NEON: Where have we come from?

1. NEON: Where have we come from? Jim MacMahon Chairman, NEON Inc. Board of Directors 1

2. The Evolution of NEON 2001 2003 2004 2004 2

3. NEON Science Vision Provide the capacity to forecast future states of ecological systems for the advancement of science and the benefit of society. 3

4. NEON Science Mission Identify and understand critical variations and interactions in environmental drivers that will enable forecasting the state of ecological systems for the advancement of science and the benefit of society. Environmental drivers Biotic AbioticSocial biodiversity geochemistry economics invasives hydrology land use/ disease climate land cover 4

5. NEON Education Vision Prepare society and the scientific community to use NEON data, information, and forecasts in order to understand and effectively address critical ecological questions and issues. 5

6. NEON Project Office Set up in September 2005 at AIBS. Full time staff of between 8 – 14 persons (including contracted staff). Major deliverables thus far: Design Consortium Meetings NEON, Inc. ISEP, NIBD, RFI, PDP, PPEP, PEP Funding proposals 6

7. How we got to CDR2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Networking and Informatics Baseline Design (NIBD) ISEP Reverse Site Visit Conceptual Design Review Panel Review Revised ISEP Integrated Science and Education Plan (ISEP) Conceptual Design / Preliminary Project Execution Plan / Project Development Plan / Cost Book Request-for-Information Based-lined ISEP 7

8. How we got from CDR to PDR2007 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May RFIs received (>60 responses) Federal Agency Briefing on Deployment Design Conceptual Design Review EROS RFI Synthesis Workshop Preliminary Design Review Tiger Team Sessions Commence Project Manager Identified Preliminary Site Visits Commence NEON Deployment Design Meeting 8

9. RFI Process Develop Deployment Plan Geospatial statistical analyses, Grand Challenge questions, NEON Fundamental Science Challenges, Scientific criteria for sites, experiments, research designs. Prepare datasets Receive and organize RFIs Organize workshop NEON NEON USGS NSF Synthesize RFIs Provide geospatial support Facilitate workshop Observe conduct Participants USGS NSF Facilitator NEON Provide additional information Logistical and budgetary considerations, Additional information from RFI respondents RFI Respondents Preliminary NEON Deployment Plan 9

10. NEON’s Overall Trajectory NRC 2001 NRC 2004 Basis for current NEON scope FDR CDR PDR Initial NSF budget for NEON submitted to Congress ($100M) Commissioning $xxxM (2015 dollars) $100M (2001 dollars) Development Construction 2005 2006 2007 2009 2015 Tentative 10

11. NEON, Inc. Incorporated 12/2005 in Washington, D.C. Membership based organization. Board of Directors: 15 to 17 directors At-large group elected or appointed by directors Membership group elected or appointed by members Majority of directors are from the At-Large group Rotating three year terms 11

12. Membership Two types of memberships available: Founding Institutional One voting representative per institution. Voting representative may: Elect Board members from a slate of candidates Attend NEON Annual Meeting with the institution’s chief research officer 12

13. Preliminary Site Visits Finalize report Conduct site visit Approve approach Preliminary NEON Deployment Plan NEON SRT NEON SRT NEON Board Develop site visit report template SRT = Site Review Team • Sites Visited • Domain 2 (Mid-Atlantic) • Smithsonian CRC • Domain 5 (Great Lakes) • UNDERC • UMBS • Domain 11 (Southern Plains) • Kerr • Shield Ranch • Domain 12 (Northern Rockies) • Yellowstone • Domain 17 (Pacific Southwest) • SJER Populate template Host site visit NEON & SRT Co-chairs Host Site Host Site Preliminary Site Visit Reports 13