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This week we get right into our conversation with a great panel including Denise Yamaguchi Executive Director at the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation, Ken Kozuma from Waipahu Intermediate School Future Farmers and Keith Matsumoto, co-founder of Design Thinking Hawaii. This week we talk about smart ag systems and developing the next generation of farmers.
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First up, we’ll talk to Ian Kitajima from Design Thinking Hawaii to tell us about the next Design Thinking bootcamp. We also talk about Ian’s new job at PICHTR.
Then, we are joined by Ben Weinberg from Startup Oahu and Sonia Romero from Thrive HI to talk about networking the startup ecosystem and meeting new entrepreneurs.
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First up, we have Veronica Rocha, program manager from the Pacific International Center for High Tech Research (PICHTR) to tell us about their Climate Grants Accelerator.
Then, we are joined by Keith Hayashi, Interim Superintendent at the Dept of Education and Ian Kitajima, Tech Sherpa at Oceanit, to learn about the upcoming Design Thinking Summer Bootcamp.
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We’ll kick off the show with our news guests. Sandy Park from HTDC is here to tell us about the annual Holiday Job Tech Fair. Then Ryan Yamamoto and Matthew Honda are here from Middle Management to tell us about their new company. Finally, after the break, we’ll spend the rest of the hour talking to Dr. Song Choi and Ron Matayoshi and learning about the new innovation lab at UH called the iLab.
Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Sandy Park, Ron Matayoshi, Matt Honda, Ryan Yamamoto, Song Choi, Ryan Ozawa
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