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en: The pace of change is ever increasing. Technology development is becoming ever more integrated and complex. Innovation is needed to solve new challenges and existing problems. Emerson provides solutions to a very diverse range of challenges. Several methods and mechanisms are used to support the full spectrum of innovation – from incremental to radical. Many of these methods employ systematic techniques for problem solving to provide support for structured innovation. The presentation will cover background information on Emerson’s innovation ecosystem, then introduce some of the systematic innovation techniques employed through case studies, explaining the rationale behind the fitness for purpose of the techniques for the context. To finish, some recent experiences of digitalization of the approaches used within Emerson will be shared.

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en: Given the fast-growing population and the ever increasing consumption of resources it is imperative that breakthrough innovations make alternative energy sources more commercially viable. Wind turbines represent an attractive source of sustainable and environmentally friendly energy. World wind energy capacity has been doubling every three years during the last decade and growth rates in the last two years have been even faster. The trainer will introduce an original Wind Turbine project to demonstrate the capabilities and efficiency of Technology for Innovation based on TRIZ. The trainer has selected a three-blade turbine as a base turbine design for this research project. The three-blade turbine is most common, sometimes known as a Danish concept. The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft, which connects to a generator and makes electricity. The electricity is sent through transmission and distribution lines to a substation, then on to homes and business. The potential for TRIZ as a science and philosophy of systems development has also yet to be fully realized. Especially in combination with Functional Analysis, other proven methods for problem identification, and a pool of targeted scientific and informational resources to accelerate concept identification. However, with a practical roadmap to guide the practitioner, the benefits of combining and deploying these discrete resources and methodologies are readily attainable. This project describes a personalized roadmap that supplies a repeatable process for improving sustainable wind energy generation. Each project roadmap is an individual roadmap for the given project. Using the improvement of Wind Turbine Development as a case study, this master class focuses on a proven and repeatable process that overcomes common TRIZ deployment challenges. It shows a workflow and methodology for how to get started working on a problem with TRIZ, how to compliment TRIZ with proven methods for problem identification, how to leverage scientific knowledge, patents information, and existing resources to accelerate concept identification.

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en: The presentation is devoted to algorithms that lead to generation of innovation ideas in business and innovation management strategies. Innovation management methods are based on the works of Prof. Clayton Christensen from HBS, and the means of getting innovation ideas are based on TRIZ works of G. Altshuller and the author. The presentation will introduce a novel approach to set up innovation management strategies, somewhat different from what Prof. Christensen’s proposed. To get ideas for future innovations, the intervention of Vladimir will introduce powerful tools such as: 1. Systems approach, 2. Laws and patterns of system development, 3. Methodology for solving non-standard problems, 4. Resources and 5. Technology transfer. On disruptive product innovation, the presentation will be directed towards an algorithm that includes: 1. Identification of needs, 2. Product development, 3. Consideration of product factors over its lifecycle, company factors and market factors, 4. Forecasting of product development, company and market. To identify new needs and functions that fulfill these needs, the presentation will introduce works of the author on trends in the development of needs and patterns of change in functions. For product development, system development trends are used. The creation of disruptive innovations that reduce the cost of products is carried out using the trend of increasing ideality in the form of trimming. Sustaining innovations are created using all TRIZ tools. It will be highlighted what TRIZ tools and how are they used for each type of innovation. Forecasting is the final step in getting the idea of innovation. It determines on which of the life cycles the company and the market should be located for the production and distribution of the product implementing the developed idea.

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en: Organizations have access to huge amounts of text data but harnessing its business potential is still a major challenge. The use of Text Mining, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics to unleash the potential of unstructured data and to integrate unused assets into decision-making processes is one of the key paths to face with this challenge. Novel deep learning methods for robustly mining arguments from heterogeneous Web sources and text streams like social media and news will be introduced in the presentation. The proposed approach allows for fast adaptation to new use cases and mining arguments robustly across different domains. The presentation is going to retrieve pro and contra arguments for any issue or statement from available texts. It could be inspiring for TRIZ community, as some algorithms are open for public use.

