General Index of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (B) References (Editor: Toru Nakagawa)

General Index of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (B) References: References, Links and World WTSP Catalogs, News and activities, Software tools
English pages: Latest update: May 25, 2020 Japanese pages: Latest update: May 25, 2020
Edited by: Toru Nakagawa (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University) Latest update: Jun. 30, 2020
This general index shows a summary of all the articles in this site. Links to the detailed index of each category and to all the individual articles. Links to English pages are shown by anchored keywords, and . Links to Japanese pages are shown by and . marks show articles posted/updated recently within these 6 months. Articles within a sub-category are arranged in the historical order, the latest at the top.

Editor's Note (Toru Nakagawa, Oct. 17, 2014): This General Index has been divided into four parts of different pages: i.e., (A) Parent page and Editroial, (B) References, (C) Papers, and (D) Forum.

Note (Toru Nakagawa, Jan. 9, 2013): This page has been revised. Categories are modified slightly, and the tables of artiles of (sub) categories are color coded for easier distinguishment of subcategory. There are a number of articles backed up from missing, enhanced in the reference information, moved to more relevant category, etc. Hope the index useful and handy to access to articles you want (inspite of its big volume of 37 printed pages).

Outline of Structure of General Index

General Index (A) Parent page and Editorial:

General Index (B) References: References, Links and World WTSP Catalogs, News and activities, Software tools:

General Index (C) Papers: Papers, Case studies, Technical reports, Introductory articles, Lecture materials, Documents of methodologies:

General Index (D) Forum: Reports of conferences; Book reviews; Communications, discussions, questions, opinions, feedbacks, etc.; Collabo : Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives

Japanese page

General Index	(A) Editorial	(B) References	Links	News & activities	Software tools	(C) Papers, case studies, articles,	Lectures, course materials	(D) Forum		Search in this site	General Index
Home Page	New Information	for children and highschool students	for students and the general public	for engineers (introduction)	for Practitioners	CrePS System Documents	USIT Manual & Case Studies	Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives (USIT)	WTSP Project	World WTSP Catalogs	Home Page

Structure of General Index (B) References:

Genral Index page	Category (link to structure)	Sub-categories (table color)	Link to the table of articles	Japanese page
(B) References	TRIZ References	References in Japanese; References in English; Publication (in Japanese) announcements (published by CrePS Institute); Publication (in Japanese) announcements (published by SKI)
	TRIZ Links and World WTSP Catalogs	World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP) and World WTSP Catalogs ;
	TRIZ Links and World WTSP Catalogs	TRIZ links in Japan; TRIZ links in the world (Extended 120 sites arranged with regions/countries)
	TRIZ News and Activities	News and activities (Parent page)
		Nakagawa & "TRIZ Home Page in Japan": News and activities: Toru Nakagawa; The "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation; CrePS Institute; World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) ;
		World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP);	(moved ↑）	(moved ↑）
		News and activities in Japan: Since 2013 (other; Japan TRIZ Society); News and activities in Japan befor 2013 (Japan TRIZ Society's page, (former) Japan TRIZ CB's Official page );
		News and activities overseas: Russia,and MATRIZ; USA and Altshuller Institute; Europe and ETRIA; , Asia, Mid east, Oceania, Central & south America, etc..)
	TRIZ Software Tools	TRIZ Software tools and their usage

Detail Structure of General Index (B) References: Tables of sub categories

TRIZ References

References in Japanese

References in English

Publication announcements: "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" Series (published by CrePS Institute, in Japanese), etc.
Publication announcements (in English, in the World)

Publication announcements: "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" Series (published by SKI, in Japanese), etc.
Publication announcements (in Japanese, by other publishers)

TRIZ Links and World WTSP Catalogs　

World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP) and World WTSP Catalogs (Since Dec. 2017)

World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP)
(Activities, Communications)

World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP)
(Outputs and Publications: World WTSP Catalogs)

TRIZ Links in Japan and in the World (before 2017)

TRIZ Links in Japan

TRIZ Links in the World

TRIZ News and Activities

TRIZ News and Activities (Parent page)

Nakagawa & "TRIZ Home Page in Japan": News and Activities;

”TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (Editor: Toru Nakagawa)

Toru Nakagawa

The "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation

CrePS Institute (Director: Toru nakagawa)

News and Activities in Japan (Japan TRIZ Society, (former) Japan TRIZ CB, etc. )

News and Activities in Japan (since 2013)

Edited by Toru Nakagawa; not an official annoucement page by JTS and others

News and Activites related to Japan TRIZ Society (since 2013)

Edited by Toru Nakagawa; not an official announcement by JTS.

News and activites in Japan related to TRIZ (besides JTS's official announcements) (2008 - 2012)

Edited by Toru Nakagawa; not an official annoucement by JTS

Japan TRIZ Society's News and activities (2008 - 2012)

Edited by Toru Nakagawa; Official information of JTS

Japan TRIZ Symposium 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

News and activites in Japan related to TRIZ (besides Japan TRIZ CB's official announcements) (~ 2007)

"Japan TRIZ CB" Official Page (2005 - 2007)

Japan TRIZ Symposium 2005, 2006, 2007

News and Activities, World

Russia and MATRIZ (International TRIZ Association): News and Activities

USA and Altshuller Institute: News and Activities

Europe and ETRIA (European TRIZ Association): News and Activities

Asia, Mid East, Oceania, Central & South America, etc. in the World: News and Activities

TRIZ Software Tools

Articles by Toru Nakagawa

Articles by authors other than T. Nakagawa

General Index (B) References: References, Links, News and activities, Software tools

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TRIZ References

References in Japanese

TRIZ book references (books, proceedings, etc.) (Updated: Jul. 10, 2008) (Apr. 5, 2005)

TRIZ WWW references

List of TRIZ Selected Papers written by overseas authors and contributed to this Web site. (Feb. 8, 2008)

TRIZ paper references (papers, technical reports, articles, etc.)

