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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (26 April, 2017)

    Nakagawa 130927

            

    Apr. 26, 2017

    Dear TRIZ Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University)

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated yesterday (dated Apr. 24) in English and in Japanese pages.

          http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Letters from ReadersFeb. - Apr. 2017

    [1A] English page: from 8 readers + Toru Nakagawa

    [1B] Japanese page: from 2 readers + Toru Nakagawa

    [1C] Information Letter: TRIZ Activities at OGU (Toru Nakagawa)

    [2] Introductions of Individual Papers of ETRIA TFC 2016:

         C. Case Studies in Industries (9 Papers)

         Toru Nakagawa    

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    [1] TRIZ Forum: Letters from ReadersFeb. - Apr. 2017

    [1A] [English page]

    Tomasz Arciszewski (USA), Czeslaw Cempel (Poland), Simon Litvin (USA), Pavel Livotov (ETRIA President), Oliver Mayer (Germany), Michal Halas (Poland), William Hessler (USA), Shahid Saleem Arshard (Australia); Toru Nakagawa (OGU)

    On request from S. Litvin, I wrote a document of my whole activities related to TRIZ and Creative Problem Solving Methodology at OGU (See a separate page [1C] ).

    For writing Introductions of ETRIA TFC2016 papers, I sent a request to many TFC2016 authors for sending me their presentation slides.

    And I received a message from ETRIA President to note the copyrights issues of the papers.

    I confirmed that Papers in English are not posted/cited because ETRIA is going to publish them officially in spring NEXT year and that Slides in English may be posted/cited under Author's permissions and Papers and Slides in Japanese translation are allowed to be posted/cited.

    I explained these points to the Authors and posted my Introductions of 17 TFC2016 papers on Mar. 30 under their permissions.

    W. Hessler suggested me to make my Web site design easier to read and more user-friendly, especially for beginners.

    I want to make this Web site, however, up-to-date, reliable, and high-quality source of information of TRIZ and Creative problem solving methodology in general.

    For making such an intention compatible with user-friendliness, I have been trying to implement various measures; they are summarized here again in reply.

    Probably it will be most effective from now on to insert more photos (such as people in conferences, authors of articles, flowers in seasons, etc.).

    I would like to ask you, the readers, to contribute articles and give suggestions to this Web site.

    [1B] [Japanese page]

    Mr. O; Akihiro Katahira; Toru Nakagawa (OGU)

    Mr. O, who is going to introduce TRIZ in his company, asked me about the position of TRIZ among various idea generation methods.

    I replied that methods of creative problem solving are more important than simple, short-cut oriented idea-generation methods.

    Such methodology has been developed recently by improving/generalizing TRIZ.

    The concept of 'Six-Box Scheme' and easy process USIT should be learnt, by using USIT Manual and USIT Case Studies.

    I just introduced the essence of what are discussed repeatedly in this Web site.

                         

    [1C] TRIZ Forum: Information Letter: TRIZ Activities at OGU:
           Research, Education, Application, and Proliferation   (Toru Nakagawa)

    I wrote this Information Letter for reporting my whole activities related to TRIZ and Creative Problem Solving Methodology at OGU, with the emphasis that research, education, application, and proliferation of TRIZ and related methodology are done in a parallel and cooperative

    manner.

    My whole activities for these 20 years since 1997 are described in a chronological manner, in three A4 pages .

    [2] Conference Report (31)-Papers C: Personal Report of ETRIA TFC 2016:

       Introductions of Individual Papers: C. Case Studies in Industries (9 Papers)

         (Toru Nakagawa)   

    Introductions of the papers presented at TFC2016 are written by Nakagawa in English.

    Here are 9 papers in the 3rd category. marks are highly recommended.

    C1. Heuristic problems in automation and control design: what can be learnt from TRIZ?:
    Leonid Chechurin (Finland), Viktor Berdonosov (Russia), et al.

