CalConnect XV - June 1-5 2009

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event - 1-3 June and CalConnect Roundtable XV - 3-5 June

Oracle

Monday, June 01, 2009 to Friday, June 05, 2009

Recent Changes:

Information is current through May 11, 2009
Topical Agendas for Technical Committees Published

CalConnect XV, consisting of a CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and a CalConnect Roundtable (Members Meeting), will be held in Redwood Shores (San Francisco Bay Area), California, on Monday-Friday, June 1-5, 2009, hosted by Oracle.

The IOP Testing will take place all day Monday and Tuesday June 1-2, and Wednesday morning, ending at noon on Wednesday June 3rd. The Roundtable will begin with lunch at 12:30 on Wednesday the 3rd, and last through early afternoon Friday the 5th. An optional Introductory Q & A about CalConnect, intended for first-time attendees, is scheduled at 11:00 on Wednesday the 3rd.

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event: The IOP Test Event event is open to both members and non-members as participants or as observers; please see IOP Test Event June 2009 for current information. Check back often as this will be updated as we get nearer to the event.

You do not need finished or polished code to participate in the IOP testing; in fact as soon as you have something working at all, testing against other participants can help debugging and code development, especially in identifying red herrings and wrong decisions.

*Please Note:* This is a regular IOP test event focused on calendaring servers and desktop clients. The next Mobile Calendaring IOP Test Event has not been confirmed but will probably take place in Europe in November 2009.

Roundtable XV: The Roundtable Members Meeting will offer Technical Committee sessions, to which all members and observers are welcome, informal BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), plus additional sessions and committee meetings.

Friday morning will be the full Plenary meeting of the Consortium, open to all participants. This session will include report-outs from all Technical Committees, possibly demonstrations resulting from the IOP testing earlier in the week, and establishment of future goals and directions for the Consortium.

International Visitors

International visitors who are not U.S. Citizens or hold a valid U.S. passport should acquaint themselves with any changes in U.S. travel and visitor policy since their last visit to the U.S. at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/. Attendees who require a Letter of Invitation to obtain a visa should contact Dave Thewlis, CalConnect Executive Director, at Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org. Please be aware that you must have registered for the event before a Letter of Invitation can be issued.

Registration Information

Please see Registration and Payment Options to choose your registration type and payment option for the Roundtable and/or the CalConnect Interoperability Test Event.

Location

The Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable will take place in Room 202 of the Oracle Conference Center at 350 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, California 94065. For a view of the immediate area and the location of the Oracle Conference Center, see Oracle Conference Center. For information on parking and driving directions to get to the Conference Center, see OCC.doc.

Transportation

*Airport Information:*The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three airports:http://www.sjc.org/[San Jose Mineta Airport (SJC)],http://www.flysfo.com/default.asp[San Francisco International (SFO)], andhttp://www.flyoakland.com/[Oakland International (OAK)].

Redwood Shores is only about 10 miles south of San Francisco International Airport, and perhaps 30 miles north of San Jose International. Oakland International is on the east side of the Bay and less convenient. SFO has the most flights and airlines serving it, but you may be able to find less expensive fares via SJC or OAK.

*Ground Transportation:*Information on rental cars and shuttles are available on all three airport websites. The hotels listed below are all within walking distance of the Conference Center (the Fairfield Inn is furthest), so it is possible to avoid having a rental car if you wish to use an shuttle or public transportation to and from the airport.

Lodging

There are several hotels very close to the Oracle Conference Center. The hotels below are all within walking distance; the furthest is a bit more than a mile from the Center. This map shows the locations of the closest hotels. Some of these hotels are offering a special rate for us; if so it is shown in the entry below. Hotels in the Oracle Conference Center immediate area.

Sofitel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone: +1 650 598 9000
http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-0922-sofitel-san-francisco-bay/index
Fee for Internet, Free Parking, Smoke Free
Ask for Oracle Rate - $178 if available.

Towneplace Suites Redwood Shores
1000 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
Tel: +1 650 593 4100
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sforw-towneplace-suites-redwood-city-redwood-shores/
Free Internet, Free Parking, Smoke Free
Special rate $139 before May 18 - ask for "Oracle Conference Group" or go to Reservation for Oracle conference.

Extended Stay America
120 SEM Lane
Belmont, CA 94002
Tel: +1 650 654 0344
http://www.extendedstayamerica.com/minisite/?hotelID=565
One time fee for Internet, Free Parking

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Belmont
400 Concourse Drive
Belmont, CA 94002
Phone: +1 650 591 8600
http://belmont.summerfieldsuites.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/summerfield/index.jsp
Free Internet, Free Parking, Smoke Free, Free Shuttle
Ask for Oracle Rate - $144 one bedroom suite, $194 two bedroom suite

Fairfield Inn & Suites San Francisco San Carlos
599 Skyway Road
San Carlos, CA 94070
Tel: +1 650 631 0777
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sfofs-fairfield-inn-and-suites-san-francisco-san-carlos/
Free Internet, Free Parking, Smoke Free
Special Oracle rate of $119 before May 23. Book at the above URL and use group code CLECLEA for 2 Queen Beds or CLECLEB for 1 King Bed. If you call the hotel ask for the "Oracle Interop" rate.