References on related topics

References in English

TRIZ book references (books, proceedings, etc.)

TRIZ WWW references

List of TRIZ Selected Papers written by overseas authors and contributed to this Web site. (Feb. 8, 2008)

Contents of Archives of The TRIZ Journal

References on related topics

Publication announcements: "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" Series (published by CrePS Institute, in Japanese), etc.

Publications of Book Series "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" by CrePS Institute (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 16; Mar. 10; Apr. 17; Jun. 30; Jul. 28, 2014)

(1A) Darrell Mann: "Hands-On Systematic Innovation with Matrix 2010", Revised Japanese Edition: Supervising translator: T. Nakagawa (Feb. 16; Mar. 10, 2014)

(2A) Darrell Mann: "Matrix 2010: Re-updating the TRIZ Contradiction Matrix", Japanese Edition: Translator: T. Nakagawa (Apr. 17, 2014)
(2A+) "Matrix 2010: Book + 6 Sets of A2 size sheets", Japanese Edition (Sept. 30, 2015)

(3) Larry Ball: "Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms -- Illustrated Course Material from Novices to Experts", Japanese Edition: Translator: Toshio Takahara, T. Nakagawa (Jun. 30, 2014)

(3S) Larry Ball: "Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms (for Novices) -- Illustrated Course Material", Japanese Edition: Translator: Toshio Takahara, T. Nakagawa (Jul 28, 2014)

(4) Umakant Mishra's "Treasury of Inventive Ideas for Information Technology & Software - Classified with TRIZ Inventive Principles", Japanese Edition: Supervising translator: Toru Nakagawa (Aug. 29, 2014)

Publication announcements (in English, in the World):

Publication announcements: "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" Series (published by SKI, in Japanese), etc.

Darrell Mann: "Matrix 2010", Japanese Edition, Translated by T. Nakagawa, (Publication Plan, Feb. 2012) (Jan. 22, 2012)

Umakant Mishra: "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology", Japanese Edition, Supervising translator: T. Nakagawa, (Publication Plan, CD-R Edition, SKI, Jan. 2012) (Sept. 7, 2011) (Jan. 22, 2012)

Larry Ball: "Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms", Japanese translation by Toshio Takahara and Toru Nakagawa, CD-R Edition, SKI (Sept. 2007) (Nov. 1, 2007) (Jan. 15, 2012)

Mann, Dewulf, Zlotin, Zusman: "Matrix 2003": Japanese Edition translated by T. Nakagawa; Publication Announcement (T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 5, 2005)

Preface to the Jananese Edition (T. Nakagawa), Q&A documents, Errata, Zlotin & Zusman's remarks

Mann's "Hands-On Systematic Innovation": Publication Announcement (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 30, 2004)

Prefaces to the Japanese Edition (D. Mann, T. Nakagawa), Q&A documents, Extended Table of Contents and Extended Index.

Introduction to Mann's "Hands-On Systematic Innovation" (T. Nakagawa) (HOSI Publication Memorial Seminar) (Sept. 22, 2004)

Salamatov's TRIZ Textbook: Publication Announcement (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 22, 2000)

Prefaces to the Japanese Edition, and Errata and Q&A's on the English Edition (Y. Salamatov, V. Souchkov, T. Nakagawa)

Publication announcements (in Japanese, by other publishers):

Introduction to A New Publication: "TRIZ 40 Principles" (Y. Takagi, 2014) (Jan. 8, 2015)

TRIZ Links and World WTSP Catalogs

World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP) and World WTSP Catalogs (since Dec. 2017)
See the WTSP Project (Welcome Page and Index Page ) (Project Leader: Toru Nakagawa)

World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP)
(Activities, Communications)

Communications : Introduction of the Site "MyTRIZ Official Site" (Eng Hoo Tan, Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 15, 2020)

Please Contribute to World WTSP Catalogs for Making Them More Attractive and Useful for Users (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 7, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: May 2020 (May 25; Jun. 15, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Apr. 2020 (Apr. 21, 2020) (May 25, 2020)

Introduction of the Site "Official Altshuller Foundation": Communications between Larisa Komarcheva and Toru Nakagawa (Apr. 21, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Mar. 2020 (Apr. 12; Apr. 21, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Feb. 2020 (Apr. 12, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. 2020 (Apr. 12, 2020)

Communication:"Loved the Compilation of Your WTSP Resources" (Carol Augustin) (Apr. 3, 2020)

Two Web sites: eduCBA (○）　and WallStreetMojo (□）for e-learning courses of professional skills in business (Apr. 3, 2020)

WTSP plan: Attractive and Useful !! Our WTSP Catalogs Will Be !! Plans for our 3rd year, 2020. (Toru Nakagawa) (Feb. 13, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: May 2020 (May 25, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Apr. 2020 (Apr. 21, 2020) (May 25, 2020)

Welcome to the WTSP Project / Catalogs: (Toru Nakagawa) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Apr. 25, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Mar. 2020 (Apr. 12, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Feb. 2020 (Apr. 12, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. 2020 (Apr. 12, 2020)

