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Details:
Details:
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00pm
Location: UH West O‘ahu, Academy for Creative Media (Building G)
Address: 91-1001 Farrington Hwy. Kapolei, Hawai‘i 96707
ABOUT:
ABOUT:
The Hulihia Summit 2026 convenes ACMWO instructors and community leaders working across Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing and affordability landscape for a dynamic day of learning, knowledge exchange, and collaborative curriculum design.
Centered on the theme of preparing and empowering ACMWO instructors and students, this interdisciplinary gathering explores pressing challenges—such as affordable housing, economic resilience, and community envisioning—through the lenses of creativity, systems thinking, collaboration, and innovation.
Hosted by the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu, the summit is designed to equip the faculty with the insights, partnerships, and curricular frameworks needed to guide students in applying their creative talents, research capacity, and storytelling skills toward real-world impact.
Through guided conversations, facilitated dialogue, and hands-on curriculum-building sessions, participants will co-design pathways that honor place, people, and pilina while contributing to a more resilient and equitable future for Hawaiʻi’s people.
AGENDA:
AGENDA:
8:30 - 9:00AM: CHECK IN
8:30 - 9:00AM: CHECK IN
Summit Check in and light breakfast
9:00 - 9:20AM: SUMMMIT WELCOME
9:00 - 9:20AM: SUMMMIT WELCOME
Summit Welcome & Framing: Why Hulihia, Why Now?
Chancellor welcome message
ACMWO leadership welcome
Introduction to the initiative
Overview of the Summit goals and expected outcomes.
9:30 - 11:35AM: SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
9:30 - 11:35AM: SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
9:30 - 9:43 AM
Perspectives on Housing in Hawai‘i: Issues, Economics and Emerging Solutions
Panel introduction and moderation by Ramona Mullahey, Senior Analyst - Field Policy & Management, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Speaker Order and Information:
Individual expert presentations exploring diverse dimensions of housing ecosystem in Hawaiʻi, including systemic challenges, financial realities, policy considerations, and emerging innovations shaping the future of housing.
9:45 – 10:05 AM
Topic: Housing Development in Hawaiʻi
Alana Kobayashi Pakkala, CEO & Partner, Kobayashi Group
10:07– 10:27 AM
Topic: Cross Sector Solutions and Policy Making
Josh Wisch, President & Executive Director, Holomua Collective
10:51– 11:11 AM
Affordable Housing Development Projects Innovation
Kali Watson, Chair, Hawaiian Homes Commission, Department of Hawaiian Homelands
11:13– 11:33 AM
Innovations in Design and Sustainability
Dave Sellers, Co-Founder, Hawaiʻi Off-Grid Architecture & Engineering (HIOG)
11:35 - 11:45 AM: BREAK
11:35 - 11:45 AM: BREAK
Break + Informal Connections & Post-it Notes Activity
Manaʻo on Paper Exercise (Post it Notes & Questions and Curiosities)
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: SMALL GROUPS
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: SMALL GROUPS
Curriculum Mapping Activity: From Perspectives to Curriculum
Faculty, Staff, and Invited Speakers & Guests come together in interdisciplinary groups to identify opportunities and collaboratively huli (reframe) curriculum—generating ideas and approaches for assignments and projects to be implemented in Fall 2026.
Manaʻo on Paper Exercise (Post it Notes & Questions and Curiosities)
12:15 - 12:45 PM: LUNCH
12:15 - 12:45 PM: LUNCH
Working lunch
12:50 - 1:45 PM: CURRICULUM DESIGN LAB WITH FACULTY & STAFF
12:50 - 1:45 PM: CURRICULUM DESIGN LAB WITH FACULTY & STAFF
Hands-on curriculum building session & share out
1:45 - 2:15PM : SUMMIT CLOSE
1:45 - 2:15PM : SUMMIT CLOSE
Summit Close & Fall Implementation
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