From Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org Tue Jul 23 13:57:56 2013 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ischedule@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: ischedule@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22CB211E8100; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:57:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.272 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.272 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_50=0.001, GB_I_LETTER=-2, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, IP_NOT_FRIENDLY=0.334, SARE_TO_EMPTY=0.222, TO_MALFORMED=1.17] Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YYWj4n6mYt6s; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:57:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from newredwood.morsemedia.net (newredwood.morsemedia.net [69.50.246.34]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6560111E8136; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c75-111-1-113.erkacmtk01.ca.dh.suddenlink.net ([75.111.1.113]:45192 helo=[192.168.0.218]) by newredwood.morsemedia.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1V1j8S-0005Q7-9Y; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:24:43 -0700 From: Dave Thewlis Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_CF362175-1274-426A-9D05-A71D334F574F" Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:24:27 -0700 To: Undisclosed-recipients: <>; Message-Id: <993E8F27-737F-4738-A88C-6DBD6481CF55@calconnect.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) X-MorseMedia-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MorseMedia-MailScanner-ID: 1V1j8S-0005Q7-9Y X-MorseMedia-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-MorseMedia-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MorseMedia-MailScanner-From: dave.thewlis@calconnect.org X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - newredwood.morsemedia.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - ietf.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - calconnect.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: newredwood.morsemedia.net: authenticated_id: dave@dcta.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:04:08 -0700 Subject: [ischedule] CalConnect's third European event is this September 23-27 -- you're invited to join us at DHL in Prague, Czech Republic X-BeenThere: ischedule@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Thewlis Dave List-Id: "Internet Calendar Scheduling Protocol \(iSchedule\) discussion list" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:57:56 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_CF362175-1274-426A-9D05-A71D334F574F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This e-mail is being sent to our external contacts list. As always, if = you wish to be removed from this list please reply to me and request = that I do so. Dave Thewlis CalConnect - The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium - is returning to = Europe for its third European event Our first two European conferences, in 2011 and 2013, were very = successful, and our European colleagues attendees encouraged us to = return again this autumn. Therefore, CalConnect XXVIII will take place = in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 23-27, 2013, hosted by DHL.=20 We encourage our European colleagues and others interested in = Calendaring and Scheduling to join us. We're working to make this event = as attractive as possible to organizations that are not currently = members but have thought about exploring CalConnect, and a European = event is a chance for people to participate in a CalConnect event = without having to incur the travel costs and time of coming to North = America. =20 CalConnect is a collaboration between calendaring and scheduling vendors = and users. It was established to further interoperability between = calendaring and scheduling implementations, and works towards this = purpose by driving the evolution of calendaring and scheduling standards = through technical committee work, holding regular interoperability = testing events, and hosting regular conferences, workshops and symposia = focused on calendaring and scheduling. =20 European companies were among CalConnect's earliest members members, and = as standards and interoperability are both central to CalConnect's = mission and are strong core values of European Information Technology, = we have long recognized the importance of increasing European = involvement in CalConnect. To that end we held special events in Europe = and 2007 and 2008 in preparation for our first regular CalConnect = conference in Europe in 2011. This autumn's event in Prague is one = which we hope will continue with even greater European participation in = CalConnect's interoperable calendaring and scheduling projects.=20 Overview Our venue will be the DHL facility in Prague, located at V Parku = 2308/4117, Prague 4, 148 00, Czech Republic. The facility is a 5 minute = walk from the Chodov metro station on Line C. All events of the = CalConnect week, September 23-27, except for the Monday IOP test event = dinner and the Thursday Roundtable dinner will take place at the DHL = facility. Full information about the conference may be found at = CalConnect XXVIII including the week's schedules, registration, and = logistics information including accommodation. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, September 23-25, will be our = Interoperability Test Event, ending with lunch on Wednesday. Wednesday = afternoon (beginning with lunch), Thursday, and Friday, September 25-27, = will be the Technical Conference (Roundtable) which will include = workshops, and technical committee sessions: briefings on what the = CalConnect technical committees are doing, and discussions of problems, = alternatives, and participation in the work of the Technical Committees. Registration and Fees You must register separately for the Interoperability Test Event and the = Roundtable Technical Conference. Please see Registration and Fees for = more information and registration forms.