<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class=""><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">It’s only five weeks to CalConnect XLII in Tokyo, and the registration fee for the conference will go up from $450 to $495 after May 18th. Time to make plans, book hotel and travel, and register!</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b style="font-style: italic;" class="">Please Note: </b><i class="">After Monday 30 April, you will no longer be able to book the conference hotel at the CalConnect rate. However you should still be able to book at the Hotel Monterey via their web site. </i></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dave</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class="">Registration is now open for CalConnect XLII in Tokyo, Japan, June 4-8, 2018, hosted by Jorte</b></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b><div class="">The <i class="">CalConnect XLII web page </i>is located at <a href="https://www.calconnect.org/events/.calconnect-xlii-june-04-08-2018" class="">https://www.calconnect.org/events/.calconnect-xlii-june-04-08-2018</a> and contains lodging information, airport and transfer information, meeting venue, etc. </div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The <b class=""> meeting venue</b> is at <a href="http://www.sogetsu.or.jp/e/know/hall/" target="_blank" class="">Sogetsu Hall</a>, Akasaka, Tokyo. The venue is about a five minute walk from the <b class="">conference hotel</b>, <a href="https://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/en/akasaka/" target="_blank" class="">Hotel Monterey Akasaka</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The hotel may be booked immediately, see <a href="https://www.calconnect.org/events/.calconnect-xlii-june-04-08-2018#lodging" class="">https://www.calconnect.org/events/.calconnect-xlii-june-04-08-2018#lodging</a> for more information and information. <i class="">You must book by the <b class="">end of April</b> to receive the CalConnect rate, and you must book <b class="">via the e-mail address</b> provided on this Lodging page.</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Interoperability Test Event and Developers Forum will take place on our usual schedule beginning Monday morning and going through Wednesday noon. The Conference will begin Wednesday after lunch and run through Friday mid-afternoon. There will be some special introductory sessions on CalConnect and calendaring standards currently planned for Wednesday afternoon, as well as some presentations from JEDC (Japan Event Data Consortium) also on Wednesday afternoon. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will be posting detailed schedules and agendas on the event web page once they are available, and expect that they may evolve over time. </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Registration information</b> is at <a href="https://www.calconnect.org/events/event-registration-payment" class="">https://www.calconnect.org/events/event-registration-payment</a> and is also linked from the event web page. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As always, please let me know if you have any questions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you in Tokyo!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dave Thewlis</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">--</div><div class=""><b class="">Dave Thewlis, Executive Director</b></div><div class=""><b class="">CalConnect - The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium</b></div><div class="">+1 707 840 9391 voice | +1 707 498 2238 mobile | +1 415 946 3454 fax</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.calconnect.org/" class="">http://www.calconnect.org</a> | <a href="mailto:Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org" class="">Dave.Thewlis@calconnect.org</a></div></div>
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