Communication: "Loved the Compilation of Your WTSP Resources" (Carol Augustin) (Apr. 3, 2020)

WTSP Strategy: Attractive and Useful !! Our WTSP Catalogs Will Be !! Plans for our 3rd year, 2020. (Toru Nakagawa) (Feb. 13, 2020)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Nov.-Dec. 2019 (Dec. 31, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Significance of the WTSP Project and its WTSP Catalogs: Communications with Bill Fowlkes (Bill Fowlkes and Toru Nakagawa) (Nov. 4, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Sept.－Oct. 2019 (Nov. 4, 2019)

WTSP Strategy: For Further Revisions of the WTSP Catalogs: Practice Guide and Schedule (Toru Nakagawa) (Oct. 20, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Q&A on World WTSP Catalogs: (1) Jul., Aug. 2019 (Aug. 25, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Aug. 2019 (Aug. 25; Nov. 4, 2019)

WTSP Strategy: New Strategy of the WTSP Project: To Show World WTSP Catalogs Quickly (Toru Nakagawa & 5 Global Co-editors) (Jul. 25, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Jul. 2019 (Jul. 18; Aug. 25, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Jun. 2019 (Jun. 25; Jul. 6, 2019)

Communication: Objectives of WTSP and Practical Approaches for Us: In Reply to Michael Orloff (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 2, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: May 2019 (Jun. 2, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Apr. 2019 (Apr. 9; Jun. 2, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Mar. 2019 (Mar. 18; Apr. 4, 2019)

WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. -- Feb. 2019 (Jan. 13; Feb. 6; Feb. 14; Feb. 28; Mar. 18, 2019)

WTSP News: List of WTSP Members (83 Members from 30 countries) is posted in the (A2) Organization page (Toru Nakagawa) (Jan. 13; Feb. 6; Feb. 14; Feb. 28, 2019)

WTSP Letters (5M)(5I)(5C): Information and invitation for forming WTSP teams and starting the work (Toru Nakagawa) (Nov. 21, 2018)

WTSP Mails: Quick Reports of WTSP at ETRIA TFC2018 (Toru Nakagawa) (Nov. 21, 2018)

WTSP Plan: New Target: "To Report the Completion of the World WTSP Catalogs (2019) at ETRIA TFC2019 (in October 2019)" (Toru Nakagawa) (Nov. 11, 2018)

WTSP Letter: For Forming WTSP Teams to Build WTSP Catalog in Each Country (Toru Nakagawa) (May 19, 2018)

Starting the preparation of 'A Catalogue of TRIZ-related Sites in the World'
(1) Findings through Practices in Japan (Toru Nakagawa) (Jan. 30,, 2018)
(2) For more practical ways of preparation (Toru Nakagawa) (Feb. 7,, 2018)

Plan and Invitation to WTSP (Toru Nakagawa) (Dec. 9, 2017)

Proposals of WTSP (Toru Nakagawa) (Dec. 9, 2017)

World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP)
(Outputs and Publications: World WTSP Catalogs)

World WTSP Catalogs -- Beta Edition Is Ready, with Two pillars (TRIZ and Around TRIZ) and Catalogs (◎〇) for Print (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 30, 2020)

World WTSP Catalogs -- (C1P) World Around-TRIZ Sites Top Catalog （◎） for Print (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 15, 2020)

WTSP Site Introduction: MyTRIZ (Malaysia TRIZ Innovation Association) Official Website Site (Eng Hoo Tan) (Jun. 15, 2020)

World WTSP Catalogs (A1P) World TRIZ Sites Top Catalog (◎) in Print (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 7, 2020)

WTSP Catalog Data: X2TL: 'Tools' SIG Source Data file (Bill Fowlkes) (May 25, 2020

Welcome to the WTSP Project / Catalogs: Top pages of our site are renewed, for your easier access to the Catalogs (Toru Nakagawa) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Apr. 25, 2020)

WTSP Site Introduction: The "Official Altshuller Foundation" Site (Larisa Komarcheva) (Apr. 21, 2020

From the Leader: Main Pages of Our WTSP Site Have Been Renewed (Toru Nakagawa) (Apr. 3, 2020)

WTSP Catalog Data: X2TL: 'Tools' SIG Source Data file (Bill Fowlkes) (May 25, 2020)

WTSP Site Introduction: The "Official Altshuller Foundation" Site (Larisa Komarcheva), (Apr. 21, 2020)

Output: Two Web sites: eduCBA (○）　and WallStreetMojo (□）for e-learning courses of professional skills in business (Apr. 3, 2020)

Output: Main Pages of Our WTSP Site Have Been Renewed (Apr. 3, 2020)

Output: Site Introduction for WTSP Catalogs (1) "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (Toru Nakagawa) (Feb. 13, 2020)

Output: Current Active Version of World WTSP Catalogs (A8) are updated (Dec. 31, 2019)

Archived World WTSP Catalogs: (A8-A) (Archived 2019 Oct Version) Revised Preliminary Version of the World WTSP Catalogs (Dec. 31, 2019)

Presentation at ETRIA TFC2019: World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) (2): To Build World WTSP Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites in the World (Toru Nakagawa, Darrell Mann, Michael Orloff, Simon Dewulf, Simon Litvin, Valeri Souchkov) (Oct. 20, 2019)

Output: World WTSP Catalogs: (C) World Around-TRIZ Sites Basic Index (◎○) (Toru Nakagawa) (Sept. 30, 2019)

