Annual Meeting

The CAPS 2025 in-person Annual Meeting will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Fairmont Winnipeg Hotel) on September 18 - 20, 2025. 

2025 Call for Abstract is now open, click here to submit. 

The CAPS 2025 in-person Annual Meeting will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Fairmont Winnipeg Hotel) on September 18 - 20, 2025. We are interested in all topics related to Paediatric Surgery including laboratory and clinical research, patient series, education, non-cardiac thoracic surgery, quality/safety, trauma, global surgery and urology. Submissions will be accepted in the form of original papers as presentations. 

Papers presented at the meeting will be eligible for manuscript submission and consideration for publication in the CAPS edition of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Interesting case reports will be eligible for manuscript submission and considered for the CAPS edition of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports.

CAPS Prizes: Prizes will be awarded for the best presentation by a medical student, best bilingual presentation, best clinical presentation, and the best basic science presentation.
CAPS Surgeons' Den: The 10 highest ranked abstracts will be presented during a special session. The winner will be decided through audience participation.

DATES TO REMEMBER: 

Submission deadline: Monday, April 14, 2025 (midnight CST)
Acceptance/rejection notification emails will be sent on Friday, May 9, 2025. 

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UPCOMING MEETINGS
2026 - St John's (Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland) - September 25 - 26, 2026

New Members of the CAPS Executive approved at the 2024 Annual Business Meeting: 
President-elect: Dr. Pramod Puligandla
Director, 1st year: Dr. Kris Milbrandt