The Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) annual meeting brings together people across the globe to share research and applications in ecological forecasting. NEON will provide a beetle forecasting workshop at this year's annual meeting.
The NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Ecosystem Conference brings together the HDR community to accelerate data-intensive science, engineering, and education.
DSOS (Data Science and Open Science) and AEMON-J (Aquatic Ecosystem MOdeling Network - Junior) organize the "Hacking Limnology Virtual Summit and Workshops," a multi-day event of presentations about aquatic research and workshops that include keynote talks and live coding exercises. Day 3 of the workshops will focus on linking NEON aquatic macroinvertebrate data with water quality, stream discharge and other sensor data.
Join the seminar on September 8, 2026 for the talk "Spectral Landscape Ecology as a Tool for Inferring the Spatial Organization of Intraspecific Variation: Insights from NEON Imaging Spectroscopy" presented by Megan Seeley of Arizona State University.
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is hosting the 2026 Annual Conference as a hybrid conference in Oslo, Norway, Sept. 21-15, 2026. NEON Biorepository and Science staff will present and be available to connect.
The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences will make awards for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to recent doctoral degree recipients for proposals with a research and training focus at the intersection for artificial intelligence and biological sciences to strengthen and safeguard biotechnology innovations. Proposals are due by Sept. 29, 2026.
Join the seminar on October 13, 2026 for the talk "Project Sparrow: From the Field to the Lab – A Full AI Solution for Biodiversity" presented by Zhongqi Miao from Microsoft, AI for Good Lab.
Join the seminar on November 10, 2026 for the talk "Ecosystem responses to extreme heat: A tale of two forests" presented by Chris Still of Oregon State University.
The 2026 American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference brings together thousands of attendees to collaborate, connect, and celebrate Earth and space science. AGU26 will be held in San Francisco, CA, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
Join the seminar on December 8, 2026 for the talk "Exploring drivers of ecological synchrony and impacts of biological invasions using open-access ecological datasets" presented by Yingying Xie (Northern Kentucky University), Tong Qiu (Duke University), Allen Hurlbert (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), John Grady (St. Mary's College of Mary), and Phoebe Zarnetske (Michigan State University).
Join the seminar on Wednesday, January 13, 2027 for the talk "Resolving and scaling litter decomposition controls from leaf to landscape across the NEON dryland sites" presented by Kathe Todd-Brown (University of Florida), Daryl Moorhead (University of Toledo), Jiwei Li (Arizona State University), Sasha Reed (U.S. Geological Survey), Alexi Besser (Arizona State University), and Heather Throop (Arizona State University).
Join the seminar, 12-1pm MT, on February 9, 2027 for the talk "Using GRIME AI and Time-lapse Imagery for Research, Education and Communication" presented by Troy Gilmore (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Mary Harner (University of Nebraska at Kearney).
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), with co-sponsorship by the International Society of Limnology (SIL), will host the 2027 Aquatic Sciences Meeting Feb. 28-Mar. 27, 2027, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Join the seminar, 12-1pm MT, on March 9, 2027 for the talk "A decadal, continental-scale view into the drivers of soil microbiome ecology and function with NEON soil samples" presented by Matt Kellom of the Joint Genome Institute.
Join the seminar, 12-1pm MT, on April 13, 2027 for the talk "Collaborations between the NSF ASCEND Engine and NEON: leveraging large-scale federal investments in environmental sensing and analytics for resilience" presented by Sam Malloy (Innosphere Ventures/NSF ASCEND CO-WY Engines Program) and Mike SanClements (Battelle).
Join the seminar, 12-1pm MT, on May 11, 2027 for the talk "NEON Data and Samples as a Resource for Organismal Biology: Traits, Physiology, and Individual Variation Across Scales" presented by Sarah Diamond (Case Western Reserve), Joey Bernhardt (University of Guelph), and John Orrock (University of Wisconsin).
