Calconnect Xxiii January 30 February 3 2012

CalConnect XXIII - January 30-February 3 2012

CalConnect Interoperability Test Event - January 30 - February 1 and CalConnect Roundtable XXIII - 1-3 February

Apple

Monday, January 30, 2012 to Friday, February 03, 2012

Recent Changes:

Information is current to January 27, 2012
Location of USIG meeting Wednesday Morning identified

CalConnect XXIII, consisting of CalConnect Interoperability Test Events, and a CalConnect Roundtable Technical Conference (Members Meeting), will be held in Cupertino, California Monday-Friday, January 30 - February 3, 2012, hosted by Apple Inc..

The Interoperability Test Events will take place all day Monday and Tuesday January 30-31, and Wednesday morning February 1, ending at noon. The Roundtable will begin with lunch at 12:30 on Wednesday the 1st, and last through early afternoon Friday the 3rd. An optional Introductory Q & A about CalConnect, intended for first-time attendees, will be scheduled at 11:00 on Wednesday the 1st if we have first-time attendees.

CalConnect Interoperability Test Events: At this meeting, we will host a combined regular CalConnect Interoperability Test Event and a Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event. A participating organization may register for either or both events for a single registration fee, but should be aware that they may require additional individuals to participate in both activities.

The IOP Test Events are open to both members and non-members as participants or as observers; please see CalConnect Interoperability Test Event January-February 2012 for current information. Check back often as this will be updated as more information becomes available.

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.

Roundtable XXIII: The Roundtable Technical ConferenceMembers 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 afternoon will be the full Plenary meeting of the Consortium, open to all participants. This session will include report-outs from all Technical Committees, 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.

San Francisco is the most practical airport for international arrivals and departures although the other two offer some international service.

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 Events. Note that you must register separately for the Roundtable and for the Test Events. You may register at any time for the next events.

Location

The Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable will take place at Apple headquarters, One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. Monday morning only we will be in the Launch conference room on the first floor of building Infinite Loop 2 (IL2/1). Starting Monday lunch and for the rest of the week we will be in the Garage 1 conference room on the second floor of building Infinite Loop 4 (IL4/2). Please see Apple Campus and surrounding area for a map of the Apple Headquarters campus and surrounding area. Zooming in on the map will show you the location of the separate Infinite Loop buildings.

Parking: Parking is available in any of the parking areas within Infinite Loop itself.

Transportation

Airport Information: The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three airports: San Francisco International (SFO), Oakland International (OAK), and San Jose Mineta Airport (SJC).

Cupertino is about 30 miles south of San Francisco International Airport, and quite close to San Jose International Airport. Oakland International is on the east side of San Francisco Bay and much less convenient to the South Bay area. SFO has the most flights and airlines serving it, but you might be able to find less expensive fares via SJC or OAK.

Ground Transportation: Information on rental cars and shuttles is available on all three airport websites. Two of the hotels listed below (Cypress Hotel and Cupertino Inn) are within walking distance of the Apple campus, so it would be psosible to avoid having a rental car if you use a shuttle service or other public transportation to and from the airport; alternatively you may be able to arrange rides between your hotel and the Apple campus with other conference attendees.

Lodging

We are not designating a "Conference Hotel" for this meeting as we have not been able to establish special rates. There are many hotels in the area, however The Cypress Hotel and the Cupertino Inn are the closest to the Apple Campus and within walking distance. The Cypress Hotel is currently offering a rather high rate unless you book for seven days or more; it might be worth it to do that and try to truncate your visit. There does not appear to be any significant savings using the Apple rate but you are welcome to request it of either the Cypress or the Cupertino Inn. The Wild Palms hotel is a bit further (about 2 miles from Apple) and offers a somewhat lower rate; it is a member of Joie de Vivre, a well-thought-of California hotel chain.

