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David Lassner tipped us to this event, direct link here: Hawaii Broadband Task Force with Cisco’s Ken Wirt on Event Calendar. It sounds like it is open to the public and doesn’t appear that RSVP is necessary.

Friday, July 18, 2008
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Hawaii State Capitol Rm 309
The Exabyte Era and Why Broadband is Essential, with
Ken Wirt, Cisco Vice President for Consumer Marketing

The Hawaii Broadband Task Force will be meeting with Ken Wirt, Cisco’s Vice President for Consumer Marketing, to discuss the imperative for advanced broadband services. Cisco’s research indicates that the dam is about to burst for Internet-based video and high-bandwidth requirements will be embedded in many applications for business, entertainment, education, health and government. Cisco’s analysis indicates that continuous growth in Internet capacity will be essential for individuals, communities and regions that want to ensure their ability to participate full in the digital societies of the 21st century. Legislators, policymakers and interested members of the public are invited to attend.

About Ken Wirt:
Ken is responsible for partnering with Cisco, Scientific Atlantic, and Linksys marketing teams in the creation and implementation of Cisco’s consumer marketing strategy. his includes developing an overall corporate brand architecture and keeping a pulse on the consumer to develop the most effective marketing and messaging strategies for Cisco overall. Ken has over twenty years of marketing experience with a strong background in developing new consumer electronic categories. He led marketing for one of the first home computers at Atari, introduced the first CD-ROM-based video game system at NEC, headed marketing for the first PDA (Newton) at Apple, launched the first portable MP3 player (Rio) at Diamond Multimedia, and was CEO of the first indie music recommendation web site (Riffage). Most recently, Ken was SVP Worldwide Marketing at Palm where he developed the first consumer PDA (Zire), the first hard-drive based multimedia PDA (LifeDrive), and launched the second generation of Treo smartphones with many of the world’s leading service providers. Ken received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA in The Psychology of Kinetic Media from the University of Michigan.

Truman Leung on TechHui just contacted me regarding this Jelly Coworking Group Event on TechHui

Time: July 16, 2008 from 8am to 12pm
Location: Tropical Smoothie Cafe (Map
Organized By: Truman Leung

We had a great meeting a couple days ago. I got to meet Sid, currently doing software development for a mainland company remotely while living here in town. It was also great to spend time with TechHui founders, Dan and Mika Leuck. Thanks so much for creating TechHui. It’s been a wonderful resource.

Hope you can make the next Coworking group. I’m adding the name “Jelly” to the group. It seems that the term “coworking” can range from a situation as formal as dedicated office space where you can rent a desk to an informal gathering of independents to work together at a cafe. However, a Jelly seems definitely a more on the casual end of the spectrum. So I’ll add the name “Jelly” to our group so people can understand at a glance that this is a group where you can drop in whenever you like and not have to pay for a desk.

If you can make it to our next meeting, please add a comment about what you’ll be working on while at the Jelly.

Thanks again to Teddy Wells, owner of the Tropical Smoothie Cafe here in Honolulu, for hosting the group and providing free wifi internet access.

Just saw this posted to Coworking Group July 8, 2008 on TechHui

Time: July 8, 2008 from 8am to 12pm
Location: Tropical Smoothie Cafe (Map)
Organized By: Truman Leung

Trying out a new place this time: Tropical Smoothie Cafe. I think its the perfect place for a coworking group:

1. It’s conveniently located in town: It’s just across Piikoi Street from Sears Ala Moana in the Hawaiki Tower.

2. Lots of padded seating (it’s not crowded).

3. Ample conveniently located electrical outlets to keep your laptops powered up.

4. Coffee/Food to keep yourself powered up. I think the Acai smoothie there tastes better than Jamba Juice. Plus the chipotle chicken sandwich rocks. We can stay there and have breakfast and/or lunch.

5. Internet. I’ve arranged for wifi access during the time of our weekly co-working meeting thanks to the owner, Teddy Wells.

6. Free parking. There are a bunch of stalls in the parking garage. Entrance to the parking garage is on Piikoi St. Just after you enter the garage, on the left hand side there are marked stalls reserved for customers of the Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

7. It’s spacious, air-conditioned and bathrooms are just down the hall.

Hope you can make it!

Benefits of coworking:

* get out of the house to focus on work
* network with other people in your field(s)
* cross-pollination of ideas and new tech
* collaborate

Post with more info on coworking (aka Jelly)

Tonight, Saturday, July 5, 7 PM.

Hawaii Prince Hotel, 5th floor.

Upcoming.

A Twitter-fueled meetup with local geeks and ubergeek Guy Kawasaki. Come join us at the Promenade Deck 5th floor by the pool.

Just received this via email, also on the web at Hawaii Science and Technology Council Event - Increasing STEM Internship & COOP Opportunities for UH Students

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Attention STEM Employers

Increasing STEM Internship & COOP Opportunities for UH Students

**Please join the University of Hawaii, DBEDT, HISciTech, and Enterprise Honolulu on June 26th for an in-depth program discussing STEM internships and the opportunities and challenges faced by employers, UH coordinators, and students.