Working Material: Preliminary Internet Search (3E) of TRIZ-related Sites in a wider scope with the keywords: Patent/IP/"Intellectual Property" (Toru Nakagawa) (Sept. 12, 2019)

Working Material: Preliminary Internet Search (3D) of TRIZ-related Sites in a wider scope with the keywords: Quality/Value/Cost/Productivity (Toru Nakagawa) (Sept. 12, 2019)

Presentation at Japan TRIZ Symposium 2019: World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) (2): World WTSP Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites in the World (Toru Nakagawa and Global Co-editors) (Sept. 7, 2019)

Output: World TRIZ Sites Basic Index (◎○) (Toru Nakagawa) (Aug. 4; Sept. 30, 2019)

Output: World WTSP Catalogs Top Page (Toru Nakagawa) (Aug. 4, 2019)

Output: Source Documents of the World WTSP Catalogs (Toru Nakagawa) (Aug. 4, 2019)

Working Material: Flat Table of TRIZ sites Written in Russian Language in the world (Michael Orloff) (Aug. 4; Sept. 30, 2019)

Working Material: World WTSP Catalogs (Japan Part): WTSP Catalog of TRIZ-related Sites in Japan for the people in the whole world (Toru Nakagawa) (Jul. 14, 2019)

Practice Guide: Short Summary of WTSP Practice Guide: Practice Guide to Complete the World WTSP Catalogs (Toru Nakagawa) (Jul. 7, Jul. 14, 2019)

Working Material: ~~(A6-A)~~ (A7) Current Working Manuscripts of WTSP Catalogs (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 26, 2019)

Working Material: Manuscripts of WTSP Catalogs of China (Runhua Tan), (Jun. 23, 2019)

Working Material: Manuscripts of WTSP Catalogs of Malaysia (Eng Hoo Tan, T.S. Yeoh), (Jun. 23, 2019)

Practice Guide: Practice Guide to Complete the World WTSP Catalogs and to Report It at ETRIA TFC2019 (Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 10, 2019)

Working proposal: Proposal of the WTSP Database System (Toru Nakagawa) (May 24,2019)

Working Material: Preliminary Internet Searches (3) of TRIZ-related Sites in wider scopes in the world (Toru Nakagawa) (May 18; Sept. 30,2019)

Working Material: Preliminary Internet Searches (2) of TRIZ-related Sites in the world (Toru Nakagawa) (Mar. 18; Mar. 31; Jun. 23, 2019)

WTSP Paper: World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) for Building and Maintaining Catalogs of Global TRIZ Resources (T. Nakagawa, D. Mann, M. Orloff, S. Dewulf, S. Litvin, V. Souchkov) (ETRIA TFC2018) (Nov. 11, 2018)

Working Material: Preliminary Internet Searches of TRIZ-related Sites in Various (33+) Countries (T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 21; Sept. 25; Sept. 27, 2018)

WTSP Paper: World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) for Building and Maintaining Catalogs of Global TRIZ Resources (T. Nakagawa, D. Mann, M. Orloff, S. Dewulf, S. Litvin, V. Souchkov) (Japan TRIZ Sympo. 2018) (Sept. 21, 2018)

WTSP Appeal: An Appeal for Building Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites in the World (WTSP Global Co-editors: Toru Nakagawa, Darrell Mann, Michael Orloff, Simon Dewulf, Simon Litvin, Valeri Souchkov) (Jun. 25, 2018)

WTSP Catalog of TRIZ-related Sites in Japan (Toru Nakagawa) (Mar. 17, 2018), (Apr. 24, 2018).

Index Page of 'World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP)' (Toru Nakagawa) (Dec. 27, 2017; Latest update: Sept. 27, 2018).

(A1) Policies ,
(A2) Organization ,
(A3) Platform ,
(A4) Guidelines ,
(A5) Accesses to the Project outputs ,
(A6) Publicized outputs ,
(B1) WTSP News 2017
(B2) WTSP News 2018

Initializing 'World TRIZ Sites Project' (Dec. 17, 2017)

TRIZ Links in Japan and in the World (before 2017)

(Updated and enhanced, Aug. 23, 2001; Rebuilt: Apr. 13; May 4, 2008)
(Stopped updating since Dec. 2017. See WTSP Project / Catalogs.)

TRIZ Links in Japan

WTSP Catalog of TRIZ-related Sites in Japan (24 selected + 68 additional sites) (WTSP project) (Mar. 17; Apr. 24, 2018)

TRIZ Links in Japan (Selected 10 Sites) (May 4, 2008)

TRIZ Links in Japan (Selected 30 Sites) (Apr. 13, 2008)

TRIZ Links in Japan (Extended 100 Sites arranged in their categories) (Apr. 13, 2008)

(1) Primary TRIZ Sites;
(2) TRIZ consultants, tool vendors, dealers, etc.;
(3) Academic societies and journals;
(4) Public organizations interested in TRIZ;
(5) Commercial organizations giving seminars and trainings;
(6) Dictionaries, book search, technical news, etc.
(7) Personal Web sites and blog sites showing interest in TRIZ;
(8) Web sites and blog sites useful for reference;

(9) User industries/universities: 80 User presentations on TRIZ (May 4, 2008)

TRIZ Links in the World

TRIZ Links in the World (Extended 120 Sites, arranged with regions/countries) (May 4, 2008)

(1) Japan
(2) North America
(3) Europe (West, Central, and North Europe)
(4) Russia and East Europe
(5) MidEast
(6) Asia
(7) Australia
(8) Central and South America
(9) Africa
(10) Others