The Cypress Hotel
10050 South De Anza Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: +1 408 253 8900
http://www.thecypresshotel.com

The Cupertino Inn
10889 North De Anza Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014-6301
Phone: +1 408 996 7700
http://www.cupertinoinn.com

The Wild Palms Hotel
910 E. Fremont Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone: +1 408 738 0500
http://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/siliconvalley/wild_palms

Test Event Schedule

The Interoperability 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.

Please Note:
Monday 0800-1200 we will be in the Launch Conference Room, Building 2, First Floor
Monday 1230-1800 and Tuesday-Friday inclusive we will be in the Garage 1 Conference Room, Building 4, Second Floor

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT
Monday 30 January - IL2/1 LAUNCH Conference Room until noon 0800-0830 Opening Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1200 Testing 1200-1215 Relocate to IL4/2 GARAGE conference room 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1430 BOF: Update vs replacement of calendar and contact data 1430-1530 Testing 1530-1600 Break 1600-1800 Testing 1915-2200 IOP Test Dinner Los Gatos Brewing Company 130 North Santa Cruz Avenue Los Gatos, CA	Tuesday 31 January 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-1000 Testing 1000-1030 Break 1030-1230 Testing 1230-1330 Lunch and BOF Auto-discovery and account provisioning 1330-1530 Testing 1530-1600 Break 1600-1800 Testing	Wednesday 1 February 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

CALCONNECT INTEROPERABILITY TEST EVENT

Monday 30 January - IL2/1 LAUNCH Conference Room until noon
0800-0830 Opening Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1200 Testing
1200-1215 Relocate to IL4/2 GARAGE conference room
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1430 BOF:
Update vs replacement of calendar and contact data
1430-1530 Testing
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Testing

1915-2200 IOP Test Dinner
Los Gatos Brewing Company
130 North Santa Cruz Avenue
Los Gatos, CA

Tuesday 31 January
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-1000 Testing
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Testing
1230-1330 Lunch and BOF
Auto-discovery and account provisioning
1330-1530 Testing
1530-1600 Break
1600-1800 Testing

Wednesday 1 February
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

Please Note:
Monday 0800-1200 we will be in theLaunchConference Room, Building 2, First Floor
Monday 1230-1800 and Tuesday-Friday inclusive we will be in theGarage 1Conference Room, Building 4, Second Floor

ROUNDTABLE XXIII

Wednesday 1 February 1000-1200 User Special Interest Group² 1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect³ 1230-1330 Lunch/Opening 1315-1330 IOP Test Report 1330-1500 TC FREEBUSY 1500-1530 Break 1530-1700 TC EVENTPUB 1700-1800 Host Session 1815-2030 Welcome Reception⁴ Piano Bar, First Floor, Infinite Loop 4	Thursday 2 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-0930 TC XML 0930-1030 TC RESOURCE 1030-1100 Break 1100-1230 TC CALDAV 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1500 TC ISCHEDULE 1500-1600 BOF: Report on IOP Test Event BOF Sessions 1600-1630 Break 1630-1800 Steering Committee⁵ 1900-2200 Group Dinner⁶ California Cafe 50 University Avenue Old Town Los Gatos, CA	Friday 3 February 0800-0830 Breakfast 0830-0930 TC MOBILE 0930-1030 TC USECASE 1030-1100 Break 1100-1200 TC TIMEZONE 1200-1230 TC Wrapup 1230-1330 Working Lunch 1300-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session 1400 Close of Meeting

¹The Wednesday lunch is for all participants in the IOP Test Events and/or Roundtable ²The User Special Interest Group will meet in the iMAC Conference Room in IL4 second floor. ³The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives) ⁴All Roundtable and/or IOP Test Events participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception ⁵Member reprsentatives not on the Steering Committee are invited to attend the SC meeting. This meeting is closed to Observers ⁶All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner on Thursday. Dinner reception starting at 7:15; seating for dinner at 8:00 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.

