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SUMMARY:HBMF 2022 | Noam Chomsky & Jeffrey Watumull: Life\, Information\, Language\, Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 27th at 4:00pm Hawaii Time\, Oceanit’s Chief Philosophy Officer and Director of AI\, Jeffrey Watumull will be joined by Dr. Noam Chomsky to discuss their forthcoming book\, Life\, Information\, Language\, Intelligence. \nWhat is Life? What is Intelligence? These questions animated ancient philosophy\, and in our time reanimate philosophic and scientific creativity to discover their answers in the modern context of astrobiology\, artificial life\, and artificial intelligence: Are we alone? Can machines think? Chomsky and Watumull present four fundamental conjectures contending that these questions can be answered in a grand unified explanatory theory. \nRegister at the HBMF event website link below. This session is part of the Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2022\, this special innovation session is titled: Innovation – Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Watumull – Life\, Information\, Language\, Intelligence   \nRegarded as the founder of modern linguistics and philosophy\, Dr. Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history\, whose more than 100 groundbreaking books have revolutionized our understanding of language and the mind. The impact of his work extends to cognitive neuroscience\, evolutionary biology\, mathematics\, computer science\, anthropology\, and education. In parallel\, as one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world\, his critical analyses of public and private power have inspired many for more than half a century. Dr. Chomsky served as Institute Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT from 1955 to 2017\, when he joined the University of Arizona as Laureate Professor of Linguistics and the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in Environment and Social Justice. \nDr. Jeffrey Watumull is Chief Philosophy Officer and Director of AI at Oceanit\, where he endeavors to\ncreate human-style AI and discover whether its principles obtain in extralinguistic domains (e.g.\, physics\,\nbiology). He is also an affiliated professor at the University of Cambridge and cofounder of the Cambridge Institute for Exo-Language. Watumull was trained at Cambridge\, MIT\, Oxford\, and Harvard.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hbmf-2022-noam-chomsky-jeffrey-watumull-life-information-language-intelligence/
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SUMMARY:HBMF 2022 | Defining the EDGE of Energy - Sustainable Energy Transformation
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 20th at 6:00pm Hawaii Time\, Oceanit’s founder and CEO\, Dr.Patrick Sullivan will join HBMF Chair\, Roger Jelenik in a conversation about climate\, the global energy transformation\, and Oceanit’s work on sustainable energies via “EDGE”. \nEDGE (Energy & Decarbonization for the Global Environment) is Oceanit’s initiative to tackle energy decarbonization across the production\, transmission\, distribution\, and storage of clean energy. For example\, Oceanit’s HydroPel nanotechnology provides significant and rapid decarbonization and methane reduction\, when applied to nearly 3 million miles of existing U.S. methane pipelines. \nPart of the Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2022\, the session is titled: Defining the EDGE of Energy – Sustainable Energy Transformation. \n Dr. Patrick Sullivan is the Founder and CEO of Oceanit\, a Honolulu tech company\, and author of Intellectual Anarchy: The Art of Disruptive Innovation. He was Hawaii Business Magazine’s 2016 “CEO of the Year” and Pacific Business News 2019 “Titans of Technology Leader.” Dr. Sullivan occupied seats on the Navy Ocean Research Advisory Panel and the board of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES). Dr. Sullivan founded Oceanit in 1985 after receiving his Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from the University of Hawaii and his BS in Engineering from the University of Colorado\, Boulder. \nRoger Jellinek has been Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival since 2006. A graduate of Cambridge University\, and a Mellon Fellow at Yale University\, he has been involved in book publishing in New York and Hawaii as a journalist\, editor\, publisher and literary agent since 1963. He is married to Eden Lee Murray\, actor and director\, who has been Emcee of the in-person Keiki Stage since 2006.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hbmf-2022-defining-the-edge-of-energy-sustainable-energy-transformation/
CATEGORIES:Hawaii Book & Music Festival
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SUMMARY:HBMF 2022 | Biomimicry in the Brazilian Amazon: How animals’ Scales\, Beaks\, Fins\, and Wings Inspire Manmade Innovations
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 13th at 4:00pm Hawaii Time\, Oceanit’s Tarah Sullivan Suiter will host a HBMF Innovation Session conversation with Dr. Marc Meyers\, a pioneer of biomimicry\, engineering tech solutions based on natural structures. \nPart of the Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2022\, the session is titled: Biomimicry in the Brazilian Amazon: How animals’ Scales\, Beaks\, Fins\, and Wings Inspire Manmade Innovations  \nMarc André Meyers is an American materials scientist\, engineer and Distinguished Professor at the University of California\, San Diego. Meyers studies and writes about the dynamic behavior of materials\, synthesis\, processing\, impact testing\, and characterization of new materials. He also studies the properties of biological materials\, and in particular the protective coverings of animals. Abalone shells\, toucan beaks\, the scales of exotic fish\, feathers\, and pangolin scales are some of the biological materials studied by his group.  Meyers was born in Brazil. In the summer of 2014\, he organized a group to follow the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition along the “River of Doubt.”
