Theory Deepening, Industrial Application, and Educational Transformation: Integrating TRIZ Across Industry, AI, and Lifelong Learning Ecosystems
The International TRIZ Association (MATRIZ), together with Tianjin University of Technology and Education (TUTE), Liaoning Petrochemical College, Beijing IWINTALL Technology Co., Ltd. and The Periodical Office of The Theory And Practice Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship, invite you to participate in the world’s largest TRIZ conference – TRIZfest-2026.
The 21st International Conference “TRIZfest-2026”, marking the 100th anniversary of Genrich Altshuller’s birth, will take place in Tianjin on 13–15 October 2026 and in Jinzhou on 17–18 October 2026, in the People’s Republic of China.
About TRIZfest
TRIZfest is an international annual conference organized by MATRIZ.
Initially, the conferences were held in Russia. Since 2012, engineers, TRIZ practitioners and experts, as well as trainers have been meeting in different cities around the world.
If you want to organize a TRIZfest conference in your country, please inform the Executive Director of your interest.
| Conference | Date | City and country | Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2009 | July 25-29, 2009 | St. Petersburg, Russia | TRIZfest-2009 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2011 | July 24-26, 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia | |
| TRIZfest-2012 | August 02-04, 2012 | Lappeenranta, Finland | |
| TRIZfest-2013 | August 01-03, 2013 | Kiev, Ukraine | TRIZfest-2013 Report |
| TRIZfest-2014 | September 04-06, 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic | TRIZfest-2014 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2015 | September 10-12, 2015 | Seoul, South Korea |
TRIZfest-2015 Report TRIZfest-2015 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2016 | July 28-30, 2016 | Beijing, People’s Republic of China |
TRIZfest-2016 Report TRIZfest-2016 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2017 | September 14-16, 2017 | Kraków, Poland | TRIZfest-2017 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2018 | September 13-15, 2018 | Lisbon, Portugal |
TRIZfest-2018 Report TRIZfest-2018 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2019 | September 11-14, 2019 | Heilbronn, Germany |
TRIZfest-2019 Report TRIZfest-2019 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2021 | September 15-18, 2021 | Online | TRIZfest-2021 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2022 | August 31 - September 1-3, 2022 | Graz, Austria | TRIZfest-2022 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2023 | September 14-17, 2023 | Bengaluru, India | TRIZfest-2023 Report |
| TRIZfest-2024 | September 04-06, 2024 | Kuching, Malaysia |
TRIZfest-2024 Report MATRIZ Congress - summary of activities TRIZfest-2024 Proceedings |
| TRIZfest-2025 | November 11-14, 2025 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | TRIZfest-2025 Report |