TechOahu

Updated information:

This was just posted to Upcoming.org (updated December 8th)

Saturday, January 12, 2008
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of Management Science)
6660 Hawaii Kai Dr
Honolulu, Hawaii 96825

Attendance: 50 - 100 (We want to manage this on our first go around.)

Cost: $20 (This will include a t-shirt and lunch.)

Format: Open Grid, Ignite Session, Internet+Tech, 45 minute sessions

Rules: No talking heads, we want participation, sharing and interaction. Product discussions are encouraged especially if it is the creator, designer or principal innovator.

Objectives for the unconferenz:

1. Be a catalyst
2. Create an environment for sharing, cross pollenation
3. Provide support for people and innovation.
4. Cross generational - middle school to senior netizen
5. Hang out with friends

Homepage

http://unconferenz.pbwiki.com

Session format for presenting:

Pecha Kucha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha)

Basically if someone wants to present something or some topic they have 20 slides and 20 seconds each slide to do it in. This limits the presentation time to 6 minutes 40 seconds. Group discussion can follow afterwards. This is just a format to keep things flowing and avoid “death by Powerpoint”.

Contact: Burt Lum (808) 381-6877

Email: bytemarks@gmail.com
Wiki: http://unconferenz.pbwiki.com
Signup: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/379564
Yahoogroup: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bytemarks/

This was just posted to the HVCA Email List:

The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship & E-Business (PACE) will be accepting applications for the Business Plan Competition starting January 14, 2008. Online registration is quick and easy at:
http://www.UHBusinessPlanCompetition.com

Eligibility:
All team
s must have at least two but not more than five members. All teams must have at least one University of Hawaii student. Proof of student status (copy of valid student id card or registration receipt) will be required with the executive summary. The University of Hawaii student must play a key role on the team.

Entry Criteria:

All entries must be for new companies and business ideas, or existing companies less than one year old. Businesses may be either for-profit or not-for-profit.

This is an intense, fun and potentially lucrative project. Winners walk away with thousands in cash prizes; not to mention priceless opportunties to network and pursue a viable idea for a business.

Inquiries about the Competition may directed to PACE at 956-5083 or pace@hawaii.edu

This was just posted to Upcoming.org

LUNCH 2.0 HAWAII
“Lunch Five-O”

Sponsored by HiBEAM and Featuring ChipIn and PeopleBridge

“A small group of high-tech go-getters, determined to get inside Silicon Valley companies, decided to reinaugurate the business lunch. They created a loose-knit community in search of a free lunch — and social interactions with their peers. They call it Lunch 2.0.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

Lunch 2.0 Goes Hawaiian Style!

The tech business lunch phenomenon that started in Silicon Valley — and spread globally to places like Germany, Netherlands and India — comes to Hawaii to provide the Aloha State’s tech community with a new twist on networking. Lunch 2.0 gatherings are informal and meant to connect people with people and people with tech ideas, products and services.

Our first “Lunch Five-O” is:

Friday, December 28, 2007
Noon to 2 p.m.
Manoa Innovation Center
800 Woodlawn Drive in Manoa Valley
http://www.htdc.org/directions/MIC.asp

RSVPs required to rsvp@lunch20hawaii.com

Lunch will be provided by HiBEAM, Hawaii Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors, a nonprofit dedicated to helping launch and build promising early stage technology, biotechnology and life sciences companies by providing expert professional advice and access to funding sources.

Featured at the event are two HiBEAM portfolio companies: ChipIn and PeopleBridge. ChipIn is a Web-based service that simplifies the process of collecting money from groups of people. Using a ChipIn widget, you can easily promote the ChipIns on the social networking sites you already use and track the demographics of those chipping in. Social networking platform provider PeopleBridge, founded by Dave Kozuki who started GlobalPauHana.org, is the largest social network specifically for kama’aina.

This Lunch 2.0 Hawaii brought to you by Dave Kozuki, Wally Roth and Keith Kamisugi.

Web = http://www.lunch20.com
Web = http://www.lunch20hawaii.com
Facebook = http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7656681495

Just posted to the Honolulu Coders Mailing List:

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****** H O N O L U L U * C O D E R S * M E E T I N G ********
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This month’s Honolulu Coders meeting will take place on Wednesday 12th
December from 6pm to 8pm.

Honolulu-coders mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/honolulu-coders/
Join the Honolulu coders community:
http://discourse.ics.hawaii.edu/community/sign_up
Member’s web page: http://discourse.ics.hawaii.edu/workspace/5

********** LOCATION INFORMATION **********

This month’s meeting will be held in the POST building, room 302, at the
University of Hawaii Manoa campus.

http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/vtour?Manoa=l=POST?

UH parking information is here:

http://www.hawaii.edu/parking/visitorParking.html

********** MEETING AGENDA **********

The meeting’s agenda is as follows:

6:00pm - 6:30pm “iPhone LinkLens” Main talk by Sam Joseph

6:30pm - 7:00pm Discussion

7:00pm - 7:15pm Pizza Break sponsored by Ikayzo http://www.ikayzo.com/

7:15pm - 8.00pm Open Ruby workshop with focus on Collective Intelligence
by Sam Joseph

The talk abstract and speaker biography is as follows:

Main Talk Title: iPhone LinkLens

Main Talk Abstract:

The LinkLens systems is designed to be a compromise between a
hierarchical file system and a tagging folksonomy. The idea is to get
the best of both worlds and achieve a more efficient information
organizing paradigm. Today Sam will show the results of his attempt to
put the LinkLens on the iPhone.

Main Talk Biography:

Sam Joseph is a researcher in the Laboratory for Interactive Learning
Technologies in the Department for Information and Computer Science. He
is active in the areas of augmented reality, ubiquitous wireless
applications and social computing.

Open Ruby workshop:

Join Sam Joseph as he plays around with the Ruby and Rails. Bring along
your Ruby programming questions and we can scratch our heads together
In addition the open ruby workshop will now include excerpts from
the new O’Reilly book “Collective Intelligence” by Toby Segaran.

Just got this from the HVCA Mailing List. PDF Invitation from the Hawaii Science & Technology Council web page.

Still some availabilities - register now!
Hawaii Science & Technology Council’s
2007 Venture Capital Summit
Wednesday, December 12th
the Kahala Hotel and Resort

Go to http://www.hiscitech.org
for Event Program and On-Line Registration
or contact Robyn at 536-4670 or robyn@hiscitech.org today

The Summit panelists and guests will address these questions:

#1 Deal Flow: Does Hawaii have adequate deal flow to justify sustained venture capital investment?

#2 Hawaii Market Returns: Can venture capital investments in Hawaii companies yield returns comparable to
market returns achieved from VC investments in mainland companies?

#3 Mainland Investment in Hawaii: Do mainland investment firms have the ability, interest and commitment to
invest in Hawaii companies?

#4 Tax Incentives: Has Act 221 promoted or impeded the growth of venture capital deal flow and invesment in Hawaii?

#5 Market Forces: Market forces are always rational and should not be interfered with. If Hawaii has any good
deals to invest in, the money from the mainland will come. Does this mean that there is no need for local venture
capital funds in Hawaii?

#6 Comparative Advantage: Will Hawaii’s innovation/tech sector ever get off the ground and develop sufficient
critical mass to matter?