17th Japan TRIZ Symposium (Sept. 2-3, 2021) - Call for Papers (Feb. 19 2021)

Call for Papers to“The 17th TRIZ Symposium in Japan, 2021”
To be Held by Japan TRIZ Society, NPO
September 2(Thu.) through 3(Fri.), 2021
on the internet
February 19, 2021
Executive Committee of the 17th TRIZ Symposium in JapanFor the purpose of open presentations, discussions and communications on the creativity & innovation
methodology TRIZ and related topics, Japan TRIZ Society, NPO, is going to hold “The 17th TRIZ Symposium inJapan, 2021”. You are very welcome to contribute your presentations to the Symposium, a TRIZ event held
annually in Japan. We wish you to apply for contributions in accordance with the guidelines shown below:[Note: The parts in blue fonts need to be paid special attention;
they have been modified from the last Symposium.]
Table of Contents
1. Outline of the 17th TRIZ Symposium in Japan, 2021
2. Themes of Papers to Be Called for
3. Procedures for Application to Contributed Papers
Forms to be submitted, On the Copyrights, Submission
4. Decision of the Agenda and Notification to the Authors
5. Plans of Presentation Style and Proceedings PublicationProceedings and Web Posting
6. Submission of Final Manuscripts
7. Contact Information
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1. Outline of the 17th TRIZ Symposium in Japan, 2021
Date:

September 2nd (Thursday) through 3rd (Friday), 2021 (2 days)
Starting at around 10:00 on Sept. 2 and closing at around 18:00 on Sept. 3.

Location: WEB (ZOOM)
Held by: Japan TRIZ Society, NPO (JTS)
Website: http://www.triz-japan.org/english_top.html
Purposes: To provide an opportunity for openly presenting, discussing and communicating on TRIZ, amethodology for creative problem solving and innovation, and its related areas
 To encourage the improvement of the TRIZ methodology itself and to enhance dissemination,promotion and application of TRIZ
 To provide opportunities for making personal relationships among the people interested in and working
with TRIZ in Japan as well as all over the world, and to encourage the understanding and disseminationof TRIZ
Aims:
 To openly call for contributions of presentations and participation not only from Japan but also from allover the world, so as to make the Symposium an open conference To help establish deeper and wider understanding of TRIZ, and promote the real use of TRIZ inindustries and academia
 To introduce and promote TRIZ widely into people engaged in SMEs and those at schools
Main theme: Turn Pinch to Chance with TRIZ!
Official languages: Japanese and English
 Slides in English/Japanese submitted by the presenter will be projectedInterpreter services will be provided neither for the presentations nor for the discussions
 (Extended) Abstracts and Proceedings will be published in the submitted language(s).

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Agenda Outline (tentative): See the figure below.
1st day (Sept. 2)
a.m.: Tutorial (in Japanese)
p.m.: Special Lecture, Presentations of contributed papers,Buffet Dinner & Exchange
2nd day (Sept. 3):
a.m.: Keynote Lecture
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Presentation styles of contributed papers:
Time length: 25 minutes (including 7 minutes of discussion)(may increase or decrease)
2. Themes of Papers to Be Called for
Original works of research and/or practice along the aims of the Symposium as described above arewelcome for presentation.
Main topics of interest:
 Effective use of TRIZ for Innovation Creation
 Effective use of TRIZ for Product/Service Development
 Effective use of TRIZ for Problem Solving
 Effective use of TRIZ for Risk Avoiding
 Effective use of TRIZ in Software and IT Areas Effective use of TRIZ for Business Application
 Effective use of TRIZ for Creating and Enforcing Intellectual Properties
 Promotion of TRIZ in Industries and TRIZ for Managers
 TRIZ-based Education at Schools, Universities and Communities
 Furthering the TRIZ Methodology and Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Methods
 Others
Scope of topics of interest:
The scope of topics in the Symposium covers the keywords listed in the table shown below.
Presentations based on case studies of real applications and promotion practices are particularly
welcome.

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Methods
TRIZ
Extensions of TRIZ
Creativity methods
Idea generation methods
Problem extraction methods
Problem solving methods
Technology forecasting
methods
Innovation methods andactivities
Technology management
Knowledge management
R&D methodologies
Generation/analysis ofpatents
Technology implementation
methods
Software tools for problem
solving
Unique methodologies inJapanetc.

Purposes of Application

Areas ofApplication

Situations

Innovation creation
Technology forecasting
Market forecasting
Problem extraction
Planning & developmentof new products
Solving technical problems
Generating newtechnical concepts
Quality improvement
Cost reduction
Delivery time reduction
Generating/enhancing
patents
Generation of new
business models
Business & technology
strategiesExamining various
methods
Creativity teaching andtraining
etc.

Technology ingeneral:
MechanicalElectrical &electronics
SoftwareMaterials
Chemical
Biologicalsystems

Universityeducation
Engineertraining
Popularity andwider
dissemination
Application trials
Group activities
Real applications
Promotionorganization
Promotion
activities
Manager
education
Penetration intoSMEs
Children andschool education

etc.
Business &management
Socialproblems
Everydayproblems
etc.

3. Procedures for Application to Contributed Papers
3.1 Forms to be submitted for the application(1) Email Message: State your intention of applying for a presentation,
and attach the following 2 (or 3) files.
(2) Application Form (Form A): A template is posted on our website.
To be attached as a file in MS Word format
Title of the presentation, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Address of the presenter,
Relevant area(s) of the topic
Statements on copyright issues
Brief profile of the presenter(3) Extended Abstract (Form C and/or B): Templates are posted on our website.
To be attached as file(s) in MS Word format
Title of the paper, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract
Extended Description (some more explanation, possibly with figures and tables)
Note: The upper part (i.e. Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s) and Abstract) will be
published in the Tentative Abstracts, while the lower part (i.e.

