(CIT): The National Conference on Asthma (Asthma 2003) will be the key asthma conference of the decade. Asthma 2003 will address the asthma and asthma-related objectives of Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) as well as the overarching goals to increase the quality and years of healthy life and eliminate health disparities. The conference program will enable health professionals to implement practices and community strategies designed to significantly reduce asthma-related mortality and morbidity by the year 2010.