009, hosted by Microsoft.
The IOP Testing will take place all day Monday and Tuesday February 2-3, and Wednesday morning, ending at noon on Wednesday February 4th. The Roundtable will begin with lunch at 12:30 on Wednesday the 4th, and last through early afternoon Friday the 6th. An optional Introductory Q & A about CalConnect, intended for first-time attendees, is scheduled at 11:00 on Wednesday the 4th.
CalConnect Interoperability Test Event: The IOP Test Event event is open to both members and non-members as participants or as observers; please see IOP Test Event February 2009 for current information. Check back often as this will be updated as we get nearer to the event.
You do not need finished or polished code to participate in the IOP testing; in fact as soon as you have something working at all, testing against other participants can help debugging and code development, especially in identifying red herrings and wrong decisions.
Please Note: This is a regular IOP test event focused on calendaring servers and desktop clients. The next Mobile Calendaring IOP Test Event has not been scheduled but will take place later in 2009.
Roundtable XIV: The Roundtable Members Meeting will feature a presentation by Ben Fortuna, the author of iCal4j, and CalConnect's 2009 Guest Speaker. Additionally, the Roundtable will as usual offer Technical Committee sessions, to which all members and observers are welcome, informal BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), plus additional sessions and committee meetings.
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.
International visitors who are not U.S. Citizens or hold a valid U.S. passport should acquaint themselves with any changes in U.S. travel and visitor policy since their last visit to the U.S. at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/. Attendees who require a Letter of Invitation to obtain a visa should contact Dave Thewlis, CalConnect Executive Director, at Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org. Please be aware that you will must have registered for the event before a Letter of Invitation can be issued.
Please see Registration and Payment Options to choose your registration type and payment option for the Roundtable and/or the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event.
The Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable will take place in Building 40, Room 1261 ("Constance") on the main Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Please see Redmond Campus Map or Main Campus Map.
Please part in a marked Visitor Parking space. You will need to complete a parking form with reception. If you wish, you can download the form, and bring the completed form with you to expedite the process: Microsoft General Visitor Parking Registration (this is a .doc file).
Visitor Registration: We will provide a list of registered individuals to our hosts the week prior to the event. When you arrive at Building 40 the receptionist should have a pre-printed visitor badge waiting for you which will be good for the entire week. You will have to have an escort to the meeting room; the receptionist will know to summon someone. If you do not have a badge waiting, please sign in for the day and call 707-498-2238 (Dave Thewlis); we'll make sure someone comes to bring you to the room.
Airport Information: The Seattle Area is served by Sea-Tac International Airport. Microsoft is approximately 25 miles northeast of the airport in Redmond, Washington.
Ground Transportation: Information on rental cars and shuttles is available at Sea-Tac Ground Transportation.
There are a wide variety of hotels within a few miles of the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. The hotels shown below are a sampling of hotels closest to the Redmond Campus. However, none of the hotels listed are within comfortable walking distance. Some may offer a local shuttle to Microsoft; please check with the hotel you are considering.
Marriott Redmond Town Center
7401 164th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: +1 425 948 4000
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seamc-redmond-marriott-town-center/
Marriott Residence Inn Seattle East/Redmond
7575 164th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Tel: +1 425 497 9226
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seard-residence-inn-seattle-east-redmond/
Free Internet, Free Parking
Fairfield Inn Bellevue
14595 NE 29th Place
Bellevue, WA 98007
Tel: +1 425 859 6548
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bvufi-fairfield-inn-seattle-bellevue/
Free Internet, Free Parking
Silver Cloud Inn Redmond
2122 152nd Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: +1 425 746 8200
http://www.silvercloud.com/03home.htm
Marriott Courtyard Bellevue
14615 NE 29th Place
Bellevue, WA 98007
Tel: +1 425 869 5300
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bvuch-courtyard-seattle-bellevue-redmond/
Free Internet, Free Parking
Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington
1200 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
Tel: +1 425 822 3700
http://www.thewoodmark.com/
The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday.
A downloadable iCalendar.ics file with the entire schedule will be available once the specific sessions are scheduled.
| CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT | ||
| Monday 2 February 0800-0830 Opening Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1230 Testing 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1530 Testing 1530-1600 BOFs/Break 1600-1800 Testing 1900-2030 IOP Test Dinner Desert Fire Grill, 7211 166 Ave NE, Redmond |
Tuesday 3 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1230 Testing 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1530 Testing 1530-1600 Break 1600-1800 Testing |
Wednesday 4 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1200 Testing 1200-1230 Wrap-up 1230 End of IOP Testing 1230-1330 Lunch/Opening1 |
The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday.
A downloadable iCalendar.ics file with the entire schedule will be available once the specific sessions are scheduled.
| ROUNDTABLE XIV | ||
| Wednesday 4 February 1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect2 1230-1330 Lunch/Opening 1330-1430 "Dog Food" Session 1430-1530 TC Timezone; Workshop Report 1530-1600 Break 1600-1700 Calendaring Standards Roadmap 1700-1800 Guest Speaker: Ben Fortuna 1800-1930 Welcome Reception3 On site, Hosted by Microsoft |
Thursday 5 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-0930 TC MOBILE 0930-1000 BOF 1000-1030 Break 1030-1230 TC CALDAV 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1500 TC iSCHEDULE 1500-1600 TC FREEBUSY 1600-1615 Break 1615-1715 CalConnect: Contributing to the World Wide Calendar 1715-1800 Steering Committee 1930-2130 Group Dinner3 Maggiano's Little Italy, 10455 NE 8th Street, Bellevue |
Friday 6 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-0930 TC EVENTPUB 0930-1030 TC XML 1030-1100 Break 1100-1200 TC USECASE 1200-1230 TC Wrapup 1230-1300 Working Lunch 1230-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session 1400 Close of Meeting |
| 1The Wednesday noon lunch is for all opening break is for all attendees as they arrive 2The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives) 3All Roundtable and IOP Test Event participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception 4All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner Breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon breaks will be served to all participants in the Roundtable and the IOP test events and are included in your registration fees. |
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Topical Agendas:
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CalConnect: Contributing to the World Wide Calendar Thu 1615-1715
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TC IOPTEST Wed 1315-1330 Review of IOP test participant findings TC iSCHEDULE Thu 1330-1500 1. Progress and Status Update 2. iSchedule Overview 3. Open discussion 3.2 Discovery 4. Moving Forward 4.1 Plan of Action 4.2 Next Conference Calls TC MOBILE Thu 0830-0930 1. Summary of European Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event 2. Discussion: How to increase adoption of iCalendar on mobile platforms 3. Discussion: White paper on CalDAV considerations for mobile devices 4. Planning for future work 4.1 Mobile calendaring workshop & labs 4.2 Milestones and work products TC TIMEZONE Wed 1330-1430 1. Workshop Roundup 2. Presentation of draft RFC 3. Next steps TC USECASE Fri 1100-1200 1. Review Resources document - concerns and issues 2. Discuss future directions TC XML Fri Feb 6 0930-1030 1. Review final document 2. Initiate internal last call befomre submission to IETF 3. Next steps for the TC |
Scheduled BOFs
Requests for BOF sessions can be made at the Wednesday opening and known BOFs will be scheduled at that time. However spontaneous BOF sessions are welcome to be called at BOF session time during the Roundtable.