Experiential Learning of Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) @ KapCC

This is a great opportunity to connect your classroom knowledge in Computer Science, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, and Data Analysis with high-impact, mission-driven careers in applied technology. This workshop will showcase the direct application of technical skills to solve urgent, real-world problems in climate adaptation and ecological management. See how Hohonu’s low-cost remote sensors are engineered, deployed, and networked to generate hyperlocal, real-time water level data.

Join us to learn about Hawaiʻi Green Growth, who partners with the Follow the Drop app to create "BioCatchment Systems" or biofiltration planters to implement. These catchments help to divert excess water flow when it rains. Their goal is to eventually develop a system suitable for the market.

Artificial intelligence is shaping your education, your career, and your life, but do you have a say in how it is used? Join us for a 90-minute, student-centered conversation about AI in the classroom, what jobs will look like, what UH is doing, and its impact on Hawaiʻi's communities and resources. All students are welcome, whether you use AI regularly, avoid it, or aren’t sure what to think yet. Share your experiences, hear from your peers, and help shape how Kapiʻolani CC and UH approach AI in teaching, workforce preparation, and campus policy.

This is an opportunity to learn how to connect your academic background in computer science, data analytics, or business technology with high-impact, real-world applications in real estate development. Discover how Castle & Cooke plans to leverage practical AI applications across key departments, including planning, analytics, construction, project management, and sales. This is a great chance to learn how you could apply your tech skills, gain hands-on experience with structured research and data analysis, and get broad exposure to real estate development at one of Hawai‘i’s historic "Big Five" companies.

Join us to learn how TRUE Initiative turns technology adoption into jobs, workforce capacity, and economic opportunity. Their mission is to convene cross-sector leaders to accelerate technology adoption and workforce development. TRUE's thesis is that AI can create jobs and raise productivity, but only if adoption is coordinated instead of fragmented.

Learn how Blue Water Multimedia uses emerging technologies to deliver multimedia projects for local businesses. Their team of digital artists are capable of producing 3D animation, 2D animation, motion graphics, visualizations, visual effects, game assets, virtual reality, augmented reality, and more. This is a great chance for New Media Arts students to learn how they can put their skills to work!

Join us to learn about fisheries population model, machine learning-assisted image annotation, and potential machine learning with satellite imagery with Andrew Pettit from Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). These tools helps to potential affects of fishing regulations, flag potentially illegal activity, and helps to support marine conservation and enforcement efforts in Hawaiʻi and across broader ocean regions.