<div dir="ltr">For those in the LTER community who are attending the Ecological Society of America Meeting next week in Portland, LTER will not have an exhibit booth. Instead -- look for me, Frank, and Education Lead Sam Norlin at your talks and posters. And please grab us at coffee breaks to chat about your hopes and aspirations for the Network.<div><br></div><div><b>A list of LTER's <u>over 150</u> talks and posters</b> is posted on the LTER web site: <a href="https://lternet.edu/esa-2017">https://lternet.edu/esa-2017</a> and a pdf is attached to this email. </div><div><br></div><div>A couple of LTER-organized symposia may be particularly interesting, see:</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session12754.html">Advancing Ecological Theory through Synthesis of Long-Term Ecological Research</a><br></li><li><a href="https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session12857.html">20 Years of Insights into Social-Ecological Research from the Two Urban LTER Sites</a></li></ul></div><div><div>As well as a NEON-focused symposium with a lot of relevance to LTER researchers:<br></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session12873.html">Challenges and Opportunities for Investigating Ecological Communities Across Space and Time: Insights from Coordinated Research Networks</a></li></ul></div><div>Also plan on joining your colleagues at the Wednesday night "Science Stories" mixer. <br></div><div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4">Science Stories</font></b></div><div>Wednesday, August 9, 7-11 pm </div><div><div>McMenamin's Mission Theater </div><div>1624 NW Glisan St.</div><div>Portland, Oregon</div></div><div><br></div><div>For more details and to RSVP: <a href="http://portland-esa-mixer.weebly.com/">http://portland-esa-mixer.weebly.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>7 p.m. Doors open. First 150 receive free drink tickets. Appetizers for all</div><div>8-9 p.m. Professionally told, science-inspired stories </div><div>9-11 p.m. Mix and mingle </div><div><br></div><div>The event is co-hosted by <a href="https://lternet.edu/">LTER</a>, <a href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/">NCEAS</a>, and <a href="http://snappartnership.net/">SNAPP</a>. Look for the blue name tags to find your LTER buddies.</div><div><br></div><div></div><div>See you in Portland!</div><div><br></div><div>Marty, Frank, and the rest of the LTER-NCO team.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Deputy Director/Communications</div><div><a href="https://nco.lternet.edu/" target="_blank">LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</a></div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=7e63967daf&e=[UNIQID]" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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