University-industry collaboration can lead to terrific opportunities for the funding of innovative research and product development projects. David Hochman, a consultant in technology-based economic development in the Technology Partnership Practice at Battelle Memorial Institute, discussed how these collaborations can be architected successfully.

Murray Cantor, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and the Principal Engineer of Worldwide Services Rational Software, IBM Software Group, spoke about the software lifecycle as it relates to IBM.

Topics covered included software development approaches, core principles of software projects, "The Mythical Man Month" approach, agile development, unified process, extreme programming, introducing topics to students, and the five key skills of a project manager.