ESA Webcast Offers Q&A on the Educational and Scientific Uses of NEON The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will host=20 a webcast on the educational and scientific uses=20 of the National Ecological Observatory Network=20 (NEON) on March 21, 2007. ESA Executive Director=20 Katherine McCarter and Education Director Jason=20 Taylor will open the session and brief attendees=20 on the results of a recent ESA-sponsored survey=20 focused on educational opportunities related to=20 NEON science, including input from the ecological=20 community on training needs and other issues=20 associated with using NEON facilities and=20 data. NSF Assistant Director (Directorate of=20 Biological Sciences) James P. Collins and NEON=20 CEO David Schimel will comment on the survey=20 results and discuss its implications on the NEON=20 planning process. This will be followed by an=20 open discussion where the panel will respond to=20 audience questions. If you plan to attend the=20 event in person, please register at=20 <http://tinyurl.com/2cnbrd>http://tinyurl.com/2cnbrd to indicate your= interest.
Date: March 21, 2007 Time: 1530 hrs - 1700 hrs Eastern Location: American Society of Association=20 Executives (ASAE) Eye Street Conference Center=20 (1575 Eye St, NW, Washington DC 20005) in the "West Room" Telephone Call-in If you do not have access to a computer at that=20 time, please call into the toll-free line=20 (1-800-213-4061, participant passcode =3D 540 281=20 38) for a live audio feed. The same toll-free=20 line can be used to ask a question. The NEON=20 Project Office pays for this on a per connection=20 basis, we encourage that you participate in a=20 group setting and share a phone line if feasible. Webcast At least 24 hours prior to the webcast 1. Goto <http://tinyurl.com/282sd3>http://tinyurl.com/282sd3 2. Under =94Set Up=94 on the left hand side, click on =94Event Manager=94 3. Follow the installation instructions 4. Verify that WebEx Event Manager is correctly=20 installed and compatible with browser by going to=20 <http://developers.webex.com/api/jointest/index.php>http://developers.webex.= com/api/jointest/index.php Note: WebEx recommends Internet Explorer and=20 Safari for Macs =96 we=92ve had good results with=20 Firefox as well. Technical support is available=20 via WebEx at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] or 1-866-229-3239. 10 minutes prior to the webcast 1. Goto <http://tinyurl.com/282sd3>http://tinyurl.com/282sd3 2. Click the Join button 3. Enter your name and email address 4. Enter the password: network 5. Click Submit to join the event 6. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to join the teleconference 7. Dial 1-800-213-4061 for the audio feed.=20 Participant passcode =3D 540 281 38. The NEON=20 Project Office pays for this on a per connection=20 basis, we encourage that you participate in a=20 group setting and share a phone line if feasible. We will be starting on time. Please join at least=20 10 minutes prior to the start time.
