Awards

Every year at TRIZCON, members of the Altshuller Institute are recognized and honored for thier contributions to the institute, or their outstanding work in other fields.

AI TRIZ Hall of Fame Award

This is the highest award given by the Altshuller Institute and enters the awardee into the TRIZ Hall of Fame. It is an award that recognizes a sustained high level of contribution to the practice and advancement of TRIZ principles and a significant advancement of the TRIZ methodology and technical leadership.  Anyone in the world in the world is eligible for this award.  The Awards Committee may designate, not more often than once each year a nominee not previously so designated.  This award honors Genrich Altshuller the founder of TRIZ, The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, and the Altshuller Institute.

Winners:

Year	Photo	Winner
2019		Dr. Pesakh Amnuel
2018		Voluslav V. Mitrofanov
2017		Alexander Selyutski
2016		Genrick Altshuller

AI Distinguished Service Award 

The Distinguished Service Award represents the highest distinction that can be accorded by the Altshuller Institute for service to the Altshuller Institute and the missions for which it stands. The medal honors the lifetime contribution of any person who has been recognized as a long-term enabler, catalyst or prime mover for the Altshuller Institute. It is also granted only to those people who have clearly driven progress by promulgation of the Altshuller Institutes principles, methods, or science for the good of the society-at-large and who have exemplary, sustained service on behalf of AI that has benefited the whole of society such as social and ecological issues

Winners:

Year	Photo	Winner
2019		Isak Bukhman
2018		Donald Coates
2017		Richard Langevin
2016		Lev Shulyak

AI Best Practice Award

This award is presented to the company that has demonstrated the most outstanding leadership and significant results in the application of modern TRIZ methods. This includes organization and administration of such work. Usually this award goes out to an organization that uses TRIZ in an exceptional manner on a specific project or improvement opportunity. They need to submit a write up explaining how they use TRIZ principles on the specific product or improvement opportunity. Usually a number of companies will submit applications for this award.

Winners:

Year	Photo	Winner
2019		Dr. Boris Farber
2018		James Bradley
2017		Jack Hipple
2016		Ideation International Inc.

AI Educational Excellence Award

The Education Excellence Award is presented to the individual who has been deemed by the Awards Committee to have demonstrated outstanding leadership specifically in the practice of teaching TRIZ, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.  This includes influencing other organizations to adopt educational programs related to TRIZ for example high schools grade schools and colleges.  This individual has also been active in the development and presentation of meritorious educational TRIZ Hall of Fame.

Winners:

Year	Photo	Winner
2019		Prof. Kartik Ariyur
2018		Denis Cavallucci
2017		Victor Fey
2016		Darrell Mann