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hbmf-2022-biomimicry-in-the-brazilian-amazon-how-animals-scales-beaks-fins-and-wings-inspire-manmade-innovations/
CATEGORIES:Hawaii Book & Music Festival
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SUMMARY:Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Conversation: A.I. to E.T. - The Future of Science & Technology and the Fate of Our Civilization and the Cosmos
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 28 from 5:30 – 6:30pm \, Dr. Jeffrey Watumull will join host Stewart Yerton for a conversation titled\, “A.I. to E.T. – The Future of Science & Technology and the Fate of Our Civilization and the Cosmos.” \nDr. Jeffrey Watumull is Chief Philosophy Officer and Director of AI at Oceanit\, where we are endeavoring to create human-style AI and discover whether its principles obtain in extralinguistic domains (e.g.\, physics\, biology). He is also co-founder of the Cambridge Institute for Exo-Language. Dr. Watumull studied at Cambridge\, MIT\, Oxford\, and Harvard. \nStewart Yerton reports on business and the economy for Honolulu Civil Beat. Those are subjects he spent more than a decade reporting on — at publications in New York\, New Orleans and Honolulu. \nRSVP at the link below. \nThe 16th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival returns virtually\, October 1 – November 4\, with its core program of Hawai‘i Authors\, and community thought leaders and experts in Hawai‘i Sustainability & Resilience\, Health & Wellness\, Innovation Future\, Hawaiian Culture\, amplified by national and international Authors addressing some of the greatest issues for Hawai’i’s future.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hawaii-book-music-festival-2021-conversation-a-i-to-e-t-the-future-of-science-technology-and-the-fate-of-our-civilization-and-the-cosmos/
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SUMMARY:Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Presentation: Innovation - Energy Transformation
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 27 from 5:30 – 6:30pm\, Dr. Vinod Veedu will host a panel conversation titled\, “Decarbonizing the World’s Energy System”. Dr. Veedu is joined by Hani Elshahawi\, Dr. Tip Meckel\, and Elena Subia Melchert. \nMr. Elshahawi is the founder and managing director of NoviDigiTech LLC. Prior to that\, he worked at Shell\, serving as digitalization lead for Deepwater technologies\, GameChanger program lead\, and leader of Shell’s Fluid Evaluation and Sampling Technologies center of excellence. Dr. Meckel is a senior research scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin\, doing extensive work at the Gulf Coast Carbon Center. Elena Melchert is the former Director for Upstream Oil and Gas Research for the U.S. Department of Energy and a petroleum engineer with 40 years of experience in the sector. \nDr. Veedu is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Oceanit and he is responsible for identifying the strategic direction for the company. He was included in the 2007 the Guinness Book of World records for the creation of the smallest nanobrush. Dr. Veedu was selected as one of the seven Innovation Ambassadors by AAAS and Lemelson Foundation. Dr. Veedu earned his MS from Florida Atlantic University in 2003 and\, in 2006\, his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UH Manoa. \nRSVP at the link below. \nThe 16th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival returns virtually\, October 1 – November 4\, with its core program of Hawai‘i Authors\, and community thought leaders and experts in Hawai‘i Sustainability & Resilience\, Health & Wellness\, Innovation Future\, Hawaiian Culture\, amplified by national and international Authors addressing some of the greatest issues for Hawai’i’s future.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hawaii-book-music-festival-2021-presentation-innovation-energy-transformation-3/
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SUMMARY:Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Conversation: The Bitcoin Solution for Hawai‘i Energy
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 21 from 4:00 – 5:00pm\, Sterling Yee\, Oceanit’s Director of Strategic Consulting Services\, will moderate a conversation with Blockchain Solutions Hawai‘i (BSH) founder\, Nathaniel Harmon about the physical realities of 100% renewable energy for Hawai‘i and how the Hawaiian Islands’ location offers a potential win-win solution that utilizes our greatest resource\, the deep ocean\, in a discussion titled: “The Bitcoin Solution for Hawai‘i Energy”. \nNathaniel received an M.S. in Marine Geology and Geochemistry from the University of Hawai‘i Manoa and founded the Hawaiian Islands Conservation Collective in an effort to harness locally educated scientists to restore native