Special Focus

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.

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.

The CalConnect Nottingham Conference has been rescheduled once more, to October 10-14, 2022, and Virtual Conferences planned for Spring 2022.

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 the autumn was essentially zero.

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 has added a new membership category, “small organizational member”, effective immediately. This membership category is intended for very small organizations such as independent client developers, that have minimal staff and revenue.  The membership fee is $1,000 per year.

Patricia Egen passed away on September 15, 2020.

Pat’s contributions to CalConnect were wide-ranging. Pat had the original idea that became CalConnect, was a founder and board member, and ran our testing events for many years. She served as a director, hosted CalConnect's IT infrastructure, and coordinated CalConnect XXIX in her hometown of Chatanooga, TN. Pat was recognized as the second recipient of our Distinguished Service Award.

The CalConnect Virtual Conference 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 12-15, with the possibility of scheduling additional working sessions or testing on Friday October 16.

The Board of Directors has honored Thomas Schäfer as the recipient of our tenth Distinguished Service Award.

Thomas became active in CalConnect in 2014 when 1&1 joined, and has remained intensely involved ever since on both the technical and organizational sides.  Thomas and 1&1 hosted two conferences, CalConnect XXXIII Bucharest in 2015 and CalConnect XLIII Karlsruhe in 2018.

Updated June 10 to merge Monday 22 June session into Wednesday June 24 session

CalConnect will be offering the sessions listed below as virtual sessions via Zoom.  These sessions are also open to the public interested in the topics and learning more about CalConnect.  Each session will be no longer than an hour.  The scheduled times have been chosen to be practical for as many people as possible who have expressed interest in the topic. 

The CalConnect XXVII meeting in Nottingham is now rescheduled again, from June 2020 to October 12-16, 2020.  All other arrangements (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 in June is very slim.