CalConnect XXXIX - June 12-16, 2017

Please see Registration and Payment Options to choose your registration type and payment option for the CalConnect Conference and/or the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and Developers Forum. Note that you must register separately for the Conference and for the Test Event, but you may request a combined invoice. You may register at any time for the next event.

CalConnect XXXIX will be held at Galvanize Pioneer Square, 111 S. Jackson Street at First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104, in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle. We will be in the main conference room on the fiifth floor, next to the elevator.

The closest Light Rail Station is International/Chinatown Bay C, a short walk down S. Jackson Street to the venue. Here is a map of the immediate area of the venue showing the light rail station. The venue is about 8 blocks from the Conference Hotel, the Kimpton Alexis Seattle, at 1007 First Avenue at Madison.

Seattle is served by the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, generally called SeaTac. SeaTac is about 20 miles south of Seattle, and offers both public transportation and rental cars. (We do not recommend a rental car unless you must, due to the high cost of parking in downtown Seattle.)

The easiest way to get from SeaTac to downtown Seattle is the Seattle Light Rail system. As noted under Location, the nearest Light Rail station to the venue is International District/Chinatown Bay C. The nearest Light Rail station to the conference hotel is the Pioneer Square Station or University Street Station, the next two stations north. The journey takes about 40 minutes and the cost is less than $4 U.S. Trains run every 6-15 minutes depending on time of day, and are available from 5 a.m. until midnight or later.

Lodging costs in Seattle for the period of the event, June 12-16, are quite high, probably because of the tourist season. We have managed to identify a conference hotel; however the CalConnect rate will depend on availability. We encourage you to book your room as soon as possible.

The conference hotel is the Kimpton Alexis Seattle, at 1007 First Avenue at Madison, about half a mile from the venue. The nearest Light Rail stations to the hotel are the Pioneer Square station and the University Street station, one and two stops north of the International District/Chinatown Bay C station.

The Kimpton has offered us a group rate of $275 per night for those willing to commit to their stay to us, such that CalConnect will guarantee the room costs. In order to secure this offer we had to commit at the beginning of April following a quick notification to possible attendees. The Kimpton has offered to make this rate available to other CalConnect attendees as long as availability permits.

The least expensive hotel in the area of the venue appears to be the Best Western Plus Pioneer Square, which is quoting a best rate of $289 per night for the days of our event (slightly less for AAA/CAA or Senior).

AirBnB is certainly an alternative especially in the Capitol Hill Light Rail station area, a few stops north of Pioneer Square. Additionally, lower rates may be available very close to CalConnect week if hotels still have vacancies, but have backup plans.

The Developers Forum and Interoperability Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning.

Any vendor or organization wishing to test a calendaring and scheduling implementation, or a mobile calendaring server or client, is welcome to participate whether or not they are a CalConnect member. Note that non-members pay a 25% surchange on the Interoperability Test Event registration fee.Any vendor or organization wishing to 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.

Please see CalConnect Interoperability Test Event Registration Fees for information about event registration fees. Please choose one of the following registration methods:

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.

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