1. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 “Contextualizing” the VA Scheduling Contest Workshop CalConnect Conference XXX May 21, 2014 Gary Schwartz © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved.

2. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Agenda Welcome & Introduction How CalConnect rolls Why a workshop? What we hope to achieve © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 2

3. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Don’t do anything great … … unless you are prepared to survive the celebration.” – John Madden © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 3

4. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 4 How I roll

5. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Our Foundation CalConnect is a member-driven organization CalConnect needs to influence the world, and CalConnect needs to be influenced by the world … The future of calendaring and the future of CalConnect are intertwined – CalConnect helps shape the future of calendaring, & the future of calendaring will shape CalConnect. © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 5

6. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Our Activities – 4 broad categories Conferences & Interoperability Test Events Technical Committee reports, recommendations, proposals, standards/specifications Collaborations with other organizations Promotional & informational Activities © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 6

7. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Our Technical Committees © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 7 Active Provisional Committees CALSCALE Ad Hoc Recurrences in non-Gregorian calendars CONTACTS PC Contacts and CardDAV Sharing FSC Ad Hoc Federated Shared Calendars Itinerary Ad Hoc Digital Travel Itineraries Active Technical Committees TC-API Abstract API for Calendaring & Scheduling TC- AUTODISCOVER Y Autodiscovery of services, using internet protocols TC-CALDAV Development of CalDAV specifications TC-EVENTPUBevent publishing TC-FREEBUSYFreebusy services including consensus scheduling TC-ISCHEDULEInternet Scheduling Protocol (iSchedule) TC-PUSHGeneric framework for push notifications within CalDAV TC-RESOURCEseamless interoperable resource scheduling TC-TASKSiCalendar extensions for VTODO TC-TIMEZONEProposal for official Timezone Registry & Timezone Service Protocol

8. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Although CalConnect is not a standards organization… Virtually every important calendaring or calendaring- related standard over the last 5 years has been authored, edited and/or coedited by members of a CalConnect Technical Committee. © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 8

9. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Why a Workshop? © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 9 Inform, and to be informed Collaborate, explore, publicize, proselytize Identity new areas of useful work Energize the base

10. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 CalConnect Workshops © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 10 YearWorkshopHostLocation 2014 VA Scheduling Contest AOLDulles, VA 2013 Travel Itineraries Federated Shared Calendars DHL Prague, Czech Republic Consensus Scheduling Oracle Corp Santa Clara, CA 2011 Tasks NASA Ames Research Center Mountain View, CA 2009 TimezoneMicrosoftRedmond, WA Smart Grid Interoperability Standards NIST Washington, D.C. 2007 vCardMITCambridge, MA

11. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The Secretary of VA announces a prize contest  …help Veterans schedule appointments to receive care from Veterans Health Administration …  …help Veterans make appointments to receive outpatient & ambulatory care from VA Health Administration. © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 11 Why this workshop?

12. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 A collection of challenge & prize competitions, which are run by 50+ agencies across federal government. Technical, scientific, ideation, & creative competitions where the U.S. gov’t seeks innovative solutions from the public, bringing the best ideas and talent together …. © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 12

13. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 What we hope to achieve? © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 13 Become informed Identity new areas of useful work Identity those interested in these new areas of useful work To attract new members

14. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Organizations here today Accenture Federal Services BT Global Services Cox Software Architects DSSinc HP Enterprise Services Leidos MedicaSoft LLC MediSked MedRed OSEHRA PricewaterhouseCoopers Systems Made Simple TC9 Department of Veterans Affairs CalConnect © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 14

15. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Carpe diem – continue the conversation Many of our invited guests know each other…but CalConnect doesn’t really know you, and you don’t really know CalConnect. Talk to those you do not yet know during breaks, during the reception Help CalConnect understand needs and requirements w.r.t to the many, many different facets of healthcare scheduling Let CalConnect help you understand open C&S standards © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 15

16. S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Why this workshop? © Copyright The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. All Rights Reserved. 16 We might make a real difference in the lives of real people – if we choose to work together