Book recommendation: G. Ivanov, Formulas of Creativity

Gennady Ivanov’s title is finally available to a wide audience in English translation via Amazon. We made the first English translation of “Formulas of Creativity: Or How to Become an Inventor” for TRIZ enthusiasts in 2013. In this book, he deals with ideality, contradictory thinking, standard solutions and the trends of technological evolution. Many examples … Read more

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference: November 6 to 8, 2024

This year, the TRIZ Future Conference of ETRIA (The European TRIZ Association) will take place in ccoperation with the “World Conference of AI-Powered Innovation and Inventive Design 2024” in Romania at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The focus is on researching synergies between AI and traditional inventive problem-solving methods. Prof. Stelian Bard is calling for … Read more

App 40 IP: now free of charge and with numerous new examples

With our app, you have the 40 innovation principles available at all times, as well as the contradiction tables for the technical contradiction according to Altschuller and Mann (2003) and the assignment of the innovation principles to the separation principles for processing the physical contradiction (according to Litvin). In the current release of the 40 … Read more

Preview ITC-2024 in Dubai

MATRIZ Official invites you to ITC-2024 from October 14 to 17, 2024 in Dubai. One focus of the conference is to attract new TRIZ users: To inspire a broad audience for the possibilities of TRIZ to tackle problems in a wide variety of fields such as industry, service sector and science. Prior to the main … Read more

Comprehensive conference report on the ITC 2023

After four years of online meetings, the 1st International TRIZ Conference ITC 2023 once again offered the opportunity to talk to each other on site. The conference venue was the TU in Graz from August 30 to September 2, with many TRIZ enthusiasts attending online at the same time. The comprehensive report on the conference … Read more

Materials from TRIZCON 2023

TRIZCON 2023 ended on November 8 and the main topic of the conference was “The intersection of TRIZ and Artificial Intelligence”. A video recording of the conference and other materials are now available. The Post Conference Review costs $30 and is available here.

TRIZCON2023 on November 8, 2023: free participation

Next week on Wednesday the online conference TRIZCON will take place. This year’s theme is “The Intersection of TRIZ and Artificial Intelligence.” From 9 am to 5 pm, there will be numerous presentations and videos on the intersection of TRIZ and AI, highlighting synergies but also identifying difficulties. Participation is free of charge, you just … Read more

Free book: GEN TRIZ Knowledge Transfer Basic Module, Manual (July 2019)

A good book for getting started with TRIZ and preparing for the Level 1 exam can now be found on the MATRIZ Official homepage. The “GEN TRIZ Knowledge Transfer Basic Module, Manual (July 2019)” contains introductions to these topics: Main Parameters of Value Discovery Function Analysis Cause-Effect Chains Analysis Trimming Inventive Principle Application: Engineering Contradictions … Read more