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HIS YEAR, the CAPS meeting was held in loveNiagara-on-the-Lake Ontario, between the 1

nd the 21st of September. The meeting venue wasld Victorian Queen’s Landing Inn & Conferenesort.A welcoming reception on the evening of Septem

7 was well attended by meeting participants andamilies as well as by our many foreign guests.

There were six scientific sessions with 49 preseions. Although the weather was very nice andurroundings very tempting, all scientific sessions well attended, and many papers were actively discu

n a friendly and constructive atmosphere.After the second session, our guest lecturer, Dr S

dzick, gave an exciting Fred MacLeod/JPS Annecture on State-of-the-Art Fetal Surgery.A minimally invasive surgery video session was p

ented at a box lunch break.The next two scientific sessions were presente

riday morning and were followed by an hour ofinutes–2 slides” presentations that allowed particip

o present unusual cases or cases for which they nerofessional advice from the assembly.The presidential dinner took place in the Hillibrainery where we were taken on an educationalhere we learned about wine making and tasting, e

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ially the ice wine for which this region is famous. Tanquet itself paid a special tribute to our friendaria Di Lorenzo, the publications committee chairp

on, who had passed away one month before. Thedent paid tribute also to Dr Sigmund Ein who is retirfter many years of an exemplary pediatric surgractice at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.sual, Dr Ein was able to cheer the audience up with

egendary sense of humour. Finally, the CAPS presiassed on the president medal to the newly eleresident, Dr Salam Yazbeck.The last scientific sessions took place on Saturdayere followed by the announcement of the awardsest papers. These prizes went to Dr E.J. Parkinso

he best basic science paper entitled “Moderate hypoia attenuates hepatic apoptic signaling following in

inal ischaemia-reperfusion” and to Dr P. Javid forest clinical paper entitled “Survival in congenital dhragmatic hernia: The experience of the Canadianatal network.”Finally, the president declared the meeting closed

ncouraged all participants to attend next year’s men Winnipeg.

Salam Yazbeck, MDGuest Edito

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol 39, No 5 (May), 2004: p 782