    C2. Optimizing motor performance by using TRIZ methodology:
    Matej Hohnjec et al. (Slovenia)

    C3. A proposal for automation of conceptual design stage in Architecture-Engineering- Construction (AEC) projects:
    Ivan A. Renev (Finland)

    C4. TRIZ and innovation of pressing process:
    Bohuslav Busov et al. (Czech Republic)

    C5. TRIZ and turbojet engine innovation:
    Bohuslav Busov, Zden?k Katolicky et al. (Czech Republic)

    C6. Mobile biogas station design: the TRIZ approach:
    Mariusz Ptak et al. (Poland)

    C7. Design for change: disaggregation of functions in system architecture by TRIZ-based design:
    Sebastian Koziolek (Poland)

    C8. TRIZ based problem solving of tile manufacturing system: Toru.831 Sebastian Koziolek, Mateusz S?upi?ski (Poland)

    C9. TRIZ-based analysis of the rail industry problem of low adhesion:
    John Cooke (UK)

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    The Photo posted at the top page:

    at Monastery of Lorch (Germany),
    Apr. 7, 2017, Toru Nakagawa.

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       URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series

         (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (5 June, 2017)

    Nakagawa 130927

            

      Jun. 5, 2017

    Dear TRIZ Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa

             Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated last night (dated Jun. 4) in English and in Japanese pages.

                http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Introductions of Individual Papers of ETRIA TFC 2016:

    1. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries (5 Papers)
    2. Usage of TRIZ in Education and in Academia (5 Papers)

         Toru Nakagawa)

              

    [2] Letters from Readers(Feb. - Apr. 2017) : Added in the English page: from 2 readers + Toru

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    [1] Conference Report (31) - Papers D and E: Personal Report of ETRIA TFC 2016:

     

    Introductions of Individual Papers:

    Introductions of the papers presented at TFC2016 are written by Toru Nakagawa in English.

    Here are 5 papers in Category D, and 5 more in Category E.

    •  marks are highly recommended.
    1. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries (5 Papers)

    D1. ● A long-term strategy to spread TRIZ in SMEs. Analysis of Bergamo's experience:
    Davide Russo, Daniele Regazzoni, Caterina Rizzi (Italy)

    D2. Combining TRIZ and open innovation, a new promising perspective for enhancing corporate innovation processes:
    Masih Hanifi, Remy Houssin, Denis Cavallucci, Simon Fuhlhaber (France)

    D3. R&D in Poland ? is the country close to a knowledge-driven economy?:
    Dorota Chybowska, Leszek Chybowski (Poland)

    D4. Is Poland an innovative country?:
    Dorota Chybowska, Leszek Marek Chybowski (Poland)

    D5. ● Why TRIZ Popularity is Declining:
    Sergey Sobolev, Oleg Abramov (Russia)

    1. Usage of TRIZ in Education and in Academia (5 Papers)

    E1. A Brief Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (BTIPS) - an Approach in Teaching, Learning and Practice:
    Zbigniew Marian Bzymek (USA)

    E2. ● Aspects of teaching TRIZ:
    Christoph Dobrusskin (The Netherlands)

    E3. Product development using heuristic-systematic approach: a case study:
    Bartosz Pryda, Marek Mysior (Poland)

    E4. ● Development of creative education materials for students at middle and high school using design thinking process with simplified TRIZ:
    Kyeongwon LEE (South Korea)

    E5. ● Idea Generation with Substance-Field Analysis: the Influence of Prior Knowledge and Practical Experience:
    Iouri Belski, Anne Skiadopoulos, Guillermo Aranda-Mena (Australia), Gaetano Cascini, Davide Russo (Italy)
    (Note: This paper E5 is about "Importance of General Knowledge in Creative Idea Generation: An Experiment and Discussions")

    [2] TRIZ Forum: Letters from Readers(Feb. - Apr. 2017

    [Added in the English page]

    Min-Gyu Lee (Korea & Finland), Giuseppe Carignani (Italy), Toru Nakagawa

    1. Lee communicated with me on my Introduction to his ETRIA TFC 2016 paper; it's a pleasure for me that the Author appreciates my Introduction article.
    1. Carignani is going to have a chance to talk on TRIZ to high school teachers and asks me for some references.

    I suggested the Entrance page for Children and High school students of this site.

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    Editor of the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan":

       URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (Feb. 14, 2017)

    Nakagawa 130927

    Feb. 16, 2017

    Dear TRIZ Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa

             Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated on Feb. 14 in English and in Japanese pages.

       http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Personal Report of ETRIA TFC2016 (Oct. 2016, Poland)  Toru Nakagawa

    [2] A long-term strategy to spread TRIZ in SMEs.

