CalConnect XL - September 25-29, 2017

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and Developers' Forum - Monday-Wednesday and CalConnect Conference - Wednesday-Friday

CalConnect XL in Cologne

CalConnect XL in Cologne, September 25-29, 2017, hosted by Open-Xchange

Monday, September 25, 2017 to Friday, September 29, 2017

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Recent Changes:

05 September 2017 - Event Reading List updated. Directions to Open-Xchange for the Wednesday Reception added to the Location section of the web page.

30 August 2017 - Testing areas and topics for Devleopers Forum added to the Test Event section; schedule and sessions added to Conference Schedule section; week schedule calendar available.

03 July 2017 - Expanded web page with locations, travel and hotel information, venue, etc.

CalConnect XL, consisting of a CalConnect Test Event and Developers Forum (Interoperability Testing and technical discussions of specifications and issues) and a CalConnect Conference (Members Meeting) will be held in Cologne on September 25-29, 2017, hosted by Open-Xchange.

The Test Event/Developers Forum will take place all day Monday and Tuesday September 25-26, and Wednesday morning the 27th, ending before lunch. The Conference will open following lunch on Wednesday, the 27th, and will run through Thursday and Friday.

Test Event and Developers Forum: Open to both members and non-members as participants or as observers; please see observe the Interoperability Test Event is welcome whether or not they are a CalConnect. Note that an organization, member or not, may only observe one Test Event.

Registration

|CalConnect Interoperability Test Event Participant Registration Please see CalConnect Interoperability Test Event Registration Fees for information about event registration fees. Please choose one of the following registration methods: : Register one to six people as participants for the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event, with a choice of payment options.
|CalConnect Interoperability Test Event Observer Registration : Register one to six people as observers for the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event.

Interoperability Event Scenarios

If you are planning to participate, please contact us to let us know which interoperability event scenarios you wish to pursue or if you would like to propose a new scenario.CalConnect will invite all registered participants to two or three conference calls prior to the event to discuss logistics, testing scenarios, etc.

Conference Schedule

Wednesday 27 September 2017
1100-1200	Introduction to CalConnect Q&A An optional session for first-time attendees. The genesis of CalConnect, a brief history, how CalConnect works, followed by questions.
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1400	Conference Opening and Introductions Welcome, Logistics, Introductions
1400-1430	Reports on CalConnect activities Test Event and Dev Forum, TC activity, Liaisons, Report from the Board
1430-1445	New and Non-Member Presentations
1445-1530	Open-Xchange Host Session
1530-1600	Break and Refreshments
1600-1645	Calendar Spam and M3WAAG Update Having seen a big wave of calendar spam on last year’s Black Friday, this session keeps track of our actions regarding the topic
1645-1715	Support for Series in iCalendar An alternative to recurrences
1715-1800	CalDAV support for relationships queries Protocol support for retrieving related events and tasks
1800-2000	Welcome Reception At Open-Xchange Headquarters, Hohenzollernring 72, 50672 KÂ¶ln, 16th Floor
Thursday 28 September 2017
0800-0830	Coffee & Rolls
0830-0915	Categorization and event types Being able to categorize events in a standardized manner will help in aggregation and allow applications to discover events of interest.
0915-1000	Consistent handling of per-user data in events How to handle alarms, transparency, etc. in a consistent manner
1000-1030	Enhanced Synchronization and Update Mechanisms to pass smaller packets of data using new iCalendar constructs (VPATCH/VINSTANCE)
1030-1100	Break and refreshments
1100-1130	Generic notification systems for alarms A mechanism to inform calendar systems of when notifications should occur - leaving the exact mechanism to the recipient
1130-1200	DAV PUSH Overview and Status Standardized notification and push mechanism for DAV
1200-1230	Calendar Subscription Upgrades Allowing the server to advertise more efficient forms of subscription and enhancements to HTTP GET for simple synchronization
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1430	JSCalendar: JSON Representation for Calendar Data TC API status and issues; support for VCARD, VTODO, categories, IETF status.
1430-1530	Calendar Developers Guide (DEVGUIDE) Re-implementation and alterations to the Developers Guide, discussion of future additions.
1530-1600	Break and refreshments
1600-1630	CalConnect CalDAV Tester Working towards a certification suite for CalDAV servers
1630-1800	Shape of the CalConnect Event Week The existing model for the CalConnect Event week is ten years old. In that time much has changed. We will discuss possible alternatives in content, frequency, length, packaging, fees, etc.
1900-2100	Conference Dinner Osman30
Friday 29 September
0800-0830	Coffee & Rolls
0830-0915	Calendaring extensions for improved grouping of properties PARTICIPANT and ATTENDEE in event publication and scheduling
0915-1000	Refactoring VPOLL using the PARTICIPANT component VPOLL is the standards-based implementation of consensus scheduiing
1000-1030	BOF (TBD)
1030-1100	Break and refreshments
1100-1200	VCARD, TC 211 and ISO 19160 Representing non-western address formats in VCARDs, collaboration with ISO TC 211, synchronization with ISO 19160.
1200-1230	CalConnect iCal4J Proposed future developments for iCal4J, direction towards a common CalConnect implementation.
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1400	Future Areas of Engagement for CalConnect Where (else) should we be active
1400-1415	Technical Committee Futures for period to CalConnect XLI
1415-1500	CalConnect Plenary Meeting Administrative business, coming events, consensus agreements on decisions reached during the week, open floor.
1500	Close of CalConnect XL

Please see the Reading List for at Event Reading List The list contains URLs for all standards, drafts and specifications to be discussed