Jerry Marsden, a pre-eminent applied mathematician, passed away September 21, 2010. He was the Carl F. Braun Professor of Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems and Applied and Computational Mathematics, at the California Institute of Technology. His honors include: Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, von Neumann Lecture and Prize (SIAM), Max Planck Research Award for Mathematics and Informatics, the Norbert Wiener Prize (AMS), and the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award (ASME). In addition, he was the first director of the Fields Institute.

"Remembering Jerry Marsden", an obituary
Obituary: Jerry Marsden

Schedule for the Event

2:00-3:00	Introduction by Mark Gotay, PIMS 2012 PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecturer - Richard Montgomery An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body Problem
3:00-3:30	Tea break
3:30-5:30	Reflections on Jerry Marsden: Life & Work (Video of talk)
Speakers include:	William Shadwick, Omega Analysis Limited David Ebin, Stony Brook University Arthur Fischer, University of California, Santa Cruz Anthony Bloch, University of Michigan Darryl Holm, Imperial College London Henry Jacobs,California Institute of Technology Jair Koiller, Fundação Getulio Vargas Alison Marsden, UC, San Diego Wendy McKay, California Institute of Technology Richard Montgomery, UC Santa Cruz Tudor Ratiu, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Shawn C. Shadden, Illinois Institute of Technology
	All participants are welcome to provide remarks. Please let the organizers know if you would like to speak.
5:30	Reception to Follow at Fields
	Cutting the ribbon at the opening of Fields