Announcements

On the occasion of his recent retirement, we pay tribute to Dave for his very special contributions as a founder and Executive Director of the Calendaring & Scheduling Consortium.

CalConnect is now a principal member of the Metaverse Standards Forum. CalConnect standards are used ubiquitously and our mandate extends to the metaverse.

We are proud to be the first group of SDOs that prioritises the need of standards in the metaverse.

We look forward to the creation of an interoperable metaverse inclusive to all.

The CalConnect Virtual Conference Spring 2022 web page  contains information about the timing, structure, and sessions offered for this virtual conference.  .

The CalConnect Conference is planned for the week of May 9-12, with the possibility of scheduling additional working sessions or testing on Friday Mat 13.

Virtual Session:  CalDAV Standards, Implementation, Q&A -- 3 MARCH 2022

CalConnect is planning a virtual session via Zoom to provide some assistance and information for developers working on implementations of CalDAV.

In attendance we will have developers who have been working on the protocol almost since the beginning and those working on newer implementations. We hope to provide answers to some of the problems developers may be facing and also provide information about standards and current practice - some of which is undocumented.

HeyLife, basd in Tel Aviv, Israel, empowers retirees and seniors through a rich set of smart calendars, to enrich their lives and connect with their family and friends.

The CalConnect Virtual Conference Autumn 2021 web page  contains information about the timing, structure, and sessions offered for this virtual conference.  .

The CalConnect Conference is planned for four days, Monday-Thursday, October 18-21, with the possibility of scheduling additional working sessions or testing on Friday October 22.

The CalConnect Nottingham Conference has been rescheduled once more, to May 09-13, 2022, and another Virtual Conference scheduled for October 18-22, 2021.

All other arrangements for the Nottingham conference(host, venue, conference hotel) remain unchanged.  The Board has reached this decision after reviewing the current status of the pandemic, as available from the WHO and CDC, and concluded that the chance of having a successful in-person conference before next year was essentially zero.

Marketcircle, based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, creates CRM software for small businesses.  They offer Calendar Client software that implements IMIP/ITIP, as well as a CalDAV service. 

The preliminary schedule for our April 2021 Virtual Conference is now available at https://www.calconnect.org/events/calconnect-virtual-conference-2021#conference-schedule.

Highlighted sessions:

Monday 12 April 1200-1300 Implementing JSCalendar
- Report on implementing JSCalendar in Bedework and Fastmail

CalConnect welcomes CalDav Synchronizer as a member.  CalDav Synchronizer, based in Vienna, Austria, offers the CalDav Synchronizer application to synchronize data between Outlook and CalDav implementations.