A mini-conference on Hamiltonian and Lagrangian methods in fluid and plasma
physics was held on November 14, 2002, as part of the 44th meeting of the
Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society. This paper
summarizes the material presented during the talks scheduled during the
Mini-Conference, which was held to honor Allan Kaufman on the occasion of his
75th birthday.Comment: 14 pages, conference summar