Introduction

CalConnect Conference XXXII took place on January 28-30, 2015, hosted by Kerio Technologies in San Jose, California. The CalConnect Conference was attended by 37 people from 17 members, and two non-member observers. The Conference also included our Tenth Anniversary Celebration, which was held on Wednesday afternoon the 28th, with the regular conference then on Thursday and Friday the 29th and 30th. The Tenth Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday afternoon also attracted 12 additional people who came only for the celebration. The Interoperability Test Event was held immediately prior to the Conference on January 26-28, 2015, and had 24 participants onsite from 13 members and 1 nonmember. In total, 53 people from 20 organizations attended some portion of the week (not counting organizations who came only for the Celebration on Wednesday).

At this Conference we also implemented our first effort at redesigning the CalConnect Conference to provide sessions of broader interest. Instead of our usual Technical Committee sessions, workshops and BOFs, several sessions on broader topics and at a higher level were offered, with the intent of providing more value to our participants. Some of the very detailed discussions formerly part of a conference TC session were moved to earlier in the week, during the Interoperability Test Event. The Conference finished with the CalConnect Plenary Session on Friday afternoon. The Conference agenda, with notes on the discussion topics, may be found at CalConnect XXXII Schedule.