The biennial conferences of the America Society of Health Economists have become the premier health economics conferences in the U.S. The upcoming 5th Biennial Conference should continue to build that reputation. The University of Southern California and the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics offer great venues for this meeting. Topics are open to any area that fits within the general category of the economics of health and health-care research. Two outstanding plenary sessions are being planned