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en: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. “, Albert Einstein Historically, first materials related with Creative Person Development (CPD) were created and published by Genrich Altshuller and Igor Vertkin about 30 years ago and are available only in Russian. Altshuller and Vertkin analyzed many biographies of great and creative people. The result of this research work was the creation of the Life Strategy of the Creative Person (LSCP). The main idea of LSCP was a game between the candidate for a ”creative person” and environmental or external obstacles. In this “game” are described nearly all possible moves of “external environment” in order not to allow a creative person to gain the Great Aim and nearly all possible “answers” of the creative person to win in this “fight”. Each move was equipped with many examples – most of them from the Soviet and Russian sources. All possible moves of “external environment” and all possible “answers” of the creative person are grouped into four main categories: opening, middle game, endgame, and post-endgame. Post-endgame is possible in LSCP. The Creative Person is now out of his active life – yet, certain results are still produced due to the steps accomplished earlier. The trainer in this master class has created Creative Person Development (CPD) topic for his TRIZ trainings based on Jonathan Livingston Seagull story by Richard Bach. It is a very popular book available in many languages and you can easily go through Jonathan’s life milestones together with the trainer during the master class. CPD contains three parts (formation of the creative man; higher to heaven, to perfection; you are a teacher) and 49 steps. Each step is equipped with citation or with freely retelling from appropriate pages of book, with comments, with requirements to Creative Man, and with features of Creative Man.

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en: In this session I will review the basic principles of Artificial Intelligence and the challenges faced when applying AI directly to creative problem solving. I will then show how modern Machine Learning and AI can be applied to Patent and Non-Patent Literature, drawing analogies between what we can now do with machine learning to what Altshuller’s team did manually in the ‘50s with patent literature. I will then propose a new approach to TRIZ using AI to semantically analyze a problem and apply TRIZ Inventive Principles, Evolutionary Trends, and Separation Methods to generate useful suggestions to guide and accelerate the brainstorming process.

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en: Physical products, even entire machines, are increasingly being designed by computer algorithms. Lin will explain, how this paradigm shift is critical in driving radical innovation and addressing today’s global challenges. Another key element is the transformation to a Digital Physical Product Economy, where objects are produced in automated digital factories. Digital Physical Products are conceived in purely digital form, traded and transacted digitally and then physically produced close to the end consumer, using a combination of industrial 3D printing and other digital manufacturing techniques. This paradigm enables new forms of collaboration, faster iteration times and therefore rapid innovation, but also completely new business models.

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en: In this workshop students will receive a 2 day trial account to IQAubri, IP.com’s revolutionary new software that combines the power of AI, TRIZ and patent search to provide instant analysis of an inventive problem and present Functional Concepts and Inventive Principles to help guide the creation of innovative solutions. The instructors will present a brief demo with power tips on how to use IQAubri. The participants will then enter their problem, either in the form of a known problem and root cause analysis using the 5 Why’s approach or as a system improvement with a detailed description of the initial system. IQAubri will semantically analyze the problem and then provide functional solutions from the prior art and relevant Inventive Principles, chosen by the AI as the most likely to produce useful results. Finally, the participants will share lessons learned and can continue their analysis and download their results before the trial period ends. Work teams attending the conference can sign up to work their problem together in a collaborative mode using networking tools.

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en: Motivation: During my short visit in Tianjin (December 2018), Professor Runhua Tan showed me a new 3D printer in his National Engineering Research Center for Technological Innovation Method and Tool. The image of 3D printer and one of G. Altov (G. S. Altshuller) science-fiction ideas triggered me to start to think about the “magic machine”, which will be able to create any system from atomic to super-macro level, from any available substances-gases-fields. So, I selected 3D printer as a prototype and the TRIZ Technology for Innovation was used to start this project. Short description of selected G. Altov science-fiction idea: “The surrounded dust-gas looked a little like a homogeneous cloud. On the standard capsule DS-operator creates the construction by using the substance of cloud: reactor, engine, housing with residential and cargo compartments, protective screens, and then everything could be changed and rebuild depending on the parameters of flight and the state of external fields. The dust-gas cloud gives unlimited amounts of energy and substance, everything else depends on the skill of the DS-operator. When the flight is finished, the design is sprayed, and from the ship, which is often more than a hundred kilometers long, is still a small standard capsule, ready to become a ship again.”

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en: There is a huge potential of innovation and technology in the world. This offers the chance to solve big societal problems in healthcare, urban mobility and other issues. Governments around the world are stepping up their involvement and investments in this sector. Efficient discovery, evaluation and exchange of IP/intangible assets can be one of the most important advantage. Innovative companies are the drivers of economic growth; and in this context, IP becomes one of the most valuable assets. Amount of investments in deep tech is rapidly growing, new trusted collaboration wanted to foster deep tech discovery and quick commercialization. In line with these trends, the presentation is focused on how Open Research and Innovation Platforms powered by the new generation Hybrid Blockchain can foster collaboration between more partners in a smart way, with the possibility to monitor and assess the IP contributions of all partners during project life-cycle.