8:00 AM to Noon
HPU at Aloha Tower Marketplace, MPR #3
Energy Education and Green Jobs – Walking the Talk
8:00 Registration and Networking
Coffee and Pastries from Honolulu Coffee Company
– sponsored by Hawai’i Energy
8:15 Welcome
Mike Markrich, RENEW REBUILD HAWAI’I Stephen Allen, Associate Professor-HPU
8:30 Setting the Stage: Where are the Green Jobs?
Eugene Tian, Chief State Economist, READ-DBEDT
8:50 What’s New at HPU: Curriculum and Infrastructure
Stephen Allen, Associate Professor-HPU and Dingilizwe (Clarence) Ncube, HPU
9:10 UH Manoa School of Architecture and Project Frog: Designing for the Future
Wendy Meguro, UHM SoA; Eileen Peppard, UH Sea Grant; and Jim Maskrey, HNEI
9:40 Break and Announcements
10:00 Hawai’i DOE’s Ka Hei Program Update
Tori Suarez, Education Manager; ENGIE Services U.S. Inc.
10:30 Green Jobs and Internships Panel
Todd Wimmer, Lt. Commander, USCG, Facilitator
Ryan Tin Loy, HPU; and Phyllis Dayao, DLIR
11:00 Networking Session with refreshments
In Collaboration with:
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)
Hawai’i State Energy Office
Hawai’i Energy
Hawai’i Pacific University (HPU)
Hawai‘i Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (HCATT)