       Davide Russo, D. Regazzoni, C. Rizzi (U. Bergamo, Italy); Japanese translation: Toru Nakagawa

    [3] Letters from ReadersDec. 2016 - Jan. 2017English: 4 readers + TN; Japanese: 6 readers + TN

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    [1] TRIZ Forum: Conference Report (31):

    Personal Report of The 16th ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference (TFC 2016),

    Held on Oct. 24-27, 2016, at Wroclaw, Poland

    Toru Nakagawa (OGU)  

    After a few years of interval, I have made up my mind to write 'Personal Reports' of some important TRIZ conferences, starting with ETRIA TFC2016.

    In the field of TRIZ, several international conferences and several tens of regional/ domestic/ company-organized conferences are held every year.  

    Papers/presentations at such conferences are, unfortunately, mostly not known even for people interested/ involved in TRIZ.

    Overviews of the papers and introductions to good papers would be useful for promoting TRIZ, only if appropriate reviews were done.

    Knowing the responsibilities and burdens, I will do my best to write 'Personal Reports', as I did before (Conference Reports (1) through (30)).  

    The present page in English is just a skeletal of my Personal Report, containing only a list of all the papers categorized with topics.

    I have just posted a Japanese page having very-brief introductions to all the papers, which I wrote after reading Authors' Abstracts and presentation slides (made available to TFC2016 participants).

    After reading papers closely one after another from now on, I am going to write introductions to them in English.

    It will take two months or so for me to finish and post my Personal Report in English.

    [2] Case Study of TRIZ Promotion:

    A long-term strategy to spread TRIZ in SMEs. Analysis of Bergamo's experience

    Davide Russo, Daniele Regazzoni, Caterina Rizzi University of Bergamo, Italy);

    Japanese translation: Toru Nakagawa  

    Presented at ETRIA TFC 2016 on Oct. 25, 2016 at Wroclaw, Poland.

    In the English page, presentation slides are posted both in HTML and in PDF.

    The paper will be made accessible with a link to Elsevier's Science Direct whenever openly published.

    In the Japanese page, the full paper and the presentation slides are posted in Japanese translation.

    The TRIZ research group, formed in the University of Bergamo, educated students of Master courses with the TRIZ methodology, and worked to spread TRIZ in the industrial community in collaboration of Bergamo Chamber of Commerce.

    This is a valuable report of the activities, which contributed to stimulate and enhance the intellectual properties and innovation in the regional community prevailed by SMEs.

    Typical models of promoting TRIZ are based on success stories in big enterprises.

    In Italy, however, big companies (with over 250 employees) are very few (0.1%) while very small companies (with less than 10 employees) are prevailing (95%).

    Thus the Authors built a new model of responding to the demands of SMEs first in collaboration with Chamber of Commerce.

    Under a long term strategy, they provided services of teaching, training, and consulting the owners and engineers of SMEs on the topic of Intellectual Properties first and TRIZ later.

    In 9 years they have achieved remarkable results.

    [3] TRIZ Forum: Letters from ReadersDec. 2016 - Jan. 2017

    [English page] Czeslaw Cempel (Poland), Ellen Domb (USA), Hugo Sanchez (Nicaragua), Shahid Saleem Arshad (Australia); Toru Nakagawa

    Communications between Cempel and Nakagawa, on 'Liberty vs Love', especially that Ethics (including Equity) is the 0th Principle.

    Domb and Sanchez sent me wishes and encourage the work of this Web site.

    Arshad supported me on the work of 'Liberty vs. Love'. He attached a picture of homeless Japanese citizens just post-war in 1945. Nakagawa responded mentioning the hidden nature of poverty in modern countries

    [Japanese page ] Akihiko Ikeda, Tomomi Murata, Kouichi Miyazato, Tetsu Sadahiro, Munehiro Shimada, Mikiya Kobayashi, Toru Nakagawa

    Murata sent me his greetings together with Haiku (Japanese short poems) he composed.

    Miyazato encourages me to keep this site as a platform where Gemba leaders can study.

    Sadahiro asks me about how engineers' use of their knowledge and experiences is related to the Six-Box Scheme.

    Shimada sent me his newly published book: "How Do We Want to Die?" (Author: M. de Ridder,

       Translation into Japanese: M. Shimada and W.R. Ade).

    Kobayashi sent me his sympathy on the 'Liberty vs. Love' issue.

