Event Details

The Purple Prize 2019 Kickoff Day is the start of the Purple Prize Indigenous Innovation Competition on Saturday, February 2, 2019.
This event will feature a plenary at the Key Project in Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu, where business and thought leaders will share their manaʻo about place-based, indigenous innovation. After lunch, participants will visit Paepae o Heʻeia to literally “get their feet wet” working in the fishpond and learning about Native Hawaiian ancestral technologies like the loko iʻa. The day will conclude with a meal prepared by renowned local chef, Mark Noguchi, made up of ingredients sourced from Paepae o Heʻeia, giving participants a multi-sensory experience.
Agenda:
8:30 AM - Check in at Key Project - Light breakfast food and beverages will be available
9:00 AM - Opening Remarks and E Hō Mai
9:30 AM - Networking Activity
9:50 AM - Keynote Address - by Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Dist. 24 (Kane‘ohe and Kailua), Chair of the State Senate Committee on Technology
10:25 AM - Deconstructing "Indigenous Innovation" - Featuring Ian Musson, Program Director, Kōkiri (NZ); Olin Lagon, CTO and Co-Founder, Shifted Energy; moderated by Donavan Kealoha, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Purple Maiʻa Founation (also Managing Director, Startup Capital Ventures)
11:15 AM - TBD (Innovation Economy) - Featuring Keoni Lee, CEO, Hawaiʻi Investment Ready; Burt Lum, Strategy Officer, State of Hawaiʻi and Host on Hawaiʻi Public Radio's Bytemarks Cafe
12:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Transportation to Paepae o Heʻeia
1:50 PM - ʻOli komo
1:55 PM - The History of the Paepae o Heʻeia Loko iʻa (Fishpond)
2:30 PM - Kilo (or Observation) and Loko Iʻa hana (work)
4:30 PM - Alumni Project Demonstrations and Q & A - Featuring Kiana Frank, Innovative Loko Iʻa Kilo Solutions ; Brian Glazer, Hohonu.io
5:00 PM - Call to Action
5:15 PM - ʻAwa and Pau Hana - Pupus and Beverages (Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic) will be provided
6:45 PM - Transportation back to Key Project
7:00 PM - Pau