ETRIA World Conference TRIZ Future 2005

2^nd Announcement

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1   Objectives of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2005

The ETRIA TRIZ Future 2005 conference is intended to bring together scientific, academic, industrial users and consultants of TRIZ forms to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences between researchers from East and West. The sessions will be focussed on the following topics:

• TRIZ Education and (vocational) training (at universities, schools; for managers; certification activities)

• TRIZ - Best Practices in Industry and SME´s (case studies; integration & combination with other methodologies)

• Further Development of TRIZ (new results and findings)

2   Possible ways of presenting one’s work

• Oral presentation (full-length papers)

• Poster presentation

• Presentation of TRIZ software tools (planned)

3   Call for Papers

The deadline for the submission of the abstracts (500 words) is April 25^th, 2005. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed by June 20th, 2005. Authors of accepted abstracts will be sent the instructions for the preparation of the full papers. The final deadline for the submission of full papers is August 26^th, 2005.

All papers should be submitted in English.

4   Criteria for Selection

• Already published material will not be considered.

• Case studies from industrial enterprises will only be accepted if they are based on applied TRIZ methodology.

• Scientific or methodological papers will be accepted if they present new ideas or a further development of existing methods.

• Each participant will be restricted to a maximum of one oral presentation. Other contributions can be allocated to a poster session.

• The authors submit each paper on the understanding that if accepted they have to attend the conference to present the paper.

• Submissions that arrive after the April 25th deadline could not be considered for an oral presentation.

The submitted papers will be reviewed by a Committee of Approval who will decide on the presentation format.
The members of the Committee of Approval are: Gaetano Cascini (Italy), Denis Cavallucci (France), Markus Grawatsch (Germany), Nikolai Khomenko (France), Pavel Livotov (Germany), Darrell Mann (UK) and Valeri Souchkov (The Netherlands).

5   Conference Fee (in Euro)

6   Conference Structure

Preliminary programme:

Wednesday Nov. 16^th:

• TRIZ tutorials (basic & advanced);

• Opening Ceremony, Keynotes, Session 1 & 2 (case studies); parallel: Poster Presentations, Software Exhibition (planned)

• Sightseeing tour (optional)

Thursday Nov. 17^th:

• Keynotes, Session 3, 4 & 5; Open Space Discussion;

• parallel: Poster Presentations, Software Exhibition (planned)

• Gala Dinner

Friday Nov. 18^th:

• Keynotes, Session 6, 7 & 8; ETRIA Global Coordination Group Meeting; parallel: Poster Presentations, Software Exhibition (planned)

7   Contact

Juergen Jantschgi, University of Leoben, Graz, Austria

Fax: +43 3842 46010-40

8   Deadlines / Important Dates

• April 25, 2005        Deadline abstracts

• June 20, 2005        Notification of acceptance - call for full paper (or poster)

• Aug. 26, 2005        Deadline full paper

• Nov. 16-18, 2005    Conference

 9   Conference venue & Accommodation

The conference will be held in the centre of Graz, at the Stadthalle, a new event hall and congress centre. Graz, which is two hundred kilometres south of Vienna, is the second largest city in Austria. Since being awarded European Capital of Culture in 2003 Graz has attracted increasing attention to its rich cultural life. Not only does it offer a well-preserved historic old town but also most eye-catching examples of modern architecture. Graz has an international airport with connections to all major European cities.

For more information about the city of Graz see www.graztourism.at

Information about hotel reservation and booking will be made available at www.etria.net in May.