June 26, 2008
10:00am - 3:00pm
Honolulu Community College, Building 2, Rm 201

Register Now: Free Admission

Panel discussion moderated by Mike Rota, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Hawaii Community Colleges

9:30-10:00am Registration
10:00-12:00 Panel (panel to be named)
12:00-1:15pm Networking Lunch
1:30-3:00pm Panel Q&A
Intended Audience: STEM Employers, UH Internship & COOP Coordinators, UH Students

*RSVP to Dori Baba at Enterprise Honolulu dbaba [at] enterprisehonolulu [dot] com or call (808) 521-3611 ext.10

Be sure to check our Events Calendar for upcoming events.

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Hawaii Science & Technology Council
733 Bishop Street, Suite 2900, Makai Tower
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808.536.4670
Fax: 808.536.4680
www.hiscitech.org

Found via UH Business IP Forum Event on TechHui

Time: June 24, 2008 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Manoa Innovation Center, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room (Manoa Innovation Website, Google Map)
Street: 2800 Woodlawn Drive
City/Town: Honolulu, HI
Contact Info: +1 (808) 429-6600
Event Type: Forum
Organized By: San Joseph & Daniel Leuck

The UH Business IP Forum is intended as an opportunity for University of Hawaii researchers to present their latest ideas to the local business community. University of Hawaii researchers regularly generate intellectual property in the form of patents. The University of Hawaii can provide exclusive rights to these patents, licensing them to individual business or consortia for the purpose of generating revenue. In the first instance the forum will start with presentations from UH researchers from the Ubiquitous Wireless Computing research group from the department of Information and Computer Sciences. The presentations will generally be short in order to allow plenty of time for discussion. As well as getting feedback on the potential licensability of existing patents, UH researchers will be looking for input from the business community on what technologies and techniques could be developed for the mutual benefit of both academia and business.

The UH Business IP Forum is lead by Sam Joseph. Sam is the project lead for the Ubiquitous and Wireless Computing project in the Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies in the University of Hawaii Department of Information and Computer Sciences. He has brought in over $3,000,000 in industry grants over the last year and now runs a team of 10 researchers developing new IP in the fields of Ubiquitous and Wireless Computing.

Sam’s academic qualifications include a B.Sc. (Hons) in astrophysics from the University of Leicester, UK, a M.Sc. in cognitive science and natural language and a Ph.D. in neural networks from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was also recipient of the Raymond-Hide prize for Astrophysics and a Toshiba Fellowship.

Sam spent six years in Japan, first working on intelligent agents at the Toshiba Research & Development Center, then freelancing for startup companies, and finally on peer-to-peer systems at the University of Tokyo.

Just saw this posted over at Coworking at Glazers on TechHui

Time: June 17, 2008from 8am to 12pm
Location:Glazers
Address: 2700 South King St Honolulu (Map)
Organized By: Truman Leung

Anyone up for meeting for work and lunch afterwards? This Tuesday 8am-noon @ Glazers.

Benefits of coworking:

* get out of the house to focus on work
* network with other people in your field(s)
* cross-pollination of ideas and new tech
* collaborate

Just saw this posted: Coworking at Glazers on TechHui

Time: June 3, 2008 from 8am to 12pm
Location: Glazers (Map)
Street: 2700 South King St
City/Town: Honolulu
Organized By: Truman Leung

Kara just sent this out. You can RSVP to kzbaker [at] “google’s email service” . com
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The Hawaii All-Geek Meetup and Potluck is scheduled for Sunday, April 20, 2008. Bring your family, your friends, and your toys. Bring some food and an appetite for good grinds and great conversation.

What is the Hawaii Geek Meet? Better to ask what it isn’t! Read all about it.

Where and when is it happening? Magic Island, at Ala Moana Beach Park, Picnic Area #40 [Map] from 10 a.m. until… whenever!

Afraid you’re going to be the only {x} person there? Check out some of the groups that are joining us.

Curious about who will be there? Check out the list of participants.

Can you bring something? Want to check out the menu? Take a look at the potluck page.

Have questions about how all this will come to pass? We do too! Check out the questions page.

Please RSVP A.S.A.P. by simply replying and letting me know if you can make it. Also, if you can provide a canopy tent, table, or large cooler, that would be great, as well.

Manoa Geeks makes up the majority of this event, so I hope you can make it. If you have already registered with someone else, that’s fine, and if you want to pass the word on to someone that may have been over-looked, please feel free.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

Kara

This was just posted to Bytemarks on Upcoming.org as well as Bytemarks on Yahoo Groups

Bytemarks Lunch
Thursday, March 27, 2008
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Laniākea YWCA(Google Map)
1040 Richards St
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

It’s our monthly Bytemarks Lunch for the Downtown Honolulu crowd. It’s an informal geek meetup to catch up on tech happenings and the latest gadgets in someone’s possession. All are welcome.
Homepage
http://www.bytemarks.org