There were 175 attendees, representing 15 countries, at this event, which was sponsored by the SEI, the National Research Council Canada, and the University of Southern California Center for Software Engineering (USC-CSE).

ICCBSS provided a unique sharing, learning, and networking opportunity in three days of tutorials, presentations, and panel sessions. Keynote speakers Ivar Jacobson of Rational Software Corp., Barry Boehm of the USC-CSE, David Baum of Motorola Labs, and Mike Moore of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center contributed their insights on life-cycle processes for COTS-based software systems, the use of component technologies, and evaluation of COTS products.