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 Birm
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 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)