TRIZ News and Activities

[Sub-categories of this category are re-arranged. (Jan. 9, 2013)]

TRIZ News and Activities (Parent page)

(Up to date)

Nakagawa & "TRIZ Home Page in Japan": News and Activities

Toru Nakagawa

Nakagawa's Activity Calendar (May 8; Aug.28; Sept. 20; Nov. 17, 2013; Mar. 10, 2014)
Nakagawa's Activities (till end of 2008)

To-Do-List for TRIZ (Call for Volunteers!) (May 8; May 10, 2013)
To-Do-List for TRIZ　(till 2012) (till 2007)

The "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation

An Award Is Presented to Professor Denis Cavallucci for His Contributions to TRIZ by the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 1, 2012)

An Award Is Presented to Dr. Simon S. Litvin His Contributions to TRIZ by the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 3, 2011)

An Award Is Presented to Mr. Nikolai Khomenko for His Contributions to TRIZ and OTSM-TRIZ by the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation (T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 7; Nov. 28, 2010)

An Award Was Presented to Mr. Darrell L. Mann for His Contributions to TRIZ and Systematic Innovation by the "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" Foundation (T. Nakagawa) (Oct. 12, 2009)

CrePS Institute (Director: Toru nakagawa)

Message: Start of CrePS Institute (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 16, 2014)

Publications of Book Series "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" by CrePS Institute (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 16; Mar. 10, 2014

News and Activities in Japan (Japan TRIZ Society, (former) Japan TRIZ CB, etc. )

News and Activities in Japan

Note: This page is edited by Toru Nakagawa; not an official annoucement page by JTS and other organizations. (Jan. 9, 2013)

News and Activities in Japan (since 2013)

JCS: 41st Annual Conference on , 2019 at JAIST near Kanazawa, Japan. (Jan. 10, 2019)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): International Conference on Creativity and Innovation (ICCI2018) on Sept. 10-12, 2018 in Osaka (Jan. 25, 2018)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 39th Annual Conference on Sept. 9-10, 2017 in Yokohama. (Mar. 30, 2017)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 38th Annual Conference on Nov. 5-6, 2016. (Apr. 7, 2016)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 37th Annual Conference on Oct. 3-4, 2015. (Mar. 7, 2015)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 36th Annual Conference on Oct. 25-26, 2014. (Jul. 28, 2014)

Japan Creativity Society (JCS): 35th Annual Conference on Oct. 26-27, 2013. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Japanese Standards Association (JSA): TRIZ Special Issue of monthly journal "Standardization and Quality Control". => (Feb. 25, 2013)

News and Activites related to Japan TRIZ Society (since 2013)

Note: This page is edited by Toru Nakagawa and not an official announcement by JTS. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 15th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 5 - 6, 2019 in Tokyo. (Jan. 10, 2019)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS): 14th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 13 - 14, 2018 in Tokyo. (Jan. 25, 2018)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 13th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 21 - 22, 2017. (Mar. 30, 2017)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 12th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 1 - 2. (Apr. 7, 2016)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 11th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 3 - 4. Advance Agenda and Call for Participants (Mar. 7; Jun. 19, 2015)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS) is going to hold 10th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 11 - 12. (Mar. 16; Jul. 28, 2014)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS): 9th TRIZ Symposium in Japan on Sept. 5-6; Advance Agenda and Call for Participation (Feb. 25; Jun. 22; Aug. 4, 2013)==> Personal Report (Nakagawa) (Nov. 17, 2013)(Dec. 9, 2013)

Japan TRIZ Society (JTS): Started its new leadership. (Feb. 25, 2013)

News and activites in Japan related to TRIZ (besides JTS's official announcements) (2008 - 2012) (Last update: Apr. 27, 2012)

Note: This page is edited by Toru Nakagawa; not an official annoucement by Japan TRIZ Society.

Nakagawa's "Personal Report of Japan TRIZ Symposium 2010": Posting Started (Oct. 27, 2010)(Latest updeate: Dec. 30, 2010)

Nakagawa's "Personal Report of Japan TRIZ Symposium 2009": Posting Finished (Mar. 11, 2010)

Study Groups of JTS: IP and Business & Mangegement (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 22, 2010)

News & Activities in Japan (other than JTS) (Last updated: Feb. 22, 2010)

MPUF USIT/TRIZ Study Group (Feb. 22, 2010)

Creativity Study Group (Feb. 22, 2010)

Japan VE Association TRIZ Study Group (Feb. 22, 2010)

Japan TRIZ Society's News and activities (2008 - 2012)
[Description by Nakagawa of Official information of JTS]

Japan TRIZ Society's Page (Last update: Nov. 15, 2012)

Site Map of the Official JTS Web Site (Last update: Feb. 22, 2010)

Link to the Official JTS Web Site

Announcement: Eighth TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Sept. 6-8, 2012, in Tokyo) (Jan. 28, 2012)

Plan, Call for Papers, Special Features, Advance Agenda, Abstracts, Call for Participation (Jan. 28; Feb. 20; Apr. 27; Jun. 4; Jun.11; Jul. 3; Aug. 1; Aug. 31, 2012)

==> Results & Documents (Nov. 15, 2012)

Announcement: Seventh TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Sept. 8-10, 2011, in Yokohama) (Dec. 30, 2010);

Plan, Call for Papers (Feb. 21; Apr. 14; May 19, 2011);
Advance Agenda, Abstracts, Call for Participation (Jun. 13; Aug. 3; Sept. 1, 2011)

==> Results & Documents (Oct. 28, 2011)