=20 Special Registration Fee for This Event: $600 U.S. per person for = first-time non-members to cover both the Interoperability Test Event and = the Roundtable Technical Conference. =20 We encourage you to register as soon as possible. Upon registration you = will be invoiced for the amount due. However, you may choose to pay = later, including at the event, if it is more convenient. Conference Hotel Our conference hotel is the Corinthia Hotel in Prague. We have a block = of rooms and a special rate of 85 Euros/night exclusive of VAT. The = special rate is available through 31 August. More information including = a link to the booking form for this event may be found on the logistics = page: http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect28.shtml#hotel . Who and What is CalConnect? We are a collaboration between calendaring and scheduling vendors and = users, established to further interoperability between calendaring and = scheduling implementations, and work towards this purpose by driving the = evolution of calendaring and scheduling standards through technical = committee work, holding regular interoperability testing events, and = hosting regular conferences, workshops and symposia focused on = calendaring and scheduling. See our current member list at CalConnect = Members. Learn more about CalConnect at our website and our blog, and = from our newsletter CalConnect Minutes, published after each CalConnect = Technical Conference (Roundtable). You can find out more about = membership in CalConnect at CalConnect Membership. What is CalConnect currently focused on? You may find brief descriptions of the current work items of our = Technical Committees at Current Work.=20 Questions and Feedback: Please contact us at contact@calconnect.org with questions or feedback. =20= In particular, if you are interested in the Interoperability Test event = and would like to suggest specific areas of testing, or potential = participants, we want to know. If you have specific areas of interest = or topics which you would like to see addressed in the workshops and = symposia, please let us know about that as well! Also, feel free to = send this e-mail on to others who you feel might be interested, or = contact us and ask us to invite them as well. You are also welcome to contact me directly with questions and = suggestions; see my Signature block at the end of this E-mail Please join us in Prague! Dave Thewlis Executive Director The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium -------------------- More Information: More information about the test event, the technical conference, and the = workshops may be found below. The schedule for the week may be viewed = at CalConnect XXVIII Schedule. The entire set of logistics information, = including travel, hotel booking, schedule, and as we get closer to the = event, topical agendas and final topics for the workshops and symposia, = may be viewed at CalConnect XXVIII. Interoperability Testing The Interoperability Testing will take place Monday and Tuesday, October = 1-2, plus Wednesday morning the 3rd. Our interoperability test events = offer those with calendaring implementations a chance to test against = others one-on-one; the event is structured to allow "testing pairs" = where you will get a chance to test with everyone in the course of = event. =20 The exact testing scenarios will be decided based on who is coming and = what (and with whom) they want to test. As of today we will definitely = plan to test the following areas: CalDAV iCalendar/iMIP/iTIP and iMIP gateways iSchedule VPOLL Autodiscovery protocol CALSCALE (non-gregorian calendar recurrences via RRULE and RSCALE) CardDAV The new Timezone Service Protocol CalWS, the Web Services protocol for calendaring** If there is interest, synchronization testing for mobile clients in = general Please see CalConnect XXVIII IOP Test Event for more information. **CalWS is being developed iin part to support of the WS Calendar = specification from OASIS as part of the NIST Smart Grid initiative; = however it is a general implementation of calendaring and scheduling = operations via web services. CalWS testing is dependent upon at least = two implementations participating. Technical Workshops and Symposia Thursday and Friday mornings will be dedicated to workshops, which are = included in the Roundtable Registration. We are currently planning = workshops on Calendaring and Travel Itineraries, and on Federated Shared = Calendars. Additional workshops may be offered. The CalConnect XXVIII Schedule will be updated with the topics and = speakers for the workshops as they are identified. Roundtable (Technical Conference) At each CalConnect event, the Roundtable offers an opportunity for each = of the CalConnect Technical Committees to present its work, invite = suggestions, and conduct open discussions with the attendees on issues = or topics under deliberation in the technical committee. In order to = facilitate people in North America joining the Roundtable portion of the = week's events, the Roundtable sessions will be held Wednesday, Thursday = and Friday afternoons, as will be shown in the CalConnect XXVIII = Schedule. The schedule includes Opening and introduction to CalConnect Report from the Interoperability Test Event Technical Committee sessions for all CalConnect TCs Opportunities for BOFs ("birds of a feather" discussions) Final wrapup and summary of all Technical Committee sessions CalConnect Plenary Session The conference will conclude no later than 18:00 on Friday, October 5th. Social Events: =20 There will be a dinner for all Interoperability Test Event participants = on Monday Evening, a Reception on Wednesday evening for all participants = in either the Test Event and/or the Technical Conference, and a dinner = for all Technical Conference participants on Thursday evening. =20 Meals Your registration to the Interoperability Test Event or the Roundtable = Technical Conference includes lunch and morning and afternoon = refreshments for the period of the event, plus the reception Wednesday = evening. In addition, registration to the test event includes the = Monday evening IOP test event dinner, and registration to the technical = conference includes the Thursday evening Roundtable dinner. Please note = that breakfast is not included as it is generally included with your = hotel package. =20 Best Regards, Dave Thewlis -- Dave Thewlis, Executive Director CalConnect - The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium +1 707 840 9391 voice | +1 707 498 2238 mobile | +1 415 946 3454 fax http://www.calconnect.org | Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org --Apple-Mail=_CF362175-1274-426A-9D05-A71D334F574F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
This e-mail is being = sent to our external contacts list.  As always, if you wish to be = removed from this list please reply to me and request that I do = so.

