Introduction

Roundtable VIII took place January 29 to February 2, 2007, hosted by Novell in Provo, Utah. The event was attended by 30 representatives to the IOP testing and/or the Roundtable, including representatives from two observers (organizations attending a Roundtable to see if they wish to join).

Monday noon through Wednesday noon, January 29-31, was a dedicated CalConnect Interoperability Test Event where participating organizations performed interoperability testing between their calendaring and scheduling implementations. Wednesday afternoon, all day Thursday, and Friday morning comprised the Roundtable. The majority of this time was dedicated to technical committee sessions, BOFs, and informal discussions and networking, with an allhands Plenary meeting as the last item on Friday morning. The Technical Committee sessions were organized sequentially, to allow all attendees who wished to be involved in the discussions of a Technical Committee the opportunity to do so.