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NEON Workshop: Ecological aspects of biogeochemical cycles
Workshop participants
- Jill Baron, Colorado State University
- Jayne Belnap, USGS
- John Blair, Kansas State University
- Dave Bowling, University of Utah
- Evan Delucia University of Illinois
- Dave Evans, Washington State University
- Kevin Griffin, Columbia University
- Julian Hadley, Harvard University
- Lars Hedin , Princeton University
- John Hobbie, Marine Biological Laboratory
- Dave Hollinger, USDA Forest Service
- Rob Jackson, Duke University
- Carol Kendall, US Geological Survey
- Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma
- Russ Monson, University of Colorado
- Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan
- Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming
- Stan Smith, University of Nevada
- Margaret Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Alan Townsend, University of Colorado
Convened by:
Russell Monson, University of Colorado, Boulder
In Conjunction with The American Institute of Biological Sciences
With Support from The National Science Foundation
Preliminary Agenda
Meeting Objectives
- Identify the key scientific questions, hypotheses, or issues around which NEON should be organized in order to support research in biogeochemistry
- Suggest infrastructure design needs associated with these questions
Tuesday, July 20
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8:30 am
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Light Breakfast Available
Served Continental style; optional attendance.
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9:00
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Opening Remarks/Setting the Stage
- Welcome (Monson)
- Group introductions
- Context for meeting; desired outcomes (Monson)
- How we are going to get at those issues; review of agenda and ground rules (Facilitator)
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9:30
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NEON: Where We Are Today
- Ground covered to date (Goldman)
- Questions & answers
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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Criteria That Will Be Used to Prioritize
Among Suggested Questions, Hypotheses,
and Issues — To be determined by participants (Facilitated)
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11:15
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Small Group Work to Generate Candidate Questions, Hypotheses, and Issues
— 4 groups
of 5; questions suggested during pre-meeting
consultations will be used to stimulate small
groups' thinking. (Facilitated — 2 facilitators rove between the 4 groups)
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12:45 pm
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Lunch
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1:45
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Small Group Reports to Plenary; Suggested Questions, Hypotheses, and/or Issues — 10-minute report out from each of 4 small groups,
followed by reflective plenary discussion of
themes that emerged.
(Facilitated)
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3:15
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Break
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3:15
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Selecting Key Questions, Hypotheses, and/or Issues — Using "n/3" technique, apply previously
agreed-upon selection criteria to brainstormed list
of possible questions, hypotheses, and/or issues
to select items to be recommended as focal points.
(Facilitated)
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3:15
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Closing Comments/Plan for Next Day (Monson)
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3:15
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Adjourn for the Day
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Wednesday, July 21 |
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8:30 am
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Light Breakfast Available
Served Continental style; optional attendance.
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9:00
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Opening Remarks/Setting the Stage
- Review Agenda for the Day (Monson)
- Reflections from Day 1
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9:15
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Small Group Work to Generate Suggestions Re: Infrastructure Associated with Suggested Questions, Hypotheses, and Issues
— 4 groups
of 5; each group focuses on infrastructure needs associated with just one of the priority questions / hypotheses / issues identified on Day 1. (Facilitated — 2 facilitators rove between the 4 groups)
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Small Group Reports to Plenary
— 15-minute report out from 1st 2 of the 4 small groups, followed by questions and answers. (Facilitated)
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12:00
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Group Photo
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12:15
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Lunch
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1:15
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Small Group Reports to Plenary (cont'd)
— 15-minute report out from remaining 2 of the 4 small groups, followed by questions and answers. (Facilitated)
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2:15
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Plenary Discussion: Infrastructure Needs
— Reflective discussion of themes and insights that emerged from small group presentations on infrastructure needs. (Facilitated)
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3:15
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Break
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3:30
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Plenary Advice to Report-Writers
— Full group will have an opportunity to
offer suggestions to the subgroup that will
produce the workshop report. Focus will
be on identifying key points and themes to
highlight in the report. (Facilitated)
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4:15 pm
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Closing Comments (Monson/AIBS)
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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