An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and convene a series of conversations that explore leading practices for improving accessibility for people with disabilities in disciplines that conduct field and laboratory research. The conversations will include:

• Framing the discussion (e.g., Which disabilities should be the focus for these initial conversations? How do people with different types of disabilities experience field and laboratory work? What has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the most common challenges?)
• Overcoming barriers to full participation by people with disabilities in field and laboratory research;
• Accommodations including, but not limited to, assistive technologies, support, or modification of duties that are most promising for increasing accessibility;
• Commonalities and differences among solutions that address accessibility issues in field and laboratory work;
• Scaling up individual successful practices into generalizable practice;
• The potential for mentoring or other support networks for improving the inclusion of people with disabilities; and
• Institutional policies and the cultural changes necessary to ensure that leading practices for accessibility and inclusivity in field and laboratory science are sustainable.