Report on the 3rd Senior Conference on TRIZ Research

Sponsored by the mechanical design academy of the Chinese mechanical engineering society, the 3rd Senior Conference on TRIZ Researching in China was held at Hebei University of Technology on October 20, 2007.Read More

Report from the 2nd IberoAmerican Technological Innovation Congress

Ellen Domb

Tuesday was the opening day of the Congress, in Monterrey Mexico, at the conference center of the University Autonoma de Nueva Leon. Amazing view of the city! More than 40 people participated in the tutorial sessions, with the distance … Read More

Report From The Third TRIZ Symposium in Japan

Guest Commentator

Paul Filmore is reporting from The Third TRIZ Symposium in Japan.———

I’ve arrived here for my first visit to Japan.  I am so grateful that it is ‘cold’ so that I have time to acclimatise.  Fortunately I was given … Read More

Report from the Process of Innovation, Wednesday afternoon

Ellen Domb

Cheryl Perkins from Kimberly-Clark fascinated the audience with her data on the lack of clear metrics in the innovation “space.”    She gave characteristics of good metrics, particularly the advantages of leading (vs. lagging) metrics.   The continuum of innovation requires … Read More

Report from the Process of Innovation – Wednesday Morning

Ellen Domb

Wednesday morning started with Harry Flotemersch conducting a “Management Think Tank” workshop—he used the conference participants’ questions to pair them up and structure sessions for mutual help. Real Innovation Commentators Praveen Gupta and I had the most international table—people … Read More

Report from the Process of Innovation, Tuesday afternoon

Ellen Domb

Lev Buslovich spoke about his experiences at both GE and Carlson Hotels Worldwide, as a black belt, MBB, and innovation advocate.   He talked about the communication and cultural differences between public and private companies, and showed the distribution of … Read More

Report from the Process of Innovation -Tuesday Morning

Ellen Domb

The chairman’s opening address set the theme for the conference:   Joe Ficalora from SBTI used Steve Jobs’ quote, “Innovation is the difference between followers and leaders” as the kickoff message for the conference.   His Six Sigma background showed through … Read More

Report from the Process of Innovation Conference

Ellen Domb

I’m in Chicago IL USA this week at the conference organized by IQPC on the Process of Innovation.  I’ll be reporting progressively throughout the week on the highlights of the conference.  (If anyone is reading this in the Chicago … Read More

Report on the Second Senior Conference of TRIZ Researching

Gao Changqing reports on the Second Senior Conference on TRIZ Research

The Second Senior Conference on TRIZ Researching in China was held at Hebei University of Technology on October 28, 2006. The TRIZ Research Association of China was constituted … Read More

Report on the International TRIZ Association TRIZ-fest 2006 Conference

Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13-20, 2006 By Mark Barkan

The conference comprised following activities: 1. October 13-14, TRIZ Masters’ Summit 2. October 14, Certification of new TRIZ Masters 3. October 15, Trip to Petrozavodsk and visit to Altshuller’s grave 4. … Read More

Report on the European TRIZ Association TRIZ Futures 2006 Conference

Kortrijk, Belgium, October 9-11, 2006 Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

This report is second in a series of experiments of “live blogging” –reporting on the meeting as it is happening, in the blog http://trizrealworld.blogspot.com then combining the daily postings and some photos, … Read More

Report on First Iberoamerican Innovation Technology Congress, Puebla, Mexico Sept. 4-6. 2006.

By Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

These are short summary reports from the 1er Congreso Iberoamericano de Innovación Tecnológica in Puebla, MX. They were orginally posted live during the meeting as an experiment on http://trizrealworld.blogspot.com. They are short partly because of my … Read More

Workshop On Computer Aided Innovation: Report of the meeting held in Karlsruhe on 11th of May 2006

Executive Summary A consultation workshop was held in Karlsruhe on the 11th of May 2006 on the broad domain of Computer Aided Innovation (CAI). Experts from European member states, candidate states and from outside Europe took part in the … Read More

TRIZCON2006 Report

By Ellen Domb, editor@the-trizjournal.com

The Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies, www.aitriz.org, held its annual conference “TRIZCON2006” in Milwaukee, WI USA, April 29-May3, 2006. For the first time, this was a joint conference with the American Society for Quality, which was … Read More

Personal Report from the American Creativity Association Meeting Austin TX USA, March 22-25, 2006

By Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

I went to the American Creativity Association meeting with two purposes in mind: 1. To tell the non-TRIZ creativity people about TRIZ 2. To learn what the non-TRIZ creativity people do

As a TRIZ consultant and … Read More

Report on ETRIA TRIZ Futures 2005

By: Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

Graz, Austria was the 2003 European Cultural center—perhaps that prepared the city to host the European TRIZ Association meeting in 2005? The bronze sculpture in the left photo is the art museum, that was a … Read More

Report on the “Innovation Through Collaboration” Conference, held at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Oct. 25-26, 2005.

By: Abram Teplitskiy, and J. Michelle Edwards, Futron Corporation

The “Innovation Through Collaboration” conference organized by NASA, the Houston Technology Center, Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, and Rice Alliance was successfully held at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, … Read More

Official G.S. Altshuller Foundation Annual Report

OFFICIAL G.S. ALTSHULLER FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT October 15, 2005 is the second anniversary of the Official G.S. Altshuller Foundation’s Web site. This site was opened on ’G.S. Altshuller’s birthday in 2003.

In its second year, the website has had over … Read More

Personal Report of The First TRIZ Symposium in Japan

By: Toru Nakagawa

Held by the Collaborative Board of TRIZ Promoters and Users in Japan on Sept. 1 – 3, 2005, at Shuzenji, Izu, Japan Toru Nakagawa (Osaka Gakuin Univ., Japan), Oct. 9, 2005 [Posted on Oct. 12, 2005]

Editor’s … Read More

Report from ETRIA TRIZ Futures Conference, November 3-5, 2004

By: Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum editor@the-trizjournal.com

The Italian weather and the TRIZ community were in harmony this week—it was a glorious 3 days in Florence! Early notice: next year TRIZ Futures Conference will be in Graz, Austria—plan now to … Read More