Tag: PICHTR

Episode 815: Agtech & Education – April 10, 2024

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Ian Kitajima

This is Day 1 of Hawaii Public Radio’s Spring Membership Campaign. During this special spring membership drive edition, we have Ian Kitajima, President of PICHTR, here to talk about workforce development, education, agtech and learning trips to S. Korea.

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.

Episode 815: Agtech & Education – April 10, 2024

Episode 804: J-StarX and PICTHR – Jan 24, 2024

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Naomi Kurahara, Ian Kitajima, Ayumu Mitera

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 804: J-StarX and PICTHR – Jan 24, 2024

Episode 763: Waipahu High School A.I. Pilot – April 12, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Cindy Takara, Ian Kitajima

During this special spring membership drive episode, we have Ian Kitajima, President of PICHTR and Cindy Takara from Waipahu High School, here to tell us about a partnership with Waipahu High School, NEC and the Dept of Transportation to help better understand A.I. systems.

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 by going to HawaiiPublicRadio.org.

If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!

Episode 763: Waipahu High School A.I. Pilot – April 12, 2023

Episode 759: Design Thinking Bootcamp + Startup Oahu/Thrive HI- March 15, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Ian Kitajima, Sonia Romero, Ben Weinberg

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.

If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!

Episode 759: Design Thinking Bootcamp + Startup Oahu/Thrive HI- March 15, 2023

Episode 712: PICHTR Climate Grants Accelerator + Design Thinking – April 20, 2022

Photo (l:r) Veronica Rocha, Keith Hayashi, Ian Kitajima

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.

If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!

Episode 712: PICHTR Climate Grants Accelerator + Design Thinking – April 20, 2022