Episode 795: Hawaiian Telcom Digital Equity Awardees + Build4Good Hackathon Redux – Nov 22, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Joy Ibarra, David Pickett

First up, we talk to Joy Ibarra, Sr. Community Relations Manager from Hawaiian Telcom about their Digital Equity grant awardees.

Then, we reprise a show we did with David Pickett, Chief Technology Officer from Purple Maia to talk the Build4Good hackaton.

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Digital Equity Awardees + Build4Good Hackathon Redux – Nov 22, 2023

Episode 792: Hawaiian Telcom Digital Equity Awardees + Build4Good Hackathon – Nov 1, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Joy Ibarra, David Pickett

First up, we have Joy Ibarra, Sr. Community Relations Manager from Hawaiian Telcom to tell us about their Digital Equity grant awardees.

Then, we are joined by David Pickett, Chief Technology Officer from Purple Maia to talk the Build4Good hackaton.

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Episode 787: Brain Machine Hackathon + Broadband Hoʻike – Sept 27, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Kyra Gautier-Dickey, Shola Kaiapo-Trevino, Jackie Kaina

First up, we have Kyra Gauthier Dickey, PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Hawaii, here to tell us about the Brain Machine Hackathon.

Then, we are joined by Shola Kahiapo-Trevino from the County of Hawaii and Jackie Kaina, Executive Director at the Kauai Economic Development Board to talk about the Broadband Hoʻike, Broadband Hui, the Digital Equity Plan and activities in their respective counties.

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Episode 787: Brain Machine Hackathon + Broadband Hoʻike – Sept 27, 2023

Episode 746: Honolulu Science Cafe + Federal Broadband Programs – Dec 14, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Rob Jedicke, Laura Arcibal, Kaala Souza

First up, we’ll talk to Robert Jedicke from the Institute for Astronomy about the latest Honolulu Science Cafe event coming up on Dec 20th featuring Monique Chyba a her talk on Pandemic Modeling Gone Viral. RSVP here.

Then, we are joined by Laura Arcibal, the new Federal Program Officer for the NTIA and Kaala Souza, digital equity consultant, to talk about the federal programs that are instrumental in building out broadband access, digital equity and Internet for All.

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Episode 746: Honolulu Science Cafe + Federal Broadband Programs – Dec 14, 2022

Episode 721: XLR8HI preX & Connection in a Zero-Trust World – June 22, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Omar Sultan, Kayla Pearson, Susan Kreifels, Glenn van Zutphen, Derek Ferrar

Before we get started I want to let you know about a webinar about broadband and digital equity organized by the University of Hawaii. It is a chance to learn about the federal programs that are rolling out to the states. The webinar takes place tomorrow Thursday at 1:30pm on zoom. Go to https://www.hawaii.edu/broadband/events/ for more info.

Next, I welcome Omar Sultan who brought Kayla Pearson of Surf Soap Company, one of preXʻs cohort 4 companies, to talk about the upcoming XLR8HI preX program.

Then we are joined by Susan Kreifels manager of​ the East-West Center’s journalism exchange programs, Glenn van Zutphen who is a career international journalist and the founder of VanMedia Group, and Derek Ferrar news content and press outreach for the East-West Center. We talk about the current state of journalism and the upcoming conference: Connecting in a Zero-Trust World.

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Episode 721: XLR8HI preX & Connection in a Zero-Trust World – June 22, 2022

Episode 683: Digital Inclusion Week 2021 – Sept 29, 2021

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Sen. Bennette Misalucha, Kaʻala Souza, Laura Arcibal

During this special membership campaign edition, we have Senator Bennette Misalucha, Laura Arcibal from the Dept of Health and Kaala Souza, lead on the Workforce Resilience Initiative, here to talk about digital equity, Digital Readiness Hawaii and the upcoming Digital Inclusion Week.

During our live broadcast, the phone lines are reserved for your show of support. We are looking for new members so if you enjoy our weekly tech talks, we hope you’ll consider supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.

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Episode 683: Digital Inclusion Week 2021 – Sept 29, 2021

Episode 647: Digital Equity – Jan 20, 2021

Photo (l:r) Brad Bennett, Christina Higa, David Miyashiro

This week weÊ»ll jump right into our conversation about Digital Equity. We welcome Christina Higa, co-Director of the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center, Brad Bennett, network coordinator at Kuauli Digital Opportunities and David Miyashiro, Executive Director at Hawaii Kids Can and they’re here to talk about digital equity, the Broadband Hui and eliminating the digital divide.

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Episode 647: Digital Equity – Jan 20, 2021

Episode 626: Purple Maia Salesforce + Next Century Cities Digital Equity – Aug 26, 2020

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Keahi Selhorst, Francella Ochillo

First up, the next installment of the Manoa Heritage Center’s Virtual Kahaukani Conversations features guest speaker is Dr. Sam ‘Ohu Gon III who will be discussing the similarities and differences between Hawaiian and Western knowledge systems, and the future of collaborative knowledge and sharing to benefit us all. It’s free and takes place on Thursday, August 27, time: 5:00 pm. It’s free, register here.

Next we welcome Keahi Selhorst from Purple Maia, here to tell us about an opportunity to up skill Salesforce Certification Training. Don’t delay, registration closes on Friday, August 28.

Then we’re joined by Francella Ochillo from Next Century Cities to talk about digital equity, digital inclusion and why the US needs to rethink its policy of digital access.

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