ROUNDTABLE XXIII

Wednesday 1 February
1000-1200 User Special Interest Group²
1100-1200 Introduction to CalConnect³
1230-1330 Lunch/Opening
1315-1330 IOP Test Report
1330-1500 TC FREEBUSY
1500-1530 Break
1530-1700 TC EVENTPUB
1700-1800 Host Session

1815-2030 Welcome Reception⁴
Piano Bar, First Floor, Infinite Loop 4

Thursday 2 February
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC XML
0930-1030 TC RESOURCE
1030-1100 Break
1100-1230 TC CALDAV
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1500 TC ISCHEDULE
1500-1600 BOF: Report on IOP Test Event BOF Sessions
1600-1630 Break
1630-1800 Steering Committee⁵

1900-2200 Group Dinner⁶
California Cafe
50 University Avenue
Old Town Los Gatos, CA

Friday 3 February
0800-0830 Breakfast
0830-0930 TC MOBILE
0930-1030 TC USECASE
1030-1100 Break
1100-1200 TC TIMEZONE
1200-1230 TC Wrapup
1230-1330 Working Lunch
1300-1400 CalConnect Plenary Session
1400 Close of Meeting

¹The Wednesday lunch is for all participants in the IOP Test Events and/or Roundtable
²The User Special Interest Group will meet in the iMAC Conference Room in IL4 second floor.
³The Introduction to CalConnect is an optional informal Q&A session for new attendees (observers or new member representatives)
⁴All Roundtable and/or IOP Test Events participants are invited to the Wednesday evening reception
⁵Member reprsentatives not on the Steering Committee are invited to attend the SC meeting. This meeting is closed to Observers
⁶All Roundtable participants are invited to the group dinner on Thursday. Dinner reception starting at 7:15; seating for dinner at 8:00

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

To be established by mid-January

TC CALDAV Thu 1100-1230
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Progress and Status Update
2.1 IETF
2.2 CalConnect
3. Open Discussions
3.1 CalDAV User Level Notifications
3.2 Managed Attachments
3.3 Calendar Alarms
3.4 Collected CalDAV Extensions
4. Moving Forward
4.1 Plan of Action
4.2 Next Conference Call

TC EVENTPUB Wed 1530-1700
1. Charter
2. Work and accomplishments
3. New properties - link etc - discussion moved to XML
4. Rich text properties
5. Multi-language support
6. Going Forward - new Chair needed
7. Next meeting

TC FREEBUSY Wed 1330-1500
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. VPOLL current state
3. Moving Forward
3.1 Plan of action
3.2 Next conference calls

TC IOPTEST Wed 1315-1330
Review of IOP test participant findings

TC iSCHEDULE Thu 1330-1500
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Open Discussions
2.1 Use of iSchedule in a private network environment
3. Moving Forward
3.1 Plan of Action
3.2 Next Conference Calls

TC MOBILE Fri 0830-0930
1. Discussion of mobile issues with calendaring
2. Consistency of recurrence handling
3. Future direction for TC MOBILE

TC RESOURCE Thu 0930-1030
1. Introduction
1.1 TC Charter
1.2 Work so far
2. vCard4-LDAP Mapping
3. TC Future

TC TIMEZONE Fri 1100-1200
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. Current timezone service draft
3. Aliases
4. Registries and data formats
5. Current implementations - and call for more
6. Moving Forward
6.1 Plan of action
6.2 Next conference calls

TC USECASE Fri 0930-1030
1. Discuss final usecases for changing meeting ownership
2. Discuss final usecases for specialized freebusy

TC XML Thu 0830-0930
1. Introduction
1.1 Charter
1.2 Summary
2. CalWS-SOAP current state
3. Vavailability uses
4. iCalendar in JSON
5. Interoperability testing of XML data formats
6. Moving Forward
6.1 Plan of action
6.2 Next conference calls

Scheduled BOFs

The BOF will discuss the problems with replacement as an update mechanism and how various solutions are being developed to avoid these issues. The problem areas to be covered will include update of attachments in CalDAV and attendee participation status changes.

This BOF will discuss various ways to improve the current process for auto-discovery of server and automatic account provisioning. We will discuss the current standards approach of SRV records + .well-known resource, and look at an alternative pure HTTP solution using the webfinger proposal.

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.