Description: This session will provide an opportunity for participants to engage in live discussions centered on this year’s meeting theme. Discussions may focus on the wealth of data that are available and continue to be generated from observatory and research networks (e.g., NEON, LTER, etc.) and from remotely sensed instruments (e.g., NASA products, among others). Participants are encouraged to share their knowledge of various networks relevant to ecology-related research, challenges and opportunities created by such large data sources, and promising methods for leveraging and synthesizing information from such networks or other large data sources.