Highlighted Sessions at CalConnect XXIV in Amsterdam

We have several sessions planned for the CalConnect Conference in Amsterdam (September 30 – October 2) that we feel are of special interest and should be highlighted:

Wednesday September 30

1400-1445
Event-type Registry:
Developing standard categorizations for event publication to aid searching and relating events.

1600-1800
Calendaring in Government Panel Discussion:
Citizens, companies and governments are looking for ways to ease and standardise communication. Time related information could very well be communicated via existing standards and systems. Topics include what makes governments special when it comes to C&S; what are governmental use cases?
This session is open to the public by invitation; e-mail us if you are interested in attending.

Thursday October 1

0830-0930
API – JMAP+REST
Developing a new lighter-weight API for calendaring.

1600-1700
Scheduling model changes
Extend the enterprise scheduling model to support the social calendaring interactions which takes place today. For example, multiple organizers, self-invitation(signup) etc.

1700-1800
Recurrences – alternative models
A new model to avoid the issues with long running recurring events that are always modified. For example the weekly meeting with a different agenda.

Friday October 2

0945-1030
RSCALE – non Gregorian calendar scales
How RSCALE allows non-Gregorian recurrences to be specified as part of iCalendar events.

1330-1430
Publishing events with QRCODE and data URI
Formulate an approach to publishing events within the limitations of QRCODEs and data URIs; develop rules for publishing recurrences and instances.

For the complete schedule of the CalConnect Conference please see http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect34.shtml#schedule.