Visit NEON at ESA 2010

There are lots of ways to learn about NEON and chat with NEON staff at ESA 2010 this year. Look for us at the events listed below!

NEON Meet & Greet:
Westin Hotel, Pennsylvania Ballroom West
6:30 – 8pm, Wed, Aug 4th
Everyone welcome!! Free appetizers, cash bar, good conversation about the nation’s first continental scale ecological observatory. Stop by and see us!

NEON Exhibit Booth #211
We’ll be here all week, with scientists available to answer your questions about how NEON can work for you.
Interested in discussing designs for our Aquatic/STREON program? Stop by the booth on Tuesday, Aug 3 from 2-4pm.
Interested in discussing designs for our Fundamental Sentinel Unit? Stop by the booth on Wednesday, Aug 4 from 4-6:30pm.
Interested in discussing designs for our Fundamental Instrument Unit? Stop by the booth on Tuesday, Aug 3 from 11:30am-2pm.

NEON posters:
Ed Ayres| PS 33 Aug 3, 4:30-6:30pm | How far apart should I place my soil plots? Spatial variation in soil properities in North American ecosystems
Hongyan Luo| PS 28 Aug 3, 4:30-6:30pm | Strategies to design and place towers for long-term ecological observations at a continental scale
Kali Blevins| PS 42 Aug 3, 4:30-6:30pm | NEON Fundamental Sentinel Unit’s insect DNA barcode prototype for a national network
Rachel Gallery| PS 80 Aug 5, 4:30-6:30pm | The NEON soil microbe prototype: Preliminary results from four domains

NEON talks (part of oral sessions and symposia):
Dave Schimel: Communicating Climate Change: Principles of Earth System Literacy (Aug 2, SYMP 2 1:35pm, 403-405 Convention Center)
DJ Spiess: The NEON Web Portal: Resources for Educators (Aug 3, OOS 17, 2:50pm, 336 Convention Center).
Wendy Gram: NEON Education and Public Engagement Strategy (Aug 3, OOS 17 1:50pm, 336 Convention Center)
Dave Schimel (with Paul Duffy): Data Assimilation and Simulation in the NEON Observatory (Aug 5, OOS 43 10:30am, 401-402 Convention Center)