ATLANTA—February 6, 2003—In Trials of an Expert Witness, Dr. Derek Page will share his experience as an expert witness in a case of alleged infringement of patents for the manufacture of paper plates. Having previously been a researcher and research manager, Dr. Page found that the paradigm shift to the legal world was invigorating, challenging, and amusing, but, in the end, he had no regrets that he did not pursue a career in law.

The seminar will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 14, in the Kress Auditorium at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology. Dr. Page, known for his dry wit and excellent storytelling ability, promises that, “There will be a moral to the story!”

Professor Page obtained his bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D degrees from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Following his formal education, he opted to carry out research in industry, joining the British Paper and Board Research Association in 1955. In 1964, he moved to Montreal to work at the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada. His research career has been devoted to the subject of paper physics (the term used to describe the materials science of paper).

He retired from PAPRICAN in 1994 as Director of Research, Physical Sciences, to pursue a second career in teaching and consulting. He has been Scientific Editor of the Journal of Pulp and Paper Science since its founding in 1974. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Physics at IPST and teaches an advanced course in paper physics in the winter months. He has authored many papers and received many awards.