WELCOME !
Hi and welcome to our Open Applications Group Meeting Page.
Our next general meeting will be held Tuesday through Thursday, May 1 - 3, 2007, hosted by NIST at their office in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
Core Components
Training - Please note that the first half of Tuesday, May 1st is
technical training on UN/CEFACT Core Components. Please encourage everyone
you know to take advantage of this free learning opportunity from one the
authors of Core Components.
HR-XML Guest Speaker - We are very pleased and honored to welcome Chuck Allen, Director of the HR-XML consortium, is speaking in a special guest appearance on Wednesday morning. He will be describing their efforts to align with OAGIS.
Manufacturing BODS to be unveiled - Also, please note that we are having a special session to unveil the fist of the ISA-S95 based BODs that we have build as a result of our convergence activities with that organization as well. We will also be having a more detailed work session on this topic on the third day of the meeting. Please check the agenda for details.
The meeting agenda is online here.
You can learn more about the the hotel, get directions, and register for the meeting just below. Please make your own hotel reservations.
If you have any questions, please
write to us at
meetings@openapplications.org. We encourage you to make
your reservations as soon as possible and wee look forward to seeing you
there!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
All OAGi corporate members attend for free, but you do not have to be an OAGi member to attend. Individual members and non-members pay only a $275.00 fee to cover expenses. We take MasterCard, Visa, and American Express and an OAGi representative will contact you when you register.
Please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues.
For more information on the benefits of joining OAGi as a member company, please click here.
To register for this
meeting, just click on the register online icon below.
MEETING REGISTRATION
If you plan to attend you must register online!!
You will be contacted by an OAGi representative when we confirm your registration.
Directions to the hotel and meeting facilities are just below.
 HOTEL INFORMATIONCourtyard Gaithersburg Lakeforest 805 Russell Avenue Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 USA Phone: 1 301 670 0008 Fax: 1 301 948 4538 Toll-Free: 1 800 336 6880 The OAGi rate is 143.00 per night. Directions to Hotel From Washington, DC/National/ Reagan Airport - DCA Hotel Direction: 35 mi NE Driving Directions: Take the George Washington Parkway North, 12 miles to the Capital Beltway, (I-495), travel north to Maryland for 5.5 miles to Exit 38 which is I-270 North toward Frederick. Continue onto I-270 North for 13 miles to Rt 124 East (exit 11-Mont. Vill Ave.) At the third light, make a left on Russell Ave. The Courtyard Hotel is located on the right at 805 Russell Ave. Approximate travel time is 45 minutes. (1 1/2 hours from 3-6 pm M-F) Subway service, fee: 6.0 USD (one way) Estimated taxi fare: 60.0 USD (one way) From Washington, DC/Dulles - IAD Hotel Direction: 30 mi SE Driving Directions: Take 495 North, 8 miles North to Exit 38 which is I-270N, I-270N 13 miles. Exit on Rt.124 (Exit 11). At 3rd traffic light make a left on Russell Avenue. Hotel is on right. Estimated taxi fare: 60.0 USD (one way) From Baltimore-Washington International - BWI Hotel Direction: 50 mi W Driving Directions: Take I-95S to Washington, to I-495W Silver Spring, I-270N for 13 miles to Rt. 124 (Exit 11). At 3rd traffic light make a left onto Russell Avenue. Hotel is on right. Estimated taxi fare: 60.0 USD (one way) Bus Station Union Station Subway Station Shady Grove Metro (4 mi S) Train Station Union Station MEETING LOCATION INFORMATION The headquarters site of the National Institute of Standards & Technology is located near Gaithersburg, Maryland, just off Interstate Route 270, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the center of Washington, D.C. NIST provides shuttle service from the Shady Grove Metro (subway) station. For further information on transportation, food/dining, hotels/motels and more see the Visitor Information page. Directions to Main Campus: From northbound I-270 take Exit 10, Route 117 West, Clopper Road. Bear right at the first light onto Clopper Road/West Diamond Avenue. At the next light, turn left onto the NIST grounds. From southbound I-270 take Exit 11, Route 124, Montgomery Village Avenue/Quince Orchard Road. Bear right at the first light onto Route 124 West, Quince Orchard Road. After you merge onto Rt. 124, Quince Orchard Road, turn left at the second light onto Route 117, West Diamond Avenue. Turn right at the first light onto NIST grounds. We will be in the NIST main building (bldg 101) on campus. We are in Conference Room C.
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