Introduction

Roundtable IX and the accompanying IOP test event took place May 7-11, 2007, hosted by Boeing in Seattle, Washington. The event was attended by 43 representatives from 31 organizations, including representatives from three observers (organizations attending a Roundtable to see if they wish to join).

Monday noon through Wednesday noon, May 7-9, was a dedicated CalConnect Interoperability Test Event where 6 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 all-hands 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.