September 2009 Chicago Full Conference

RESO/RETS Conference
Full Conference Agenda (Preliminary)
September 23rd - 25th, 2009
NAR Building
430 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL

General Information

Breakfast - Breakfast will be provided on Thursday. Attendees are responsible for their own breakfast on all days accept Thursday.

Lunch - Lunch will be provided on Thursday. Attendees are responsible for their own lunch on all days accept Thursday.

Dinner - Attendees are responsible for their own dinner arrangements. Typically, attendees gather in the hotel and groups head out to try the various restaurants in the host city. Don’t be shy.

Accommodations - NAR negotiated a group discount rate for a block of hotel rooms. Attendees are responsible for the cost of the hotel room and any other costs.

Travel - Attendees are responsible for their own travel arrangements.

Plugfest - A room will be provided to allow testing of interoperabilty among various vendor systems.

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Day 1, Wednesday, September 23rd

10:00 – 11:00 (Closed Session)

• RESO Board of Directors - The Directors will meet in executive session

11:00 – 12:00 (Closed Session)

• RESO Chairs and Board Meeting - The chairs of the workgroups and the board will meet to discuss the meeting and other items of business

1:00 – 2:30

Business Track

• RETS Issues, Challenges, & Perception Panel

Facilitator - Mary Francis Adams

Steve Mapes - Provider Side

David Harris - Client Side

Two MLS panelists

Technical Track

• Schema Workgroup - A working session for the workgroup.

2:30 – 2:45 - Break

2:45 – 4:15

Business Track

• State of the Standard - Brief presentation  & update on current state of RETS including

Versioning

Implementation

Adoption

Open Forum

Technical Track

• Schema Workgroup - (continued) A working session for the workgroup.

4:15 – 5:15

• RETS Exhibition - Developers are given the opportunity to provide a short demonstration and talk about applications related to RETS.

Please check the appropriate box on the RETS registration form. Developers should expect 5 – 10 minutes to describe their application and to demonstrate the application running. This typically involves 3 – 10 PowerPoint slides and a few minutes of the application running.

A computer output projector and an internet connection will be provided.

5:15 - Adjourn

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Day 2, Thursday, September 24th

8:00- 8:30 - Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 - All

• Opening Remarks, Agenda Review and Board of Directors' Report

9:00 – 10:15

Business Track

• Administration & Implementation -

Open discussion regarding methods for MLSs to migrate from other means of data distribution to using RETS

Management of RETS users

Technical Track

• Compliance Workgroup - Hitachi will hold a session on upkeep, maintenance, and creation of new compliance tests

10:15 – 10:30 - Break

10:30 – 12:00

Business Track

• Education and Outreach Workgroup - A working session for the workgroup.

Technical Track

• Compliance Workgroup - (continued) Hitachi will hold a session on upkeep, maintenance, and creation of new compliance tests

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 – 2:30

Technical Track 1

• Compliance Workgroup - (continued) Hitachi will hold a session on upkeep, maintenance, and creation of new compliance tests

Technical Track 2

• Document Errata Workgroup - The Workgroup will work on finalizing the organization of all outstanding errata

2:30 – 2:45 - Break

2:45 – 4:15

Technical Track 1

• Change Proposal Question and Answer - Interested parties will participate in a question and answer session where the audience can ask questions of the sub-group presenting the change request.

Technical Track 2

• Standards Document Management Overview/Review - Hitachi will demonstrate the tool that will be used to maintain the standards documentation in the future. 

4:15 -5:30 - General Session

• Change proposal voting - TBA
  

• Summaries and Wrap-up

• Next meeting announcement

• Interesting Applications Presentation (time permitting)
  

5:30 - Adjourn

• Dinner on your own

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Day 3, Friday, September 25th

8:30 – 12:00

Technical Track 1

• Standards Committee/RETS Roadmap Workgroup -  The Standards Committee will meet to discuss the evolution of the standard, and the RETS Roadmap Workgroup will meet to discuss the technical roadmap for RETS

Technical Track 2

• Plugfest - A room will be provided to allow testing of interoperabilty among various vendor systems.