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On todayʻs show we have Sen Michelle Kidani, Vice President of the Senate and Chair of the Education Committee and Ian Kitajima, President of PICHTR, here to talk about computer science policy and advocacy and the work to roll this out in the Department of Education.
On todayʻs show we have Meli James co-founder of ManaUp, Janice Lafontaine founder of Farm to Fudge Maui and Joey Valenti co-founder of Bizia, join me to talk about the upcoming Mana Up Showcase and elevating Hawaii’s companies to a whole new level.
On todayʻs show we have Frank Orrall, vocalist, musician, author of his new book Hawaii to CBGB and lead man for Poi Dog Pondering. We talk about playing music on Kalakaua Ave in Waikiki to life on the road from Austin, TX to New York to Chicago, IL. We even talk about Thievery Corporation.
On todayʻs show we have Cindy Matsuki, Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager at the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, here to talk about the SBIR program and the upcoming Pacific Tech 2024 conference.
Before we get started I want to share this announcement: This week is Digital Inclusion Week (Oct 7-11) and I wanted to share a couple items of note. First is the Inaugural Digital Equity Innovation Awards program which is posted on Youtube. Also the kick off for the Hawaii Annual Code Challenge is Saturday Oct 12th. Go to HACC.Hawaii.gov for more info.
Then on todayʻs show we have Jennifer Kumura, Co-Founder of UXHI and Product Design Manager at Servco Pacific Inc. and Micah Chao, UXHI Conference Planning Committee Member and we’re here to talk about the upcoming UXHI conference on Oct. 26, 2024.
On todayʻs show we have Jonathan Sprague, co-director of conservation at Pūlama Lāna‘i and Lucas Fortini from the U.S. Geological Survey to talk about the Lana’i Watershed Conservation Project. Kuahiwi a Kai.
On this first post-Fall Membership Drive show we have Christine Sakuda, Chief information Officer for the State of Hawaii and Thelma Alane, Event Coordinator, here to talk about the 9th Hawaii Annual Code Challenge.
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During this fall membership drive, we have Hoala Greevy from Paubox and Nick Wong from Paragon talking about the latest happenings at the company and also find out about the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship, which supports Native Hawaiians with their college pursuits.
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On todayʻs show we have Ellen Ng, founder of Inoa.ai, Sarah Otsuki, Founder of Key to Web3 and Brandy Camacho, host of the Brandy Camacho Show and Hackright.dev. Together we’re talking about the Hawaii Blockchain Summit happening on Sept. 16, 2024.
On todayʻs show we have Michael Bennett, founder of Honolulu Tech Week and we’re talking about this week long event featuring Hawaii’s rich tech diversity.