TechHui Conference 2011

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Info: Dec 10 • Sat • 9:00am-5:30pm • 1 mtg • UHM Art Auditorium • $35 general, $25 TechHui members
Event ID: L11707

The goal of the conference is to highlight interesting Hawai`i-based people, projects and organizations working in science, technology and interactive design. We seek to facilitate education and networking within the Hawai`i technology community as well as helping Hawaii technologists connect with global technology leaders.

9:00-10:15am - Keynote with Physicist Garrett Lisi - Geometric Theory of Everything

10:30-11:45am
Track 1 - Social Media
Dan Zelikman, Civil Beat
John Garcia, Green House Innovation Hub
Tara Coomans, Akamai Marketing

Track 2 - Gov. Tech: Mobile Apps, Web & Broadband
Forest Frizzell, City and County of Honolulu
Yuka Nagashima, High Tech Development Corp

Noon-1:00pm - lunch

1:15-2:30pm
Track 1 - Mobile Development
Rama McIntosh, Meme Inc
Chad Podoski, Shacked
Cory Shaw, User Kind

Track 2 - Kukui Cup Gamification of Energy Conservation
Philip Johnson, Professor, UHM Information & Computer Science
Robert Brewer, software developer
George Lee, ICS graduate student

2:45-4:00pm - Ignite organized with HI Capacity: HI
Chae Ho Lee - Designing for the Screen: Not Just a World of Surface
Nicole Hori - Rediscovered Technology
Kevin Hughes - Great Examples of Cross-Device Design
Olin Lagon - How a Local Nonprofit Engaged Over 100K+ People with $0 Marketing
Gorm Lai - Global Game Jam - Channelling the Energy of Thousands of Creatives Across the Globe
James Wang - Software Development Communication
April Young - 3D Printing: Uses in Prototyping, Art and Future Possibilities

4:15-5:30pm - 3D CG & Animation
Todd Robertson, Hyperspective
Remo Balcells, VFX Supervisor
Jared Matsushige, Hawaii Film Partners, Hawaii Animation Studios
David Hotnianski, Avatar-Reality, Hyperspective
Gerard Banel, Syflex Software

Friday night labs, December 9
6:00-7:45pm - Game Design with IGDA in UHM Krauss 12
8:00-9:45pm - Robotics with Makers in UHM Sakamaki C104

Click here for description and to register for this course

Cosponsored by Ikayzo, PubCon, HTDC, Migration Counsel, UH Mechanical Engineering Design Competition..