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Extended Description) will be used for reviewing purposes without being
published in the Tentative Abstracts.
Both parts will be published in the Proceedings at the Symposium.
If both forms are submitted, one Extended Description will be sufficient.
3.2 On the Copyrights of the presentation Prerequisites: The authors must ensure that the contents of their presentations do not
infringe copyrights of any other party and that their public presentations areapproved by their affiliate (or any other relevant) organizations as necessary.
 Presentation materials: Only presentation materials submitted beforehand will be usedas the manuscripts for the presentation and Proceedings of the Symposium.
Replacing submitted slides before or at the presentation is prohibited.
 Date of publication: The official date of presentation publication will be Sep. 2, 2021.
 Copyrights of the presentation materials
Copyrights of the presentation materials belong to the authors.
Thus, after the Symposium, the authors may contribute or publish theirpresentations in any other places which they think appropriate.
 Transfer of Copyrights to Japan TRIZ Society
The authors must agree to assign non-exclusive rights on the following items toJapan TRIZ Society: To include the presentation materials into the Proceedings of the Symposium
and hand them out to the participants of the Symposium.
 To sell/distribute the copies of the Proceedings of the Symposium, afterwards.
 To post the presentation materials, either publicly or in some closed manner, on thewebsites which Japan TRIZ Society thinks appropriate.
 To take snapshots of the presenters at the presentation and to show them inpublications, postings, pamphlets, etc. Japan TRIZ Society thinks appropriate.
3.3 Submission of application to presentation
 Address to submit: Send your email to 17_sympo@triz-japan.org
 Way of submission: via email with the attachment of Forms A, C and/or B
Attachment should be in MS Word format
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4. Decision of the Agenda and Notification to the Authors
 Decision of the agenda
 The acceptance/rejection of applications and the agenda of the Symposium will be decided at theProgram Organizing Meeting and the Management Meeting of the Japan TRIZ Society in late May.
 There may be cases where we decide to reject applications
 Notification to the authors
 We will reply to you about the receipt of your application email within about 3 days. If you don’t
receive a reply message in 3 days, please send us your application again.
 Around June 3, 2021, the authors will be notified about the acceptance/rejection of their papers andabout the Tentative Agenda of the Symposium.
 Authors whose applications are accepted should prepare for the presentations by following theprocedure outlined below.
 Announcement of the Symposium Agenda
 Around June 4, 2021, the Tentative Agenda of the Symposium will be posted on the Japan TRIZ
Society website together with the Call for Participation, in English and Japanese.
 The Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s) and Abstract parts of each accepted paper will be published at
this stage.
(The Extended Description part will not be disclosed at this stage)
5. Plans of Presentation Styles and Proceedings Publication(Remarks for your preparation of the final manuscripts)
5.1 Way of Presentations
 Presentation should be made in English or in Japanese.
 No simultaneous/sequential interpreter services will be provided for presentations or for official
discussions.
 The slides in the original language will be projected on the main screen.
 Only slides submitted beforehand will be projected, and replacing them is prohibited.
Please talk within 18 minutes and leave 7 minutes for discussions.
5.2 Proceedings (Downloadable materials) and Web Posting
Abstracts and Proceedings will be published as shown on the following table.
Name & MediaTiming

Contents(1) Abstracts on theWeb

Before theSymposium

Abstracts(2) Downloadable
Proceeding

At theSymposium

Extended Descriptions
and Presentation slides/
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Language
Editions
Englishand/orJapaneseeditionEnglishand/orJapaneseDistribution
Publicly on theWebsite

Downloadable toall the participants

17th Japan TRIZ Symposium (Sept. 2-3, 2021) - Call for Papers (Feb. 19 2021)(3) Proceedings on theWeb

After theSymposium(in PDF format)

editionPart of the documents(in PDF format)

English pages
and Japanesepages

Either publicly orin a closed way(e.g., JTSmembers only)

6. Submission of Final Manuscripts
After the announcement of the Tentative Agenda of the Symposium at around June 4, 2021,
authors are requested to submit their final manuscripts of their presentations according to thefollowing guidelines.
Please note that all the manuscripts submitted will be included in the downloadable
Proceedings as described in Section 5.2.
6.1 Final Manuscripts to be submitted(1) Email Message: Please attach the following required/optional documents(2) Submission Form (Form A2): MS Word format(A template will be posted on our website.)
Title of the paper, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Address of the speaker,
Presentation Code Number,Statements of copyrights transfer, List of files attached.
(3) Abstract and Extended Description (Only if revised, Form C and/or B): MS Word format(Only if revised after application. A template will be posted on our website.)
Title of the paper, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract,
Extended description (possibly with figures and tables)(4) Slides in English and/or Japanese: MS PowerPoint format
These slides will be published in the Proceedings as described in Section 5. 2.
(5) Paper in English and/or Japanese (Optional, Form E and/or D): MS Word format(A template will be posted on our website.)
6.2 Procedure of Submitting the Final Manuscripts
 Submission: Send all the Final Manuscript files via email.
 Sending address: Send your email to 17_sympo@triz-japan.org
 Due Date: July 16, 2021 (Friday)
 Registration of participation:
Due date: July 16, 2021 (Friday) for Presenters
 Note: In the following cases, the Symposium Executive Committee has the option of
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deleting the presentation from both the Agenda and the Proceedings:
 In case that the Final Manuscripts is not submitted by the due date
 In case that the Registration to the Symposium is not made by the due date
7. Contact Information
Presentation, Participation: 17_sympo@triz-japan.org
8. Website for reference
Japan TRIZ Society: http://www.triz-japan.org/english_top.html-9/9-