The European TRIZ Association was founded on 15.October 2000.
ETRIA Founding Members:
- Denis Cavallucci, France
- Pavel Livotov, Germany
- Darell Mann, UK
- Valeri Souchkov, The Netherlands
ETRIA Presidents:
- 2025-current: Remy Houssin, France
- 2020-2025: Stelian Brad, Romania
- 2017-2020: Sebastian Koziolek, Poland
- 2014-2017: Pavel Livotov, Germany
- 2012-2014: Joost Duflou, Belgium
- 2009-2012: Tom Vaneker, Netherlands
- 2006-2009: Gaetano Cascini, Italy
- 2002-2006: Denis Cavallucci, France
- 2000-2002: Darrell Mann, UK
Past TRIZ Future Conference Chairs:
- 2024: Stelian Brad (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
- 2023: Pavel Livotov (Offenburg, Germany)
- 2022: Jerzy Chrząszcz (Warsaw, Poland)
- 2021: Yuri Borgianni (Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
- 2020: Stelian Brad (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
- 2019: Rachid Benmoussa (Marrakech, Morocco)
- 2018: Denis Cavallucci (Strasbourg, France)
- 2017: Leonid Chechurin & Kalle Elfvengren (Lappeenranta, Finland)
- 2016: Sebastian Koziolek (Wroclaw, Poland)
- 2015: Thomas Nagel & Nina Defounga (Berlin, Germany)
- 2014: Constant Ondo (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- 2013: Ameziane Aoussat (Paris, France)
- 2012: Helena Navas (Lisbon, Portugal)
- 2011: Pat Coman (Dublin, Ireland)
- 2010: Caterina Rizzi (Bergamo, Italy)
- 2009: George Draghici & Simona Kretu (Timisoara, Romania)
- 2008: Tom Vaneker & Valeri Souchkov (Enschede, The Netherlands)
- 2007: Carsten Gundlach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 2006: Joost Duflou & Simon Dewulf (Kortrijk, Belgium)
- 2005: Jürgen Jantschgi (Graz, Austria)
- 2004: Gaetano Cascini (Florence, Italy)
- 2003: Markus Grawatsch (Aahen, Germany)
- 2002: Denis Cavallucci (Strasbourg, France)
- 2001: Darrel Mann (Bath, UK)