On behalf of LE&RN and NAVBO, Brandon Dixon and Young-Kwon Hong, and all the organizers of the Lymphatic Forum 2021, my thanks to the 329 attendees who made this the most well-attended Forum to date. The virtual nature of this year's Lymphatic Forum had registrants from 24 countries attend. It also opened up the conference to health care professionals and those living with lymphatic diseases, as well as researchers. Our deepest thanks to all the speakers, e-poster submissions, and moderators who made this such an informative conference.

Congratulations to the following Young Investigator Award winners. They were selected by a panel of judges for the outstanding talks they gave during the 2021 Virtual Lymphatic Forum. It was a difficult task for the committee, given that there were 28 excellent talks delivered by trainees during the meeting and over 100 abstracts submitted in total. Everyone should be congratulated on the scientific contributions that were submitted to make the meeting a success.

First Place $500 USD Award: Rafael Czepielewski, mesenteric tertiary lymphoid organs arising from collecting lymphatic vessels disrupts gut to lymph node communication and immunity in IBD, PI: Gwen Randolph, Washington University in St. Louis

$250 USD Award: Luca Ducoli, LETR1 is a lymphatic endothelial-specific lncRNA governing cell proliferation and migration through KLF4 and SEMA3C, PI: Michael Detmar, ETH Zurich

$250 USD Award: Michelle Cully, targeting lymphatic endothelial cell IKKa drives formation of bronchus associated lymphoid tissue, PI: Michael May, University of Pennsylvania

$250 USD Award: Drew Sutton, MDFIC mutations cause autosomal recessive central conducting lymphatic anomaly (CCLA), PI: Natasha Harvey, University of South Australia

We look forward to seeing you all at the LF2023 in Banff.

The Lymphatic Forum is sponsored by the Lymphatic Education & Research Network and North American Vascular Biology Association, and is co-sponsored by the Microcirculatory Society.