Dave = Thewlis



CalConnect - The Calendaring and = Scheduling Consortium - is returning to Europe for its = third European event

Our first two European = conferences, in 2011 and 2013, were very successful, and our European = colleagues attendees encouraged us to return again this autumn. =  Therefore, CalConnect = XXVIII will = take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 23-27, 2013, hosted = by DHL. 
We encourage our European colleagues and = others interested in Calendaring and Scheduling to join us.  We're = working to make this event as attractive as possible to organizations = that are not currently members but have thought about exploring = CalConnect, and a European event is a chance for people to participate = in a CalConnect event without having to incur the travel costs and time = of coming to North America.  

CalConnect is a collaboration = between calendaring and scheduling vendors and users.  It was = established to further interoperability between calendaring and = scheduling implementations, and works towards this purpose by driving = the evolution of calendaring and scheduling standards through technical = committee work, holding regular interoperability testing events, and = hosting regular conferences, workshops and symposia focused on = calendaring and scheduling.  

European companies were among = CalConnect's earliest members members, and as standards and = interoperability are both central to CalConnect's mission and are strong = core values of European Information Technology, we have long recognized = the importance of increasing European involvement in CalConnect. =  To that end we held special events in Europe and 2007 and 2008 in = preparation for our first regular CalConnect conference in Europe in = 2011.  This autumn's event in Prague is one = which we hope will continue with even greater European participation = in CalConnect's interoperable calendaring and scheduling = projects. 


Overview

Our venue will be the DHL = facility in Prague, located at V = Parku 2308/4117, Prague 4, 148 00, Czech Republic. The facility is = a 5 minute walk from the Chodov metro station on Line C.  All events of the = CalConnect week, September 23-27, except for the Monday IOP test event = dinner and the Thursday Roundtable dinner will take place at the DHL = facility.  Full information about the conference may = be found at CalConnect = XXVIII including the week's schedules, registration, and logistics = information including accommodation.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday = morning, September 23-25, will be our Interoperability Test Event, = ending with lunch on Wednesday.  Wednesday afternoon (beginning = with lunch), Thursday, and Friday, September 25-27, will be = the Technical Conference (Roundtable) which will include = workshops, and technical committee sessions: briefings on what the = CalConnect technical committees are doing, and discussions of problems, = alternatives, and participation in the work of the Technical = Committees.


Registration and Fees

You must register separately = for the Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable Technical = Conference.  Please see Registration and = Fees for = more information and registration forms. 

Special Registration Fee = for This Event:  $600 U.S. per person for first-time = non-members to cover both the Interoperability Test Event and the = Roundtable Technical Conference.   

We encourage you to register = as soon as possible.  Upon registration you will be invoiced for = the amount due.  However, you may choose to pay later, including = at the event, if it is more convenient.


Conference = Hotel

Our conference hotel is the Corinthia = Hotel in Prague.  We have a block of rooms and a special = rate of 85 Euros/night exclusive of VAT.  The special rate is = available through 31 August.  More information including a link to = the booking form for this event may be found on the logistics = page:


Who and What is = CalConnect?

We are a = collaboration between calendaring and scheduling vendors and users, = established to further interoperability between calendaring and = scheduling implementations, and work towards this purpose by driving the = evolution of calendaring and scheduling standards through technical = committee work, holding regular interoperability testing events, and = hosting regular conferences, workshops and symposia focused on = calendaring and scheduling.  See our current member list = at CalConnect = Members. Learn more about CalConnect at our website and = our blog, and from our = newsletter CalConnect = Minutes, published after each CalConnect Technical Conference = (Roundtable).  You can find out more about membership in = CalConnect at CalConnect = Membership.

