CalConnect XXIV - May 21-25 2012

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event - 1-3 October and CalConnect Roundtable Technical Conference - 3-5 October

Zürich

Monday, May 21, 2012 to Friday, May 25, 2012

Recent Changes:

Information is current to May 14, 2012
TC CALDAV and TC ISCHEDULE Sessions Swapped

CalConnect XXIV, consisting of CalConnect Interoperability Test Events, and a CalConnect Roundtable Technical Conference (Members Meeting), will be held in Chattanooga, Tennessee Monday-Friday, May 21-25, 2012, hosted by Patricia Egen Consulting.

The Interoperability Test Event will take place all day Monday and Tuesday May 21-22, and Wednesday morning May 23, ending at noon. The Roundtable will begin with lunch at 12:30 on Wednesday the 23rd, and last through early afternoon Friday the 25th. An optional Introductory Q & A about CalConnect, intended for first-time attendees, will be scheduled at 11:00 on Wednesday the 23rd if we have first-time attendees.

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event: At this meeting, we will host a combined regular CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event. A participating organization may register for either or both events for a single registration fee, but should be aware that they may require additional individuals to participate in both activities.

The IOP Test Events are open to both members and non-members as participants or as observers; please see CalConnect Interoperability Test Event May 2012 for current information and a list of what WILL be tested at this event, plus other things that MAY be tested if there is sufficient interest. Check back often as this will be updated as more information becomes available.

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.

Roundtable XXIV: The Roundtable Technical Conference / Members Meeting will 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 afternoon will be the full Plenary meeting of the Consortium, open to all participants. This session will include report-outs from all Technical Committees, and establishment of future goals and directions for the Consortium.

International Visitors

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 must have registered for the event before a Letter of Invitation can be issued.

Chattanooga is is not an international airport and you will need to clear customs at your arrival airport in the United States prior to journeying on to Chattanooga.

Registration Information

Please see Registration and Payment Options to choose your registration type and payment option for the Roundtable and/or the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event. Note that you must register separately for the Roundtable and for the Test Events. You may register at any time for the next events.

Location

The Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable will take place in BALLROOM C at the Chattanooga Doubletree Hotel, 407 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402. The Doubletree will be the conference hotel.

Parking: Valet and self parking are available for $12 or $8 per day respectively. However as all functions will be at or close to the hotel you should not need an automobile at all.

Transportation

Airport Information: Chattanooga is served by Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The airport is less than 10 miles from downtown and the conference hotel, and is served by several airlines. See Chattanooga Airport Destinations for current service from Chattanooga (and by inference, to Chattanooga).

It may be more convenient for you to fly into Atlanta or Nashville than directly to Chattanooga (although Delta does fly between Atlanta and Chattanooga). There is an hourly shuttle between the Atlanta or Nashville airports and the Chattanooga Airport which takes about two hours; see htp://www.groometransportation.com[Groome Transportation]. The fare is less than $100 round trip.

Ground Transportation: Information on rental cars, taxis and shuttles available at the Chattanooga airport may be found at Ground Transportation.

Our hosts have also indicated they would be willing to provide transportation from the airport with advance notice. If you wish to take advantage of this please e-mail Patricia Egen directly with your arrival date, time, and airline, so they can consolidate trips as much as possible. We will sort out return trips to the airport during CalConnect week.

Lodging

The Chattanooga Doubletree is our conference hotel; all meeting functions and the Wednesday Reception, will take place at the Doubltree. We strongly encourage you to stay at the Doubletree. They are offering a special rate of $129 per night (plus taxes and fees) for CalConnect participants who book prior to May 3, 2012, so long as the room block is not exhaused. After that the discounted rate may not be available. The hotel has free Wifi in all rooms and throughout the public areas.

A variety of other hotels are within a few blocks of the Doubletree for those who may not be able to stay at the Doubletree.

The Doubletree Chattanooga Hotel
407 Chestnut Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Tel: +1 423-756-5150. Fax: +1 423-752-6950
Doubletree Hilton Chattanooga

To book at the CalConnect Rate: Call 423-756-5150 and ask for the CalConnect rate, or go to the following web page: Chattanooga Doubletree CalConnect Room Bookings. The web page will specify May 20-25 but you may book up to two days before and after those dates at the same rate.

Test Event Schedule

The Interoperability Test Event begins with breakfast 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.

This is a generic schedule and will be updated as soon as possible with the actual sessions list.

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT
Monday 21 May 0800-0830 Opening Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1230 Testing 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1400 Shared Address Books 1400-1430 CalDAV Test Suites 1430-1530 Testing 1530-1600 Break 1600-1800 Testing 1915-2200 IOP Test Dinner Big River Grille 222 Broad Street, Chattanooga	Tuesday 22 May 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 23 May 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

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT

Monday 21 May
0800-0830 Opening Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Testing
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1400 Shared Address Books
1400-1430 CalDAV Test Suites
1430-1530 Testing
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Testing

1915-2200 IOP Test Dinner
Big River Grille
222 Broad Street, Chattanooga

Tuesday 22 May
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 23 May
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

Conference Schedule

This is a generic schedule and will be updated as soon as possible with the actual sessions list.