"Education with TRIZ" Study Group has started in JTS. (Jul. 11, 2010)

Announcement: Sixth TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Sept. 9-11, 2010, near Tokyo) (Feb.22, 2010);

Plan, Call for Papers , Keynote Speakers (Feb. 22, 2010);
Guide to presenters, Advanced Agenda, Abstracts, Introduction to Keynotes, Pre-Symosim OTSM-TRIZ Seminar, Call for Participation, Venue, Hotels, Registration (Jun. 14, 2010);
Agenda updated (Jul. 11, 2010); Keynote extended abstracts (Jul. 25, 2010); Registration procedure updated (Aug. 1, 2010) ; Advanced Agenda updated (Aug. 8, 2010); Access to the Venue, Group Discussions (Aug. 16, 2010);
Up-to-date information: updated Agenda, Message and instructions to Paricipants, Messages to Presenters (Sept. 3, 2010)

==> Results & Documents (Oct. 10; Oct. 19, 2010)

Announcement: Fifth TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Sept. 10-12, 2009, near Tokyo) (Feb. 23, 2009);

Call for Papers (Feb. 23, 2009), Keynote Speakers (Apr. 6, 2009); 41 Contributed Abstracts received. (May 31, 2009); Advance Agenda, Abstracts, and Call for Paricipation (Jun. 12; Aug 3, 2009).Final advance announcements. (Sept. 5, 2009)

==> Results & Documents (Oct. 12; Nov. 23; Dec. 6, 2009) .

Announcement: Fourth TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Sept. 10-12, 2008, near Kyoto) (Dec. 12; Dec. 23, 2007; Feb. 20, 2008);

Call for Papers (Feb. 20; Mar. 19; Mar. 30; May 25, 2008);
Advance Agenda, Abstracts, Features, Call for Participation (Jun. 11; Jun. 17; Aug. 4, 2008)

==> Results & Documents (Feb. 4; Apr. 21, 2009)
Outline, Opening Address, Photos, Participants Profiles, on Proceedings, Links to Keynotes and Award-winning presentations, etc.

News and activites in Japan related to TRIZ (besides Japan TRIZ CB's official announcements) (~ 2007) (Last update: Apr. 27, 2012)

Start of the 'USIT/TRIZ Study Group' in MPUF (T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 5, 2007)

Old pages of TRIZ News and Activities in Japan (Last updated: Oct. 2, 2006)

Technical Committe on 'Development & Design Process Engineering Technologies' (Dec. 14, 2004) (Feb. 23, 2005)

4th Japan IM User Group Meeting, Sept. 2003(Dec. 11, 2003)

Activities of Promotion of TRIZ in Japan (Last updated: Jun. 27, 2005)

"Japan TRIZ CB" Official Page (2005 - 2007)

"Japan TRIZ CB" Official Page (Last updated: Dec. 30, 2009)

Announcement: Third TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Aug. 30- Sept. 1, 2007, Yokohama) (Dec. 23, 2006)

Official Announcement, Call for Papers , Keynotes & Tutorials (Feb. 20; Mar. 8; Apr. 15, 2007)
Outline, Agenda, Abstracts, Venue, Registration, Call for Participation (Jun. 4, 2007; Updated: Aug. 2; Aug. 22, 2007)

==> Results & Documents (Oct. 8, 2007)
Outline, Opening and Closing Addresses, Photoes, Agenda, Proceedings, Lectures, etc.

Announcement: Two Study Groups are started in Japan TRIZ CB, i.e., IP Creation Study Group and Business & Management TRIZ Study Group (Mar. 5, 2007) (Apr. 15, 2007)

Announcement: Second TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Aug. 31- Sept. 2, 2006, Osaka) (Feb. 22, 2006)

Outline of the Symposium , Call for Papers (Feb. 22, 2006; Mar. 17, 2006)
Agenda (sheet) , Abstracts , Call for Participation , Registration Form (Jun. 6; Jun. 14; Aug. 5, 2006)

==> Results & Documents (Sept. 20, 2006; Oct. 2)
Opening Address, Photoes, Proceedings, Links to Keynotes

Announcement: The First TRIZ Symposium in Japan (Mar. 18; Apr. 5, 2005)

Call for paper
Call for Participation (Jun. 16, 2005)

==> Results & Documents (Sept. 20, 2005)
Agenda , Program and Abstracts , Abstracts of Proceedings

Official Announcement of the "Collaborative Board of TRIZ Promoters and Users in Japan" (Apr. 5, 2005)

Announcement of Japan TRIZ CB (Hayashi) (Mar. 24, 2005)

Open of the Official Page of Japan TRIZ CB (Mar. 18, 2005)

"Collaborative Board of TRIZ Promoters and Users in Japan" (Feb. 23, 2005)

News and Activities, World

Russia and MATRIZ (International TRIZ Association): News and Activities (Last update: Mar. 7, 2015)

TRIZfest-2019 Conference and related events will be held on Sept. 11-14, 2019 in Heilbronn, Germany. (Jan. 10, 2019)

TRIZfest-2018 Conference and related events will be held on Sept. 13-15, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Jan. 25, 2018)

TRIZfest-2017 Conference and related events will be held on Sept. 14-16, 2017 in Krakow, Poland. (Mar. 30, 2017)

TRIZfest-2016 Conference and related events will be held on Jul. 28-30, 2016 in Beijing, China. (Apr. 7, 2016)

TRIZfest-2015 Conference and related events will be held on Sept. 10 - 12, 2015 in Seoul, Korea. (Mar. 7, 2015)

