Attention: all times in Pacific Daylight Time (click here for a converter)
For talks and breakout discussions, we will use zoom. You can download it for free here.
For the poster sessions, we will use a virtual conference venue on the gather platform. Find the link and more tips here (to see the link, create a free login on ameriflux.lbl.gov if you don’t have one).
We strongly recommend that you take a bit of time before the meeting, to try out the space in gather. It’s best to join together with a colleague to make sure that your camera and microphone work ok. To move between sessions, either move between virtual rooms in gather, or directly join the zoom links that will be emailed to you and provided on this page next week.
Tuesday, October 6th:
| Time Pacific | Meeting Program |
| 08:30 AM | Opening Session:
Welcome & logistics – Meeting Chairs |
| Keynote zoom | Plenary Session 1: Bringing the Americas together Session Chair: Jorge Perez-Quezada |
| 09:00 AM-09:25 AM | Keynote 1: Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa “A vision on the estimation of Photosynthetic Active Radiation (fPAR) using sensor networks” |
| 09:25 AM-09:40AM | Aurelio Guevara-Escobar “Water and carbon research at the University of Querétaro, México” |
| 09:40 AM-09:55 AM | Enrico A. Yepez “Carbon and water flux assessment at seasonally dry ecosystems of northwestern Mexico” |
| 09:55 AM-10:10 AM | Dan Stover and Gary Geernaert, Department of Energy “Supporting an Open Path to the Future of the AmeriFlux Network” |
| 10:10 AM-10:35 AM Keynote zoom | Breakout pitch round (12×2 minutes) Session Chair: Josh Fisher |
| 10:35 AM-10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:50 AM-11:50 AM | Breakout parallel sessions (all zoom links) 1: Soil moisture and vegetation fluxes (Gil Bohrer) zoom info 2: Eddy Covariance as a Service (ECaaS) (Bruno D. V. Marino) zoom info 3: Enhancing Representativeness and Collaboration Across the Americas (Samuel Villareal) zoom info 4: Theme Year for Network Action (Margaret S. Torn) zoom info |
| Keynote zoom | Plenary Session 2: Informing Decision Makers Session Chair: Ben Runkle |
| 11:50 AM-12:15 PM | Keynote 2: Gyami Shrestha “Past to Future: A Vision for Diverse and Inclusive Carbon Cycle Science Collaborations” |
| 12:15 PM-12:30 PM | Patty Oikawa “Using Flux Measurements and Modeling to Inform Carbon Markets and Climate Change Mitigation” |
| 12:30 PM-12:45 PM | Forrest Melton “OpenET and Applications of Ameriflux for Water Management in the West” |
| 12:45 PM-01:00 PM | Kim Novick “Leveraging flux towers to inform land-based climate mitigation and adaptation strategies – emerging opportunities in the Midwestern US” |
| 01:00PM-01:10 PM | Reports from Breakout Sessions, End of Day 1 |
Wednesday, October 7th:
| Time Pacific | Meeting Program |
| 08:45 AM Keynote zoom | Welcome Session Day 2 |
| Keynote zoom | Plenary Session 3: Open Science Session Session Chair: Sara Knox |
| 09:00 AM-09:25 AM | Keynote 3: Ben Bond-Lamberty “Integrating large scale soil respiration and other datasets for understanding of global change” |
| 09:25 AM-09:40 AM | Jingfeng Xiao “Mapping terrestrial photosynthesis globally with solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and FLUXNET observations“ |
| 09:40 AM-09:55 AM | Xian Wang “Advancing Dryland Carbon Uptake using New Satellite-based indices“ |
| 09:55 AM-10:10 AM | Kyle Delwiche “FLUXNET-CH4: A global, multi-ecosystem database“ |
| 10:10 AM-10:20 AM | Break |
| 10:20 AM-10:55 AM Keynote zoom | Early Career Session: Lightning Talks Session Chair: Gabriela Shirkey |
| Intro to Lightning talks | |
| Lightning talks, introducing new PIs and new projects | |
| 10:55 AM | Intro to Poster Sessions in gather |
| 11:05 AM gather | Poster Session and technical exhibition |
| 12:05 PM | Breakout parallel sessions (all zoom links)
1: Whole-ecosystem scale experiments with eddy covariance: a historical and future perspective (Adrian Rocha) zoom info |
| 01:05 PM-01:15 PM Keynote zoom | Reports from Breakout Sessions, End of Day 2 |
Thursday, October 8th:
| Time Pacific | Meeting Program |
| 08:45 AM Keynote zoom | Welcome Session Day 3 Session Chair: Gabriela Shirkey |
| 09:00 AM | Breakout parallel sessions (all zoom links) 1: New and existing atmospheric boundary layer observations across the AmeriFlux network (Manuel Helbig) zoom info 2: Eddy Covariance for Natural Climate Solutions (Kyle Hemes, Ben Runkle) zoom info 3: Mentor-Mixer hosted by FLUXNET ECN zoom info 4: Beyond the Year of Methane: New EC methane research directions and community activities (Gavin McNicol) zoom info |
| 10:00 AM gather | Poster Session and technical exhibition |
| 11:00 AM-11:10 AM | Break |
| 11:10 AM-11:40 AM | Virtual site visits |
| 11:40 AM-12:25 PM Keynote zoom | Social mixer: get to know fellow flux researchers! Share your funniest research story! |
| 12:25 PM-12:35 PM Keynote zoom | Reports from Breakout Sessions Session Chair: Josh Fisher |
| 12:35 PM Keynote zoom | Closing Session Chairs: Sara Knox, Jorge Perez-Quezada, Gabriela Shirkey |
| 01:05 PM Keynote zoom | End of Meeting |