Introduction

CalConnect Conference XXXIII took place on May 20-22, 2015, hosted by 1&1 in Buchares, Romania. The CalConnect Conference was attended by 21 people from 9 members, and two non-member observers. The Interoperability Test Event was held immediately prior to the Conference on May 18-20, 2015, and had 12 participants onsite from 6 members, respectable attendance numbers for our first event in eastern Europe.

At this Conference we again used our redesigned CalConnect Conference format, originally tried at the January 2015 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 XXXIII Schedule.