TRIZfest-2014 Conference and related events will be held on Sept. 4 - 6, 2014 in Praha, Czech Republic. (Mar. 16, 2014)

TRIZfest-2013 Conference and related events: Jul. 31 - Aug. 3 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Feb. 25; Aug. 4, 2013)

TRIZfest2012: Aug. 2-4, 2012 in Finland (Mar. 6, 2012)

TRIZ Developers Summit 2011 and TRIZfest2011: Jul. 20-23, 2011 in St. Petersburg (Dec. 30, 2010)

USA and Altshuller Institute: News and Activities (Last update: Mar. 7, 2015)

TRIZCON2019 will be held on May 20-22, 2019 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA . (Jan. 10, 2019)

TRIZCON2018 will be held on May 6-9, 2018 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Jan. 25, 2018)

TRIZCON2017 will be held on Oct. 3-5, 2017 at Atlantic City, NJ . (Mar. 30, 2017)
The date was postponed from the former plan of Apr. 4-6, 2017 at Las Vegas.

TRIZCON2016 is to be held on Mar. 3-5, 2016 at New Orleans, LA (Apr. 25; Sept. 30, 2015; Apr. 7, 2016)

TRIZ News: The TRIZ Journal has been restarted on Jun. 11, 2015 by BMGI (Jun. 19, 2015)

Dr. H. James Harrington was ellected as the new President. New strategic plan is under preparation. TRIZCON2015 was held on Feb. 10-12, 2015 at Houston, TX. (Mar. 7, 2015)

TRIZCON2014 is under preparation to be held around October, 2014 (Mar. 16, 2014)

TRIZCON2013 was held on Dec. 5, 2013 at Post Univ., CT, USA (Mar. 16, 2014)

TRIZCON2011: Nov. 28-29, Detroit, MI (Dec. 30, 2010; Nov. 18, 2011)

TRIZCON2010: Oct. 7-8, 2010 at Dayton, Ohio, USA (Jul. 25; Dec. 30, 2010)

The TRIZ Journal
(This page has been separated from the AI and US page (Dec. 19, 2015))

The TRIZ Journal has been re-launched by Darrell Mann (Systematic Innovation Inc) (Jan. 30, 2018)

All articles in the TRIZ Journal are listed here in the English page (Dec. 19, 2015) ==> BMGI stopped the operation of The TRIZ Journal around 2016.

The TRIZ Journal Restarted on Jun. 11, 2015 by BMGI　 (Jun. 19, 2015)

The TRIZ Journal is going to be restarted in the name of The CIL Journal (Jun. 4, 2012) ==> Note: This Journal stopped its activities in several months.

Europe and ETRIA (European TRIZ Association): News and Activities (Last update: Sept. 20, 2013)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2019 will be held on Oct. 9 - 11, 2019 at ENSA Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco. (Jan. 10, 2019)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2018 will be held on Oct. 29 - 31, 2018 at INSA Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. (Jan. 25, 2018)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2017 will be held on Oct. 4 - 6, 2017 in Lappeenrata, Finland. (Mar. 30, 2017)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2016 will be held on Oct. 24-27, 2016 in Wroclaw, Poland (Apr. 7, 2016)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2015 will be held on Oct. 26-29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany (Mar. 7; Sept. 30, 2015) Proceedings are publicized (Apr. 7, 2016)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2014 will be held on Oct. 29-31, 2014 in Lausanne, Switzerland (Mar. 16, 2014)

ETRIA TFC 2013: on Oct. 29-31, 2013 in Paris, France (Feb. 25; Sept. 20, 2013) ==> Personal Reports (Nakagawa)(Nov. 17, 2013)(Dec. 9, 2013), (Izumi) (Nov. 17, 2013)

ETRIA TFC2012: Oct. 24-26, 2012 at Lisbon, Portugal (Mar. 6, 2012)
==> total 65 presentations, 82 participants (from 27 countries) (Nov. 15, 2012)

ETRIA TFC2011: Nov. 2-4, 2011 at Dubin, Ireland (Dec. 30, 2010)
==> 47 presentations, about 120 participants (from 26 countries) (Nov. 18, 2011)

ETRIA TFC2010: Nov. 3-5, 2010 at Bergamo, Italy (Mar. 11; Dec. 30, 2010)

ETRIA: New Membership Rule and Fees (Feb 22, 2010)

Table of ETRIA TRIZ Future Conferences (2001 - 2009) (Feb. 14, 2010)

Report: TRIZ World Survey, Final Report by D. Cavallucci (Jan. 19, 2010)

Announcement: TRIZ World Survey, Plan and Questionair (D. Cavallucci) (T. Nakagawa) (Jul. 1. 2009)

ETRIA Official Page in Japanese (Sept. 11, 2001)

Asia, Mid East, Oceania, Central & South America, etc. in the World: News and Activities (Last update: Feb. 25, 2013)

International Society of Innovation Methods (I-SIM) is going to hold ICSI 2019 on Jul. 8-11, 2019, in Liverpool, UK. (Jan. 10, 2019)

ICSI 2018 is to be held on Jul. 18-21, 2018, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Jan. 25, 2018)

ICSI 2017 is to be held on Jul. 11-14, 2017, in Beijin, China. (Mar. 30, 2017)

ICSI 2016 is to be held on Jul. 20-22, 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal (Apr. 7, 2016)

MyTRIZ report: "The Rising TRIZ Generation" in Malaysia (Feb., 2016) (Apr. 7, 2016)

