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On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the International Board of Pediatric Surgical Research: This year again due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic and resulting travel restrictions, the 34th International Symposium on Pediatric Surgical Research (ISPSR) was held online from Winnipeg, Canada from 10 to 12 December 2021. This was a highly successful virtual meeting at which 70 papers on pediatric surgical research and 7 invited Keynote lectures were presented. As always, the highlight of the symposium was the Prize Session. There were ten excellent papers presented at this session. The Prem Puri Basic Science Research Prize was awarded to Dr. George Biouss from Toronto, Canada, for his presentation on “Reduced Cell-Mediated Inflammation After Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Necrotizing Enterocolitis”. The Michael Hollwarth Prize for the Best Clinical Research Paper was awarded to Koichi Deguchi from London, U.K for his presentation on “ Development of a Porcine Acellular Bladder Matrix Seeded with Functional Human Urothelium for Tissue Engineered Bladder Reconstruction”. The International Board of Pediatric Surgical Research thanks Professor Richard Kiejzer and his team for a highly successful virtual meeting.