On todayʻs show we talk with Leslie Wilkins from MEDB and Chelsea Kau and Kalila Phillips, both STEMWorks alum, about the annual Hawaii STEM Conference.
Episode 811: STEM Conference and STEMWorks – March 13, 2024
Author: Burt Lum
Episode 810: VEX IQ Robotics Competition – March 6, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Adria Fung from the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and coordinator for Hawaii VEX Robotics and the team from Hawaii Girl Power, Ariella, Julia, Jaymi, Aurelia about the VEX IQ competition and going to the Middle School VEX World Championships in Dallas, TX.
Episode 809: Startup Capital Ventures SBI Fund – Feb 28, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Donavan Kealoha and Tom Toy, both Managing Directors at Startup Capital Ventures. Donavan is also one of the founders of local nonprofit Purple Maia. Together we find out about their new SBI fund and talk about building the startup ecosystem in Hawaii.
Episode 808: Cyber Safe Seniors – Feb 21, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Esther Chan from Cyber Safe Seniors to find out how cyber security is critically important for our kupuna. We also talk about the nonprofit formation, Go Cyber Safe and the video series which started it all.
Episode 807: Pacific Telecommunications Conference Redux – Feb 14, 2024
On todayʻs show we reprise an interview with Brian Moon, CEO at the Pacific Telecommunications Council and find out about the upcoming PTC 2024 Conference. We also talk about PTC Beyond and the Humanity Innovation Hackathon.
Episode 806: Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link – Feb 7, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Cliff Miyake, Vice President of Business Development at Ocean Networks to find out about the US Treasury funded Interisland fiber announcement called Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL).
Episode 805: Blue Startups + East Meets West – Jan 31, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups to talk about East Meets West and with her shes brought a couple of the companies from Cohort 15. Today we have Brandon Pulice, CEO at Arrowe and Rom Jayawickrama, Chief Executive Officer of One2Four.
Episode 804: J-StarX and PICTHR – Jan 24, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Ian Kitajima from the Pacific International Center for High Tech Research (PICHTR) to catch on a project called J-StarX. With him heʻs brought a couple of guest from the J-StarX cohort, Naomi Kurahara, CEO of InfoStellar and Ayumu Mitera, CEO of Mitsufuji.
Episode 803: Hawaii Tutoring – Jan 17, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with David Miyashiro, Executive Director at Hawaii Kids Can and find out about a program called Hawaii Tutoring. We also talk about computer science in education and the computer science task force.
Episode 802: Pacific Telecommunications Conference 2024 – Jan 10, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Brian Moon, CEO at the Pacific Telecommunications Council and find out about the upcoming PTC 2024 Conference. We also talk about PTC Beyond and the Humanity Innovation Hackathon.