What is = CalConnect currently focused on?
You may find brief descriptions of the current work items = of our Technical Committees at Current = Work. 


Questions and Feedback:

Please contact us at contact@calconnect.org wit= h questions or feedback.  

In particular, if you are = interested in the Interoperability Test event and would like to suggest = specific areas of testing, or potential participants, we want to know. =  If you have specific areas of interest or topics which you would = like to see addressed in the workshops and symposia, please let us know = about that as well!  Also, feel free to send this e-mail on to = others who you feel might be interested, or contact us and ask us to = invite them as well.


You are also welcome to contact me directly with = questions and suggestions; see my Signature block at the end of this = E-mail

Please join us in Prague!

Dave = Thewlis
Executive Director
The Calendaring and Scheduling = Consortium


--------------------


More = Information:

More information about the test event, the technical = conference, and the workshops may be found below.  The schedule for = the week may be viewed at CalConnect = XXVIII Schedule. The entire set of logistics information, including = travel, hotel booking, schedule, and as we get closer to the event, = topical agendas and final topics for the workshops and symposia, may be = viewed at CalConnect = XXVIII.


Interoperability = Testing

The Interoperability Testing = will take place Monday and Tuesday, October 1-2, plus Wednesday morning = the 3rd.  Our interoperability test events offer those with = calendaring implementations a chance to test against others one-on-one; = the event is structured to allow "testing pairs" where you will get a = chance to test with everyone in the course of event. =  

The exact testing scenarios will be decided based on who = is coming and what (and with whom) they want to test.  As of today = we will definitely plan to test the following = areas:

  • CalDAV
  • iCalendar/iMIP/iTIP and iMIP = gateways
  • iSchedule
  • VPOLL
  • Autodiscovery = protocol
  • CALSCALE (non-gregorian = calendar recurrences via RRULE and RSCALE)
  • CardDAV
  • The new Timezone Service Protocol
  • CalWS, the Web Services protocol = for calendaring**
  • If there is interest, synchronization testing for mobile = clients in general

Please see CalConnect XXVIII IOP = Test Event for = more information.

**CalWS is being developed iin part to = support of the WS Calendar specification from OASIS as part of the NIST = Smart Grid initiative; however it is a general implementation of = calendaring and scheduling operations via web services.  CalWS = testing is dependent upon at least two implementations = participating.


Technical Workshops and = Symposia

Thursday and Friday mornings = will be dedicated to workshops, which are included in the Roundtable = Registration.  We are currently planning workshops on Calendaring = and Travel Itineraries, and on Federated Shared Calendars. =  Additional workshops may be offered.

The CalConnect = XXVIII Schedule will be updated with the topics and speakers for = the workshops  as they are identified.



Roundtable (Technical = Conference)

At each CalConnect event, the Roundtable offers an = opportunity for each of the CalConnect Technical Committees to present = its work, invite suggestions, and conduct open discussions with the = attendees on issues or topics under deliberation in the technical = committee.  In order to facilitate people in North America joining = the Roundtable portion of the week's events, the Roundtable sessions = will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, as will be shown = in the CalConnect = XXVIII Schedule. =  The schedule includes

  • Opening and introduction to = CalConnect
  • Report from the Interoperability Test = Event
  • Technical Committee sessions for all CalConnect = TCs
  • Opportunities for BOFs ("birds of a feather" = discussions)
  • Final wrapup and summary of all Technical Committee = sessions
  • CalConnect Plenary = Session

The conference will conclude no later than 18:00 on = Friday, October 5th.


Social Events:
 
There will be a dinner for all = Interoperability Test Event participants on Monday Evening, a Reception = on Wednesday evening for all participants in either the Test Event = and/or the Technical Conference, and a dinner for all Technical = Conference participants on Thursday evening. =  


Meals

Your registration to the = Interoperability Test Event or the Roundtable Technical Conference = includes lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments for the period of = the event, plus the reception Wednesday evening.  In addition, = registration to the test event includes the Monday evening IOP test = event dinner, and registration to the technical conference includes the = Thursday evening Roundtable dinner.  Please note that breakfast is = not included as it is generally included with your hotel package. =  




Best Regards,

Dave Thewlis


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Dave Thewlis, Executive = Director
CalConnect - The Calendaring and Scheduling = Consortium
+1 707 840 9391 voice | +1 707 498 2238 mobile | +1 415 = 946 3454 fax

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