NEVBD membership convened 26 January 2018, at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Laura C. Harrington, NEVBD Program Director, presided at this first annual meeting for the NEVBD network. This meeting was comprised of three sessions: General Session, Networking Lunch, and Planning Session. The General Session focused on providing updates on NEVBD research and programming efforts. Meeting attendees used the Networking Lunch period to meet NEVBD collaborators, review projects, and discuss future directions in an informal setting. The Planning Session included a smaller subset of meeting attendees. This portion of the meeting followed a break out group format.