On todayʻs show we catch up with Leilani Farinas, Executive Director of the TRUE Initiative to talk about the Hawaii AI and Cloud innovation Summit.
Episode 832: Hawaii AI and Cloud Summit – Aug 2, 2024
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Episode 778: Generative A.I. – July 26, 2023
First up, we have Leilani Farinas from the TRUE Initiative to tell us about the Cloud Innovation Summit.
Then, we are joined by Lance Askildson, Provost at Chaminade University to talk about the growing interest in generative A.I. and ChatGPT.
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Episode 726: Ethics Conversation Series + eSports at the Waipahu Public Library – July 27, 2022
First up, we have Will Weinstein, lecturer at the William S. Richardson School of Law, here to tell us about the Ethics Conversation Series.
Then, we are joined by Kelly Ueoka from Pacxa and JJ Nanquil, Esports Consultant & Coach for TRUE here to tell us about eSports at the Waipahu Public Library. Sign up here for more info on the Waipahu eSports Lab.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher.
Episode 724: The Cloud and AWS – July 13, 2022
This week we jump right into our conversation about the growing interest in Amazon Web Services and the cloud. We welcome Leilani Farinas from the TRUE Initiative, Christine Sakuda from Transform Hawaii Government and Eddie Ontai from DataHouse and we talk about Amazon Web Services, the Cloud Innovation Summit (happening on July 28, 2022) and migrating to the cloud.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher.
Episode 708: TRUE Initiative + Hyperspective on the Metaverse – March 23, 2022
Before we get to our show guests, I want to let you know about an upcoming webinar. ThinkTech Hawaii’s hosting a free webinar called BEYOND UKRAINE, BURNING GLOBAL ISSUES on some of the burning issues in six continents around the world. This webinar is scheduled for 10:00 am Hawaii time April 1, 2022. Register at thinktechhawaii.com
Next we have Leilani Farinas, Exec Director of the TRUE Initiative along with Trisha Goya, Director, IT Client Services and Ailin John, Senior Manager, IT Client Solutions, both from HMSA, to tell us about an upcoming event coming up on March 31st, called Achieving Data Accuracy, Agility and Speed Through Workflow Automation.
Then, we are joined by Todd Robertson, President & CEO of Hyperspective, learn about the metaverse and what it means to content creators here in Hawaii.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 702: Pathway 2 Purpose + TRUE Initiative & ClimbHi – Feb 9, 2022
First up, I invited Mary Wenstrom from the Hawaii Technology Academy and Ian Kitajima from Oceanit on the show to talk about Pathway to Purpose and the Pilina Education Alliance.
Then, we are joined by Leilani Farinas, the new Executive Director of the TRUE Initiative and Julie Morikawa, President of ClimbHI, here to tell us about their partnership and the TRUE Initiative in 2022.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 668: Box Jelly 10th Anniversary + Hawaii’s Digital Economy – June 16, 2021
First up, we have Rechung Fujihira from the Box Jelly to tell us about their 10th year anniversary. A big congratulations to the Box Jelly for meeting such an important milestone.
Then, we are joined by Michelle Cheung from the TRUE Initiative and Deena White Tearney from Pacific Point, who are here to tell us about advancing the digital economy in Hawaii and an upcoming event called Invest in Hawaii’s Digital Economy happening on June 23, 2021.
If you missed us live you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 655: People & Bots and Symbrosia – March 17, 2021
First up, we have Michelle Cheung from the TRUE Initiative here to tell us about the upcoming panel called The People and Bots Behind Safe Travels happening on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.
Then we welcome Alexia Akbay coFounder and CEO and Jonathan Simonds coFounder and CTO at Symbrosia to talk about their startup and launching the company at the Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) in Kona.
If you missed us live you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 636: TRUE Initiative + Transform Hawaii Government & Hawaii Kids Can – Nov 4, 2020
First up, we have Michelle Cheung from the TRUE Initiative here to tell us about a Gartner webinar on Pragmatic Infrastructure and Cloud Strategy coming up on November 12.
Then, we are joined by Christine Sakuda from Transform Hawaii Government and David Miyashiro from Hawaii Kids Can to talk about civic engagement, tech, computer science in education and the evolving political landscape.
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Episode 629: TRUE Initiative + Maestros Vibe – Sept 16, 2020
First up, this Friday, Sept. 18, from 10-11 a.m., Elemental Excelerator will host a live conversation with David Schlosberg, Enel X Vice President of Energy Market Operations, to unpack project results and discuss smart charging’s role in grid modernization efforts, electric vehicle adoption in Hawaii, broader clean transportation initiatives for utilities, and COVID’s impact on EV charging behavior.
Then we welcome Michelle Cheung, Director at the TRUE Initiative who tells us about Accelerating Digital Transformation at Servco taking place tomorrow, Sept 17 at 3pm.
Finally, we are joined by Karina Hernandez who teaches at Konawaena High and Juan Espinal who teachers at Konawaena Elementary and we talk about distance learning, Maestros Vibe and engaging students online.
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