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On todayʻs show we have Meli James, President of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association along with Brett Jacobson and Naehalani Breeland, co-founders of Ola Brew from the Big Island here to share their startup story and the HVCA Entrepreneurs Awards.
On todayʻs show we have Bernice Kissinger and Keith Matsumoto both of PICHTR, here to talk about the Pacific Alliance for Collaboration and Technology (PACT) conference. We also talk about how APEx (OTA) and J-StarX are woven into the program.
On todayʻs show we have Sally Wentworth, President and CEO of the Internet Society and the Internet Society Foundation. She join us to talk about the ISOC priorities for ISOC in 2025, building a resilient, reliable, and affordable Internet.
On todayʻs show we have Bill Kumagai, Executive Director of the non-profit Transform Hawaii Government and he’s here to share THG’s mission and priorities for 2025.
On todayʻs show we have Keith Matsumoto, Program Director, at the PICHTR and James Pakele, President of Dynamic Community Solutions, also of Puʻuhonua o Waiʻanae, here to talk about the EPA Community Change Grant Program called Uplifting Waiʻanae.
On todayʻs show we have Nam Vu, Co-Director, Co-founder of Hub Coworking here to talk about the Hawaii tech scene and coworking in 2025.
On todayʻs show we have Josh Wisch, President and Executive Director of Holomua Collective here to talk about remote work, making Hawaiʻi more affordable and senate concurrent resolution 184 (SCR184).
On todayʻs show we have Chris Sybico, co-founder of the Holoholo App, here to talk about the pivot from corporate tech, development of the app and the startup journey.
On todayʻs show we have Brian Moon, CEO of the Pacific Telecommunications Council here to talk about, telecom, digital infrastructure, private equity, and the upcoming PTC 2025 conference running from Jan 19-22, 2025.
On todayʻs show we have Ian Kitajima, President of the Pacific International Center for High Tech Research here to talk about the J-StarX program, in partnership with METI of Japan.