<div dir="ltr"><div>The LTER Network Communications Office has been busy this winter developing a series of events to share Network science and raise the Network's profile at the national level. Please join us -- on line or in-person -- to learn more about what's happening across the LTER Network.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Each month this Spring, one of the <a href="https://lternet.edu/current-working-groups/">LTER synthesis groups</a> will present <a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/2018-synthesis-webinars/">a webinar </a>on their activities. Next up is:</i></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><b style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Building Capacity for Increased Interactions between Modelers and Empiricists<br></font></b><b><font color="#990000">Thursday, February 8</font> at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)<br></b><span style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Kimberly La Pierre, Meghan Avolio, and Kevin Wilcox</span><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3iqN8LpzRN-k9R-TlMcqSw">REGISTER HERE</a></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"></blockquote><div><font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><br></div></blockquote><i>Each year, the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network presents an overview of the rich and varied research taking place at its 28 sites. In 2018, the topic of this half-day symposium is ocean ecosystems and their connections to marine species and human well-being. Speakers will include Deron Burkepile (MCR LTER), Evelyn Gaiser (FCE LTER), Kyle Cavanaugh (SBC LTER), Susanne Menden-Deuer (NES LTER), Merryl Alber (GCE LTER), and Bill Fraser (PAL LTER).</i><br></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-weight:700;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://lternet.edu/2018-nsf-lter-symposium/">Understanding Our Ocean Connections through Long-Term Ecological Research</a></font></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-weight:700;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">April 19, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – Noon</font></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The symposium is open to all, but preregistration is required. Please email Cheryl Dybas (<a href="mailto:cdybas@nsf.gov">cdybas@nsf.gov</a>) to pre-register. Please share the attached flyer with interested colleagues in the Washington D.C. area.</span></div></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div></blockquote><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Planning for the LTER All-Scientists' Meeting is well underway. Each LTER site will have 7 prepaid slots available for travel and meeting registration. Much of the content for this triennial eco-science-fest is generated based on the interests and energy of the LTER community, so add the date to your calendars and put your thinking caps on now. The <a href="https://lternet.edu/committees/2018-lter-scientists-meeting-program-committee/">planning committee</a> will be reaching out soon for workshop proposals.</i></font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://lternet.edu/event/lter-asm-meeting/"><b>LTER All Scientists' Meeting 2018</b> </a></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Next Generation Synthesis: </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strategies and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Successes </span></b></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">September 3-October 4, 2018</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA</font></div></blockquote><div><div><p></p></div><div><div><br></div><div>Please share information on these events freely -- inside and outside the Network.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div>Marty</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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Deputy Director, <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://lternet.edu/" target="_blank">Long-Term Ecological Research Network</a></span></div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=9c0b9b36a4" 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><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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