Water Resilience in Hawai‘i: A UH Innovation Conference
Recap

Conference Program

Conference Videos

 

Opening Keynote

  • Kiana Frank, Assistant Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Mānoa

 

Plenary Panel 1: A Look at the Cultural and Historical Significance of Water in Hawai‘i

  • Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Professor, Hui ʻĀina Momona Program, UH Mānoa
  • Kiana Frank, Assistant Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Mānoa
  • Kapua`ala Sproat, Professor/Director, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, UH Mānoa
  • Moderator: Kamuela Enos, Director, Office of Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation, UH System

 

Plenary Panel 2: Water Policy and Strategy in Hawai‘i

  • Leah Bremer, Assoc. Specialist, Water Resources Research Center, UH Mānoa; Dir., Environmental Policy and Planning Group, UH Economic Research Organization
  • Thomas Giambelluca, Professor/Director, Water Resources Research Center, UH Mānoa
  • Kaleo Manuel, Deputy Director, Commission on Water Resource Management, State of Hawai‘i
  • Dana Okano, Program Director, Hawai‘i Community Foundation
  • Christin Reynolds, Director, One World One Water
  • Joanna Seto, Environmental Health Program Administrator, Environmental Mgmt. Div., State of Hawai‘i Dept. of Health
  • Moderator: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Asst. Prof. Geography and Environment, UH Mānoa; Commissioner, Commission on Water Resource Management, State of Hawai‘i

 

Plenary Panel 3:  Challenges, Opportunities, Strategies and Tactics to Address Water Quality Issues in Hawai‘i

  • Roger Babcock, Director, Department of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu
  • Christina Comfort, Program Manager, WAI: Wastewater Alternatives and Innovations
  • Lauren Roth Venu, Principal, Roth Ecological Design Int. LLC
  • Tao Yan, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UH Mānoa
  • Moderator: George Yarbrough, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs Director, UH Office of Innovation and Commercialization

 

Plenary Panel 4:  Red Hill…Moving Forward

  • Captain Cameron Geertsema, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii
  • Major General Mark Hashimoto, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, USINDOPACOM
  • Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Asst. Prof. Geography and Environment, UH Mānoa; Commissioner, Commission on Water Resource Management, State of Hawai‘i
  • Joseph Pickard, Chairman/President, Native Hawaiian Community Development Corporation
  • Tara Sutton, Undergraduate Student/Member, University of Hawai‘i Red Hill Task Force
  • Donald Thomas, Sr. Researcher/Co-Founder, Hawai‘i Groundwater & Geothermal Research Center, UH Mānoa
  • Moderator: Vassilis L. Syrmos, Vice President for Research and Innovation, UH System

 

HITIDE: A Sneak Peek at UH’s New Innovation Incubator

  • George Yarbrough, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs Director, UH Office of Innovation and Commercialization