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On todayʻs show we have Brandon Makaawaawa, Vice President of Nation of Hawaii and Leimomi Bong, full stack developer at Purple Maiʻa. Theyʻre both here to talk about a recent Purple Maia hackathon called Build4ʻAina.
On todayʻs show we have Jacqui Hoover, Chair of the Conference Program Committee for the Hawaii Energy Conference and Michael Colón, co-Chair and Director of the Energy Sector at Ulupono Initiative. We talk about the Hawaii Energy Conference happen on May 21-22, 2025 on Maui.
The Hawaii Energy Conference is presented by Maui Economic Development Board who are offering a special rate to Bytemarks Café listeners yet to register. Use code BYTEMARKS when you register at hawaiienergyconference dot com. That’s BYTEMARKS all upper-case for a 20% savings off the full one or two-day rate.
On todayʻs show we have Dr. Fengchuan Liu, Project Manager and Dr. Yuko Kakazu, Education and Outreach Manager from the Thirty Meter International Telescope and they’re here to give us the latest updates on the project.
On todayʻs show we have Johnny Chankhamany, Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Development at Builders VC, who is here to talk about the startup ecosystem and tech investing.
On todayʻs show we have Leilani Farinas, Director of Content and Engagement of Shangri La Museum who is here to talk about how technology is changing the world of art.
On todayʻs show we have Christian Andersen, Director of Research and Amber Imai-Hong, engineer and Program Manager, both of PISCES (Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems). They’re here to tell us about the latest happenings at PISCES and the PISCES STARS program.
On todayʻs show we have Daniel Richardson, founder of Makaliʻi Metrics, a company that empowers the ʻAina with data. We talk about data driven solutions, data sovereignty and indigenous knowledge.
During this special spring membership drive, we have Cheryl Ernst, Dr. Brennan Yamamoto, Saige Dacuycuy and Jordie Ho all from the Univ of Hawaii to talk about ARCS Foundation, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists.
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On todayʻs show we have Pete Simon, Founder of coworking space Kuleana.Work and the Kuleana AI Lab. Pete is also one of the winners of the 2024 DE Innovation Awards.
On todayʻs show we have Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner at Blue Startups and Rachel Kondo, Executive Producer of the series, Shogun on FX. They’re both here to talk about East Meets West and the cultural and philosophical intersection.