    Best wishes,

    Toru

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       URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (Feb. 14, 2019)

    Nakagawa 130927

    Feb 14, 2019

    Dear TRIZ Leaders/Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa, Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated in English and Japanese pages on Jan. 13, Feb. 6, and Feb. 14.  

    http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Letters from Readers (Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2019)

    [2] List of 78 WTSP Members from 29 countries is posted

    [3] WTSP News: WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. - Feb. 2019

         [WTSP] Letters (7M) Jan. 13, 2019

                         (8M) Feb. 8, 2019

                       (8M-2) Feb. 10, 2019

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    [1] Letters from Readers (Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2019)

       [English page] Toru Nakagawa; Don Masingale (USA), Walter Hermans, Christopher K. Ahoy (USA),  Val Tsourikov (Belarus), Ellen Domb (USA), Alexander Shmonov (Russia)

       [Japanese page ] Toru Nakagawa; Toshio Takahara

    [2] WTSP News: List of WTSP Members (78 Members from 29

         countries) is posted in the (A2) Organization page

           (Toru Nakagawa)           (Jan. 13, 2019)

       Currently 78 persons have voluntarily joined WTSP as Members.

       They come from 29 countries/areas.

       In each country they are trying to form a WTSP team with several members.

       We are going to survey TRIZ-related sites in each country and describe introductions of them individually.

       Please notice our time schedule:

       (by Dec. 31, 2018) Formation of WTSP teams in every country

       (by Mar. 31, 2019) Completion of Country WTSP Catalogs in every country, for open reviewing inside the project;

           First draft of Categorized World WTSP Catalog

       Such activities have just started in each country, but very slowly yet.

       We wish to have many more Members in most of the countries, especially in Russia and USA.

       Could you please join WTSP, to work Together ! Connected !!

    [3] WTSP News: WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. -- Feb. 2019

         (Editor: Toru Nakagawa (WTSP Project Leader))

         (Jan. 14; Feb. 6; Feb. 14, 2019)

       This page intends to post various communications related to the WTSP project, e.g., [WTSP] Letters, [WTSP] Communicatios,

       [WTSP] Q&A, [WTSP] Announcement, etc.  

       Here arranged from old to new:

    - Tan Eng Hoo (Malaysia): Communications

    - [WTSP] Letters (7M-A)(7M-B)(7M-D)(7M-E):  List of WTSP Members, Tasks at moment, and Invitation to WTSP

                 (Toru Nakagawa) (Jan. 13, 2019)

           Note: (A) WTSP Members

                 (B) WTSP Members missed to submit Membership Application Form

                 (D) Invitees since Dec. 2017

                 (E) Invitees since Nov. 2018

    - [WTSP] Letters (8M-A)(8M-B):  WTSP pages are updated today in THPJ.

           Let's work Together ! Connected !!

                 (Toru Nakagawa, Feb. 8, 2019)

    - [WTSP] Letters (8M-D)(8M-E):

           Invitation to join WTSP; Your help is needed by the global TRIZ community

                 (Toru Nakagawa, Feb. 8, 2019)

    - Posting in LinkedIn:

           Invitation to Voluntary work of building WTSP Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites in your country and in the world.

               (Toru Nakagawa, Feb. 8, 2019)

    - [WTSP] Letters (8M-2):

           Basic and useful WTSP pages posted in THPJ and uploaded in the Bitrix24 Platform.

               (Toru Nakagawa, Feb. 10, 2019)

    The WTSP project is just starting its practical jobs.

    We wish you and your colleagues join this movement.

    Best wishes,

    Toru

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       URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (Jan. 10, 2019)

    Nakagawa 130927

    Jan 10, 2019

    Dear TRIZ Leaders/Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa

             Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University

       Greetings from Japan for a Happy New Year 2019!!

       Wish the year be peaceful in the World, and healthy, happy, and successful for you all.

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated today (dated Jan. 10) in English and Japanese pages.

    http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Message for the New Year 2019 (Toru Nakagawa)

    [2] "Computational Creativity: Path to Future Civilization"

         Valeri Tsourikov, Keynote Lecture at TRIZfest2014

    [3] TRIZ News: Plans of Conferences in Japan and in the world:

         Japan TRIZ Symp., Japan Creativity Society Conf.;

         AI TRIZCON2019, I-SIM ICSI2019, MATRIZ TRIZfest2019, ETRIA TFC2019

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    [1] Message for the New Year 2019 (Toru Nakagawa)

       It is a tradition in Japan to send post cards

       for celebrating a new year.

       I posted my New Year post card (in Japanese), which I sent

       to my friends whom I met before my TRIZ days.

       Here is the message in English. :

       Happy New Year 2019 !!

       I keep working for the research and proliferation of

       'Methodologies of Creative Problem Solving (TRIZ/CrePS)'.

