What?

2 days of intense work on calendaring software, with the focus on open standards.

Why?

There are plenty of open standards in the world of calendaring, but many existing calendaring products support only a fraction of what they could. This may be due to several reasons: being not aware of newer standards and a lack of time are probably some of the main reasons. Problems in understanding the standards or simply not seeing the advantages might be others. Not to forget the chicken-egg problem (Why should I support it if no one else does yet?).

The calendaring code fest aims to provide an opportunity for developers to work on the implementation of calendaring standards without distraction. You get to work in the same room with other developers on this field of expertise. All participants are encouraged to ask questions, learn from others and share their wisdom.

When?

September 10-11 2016

8:30 - 17:30

Where?

Schandauer Straße 34, conference room 2nd floor
01309 Dresden
Germany

Who?

Everyone who works or is interested to work on calendaring software products. There are no restrictions on the kind of software, except that is should be somehow related to calendaring and use open calendaring standards. Any language, any platform, open source, commercial, small projects, large projects, libraries, full featured applications, new projects, mature projects … you name it.

Accomodation

We don't recommend any specific hotels. Below you can find two hotels which still have free rooms around the Calendaring Code Fest weekend. In addition you might want to check out Airbnb as well.

Hotel am Blauen Wunder
Loschwitzer Straße 48
01309 Dresden

Aparthotel Villa Freisleben
Loschwitzer Straße 19
01309 Dresden

If you have trouble finding a place to stay, please contact us.

Costs

There are no registration fees for the event. dmfs GmbH is going to sponsor a room and an Internet connection for the event itself as well as some beverages. Accommodation and food is on you. SchedJoules is going to sponsor some pizza for lunch.

Topics

The idea is that all participants come with a topic they want to work on in mind. Though if you don't have a topic yet, that's not an issue. We certainly can find one.

Agenda

2016-09-10

8:30 Welcome & Introductions
9:00 Coding
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Coding
17:30 Wrap-up

2016-09-11

8:30 Coding
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Coding
16:30 Presentation of results
17:30 Close of Calendaring Code Fest

Legal stuff

By participating in the Calendaring Code Fest you agree to respect the license of the software products of all other participants. In particular, by participating you're not granted any rights or license to use or distribute software or code that you've seen during the event. Please also note that if you wish to share, present or discuss confidential work, you do that on your own risk. Participating in this event doesn't imply consent with any sort of non-disclosure agreement.

By participating in this event you agree to treat all other participants with respect and in a collegial and professional fashion.

Registration & Contact

To register for the event please drop us a note at ccfdmfsorg

For everything else, contact us at:

dmfs GmbH
Schandauer Straße 34
01309 Dresden
Germany

Managing Director: Marten Gajda
Registered address: Dresden
Registered No.: AG Dresden HRB 34881

Tel: +49 177 4427167

Email: martendmfsorg

USt-ID/VATIN: DE303248743