ecosystems. Having been involved with Bitcoin since 2013\, Nathaniel founded Blockchain Solutions Hawai‘i (BSH) with the goal of creating “Hawai‘i’s Blockchain Helpdesk.” Through BSH Nathaniel provides consulting and educational services to businesses\, individuals\, and legislators alike\, pioneered a Zero-Knowledge On-Boarding Security service\, and developed commercial grade software ecosystems for 2nd Layer Bitcoin solutions using Sidechains and the Lighting Network. \nSterling Yee’s recent project experience included the organizational change management (OCM) efforts for the State of Hawai‘i business transformation initiatives. The main focus areas of the OCM effort included leadership\, communication\, learning and knowledge transfer\, organizational structure and job redesign\, and resistance management. Prior to Oceanit\, Sterling served as the COO of La Pietra – Hawai‘i School of Girls\, as the General Auditor of Hawaiian Electric Industries\, Inc (HEI). In 2012 he was appointed by the Hawaii State Legislature to the State IT Steering Committee. He serves on the boards of the American Lung Association\, the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability\, and other boards.\n \nRSVP at the link below. \nThe 16th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival returns virtually\, October 1 – November 4\, with its core program of Hawai‘i Authors\, and community thought leaders and experts in Hawai‘i Sustainability & Resilience\, Health & Wellness\, Innovation Future\, Hawaiian Culture\, amplified by national and international Authors addressing some of the greatest issues for Hawai’i’s future.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hawaii-book-music-festival-2021-conversation-the-bitcoin-solution-for-hawaii-energy-3/
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SUMMARY:Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Conversation: A Different Model For Diversifying Hawai‘i’s Economy
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 14 from 4:00 – 5:00pm\, Dr. Patrick Sullivan will join host Roger Jelenik for a discussion titled\, “A Different Model For Diversifying Hawai‘i’s Economy.” \nPatrick K. Sullivan is the Founder\, Chair and CEO of Oceanit Laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from the University of Hawaii\, Manoa and a BS in Engineering from the University of Colorado\, Boulder. He is the author of  Intellectual Anarchy: The Art of Disruptive Innovation. \nRoger Jellinek has been Executive Director of HBMF since 2006. He’s been involved in book publishing for over 50 years in New York and Hawai‘i — as a New York Times Book Review editor\, as a trade book editor\, science newsletter publisher\, literary agent\, and map publisher. He and his wife\, actor-director Eden Lee Murray\, arrived  in 1992\, and live in Kahalu’u\, ‘Oahu. \nRSVP at the link below. \nThe 16th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival returns virtually\, October 1 – November 4\, with its core program of Hawai‘i Authors\, and community thought leaders and experts in Hawai‘i Sustainability & Resilience\, Health & Wellness\, Innovation Future\, Hawaiian Culture\, amplified by national and international Authors addressing some of the greatest issues for Hawai’i’s future.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hawaii-book-music-festival-2021-conversation-a-different-model-for-diversifying-hawaiis-economy-2/
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SUMMARY:Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Panel: Everyone says Hawai‘i has to Diversify—but diversify to what?
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 13 from 4:00 – 5:00pm\, Dr. Patrick Sullivan will join a HBMF panel discussion titled\, “Everyone says Hawai‘i has to Diversify—but diversify to what?” \nThe 2021 Hawaii Book & Music Festival\, in partnership with the University of Hawai’i at Manoa\, will bring together Nicole Lim\, Steven Bond-Smith\, Patrick Sullivan\, and Omar Sultan in a one-hour panel discussion moderated by Honolulu Civil Beat’s Chad Blair. The panel will discuss everything from inequality to the exodus of Hawaii’s young and talented\, Startup financing to remote work in Hawaii for mainland enterprises. \nRSVP at the link below. \nThe 16th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival returns virtually\, October 1 – November 4\, with its core program of Hawai‘i Authors\, and community thought leaders and experts in Hawai‘i Sustainability & Resilience\, Health & Wellness\, Innovation Future\, Hawaiian Culture\, amplified by national and international Authors addressing some of the greatest issues for Hawai’i’s future.
URL:https://oceanit.com/event/hawaii-book-music-festival-2021-panel-everyone-says-hawaii-has-to-diversify-but-diversify-to-what/
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