CalConnect XLIII in Karlsruhe, Germany, hosted by 1&1

Monday, September 24, 2018 to Thursday, September 27, 2018

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Recent Changes:

2018-09-26 Adjusted Thursday schedule to accommodate work sessions in afternoon.

2018-09-24 Thursday schedule re-arranged, feedback sessions added.

2018-09-23 Wednesday schedule slightly re-arranged, added "Authoring CalConnect Standards" Lab to Wednesday afternoon. Monday and Tuesday schedules changed slightly.

2018-09-20 Minor schedule/session changes, addition of session on JMAP for Calendar and Contacts.

2018-09-11 Minor schedule/session changes and additions, event calendar updated.

2018-09-07 Conference registration fee adjusted.

2018-09-03 CalConnect rate at conference hotel available through 19 September or when the room block is exhausted.

2018-08-14 Minor schedule/session changes, event calendar updated.

2018-07-26 Subscribable (webdav) calendar for the event added.

2018-07-24 Minor schedule/session changes; additional information for train bookings in transportation.

2018—​07-18 Preliminary Conference schedule and sessions added

2018-07-06 Added information and link about Public Workshop Monday afternoon the 24th.

CalConnect XLIII will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, on September 24-27, 2018, hosted by 1&1.

This event is the first preview of our new conference format. CalConnect XLIII will be four days (Monday through Thursday), and brings together, as a single event and with a single fee, our traditional conference (Conference Track), with elements of the former developers' forum (Technical Track). The two tracks are simply a handy guide to the session content, and all attendees are encouraged to attend sessions in both tracks. We will use your feedback and experience at Karlsruhe to help us fine-tune our new conference for events in 2019 and beyond.

CalConnect XLIII is open to members, and to non-members as observers.

General Format:‚ Monday morning will be the opening of the technical track and an introduction for first-time attendees and observers. Monday afternoon will be the opening of the conference track, including status of CalConnect activities, and other CalConnect business, and a Public Workshop to introduce Calendaring & Scheduling to developers, which will be advertised in the Karlsruhe IT community. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings will be conference track, afternoons will be technical track. The general content of the tracks is below; the Schedule section will include sessions for both the conference and technical tracks.

Conference track:

Technical track:

Public Workshop:‚ Monday 24 September, 1600-1730 - Introduction into Calendaring, Scheduling, address book and Date&Time, followed by a reception at 1800. See https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/TEC-Campus/events/252358527/ for more information.

International Visitors

In general most CalConnect participants will not require a Visa to visit Germany. However if you are unsure, please see German VISA Information.

Conference Details

We will begin each day at 0830 (rather than 0800 as in the past) with coffee. The first session will be at 0900 (rather than 0830). The default end for each day is now 1730 rather than 1800.

Morning coffee (or tea) will be accompanied by fruit; however, you should plan to have your real breakfast prior to arriving at the venue.

Registration is now open for CalConnect XLIII; please see Event Registration to register. There is only one registration and one payment per person for the entire event.

CalConnect XLIII will be held at the 1&1 facilities in Karlsruhe, at Ernst-Frey-StraŸe 10, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany. The venue is less than a kilometer walk from the conference hotel, Hotel Santo, KarlstraŸe 67-69, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany. Please note that the home page for the hotel is not available in English; English information may be found at booking.com: https://www.booking.com/hotel/de/santo-karlsruhe.en-gb.html.

Here is a map showing the locations of the venue, the hotel, and the main train station: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15uK6_ZfBrA3TO_WcAUVyxLjrUiw&usp=sharing.

For more information about Karlsruhe please see https://www.karlsruhe-tourismus.de/en/.

If you will be arriving and departing by air, plan on arriving at Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) and take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof to Karlsruhe. The train station is physically within the Frankfurt airport. The train operates on an hourly basis (direct or via Mannheim), and will cost about 80€ to Karlsruhe and back (flexible rate, less if you fix the time in advance), Please see https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index for booking information in English.

The central train station at Karlsruhe is close to the conference hotel and the venue: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15uK6_ZfBrA3TO_WcAUVyxLjrUiw&usp=sharing.

Within Karlsruhe, either walk or use the tram: day ticket 6,40 € (10,60 € for a group up to 5); single ride 2 €.

Please Note: Credit cards are not necessarily accepted universally in Germany, in particular by taxis. ATMs (cash tills) should be available at all airports, train stations, etc. and you should provide yourself with some cash if you haven’t already.

The conference hotel is the Hotel Santo, KarlstraŸe 67-69, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany. Please note that the home page for the hotel is not available in English; English information may be found at booking.com: https://www.booking.com/hotel/de/santo-karlsruhe.en-gb.html.

1&1 have reserved a block of 15 rooms for us at a rate of 80€ incl. WLAN and breakfast (without our rate it is 130-150€) per night, between September 23 and September 28. The rate will be available until a few days before the event (essentially 19 September) or if all 15 rooms are booked earlier.

To obtain the rate you need to write an email to Julia Becker (jbecker@united-internet.de) including the dates (from-to), your Name and your email address. Julia will inform the hotel of requests, and the hotel will send a confirmation email directly to the attendee. Please allow up to a week to receive the confirmation.

The rate will be paid by each attendee as our service is just to provide the lower rate.