Prof. Runhua Tan, Hebei University of Technology, China

Tan Runhua, Ph.D. (Zhejiang University), is a foreign academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a professor and Lifetime-Honorary-director of China’s National Technological Innovation Method and Tool Engineering Research Center. His research interests are mainly in C-TRIZ/TRIZ, product conceptual design, and innovation management approaches. He has published more than 500 articles both in journals and conferences, such as in Expert Systems With Applications, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE conferences. He has also published 13 books. In recent years one of his research interests is agile innovative design for manufacturing companies.

檀润华 教授，乌克兰国家工程院外籍院士，俄罗斯自然科学院外籍院士，国家技术创新方法与实施工具工程技术研究中心创始人、终身名誉主任。兼任创新方法研究会副理事长、TRIZ研究会理事长。曾任河北工业大学副校长、十二届全国政协委员、河北省政府参事。
最先将TRIZ引入国内的学者之一。基于国内企业推广应用TRIZ的实践，创建了发明过程解决理论C-TRIZ。主持并完成国家支撑计划、863计划、创新方法工作专项、国家自然科学基金等项目多项。曾获省部级奖励5项、国际奖1项。发表论文500多篇，申请专利100多件。
首创批量“工程师-发明”技术转移模式，向中国中化、中国船舶、中车、中石油等2000多家企业转移技术创新方法，培养了1万多名创新工程师，创造了一批新技术、新工艺与新产品，为合作创造了巨大的经济与社会效益，提升了企业的自主创新能力。