Integrated Earth 2023 was a two-day symposium held at The Shine Dome on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) that aimed to integrate Earth systems expertise and data better to address the complex Earth systems challenges Australia faces.

Produced by members of the National Earth and Environmental Sciences Facilities Forum (NEESFF), including TERN, AuScope, NCI, ARDC, IMOS and ACCESS-NRI, and generously supported by the late Elizabeth and Frederick White and the Australian Academy of Science.

The conference brought together participants working across the five Earth systems — geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere — to identify opportunities for data integration and scientific collaboration, and to create a cross-disciplinary community of practice for Australian Earth and environmental science data.

With more capable high performance computing and data infrastructure now available, and the emergence of large-scale digital twins becoming a reality internationally, it was critical to ensure that relevant Australian datasets can be structured so that the next generation of researchers can undertake planetary-scale analysis and contribute meaningfully to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.