Test Event Schedule

The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday. This schedule will be updated as we assign specific sessions to Technical Committees

A downloadable iCalendar.ics file with the entire schedule will be available once the specific sessions are scheduled.

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT

Monday 1 June
0800-0830 Opening Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Testing
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Testing
1530-1600 BOFs/Break
1600-1800 Testing

1930-2100 IOP Test Dinner
BJ’s Brewhouse Restaurant, San Mateo

Tuesday 2 June
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Testing
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Testing
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Testing

Wednesday 3 June
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1200 Testing
1200-1230 Wrap-up
1230 End of IOP Testing

1230-1330 Lunch/Opening1

Conference Schedule

The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday. This schedule will be updated as we assign specific sessions to Technical Committees

A downloadable iCalendar.ics file with the entire schedule will be available once the specific sessions are scheduled.

ROUNDTABLE XV

Wednesday 3 June
1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect2
1230-1330 Lunch/Opening
1315-1330 IOP Test Report
1330-1430 TC RESOURCE
1430-1530 TC MOBILE
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Shared Calendar Workshop

1800-1930 Welcome Reception3
On site, Hosted by Oracle

Thursday 4 June
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1030 TC CALDAV
1030-1100 Break
1100-1230 TC TIMEZONE
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1500 TC iSCHEDULE
1500-1600 TC FREEBUSY
1600-1630 Break
1630-1800 Steering Committee

1930-2130 Group Dinner3
Mistral Restaurant, Redwood Shores

Friday 5 June
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC EVENTPUB
0930-1030 TC XML
1030-1100 Break
1100-1200 TC USECASE
1200-1230 TC Wrapup
1230-1330 Working Lunch
1230-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session
1400 Close of Meeting

1The Wednesday lunch is for all participants in the IOP Test Event and/or Roundtable

2The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives)

3All Roundtable and/or IOP Test Event participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception

4All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner on Thursday

Breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon breaks will be served to all participants in the Roundtable and the IOP test events and are included in your registration fees.

Topical Agendas

Shared Calendaring Workshop Wed 1600-1800

  1. Introduction

    • Overview of the problem, general terminology issues etc.

  2. Presentation of different shared calendar models in use today

  3. Discussion of end-user requirements

  4. Federated security and how it applies to sharing

  5. Brainstorm standards based solutions

TC CALDAV Thu 0830-1030

  1. Progress and Status Update
    1.1 IETF
    1.2 CalConnect
    1.3 CalDAV Scheduling

  2. Open Discussions
    2.1 Calendaring and CalDAV Extensions

  3. Moving Forward
    3.1 Plan of Action
    3.2 Next Conference Calls

TC EVENTPUB Fri 0830-0930

  1. Status of Resource spec

  2. Future of Technical Committee

TC FREEBUSY Thu 1500-1600

  1. Status of TC

  2. Interop testing of Read Freebusy URL

  3. Brainstorming invitation/voting systems

  4. Next steps for TC

TC IOPTEST Wed 1315-1330

Review of IOP test participant findings

TC iSCHEDULE Thu 1330-1500

  1. Open discussions
    1.1 iSchedule Deployment

  2. Moving Forward
    2.1 Plan of Action
    2.2 Next Conference Calls

TC MOBILE Wed 1430-1530

  1. Introduction

  2. Mobile IOP Test Event Planning

  3. Mobile Calendaring Vision discussion and brainstorming

  4. Future of TC MOBILE

TC RESOURCE Wed 1330-1430

  1. Why TC Resource?

  2. XML schema for Resource Data representation

  3. Next steps

TC TIMEZONE Thu 1100-1230

  1. Presentation on current state of draft RFC

  2. Next steps
    2.1 Completion of draft
    2.2 Possible implementations and testing
    2.3 Securing data for the future

TC USECASE Fri 1100-1200

  1. Completion of the Resource documents

  2. New usecases work:
    community calendar user set of usecases

TC XML Fri Feb 6 0930-1030

  1. Review final submission to IETF

  2. Summarize and discuss IETF feedback, if any

  3. Discuss JSON format

Scheduled BOFs

Requests for BOF sessions can be made at the Wednesday opening and known BOFs will be scheduled at that time. However spontaneous BOF sessions are welcome to be called at BOF session time during the Roundtable.