ICSI 2015 is to be held on Jul. 15-17, 2015, at Hong Kong. (Mar. 7; Jun. 19, 2015)

Korea: 6th Global TRIZ Conference 2015 in Korea (KoreaTRIZCON2015) is to be held on Jul. 7-9, 2015 at Seoul, Korea (Mar. 7; Jun. 19, 2015)
Decided to be postponed due to the outbreak of MERS (Jun. 19, 2015) --> Cancelled (Jul. 7, 2015)

ICSI 2014 is to be held on Jul. 16-18, 2014, at San Jose, California, USA. (Mar. 16, 2014)

Korea: 5th Global TRIZ Conference 2014 in Korea (KoreaTRIZCON2014) is to be held on Jul. 8-10, 2014 at Seoul, Korea(Mar. 16, 2014)

Korea: 4th Global TRIZ Conference 2013 in Korea (KoreaTRIZCON2013): on Jul. 9-11, 2013 in Seoul; Agenda (Feb. 25; Jun. 22, 2013) ==> Participation Report (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 4, 2013)

Taiwan: ICSI-CAI 2013 (Joint International Conference of Systematic Innovation and Computer-Aided Innovation): on Jun. 27-29, at Hsinchu, Taiwan; Agenda. (Feb. 25; Jun. 22, 2013)

Malaysia: MyTRIZ Conference, Workshop, Competition; Nov. 6-9, 2012, at Penang (Nov. 15, 2012)

Korea: 3rd Global TRIZ Conference 2012 in Korea (KoreaTRIZCON2012), jointly with 3rd Intern'l Conf. of Systematic Innovation (ICSI2012), Jul. 10-12, 2012, in Seoul (Nov. 18, 2011; Mar. 6, 2012)

Iran: PSST 2012 was held on Feb. 22-23, 2012 in Tehran, Iran (Mar. 6, 2012)

China & Taiwan: ICSI2011 (2nd Intern'l Conf. of Systematic Innovation), May, 2011. (Dec. 30, 2010; Apr. 30, 2011)

Korea: 2nd Global TRIZ Conference 2011 in Korea (KoreaTRIZCON2011), Mar., 2010 (Dec. 30, 2010; Feb. 3, 2011)

Mexico: 5th Iberoamerican Innovation Conference, Dec. 2010 (Dec. 30, 2010)

Malaysia: Malaysia Innovation Conference; Oct., 2010 (Dec. 30, 2010)

Israel: 1st Israel TRIZ Conference (Nov., 2009) (Feb 22, 2010)

Korea: Global TRIZ Conference (Korea TRIZCON2010) (Mar., 2010) (Jan. 19; Feb. 22; Apr. 18, 2010)

Taiwan: ICSI2010 (Jan. 2010) (Jan. 19; Feb. 22; Mar. 11, 2010)

TRIZ Software Tools

Articles by Toru Nakagawa

Southbeach Forum on Southbeach Notation and Modelling: A Forum for Introduction, Communication, and Evaluation (Edited by Toru Nakagawa) (Jun. 9; Aug. 4; Oct. 3, 2013)

CrePS-SB Project for Trial Use and Evaluation of the Southbeach Notation and Modelling (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 9, 2013); (Oct. 20, 2013)

Brief Guide of How To Use the Southbeach Modeller (in the Editor Mode) (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 9, 2013); (Apr. 2, 2014)

Easy Use of Southbeach Modeller (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 9, 2013)

Tech Optimizer 2.5 -- Mechanism, usage and methodology learning (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 2, 1998) (Feb. 25, 1999)

1. Overview of the structure of TechOptimizer Pro V2.5
2. To learn the trends in technology evolution (Prediction Module: Part 1. Trends)
3. To learn the system of science and technology from a practical viewpoint (Effects Module: Part 1. Effects and Examples)
4. To learn various methods for implementing technological goals (Effects Module: Part2. Functions)
5. Various methods for improving the user's system (Prediction Module: Patr 2. Method tree)
6. To learn the 40 "Principles of Invention" (Principles Module: Part1. Principles and Examples)
7. To obtain suggestions of principles of invention for solving user's contradiction (Principle Module)
8. To describe the outline of the user's system in a problem (TechOptimizer Module, Part 1, Basic part)
9. To functionally analyze the user's system (TechOptimizer Module: Part 2. Functional Analysis)
10. To examine the functional analysis of the user's system (TechOptimizer Module: Part 3. Trimming; and Feature Transfer Module)
11. To record the process of problem solving and the ideas obtained (Recording and reporting function)
12. Conclusion

Introduction and evaluation of IM's "Invention Magic" (T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 12, 1998)

Articles by authors other than T. Nakagawa

Fuda-Memo is Open for Public Use: A Simplififed Fuda-Yose Software without using Excel (Akihiro Katahira) (Aug. 14, 2018)

Fuda-Yose Tool for Visual Thinking -- English Edition Available (A. Katahira, T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 30, 2015)

Introductory paper: Introduction to Visual Thinking Software 'Fuda-Yose Tool' and Its Web site 'Thinking School I' (A. Katahira) (Jan. 18, 2015)

Overview of Southbeach Modeller 3.0 : A Genaral Purpose Software for Building Thinking Models (Southbeach Solutions Ltd.) (Introduction and Japanese translation: T. Nakagawa) (May 29, 2013)

Introduction to TRIZ Software Tools (S. Kasuya) (Mar. 23, 2005)

Invention Machine's Software Tools

Ideation International's Software Tools

Other Software Tools