Relic CTO Office Head Yoneda Gives Guest Lecture on “The Essence of System Development” at Matsuyama University’s Faculty of Informatics

Relic Inc., a business co-creation company, announced that Keishi Yoneda, head of its CTO Office, delivered a guest lecture titled “The Essence of System Development” on April 21 for the “Career Exploration” course at the Faculty of Informatics of Matsuyama University in Ehime Prefecture. The Faculty of Informatics, newly established in April 2025, offers a group of social practice courses designed to help students connect with society while still in school and learn practical ways to apply their knowledge and technical skills in the real world. Relic has been working on locally rooted business creation through initiatives such as innovation hubs in Matsuyama, Ehime. Drawing on that experience, the lecture was held as part of an industry-academia co-creation effort with the university to contribute to the development of regional digital talent. Yoneda, active on the front lines of system development and new business development, served as the course’s first guest speaker and provided first-year students with a practical sense of real development work. The lecture explained that system development is not merely programming, and covered approaches for proactively uncovering customers’ true needs during the requirements definition phase. It also included a workshop in which students developed ideas for solving issues based on familiar examples. Students responded positively, saying the lecture was practical and made them feel closer to being part of the information society, that they realized communication skills are needed to draw out customer needs, and that they learned a release is not the goal but the beginning of a cycle. Yoneda said it was deeply meaningful to lecture in Ehime, where he spent his own student years, and that he was grateful for the opportunity to share practical knowledge with students who will help shape Ehime’s future. Relic said it will continue promoting regional digital talent development and innovation ecosystem building through co-creation with educational institutions.