History of TRIZ's arrival in Europe, France and the rest of the world
The TRIZ theory, a theory of invention as a support to R and D activities; principles and methods

In this section, we'll confine our description to the history of the TRIZ's arrival in France, which in itself is a novelty, taking into account any other elements already published on the subject. We'll confine this overview to the first few years (1991-2000), as the multiplicity of subsequent events makes it impossible to be exhaustive.

Some key dates for France :

• 1991: first official presentation of the TRIZ by Mr. Tsurikov at UNESCO in Paris. Prof. Christo Boutzev of UNESCO writes a manuscript in French, summarizing the TRIZ, which is never published;

• 1995: First press article in the Vienne daily Centre presse: "TRIZ une méthode qui donne à penser" ("TRIZ, a method that makes you think");

• 1996: first state of the art published in a DEA dissertation...