No Limits at Oceanit presents: Noam Chomsky

Oceanit is honored to host our colleague, Professor Noam Chomsky, and excited to invite you to this virtual event as he explores deep questions on the nature of mind, language, and creativity. Taken together with inequality, the emergence of alternative facts, social media, and climate, he will discuss how this all informs current actions and challenges, as well as the fate of the Human Experiment.

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No Limits at Oceanit presents: Aaron Robinson

Virtual Event

No Limits: Innovation Toward a Decarbonized Aviation Industry As practitioners of disruptive innovation through our Intellectual Anarchy discipline, Oceanit forges partnerships with some of the most innovative organizations and thinkers in the world – covering a wide range of industries -- from medicine and aerospace, to energy and cosmetics.   All share the (un)common thread of innovation, a thread that runs through intelligence, risk-taking, and perseverance, which informs our philosophical foundation of new breakthroughs and discoveries. Through our No Limits speaker series, Oceanit is delighted to share fascinating stories from people who move beyond what’s thinkable, sometimes what’s considered impossible – until it’s not. Oceanit is honored to welcome Aaron Robinson, Senior Manager of Environmental Sustainability at United Airlines, as our new No Limits speaker. No Limits™ at Oceanit is a speaker series designed to stretch our imaginations and examine how vision and risk stimulate discovery and achievement. We aspire to host the most interesting thinkers in science, engineering, business, and community to share their creative genius and innovative mindsets on problem solving – beyond the limits of traditional thinking. The aviation industry is a highly visible emitter of carbon, accounting for approximately 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. Ironically, the very industry that has brought enormous prosperity to places like Hawaii since the early days of trans-pacific flight, is now at risk of negatively impacting the same communities via the unintended consequence of climate impact and sea level rise.  United has committed to being 100% green by 2050 - reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 100%, without relying on offsets. To accomplish this lofty goal, United is embracing innovations in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon capture and sequestration technologies, alternatively-powered aircraft, and more. The Eco-Skies program and its Eco-Skies Alliance, a first-of-its-kind program, serve that goal by supporting innovation and involving global partners to help make sustainable aviation not just a reality, but the new normal. We are happy to welcome Aaron Robinson, United’s champion for the Eco-Skies vision, as our No Limits speaker on July 29th, 2021. Please email [email protected] for more information.

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Hawaii Book & Music Festival 2021 | Panel: Everyone says Hawai‘i has to Diversify—but diversify to what?

Virtual Event

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?" The 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. RSVP at the link below. The 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.

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