NEON Convergence Summit 2025: Advancing Continental-Scale Biology

The NSF-funded National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is hosting its first Convergence Summit October 15-17, 2025 in Boulder, CO. This in-person, facilitated event will bring together NEON staff, NEON Ambassadors, and interdisciplinary teams of researchers who are motivated to explore innovative ways to use NEON data, samples, and infrastructure to advance continental-scale biology. This event is inspired by the 2019 NEON Science Summit and the NSF ‘Reintegrating Biology’ Town Halls facilitated by Knowinnovation, the latter of which resulted in the identification of 90 innovative research questions and 65 vision papers. 

Key outcomes of the 2025 NEON Convergence Summit are enthusiastic workgroups that will convene at the Summit to collaborate on impactful research outputs such as funding proposals, white papers or manuscripts, derived data products, predictive approaches or new models, curricula or tutorials, or other valuable resources for the community following the event. 

Thank you to the Convergence Summit Steering Committee:

Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jeannine Cavender-Bares - Harvard University
Stephanie Hampton - University of California Davis
Ruben Ceballos - University of California Merced
Virginia Rich - The Ohio State University
Ty Tuff - Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab
Kristen Lewers - University of Colorado Boulder
Yujie Liu - Northern Arizona University    
Donnalyn Roxey - Knowinnovation
Paula Mabee – NEON
Kate Thibault - NEON
Tanya Maslak - NEON

Please Contact Us with questions.