       This Web site "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" celebrated the

       20th Anniversary last November to my thanks to you all.

       I have proposed a voluntary international project 'World

       TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP)' and am endeavoring to build

       Catalogs for introducing TRIZ-related Web sites in the world.

       After an year of initial preparation, I have just made up

       my mind to complete its first Edition in October 2019,

       to update it completely in every 2 years, and to run the

       operation for 10 years, in cooperation with many TRIZ colleagues.

       Human Culture has chosen (or recognized) Liberty and Love

       as the two Principal Guiding Principles, but there exist

       intrinsic contradictions, inside each of them and between

       the two, which have not been resolved throughout the human history.

       It should be Ethics that motivates and coordinates both

       Liberty and Love; Ethics is the most basic Principal Guiding

       Principle based on the understanding that every person has

       the rights to pursue one's own happiness.

       Pursuing for the three goals together, i.e., to extend

       Liberty, to expand (or universalize) Love, and to deepen

       Ethics, is Good for individuals and for societies.

       Insisting and pursuing for 'Liberty alone / Love alone /

       Ethics alone' is NO Good.

       This is my understanding at the present stage.

      

       I wish you all your health, happiness, and success.

                 January 1st, 2019       Toru Nakagawa

      

       This page also contains links to several relevant pages,

       the photo of the glacier in Switzerland, and 8 photos of

       swallows at my home.

    [2] Paper: Computational Creativity: Path to Future Civilization

       Valeri Tsourikov (Minsk, Belarus), Keynote talk at

       TRIZfest2014 Conference, Prague, Sept. 5, 2014;

       Japanese translation by Toru Nakagawa

       Dr. Valeri Tsourikov started Invention Machine Project in

       mid 1980s in Minsk, Belarus, and after moving to Boston in

       early 1990s his Invention Machine Inc. built the

       TechOptimizer software which fully implements knowledge bases

       and tools of TRIZ.

       Artificial Intelligence (AI) is his specialty area.

       He developed semantic analysis methods of natural language

       with the keys of SVO structure, and hence made it practical

       to process huge volume of patent and scientific/technical

       documents and output the essence of knowledge in compact

       and usable forms.

       The software contributed much to the sensational debut of

       TRIZ in late 1990s in US, Europe, Japan, etc.  

       He also developed an epoch-making concept of 'software

       which assists inventions' and implemented it into a prototype ;

       his thoughts, however, seemed to be too early at that time.

       In 2001 he left IMC, and never appeared in the TRIZ community

       for many years.

       In 2014 he gave a Keynote lecture at MATRIZ TRIZfest

       conference, with the slides posted here.

       Last October at ETRIA TFC2018 he gave another Keynote

       Lecture, and I met him after 17 years of interval.  

       Dr. Tsourikov kindly contributed his two Keynote

       presentations to this Web site.  

       I have chosen to post his Keynote 2014 because it's

       more basic and easier for us to understand.

    "Artificial Intelligence is surely going to supercede human brains.

       It is natural and inevitable.

       AI will supercede much higher pretty soon.

       AI techniques will handle not only practical and formalizable

       jobs (as many people say) but also creative jobs like

       inventions (in contrary to sayings by many) much better

       than human brains.

       As the results of my research for these 20 years, I have

       already built such a prototype. " he says.

       Anyway please read his presentation slides posted here

       in English and in Japanese translation.

    [3A] TRIZ News: TRIZ News in Japan

       Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 15th TRIZ Symposium

       in Japan on Sept. 5 - 6, 2019 in Tokyo.

       Japan Creativity Society (JCS) is going to hold its

       41st Annual Conference on     , 2019 at JAIST near Kanazawa.

    [3B] TRIZ News: TRIZ News Outside Japan 

       Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies (AI) is going to hold

       TRIZCON2019 on May 20-22, 2019 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA .

       International Society of Innovation Methods (I-SIM) is going

       to hold ICSI 2019 on Jul. 8-11, 2019, in Liverpool, UK.

       International TRIZ Association (MATRIZ) is going to hold

       TRIZfest-2019 Conference and related events

       on Sept. 11-14, 2019 in Heilbronn, Germany.

       European TRIZ Association (ETRIA) is going to hold

       19th TRIZ Future Conference (TFC2019) on Oct. 9 - 11, 2019

       at ENSA Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco.

