Join Mar. 24 at 12pm MT for a seminar about the NEON design and NEON resources, with a focus on data, samples, and training materials that are well suited to undergraduate instruction. The seminar is part of the series hosted by Open Education Ecosystems Research Coordination Network.
On March 10, the NEON Science Seminar Series will feature Lindsay Campbell of University of Florida presenting the talk "Leveraging NEON Mosquito Collections for Broadscale Assessment of Abundance and Phenology"
Join Hydrologists and data managers from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to learn more about the breadth of NEON's hydrology data products collected across observational, instrumented, and remote sensing subsystems. This is a two part series taking place on Mar 4, 2026, and the second on Apr 1, 2026.
NEON is collaborating with AmeriFlux and CarbonDew to host the workshop Remote Sensing and Fluxes for Real-world Impact: Integration with Advanced Techniques on March 4-5, 2026 in Boulder, CO . The workshop is a unique opportunity to advance your skills in connecting eddy-covariance flux measurements with geospatial data to enhance real-world applications. The in-person event invites leading researchers, early-career scientists, industry representatives, regulators, land managers, and other stakeholders to refine and apply robust data integration algorithms that unite the benefits of in-situ...
Join this 1.5-hour online workshop to learn the fundamentals of NEON data access and navigation, including using the neonUtilities package, reading metadata, and downloading data into a programming environment.
On Feb. 12 (Hackathon), join the National Ecological Observatory Network and the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact lab for a virtual hackathon. The hackathon will introduce the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Machine Learning (ML) Challenge - Scientific Modeling out of Distribution (Scientific-MOOD), and a virtual space to form a team and create a submission. Join Feb. 10 at 10am for training on setting up an account and the CyVerse and Codabench platforms.
On Feb 10, the NEON Science Seminar Series will feature Renato Figueiredo of Oregon State University presenting "Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows"
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC), and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) are converging February 9-12 for a workshop focused on scientific communication entitled, “From Data to Decisions: Strategies for Translational Communication of Complex Data to Decision Makers.”
Join us for an in-person hackathon at the University of Colorado Boulder on Tuesday, Jan 27, to learn how to use AI/ML tools on the CyVerse platform to predict biological, ecological, and environmental data. The event will provide an introduction to the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Machine Learning Challenge, including a venue to form a team and get started with a submission to the challenge. The event will include presentations on each of the three benchmarks used for this year's challenge, an overview of the Codabench platform, an overview of CyVerse compute resources that will...
On Jan 13, the NEON Science Seminar Series will feature Pete Beckman of Northwestern University presenting "Sage Grande: Put your Sensors on the Edge with AI at NEON Sites and Beyond"
The 2025 American Geophysical Union conference brings together scientists, educators, and policymakers to explore groundbreaking research, connect with global experts and discuss topics in Earth and space science. Come find NEON at the NEON booth in the exhibit hall and interact with NEON staff at a variety of NEON-led events.
Register to join an in-person hackathon event in Boulder, CO on Dec 12 & 15, for the Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Machine Learning (ML) Challenge - Scientific Modeling out of Distribution (Scientific-MOOD). This two-day event will provide an introduction to the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Machine Learning Challenge, including a venue to form a team and get started with a submission.
On Dec 9, the NEON Science Seminar series will feature Odeta Qafoku, Emily Graham, Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory providing the talk "MONet Campaigns for Soil Molecular and Microstructural AI Analysis and Advanced Modeling at Scale."
The premier event of the Entomological Society of America is it's Annual Meeting. NEON will be presenter at this year's event, which takes place in Portland, Oregon.
The annual AmeriFlux conference brings together site principal investigators and researchers across the AmeriFlux and FLUXNET communities to present recent results, foster collaborations, and determine the direction of community efforts for the coming year.
Living Data 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia, October 21-24, 2025 is a joint conference that brings together members of biodiversity networks and hundreds of scientists, researchers, practitioners, and experts from around the world. Conference attendees share their knowledge and experience to transform the understanding of the state and trends of biodiversity and learn how work together contributes towards conserving the living world. NEON, Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER), Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) are co-organizing a session...
NEON’s first Convergence Summit will be held October 15-17 in Boulder, Colorado. 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.
NEON is proud to participate in the upcoming session “Integrating Ecosystem Observatories” at International Data Week 2025, a global event focused on advancing data-driven science and innovation.
On Oct 7, the NEON Science Seminar series will feature Tanya Berger-Wolf of The Ohio State University providing the talk "AI for Nature: From Science to Impact."
Discover how to access and work with NEON’s ecological data through a hands-on workshop featuring live coding in R and a remote sensing demonstration in Google Earth Engine. Learn practical skills and tools to apply NEON data to your own research, with examples from the Pacific Northwest and the 2023 Lookout Fire.
NEON is presenting a seminar as part of the Center for Conservation Initiatives (CCI) seminar series. In this seminar, NEON staff will provide an overview of how NEON data is collected and used in Florida, demonstrate accessing the data, and provide resources and tools for attendees to use NEON data in their own ecological inquiries and decision-making needs.
Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab
The 2025 ESIIL Innovation Summit will focus on environmental tipping points and transformations, bringing together scientists, managers, data analysts, and other thought leaders to address environmental challenges.
On Sept 9, the NEON Science Seminar series will feature four NEON Ambassadors. Each will provide a talk within the theme "From Microbes to the Atmosphere: Research Across Scales."
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from Aug 10-15, 2025. This year's meeting theme is "Ecology is Everywhere". At the annual meeting, NEON is launching the inaugural Best NEON Presentation Award, hosting a field trip to the Domain 02 SERC field site, leading workshops and short courses focused on NEON data, hosting a session on improving the NEON user experience, and giving technical presentations. NEON staff will also be available to answer questions and provide information at the NEON booth in the Exhibit Hall. Check the ESA 2025...
The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) July 2025 meeting offers hands-on, interdisciplinary deep-dives for attendees to explore the conference theme, "Innovation to Impact."
NEON, a member of the Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI), provides support for GERI research about leveraging data provided by research infrastructures and networks. The GERI early career researcher (ECR) working group (WG) is participating in a Scholar Exchange in Boulder, CO (USA) from July 21-25, 2025. This Scholar Exchange will include professional trainings (such as applying AI techniques to environmental science research), manuscript writing and co-authorship, a data hackathon, field trips, and more. Applications to attend closed Apr 30, 2025. Learn more at GERI ECR Scholar...
DSOS (Data Science and Open Science) and AEMON-J (Aquatic Ecosystem Modeling Network - Junior)
The Hacking Limnology event includes a series of workshops and speakers hosted by AEMON-J (Aquatic Ecosystem Modeling Network - Junior) and a virtual summit with more than 20 presenters hosted by DSOS(Data Science and Open Science), including presentations about research and tools that use NEON data. Join this free virtual event July 21-25 to dive into themes in aquatic research and open data.
