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CalConnect Implements New Website
We welcome you to the new CalConnect website at www.calconnect.org. The new site is easier to navigate and is mobile device friendly.
CalConnect's first Asian event; CalConnect XXXVI in Hong Kong
Registration is now open for CalConnect’s first event in Asia CalConnect XXXVI, April 18-22 2016, in Hong Kong, hosted by Ribose and OGCIO (the Office...
CalConnect Blog Superceded by New Website News Feed
We have superceded our old blog, calconnect.wordpress.com, with the news feed from our new website, www.calconnect.org/news.
CalConnect Specifications in IETF CALEXT Working Group Last Call
The IETF CALEXT Working Group has issued a Last Call for Comments on two CalConnect specifications Calendar Availability (VAVAILABILITY)
Only Four Weeks To CalConnect XXXVI in Hong Kong
Only four weeks left until CalConnect XXXVI in Hong Kong, April 18-22, 2016, hosted by Ribose and OGCIO
Two CalConnect Specifications have become IETF RFCs (proposed standards)
The IETF has announced that two CalConnect specifications submitted to the IETF have been approved and published as RFCs (proposed standards).
Interview with Ronald Tse of Ribose about the CalConnect event in Hong Kong in two weeks
In less than 2 weeks, CalConnect XXXVI in Hong Kong, our very first conference in Asia, will begin with our Developer’s Conference, followed by a...
Cronofy Joins CalConnect
CalConnect welcomes Cronofy as a member of the consortium. Cronofy, based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, provides a unified calendar API to allow application developers to...
Cronofy On Joining CalConnect
Cronofy, our newest member, has blogged about their experience coming to their first CalConnect event in Hong Kong last month, and about their reasons for...
Registration Open for CalConnect XXXVII in Dresden, September 12-16, 2016
Registration is now open and hotel rooms may be booked for CalConnect XXXVII Dresden, September 12-16, 2016, hosted by dmfs (SmoothSync).
Announcing the CalConnect Calendaring Developer's Guide
CalConnect has recently published its new Calendaring Developer’s Guide..
CalConnect's First non-North American President
The CalConnect Board of Directors announces they have appointed Rutger Geelen, principal of SchedJoules in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, President of CalConnect, effect July 15th, 2016....
CalConnect Revises Membership Categories and Dues, Event Fees
In April 2013 we introduced the emergent vendor category for aspiring members. The introduction met our objectives, which were to encourage membership and to increase...
VAVAILABILITY (Calendar Availability) Announced as RFC 7953
The IETF has announced that VAVAILABILITY, a CalConnect specification submitted to the IETF, has been approved and published as RFC 7953.
Simpliday joins CalConnect
CalConnect welcomes Simpliday as a member of the consortium. Simpliday, based in Malmö, Sweden, believes that the calendar is the best interface for day-to-day interaction...
New Chair of TC CHAIRS
I’m honored to announce that as of yesterday, September 26th 2016, Thomas Schäfer of 1&1 is the new Chair of TC CHAIRS. The Chair of...
From Our President CalConnect XXXVII in Dresden
In beautiful late summer weather dmfs hosted CalConnect XXXVII at Schloss Eckberg, one of three castles built about 160 years ago at the border of...
CalDAV and CardDAV Protocol/Implementations Websites Superceded
For some time CalConnect has supported two protocol and implementation oriented sites, caldav.calconnect.org and carddav.calconnect.org. These sites provides some information about the protocols themselves but...
CalConnect Announces TESTER Technical Committee
A new Technical Committee, TC TESTER, has been formed to improve testing tools for CalDAV and CardDAV. The TC is building on the CalDAV Tester...
CalConnect Announces VCARD Technical Committee
A new Technical Committee, VCARD, has been formed to extend the VCARD standards. VCARD today essentially supports only North American and Western Europe address formats;...
New Properties for iCalendar Announced as RFC 7986
The IETF has announced that New Properties for iCalendar, a CalConnect specification submitted to the IETF, has been approved and published as RFC 7986. This...
Registration Open for CalConnect XXXVIII in Irvine, California, February 13-17, 2017
Registration is now open and hotel rooms may be booked for CalConnect XXXVIII Irvine, California, February 13-17, 2017, hosted by the University of California, Irvine....
CalConnect Announces Liaison with ISO TC 211
CalConnect has established a Category A Liaison with ISO TC 211, Geographic Information / Geomatics, and nominated a technical representative to TC 211 WG 7,...
After attending CalConnect XXXVII in Dresden Simpliday became a CalConnect member. Time to get to know Simpliday better.
With main base in Malmö, South Sweden we started for almost 2 years ago on a mission to fix the broken experience of getting through...