Introduction

CalConnect Conference XXXIV took place on September 30 — October 2, 2015, hosted by Gershon Janssen in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The CalConnect Conference was attended by 30 people from 17 members and one non-member observer. The Interoperability Test Event was held immediately prior to the Conference on September 28-30, 2015, and had 13 participants onsite from 10 members.

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 XXXIV Schedule.