ROUNDTABLE XXIV

Wednesday 23 May 1000-1200 User Special Interest Group² 1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect³ 1230-1330 Lunch/Opening 1315-1330 IOP Test Report 1330-1500 TC FREEBUSY 1500-1530 Break 1530-1700 TC EVENTPUB 1700-1800 Autodiscovery moving forward 1815-2030 Welcome Reception⁴ Doubletree Hotel	Thursday 24 May 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-0930 TC USECASE 0930-1030 TC RESOURCE 1030-1100 Break 1100-1230 TC ISCHEDULE 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1500 TC CALDAV 1500-1600 BOF: Report on IOP Testing BOFs 1600-1630 Break 1630-1800 Steering Committee⁵ 1900-2200 Group Dinner⁶ The Walden Club 633 Chestnut #2100, Chattanooga	Friday 25 May 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-1030 TC XML 1030-1100 Break 1100-1200 TC TIMEZONE 1200-1230 TC Wrapup 1230-1330 Working Lunch 1300-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session 1400 Close of Meeting

¹The Wednesday lunch is for all participants in the IOP Test Events and/or Roundtable ²The User Special Interest Group will meet in the iMAC Conference Room in IL4 second floor. ³The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives) ⁴All Roundtable and/or IOP Test Events participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception ⁵Member reprsentatives not on the Steering Committee are invited to attend the SC meeting. This meeting is closed to Observers ⁶All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner on Thursday. Dinner reception starting at 7:15; seating for dinner at 8:00 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.

ROUNDTABLE XXIV

Wednesday 23 May
1000-1200 User Special Interest Group²
1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect³
1230-1330 Lunch/Opening
1315-1330 IOP Test Report
1330-1500 TC FREEBUSY
1500-1530 Break
1530-1700 TC EVENTPUB
1700-1800 Autodiscovery moving forward

1815-2030 Welcome Reception⁴
Doubletree Hotel

Thursday 24 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC USECASE
0930-1030 TC RESOURCE
1030-1100 Break
1100-1230 TC ISCHEDULE
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1500 TC CALDAV
1500-1600 BOF: Report on IOP Testing BOFs
1600-1630 Break
1630-1800 Steering Committee⁵

1900-2200 Group Dinner⁶
The Walden Club
633 Chestnut #2100, Chattanooga

Friday 25 May
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1030 TC XML
1030-1100 Break
1100-1200 TC TIMEZONE
1200-1230 TC Wrapup
1230-1330 Working Lunch
1300-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session
1400 Close of Meeting

¹The Wednesday lunch is for all participants in the IOP Test Events and/or Roundtable
²The User Special Interest Group will meet in the iMAC Conference Room in IL4 second floor.
³The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives)
⁴All Roundtable and/or IOP Test Events participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception
⁵Member reprsentatives not on the Steering Committee are invited to attend the SC meeting. This meeting is closed to Observers
⁶All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner on Thursday. Dinner reception starting at 7:15; seating for dinner at 8:00

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.

Topical Agendas

AUTODISCOVERY BOF Wed 1700-1800
1, Introduction
2. Problem statement
3. Possible approaches
3.1 webfinger
3.2 Andrew (McMillan)'s approach
3.3 anything else
4. Way forward

TC CALDAV Thu 1330-1500
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Progress and Status Update
2.1 IETF
2.2 CalConnect
3. Open Discussions
3.1 Managed Attachments
3.2 BRIEF vs PREFER Header
3.3 CalDAV User Level Notifications
3.4 Calendar Alarms
3.5 Collected CalDAV Extensions
4. Moving Forward
4.1 Plan of Action
4.2 Next Conference Call

TC EVENTPUB Wed 1530-1700
1. Charter
2. Work and accomplishments
3. Rich text support
4. Multi-language support
5. New properties
6. Going Forward - new Chair needed
7. Next meeting

TC FREEBUSY Wed 1330-1500
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. VPOLL current state
2.1. Demo of VPOLL
3. Moving Forward
3.1 Plan of action
3.2 Next conference calls

TC IOPTEST Wed 1315-1330
Review of IOP test participant findings

TC iSCHEDULE Thu 1100-1230
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Open Discussions
2.1 Discussion of current iSchedule deployments
2.2 Planning for Zurich IOP testing
3. Moving Forward
3.1 Plan of Action
3.2 Next Conference Calls

TC RESOURCE Thu 0930-1030
1. Introduction
2. TC Charter
3. Status of IETF drafts
4. Possible CalDAV extension for better search experience
4.1 Enhanced attendee search accuracy
4.2 Properties to be exposed on CalDAV principals
to provide more relevant search responses
5. TC Future

TC TIMEZONE Fri 1100-1200
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Current timezone service draft
3. Aliases
4. Registries and data formats
5. JSON support
6. Current implementations - and call for more
7. Moving Forward
7.1 Plan of action
7.2 Next conference calls

TC USECASE Thu 0830-0930
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Discuss recent work: scheduling usecases
3. General discusion of scheduling usecases
4. Future work
5. Moving Forward
5.1 Call for participation
5.2 Nest conference calls

TC XML Fri 0830-1030
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Ws-Calendar summary
2.1. CalWS-SOAP and REST current state
3. iCalendar in JSON
4. Moving Forward
4.1 Plan of action
4.2 Next conference calls

BOFs

A discussion of the issues and proposed model for sharing contacts on a CardDAV server.

A discussion and demonstration of the open source calendarserver.org test suite and performance tool, to elicit feedback on whether these tools can be made more useful for others.

Follow-on to previous autodiscovery BOFs to establish a way forward for CalConnect.

Requests for additional BOF sessions may be made at any time and will be scheduled as time permits.