Public, private, education collaboration CAN make a difference!! See how and whether you can be part of it!
About this Event
The TRUE Innovation webinars feature technology and innovation solutions. See how innovative companies are solving their business challenges and leverage their efforts to accelerate your transformation . Attendees will have the opportunity to interact and ask questions. This series is brought to you by TRUE, Hawai‘iTechnology Development Corporation (HTDC) and Entrepreneurs Sandbox.
Join us for the kickoff of the 2nd Community Innovation Mentorship Program (CIMP 2021) which aims to harness the collective impact of university-industry-local government collaboration and to deliver a solution that will address a notable problem in Hawai‘i. Hear about this unique program, part of an industry-integrated course that prepares our next generation with the problem solving skills and experiences to launch them into their careers.
THE CIMP 2021 CHALLENGE:
Climate change poses a significant threat to the Hawaiian islands and has contributed to an eighteen per cent drop in precipitation over the past thirty years. This increasing drying trend, coupled with the anticipated growth in the State's population (resulting in changes in land use from forested areas to urban development), will likely raise the demand for water and compromise Hawai‘i's fresh water supplies over the coming decades.
If Hawai‘i does not begin planning ahead, ensuring the islands' supply of fresh water in the future may cost the public a great deal. In an effort to encourage the protection of water resources, Hawai‘i’s State legislature passed Act42 (HB 1325), authorizing (but not requiring) Hawai‘i’s counties to adopt a storm water utility form of funding, and to charge storm water fees.
CIMP 2021 aims to deliver a technology prototype to enable the storm water utilities to play an important role in managing storm water runoff and its impacts on communities and the environment. This prototype will fundamentally enable the establishment for a fee-for-service based funding of a community’s defined storm water management program.
AGENDA:
1:00PM - Welcome and Presentation
1:30PM - Q&A
This year’s program is a collaboration among DataHouse, Belt Collins, Hawai'i Department of Education - Waipahu High School, the University of Hawai‘i College of Engineering, Transform Hawai‘i Government, Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative (HEC). CIMP is part of Hawai‘i’s Technology Readiness User Evaluation (TRUE) Initiative, which tech-enables organizations and aims to create more higher-paying jobs in Hawai‘i.
For more information please visit: www.stormwaterutilityoahu.org
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ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
The College of Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi is dedicated to world-class education and research. We produce the entrepreneurial and innovative human and intellectual capital required to be competitive in an increasingly technological and global society. Through our graduates and our research, we provide people and discoveries to transform lives and to support vibrant, knowledge-based economies. We are inspired by the principles of sustainability and resilience, flavored by our unique island environment.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
TRUE is an initiative of the Hawaii Executive Collaborative, supporting the CHANGE Framework and Movement. Driven by a partnership between the private, public sectors and the State of Hawai‘i, TRUE aims to create tech-enabled jobs by accelerating the adoption of technology. TRUE accomplishes this through collaboration and sharing of solutions to common business challenges, in turn creating more resilient companies and a thriving Hawai‘i. www.hec.org/true
Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) is a state agency under the State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Our mission is to diversify Hawai‘i's economy by developing a flourishing technology industry that provides quality, high-paying jobs for Hawaii residents. www.htdc.org
The Entrepreneurs Sandbox is a co-working facility in Kaka'ako, owned by HTDC and managed by BoxJelly. As the "front door to innovation", our mission is to bring together change agents in Hawai‘i to enable transformation for a more dynamic Hawai‘i through technology and entrepreneurship. www.sandboxhawaii.org