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       http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/">URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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    Toru

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    Editor of the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan":

       URL:http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    Director of CrePS Institute:

       Publication of "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" book series (in Japanese)

       3-1-13 Eirakudai, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0086, Japan.

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  • "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Updated (Mar. 30, 2017)

    Nakagawa 130927

              Mar. 30, 2017

     

    Dear TRIZ Colleagues,

        Toru Nakagawa (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University)

    "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" has been updated today (dated Mar. 30) in English and in Japanese pages.

          http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/

    [1] Personal Report of ETRIA TFC 2016: Introductions of Individual Papers:

         A. Methodology of TRIZ (6 Papers)

         B. Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Methods (11 Papers)

           Toru Nakagawa (OGU)

    [2] Schedules of TRIZ Conferences in Japan and in the World

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    [1] Conference Report (31)-Papers A and B:

       Personal Report of ETRIA TFC 2016: Introductions of Individual Papers:

         Toru Nakagawa (OGU)

    Introductions of all the individual papers presented at TFC2016 last October are going to be posted here according to the categories of topics.

    The following is a list of the papers introduced now, showing their titles and authors.

    Papers with marks are highly recommended.

    A. Methodology of TRIZ (6 Papers)

    A1. Problem definition and identification of contradictions in the interdisciplinary areas of mechatronic engineering:
    Didier Casner (Germany) et al.

    A2. How to Generate Simple Model Solutions Systematically from Function Analysis Diagram:
    Min-Gyu Lee (Finland & Korea)    

    A3. TRIZ-based approach for process intensification and problem solving in process engineering:       concepts and research agenda:
    Didier Casner et al. (Germany)

    A4. Method of time-dependent TRIZ function ranking:
    Nikolai Efimov-Soini et al. (Finland)

    A5. Tech-Finder: a Dynamic Pointer to Effects:
    Davide Russo et al. (Italy)      

    A6. Statistical use of the TRIZ contradiction matrix, experimentation on a ball bearing technical issue:
    Elie Aupetitgendre et al. (France)

    B. Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Methods (11 Papers)

    B1. Cause-Effect Chains Analysis using Boolean algebra:
    Jerzy Chrz?szcz et al. (Poland)    

    B2. Trend of Increased Addressing of Human Senses - Near Field Senses ?:
    Oliver Mayer (Germany)

    B3. Lessons for TRIZ from Design Thinking & Lean 3P:
    Michal Halas (Poland)

    B4. What a well-trained TRIZ user can learn from other design methodologies: an initial speculation:
    Leonid Chechurin (Finland) et al.

    B5. The Application of TRIZ to exclude Product Failures caused by unintended Operation Errors:
    Juergen Hess ( Germany)    

    B6. A Praxeological Model of Creative Actions in the Field of Mechanical Engineering:
    Maksymilian Leszek Smolnik (Poland)

    B7. Can TRIZ functional analysis improve FMEA:
    Christian Spreafico et al. (Italy)    

    B8. Effective Design Approach with Inventive Principles to Reputational Damage Risk on the Internet:
    Manabu Sawaguchi et al. (Japan)    

    B9. Applying TRIZ and Lean Tools for Improving Development Processes. A Case Study from Industry: Improving the Testing Process for SW and HW-related Products:
    Martin Kiesel et al. (Germany)    

    B10. Roadmapping the Disruptive Innovation Technologies Based on CV of Resource:
    Jianguang Sun et al. (China)

    B11. Towards Experience Capitalization for Inventive Problem Solving:
    Pei ZHANG et al. (France)

       I am going to write the Introductions of 29 more papers. It will take 2-3 months (?), I am afraid.

    [2] TRIZ News: TRIZ Conferences in Japan and in the World

       Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 39th Annual Conference on Sept. 9-10, 2017 in Yokohama

       Japan TRIZ Society (JTS): 13th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 21-22, 2017 in Tokyo.

       European TRIZ Association (ETRIA): TRIZ Future Conference (TFC 2017)
                         on Oct. 4 - 6, 2017 in Lappeenrata, Finland.

       Altshuller Institute: TRIZCON2017 on Oct. 3-5, 2017 at Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

                            (Note: Postponed from the former plan of Apr. 4-6, 2017)

       International TRIZ Association (MATRIZ): TRIZfest-2017 Conference and related events

                            on Sept. 14-16, 2017 in Krakow, Poland.

       Society of Systematic Innovation (SSI): ICSI 2017 on Jul. 11-14, 2017, in Beijin, China.

    Best wishes,

    Toru

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