PARADIGM SHIFT March 28, 2015 / University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Campus Center

Aloha and welcome to TEDxHonolulu 2015!

This year’s conference focus is on the process of “Paradigm Shift” – the transformational “aha” moments when everything changes and

there’s just no turning back. Hawai‘i’s boundary-breaking thinkers and leaders will be sharing ideas and experiences that sparked radical new directions in their world views and how we create new connections in

our communities.

The “Paradigm Shift” conference event also features concurrent programs to engage and inspire: Sustainability Initiatives, Scholarships,

Interactive Projects, Community Booths, Collaborative Partnership Opportunities and our first Artist In Residence.

TEDxHonolulu is part of an international network of local, independently organized events licensed by TED to share Ideas Worth

Spreading. We hope to foster the next generation of Hawai‘i’s innovators and thought leaders. We’re vexcited about this year’s event.

Thanks for joining us!

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Special Projects

TEDxHonolulu is creating a new kind of conference experience with initiatives that engage our communities in deeper, long-lasting and more relevant ways. SustainabilityTEDxHonolulu’s Sustainability Team creates initiatives that make sustainability accessible to all of our attendees, volunteers, and speakers.

TEDxHonolulu views our events as opportunities to avoid waste, minimize energy consumption, and reduce our overall carbon footprint. Our mission is to “green” our events through conventional and creative means that will have an enduring positive impact on our environment and community.

Thanks to the TEDx Honolulu Sustainability Team, in 2014 TEDxHonolulu earned a Green Event Certification from Hawai‘i’s Green Business Awards Program.

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InteractionWe can solve the challenges facing us if we create opportunities for deep interactions that really connect us with one another. TEDxHonolulu’s Interactive Team is a group of thinkers and makers who are committed to creating environments and activities that take the conference experience to new levels of communication, networking and positive action. We want our speakers, audiences and volunteers to interact in ways that will make future innovations happen.

Our Interactive Projects at this year’s “Paradigm Shift” event include booths and demonstrations from our Community Partners, “side-bar conversations” exploring the ideas presented by our speakers, special activities for participants in our sustainability projects, and more. Explore!

Artist In ResidenceIdeas can spread in so many different ways – through the written word, sound, dance, film; the possibilities are endless! In 2015, TEDxHonolulu joins a select group of international TEDx Artist in Residence (AIR) programs to showcase visual artists who are innovating by creating new forms and approaches to visual communication.

The TEDxHonolulu AIR program is thrilled to collaborate with Maui-based photographer and painter Shane Robinson. Shane’s graphic images are integrated throughout the event including backdrops for our speakers and the print collateral and digital program booklets. And, our audience will have the honor of hearing Robinson speak about his work and how his work inspires another way to innovate through the process of “Paradigm Shift.”

RegistrationTEDxHonolulu is more than a series of conferences – it’s an ‘ohana of TEDsters who love TEDx, love Hawai’i and and want to share the very best ideas being created by our most innovative thinkers and makers.

The TEDxHonolulu Registration Team aims to provide excellent customer service that enhances the attendee experience at our events. We’re also out at community gatherings throughout the year to meet new folks and tell them about TEDxHonolulu and our efforts to bring people together to create better communities and a better world.

There are so many amazing people here in Hawai’i that really want to help create positive change. It’s totally inspiring!

ScholarshipsTEDxHonolulu established a Scholarship Team in 2013 as part of its effort to make the event more available to individuals who may not be able to afford the full cost of the event. The Scholarship Team reviews applicants based on their financial need, involvement in TEDx and their community activities, leadership and character.

This year’s recipients come from a wide range of backgrounds and interests, but all of them are really remarkable individuals who are dedicated to making positive change. Welcome!

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Agenda & Speakers

PARADIGM SHIFT March 28, 2015 / University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Campus Center

9:00am9:30am - 10:30am

10:30am - 11:30am

11:30am -12:15pm12:15pm - 1:15pm

1:15pm - 2:45pm2:45pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 4:30pm4:30pm - 5:30pm

5:30pm

RegistrationPre-Event ActivitiesWelcome & Session IHayden AtkinsSteven ChiangShane RobinsonBreakSession IIIan MonroeAndrea AndersonVoices From The InsideLunchSession IIIGabriel YanagiharaCheyne GallardeDawn LippertBreakSession IVPatrick SullivanJennifer Dotson & Vicki JohnsonBrandon HayashiClosing

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Kealoha is an internationally acclaimed poet and story teller, and the first Poet Laureate of Hawai‘i. He has performed throughout the world—from the White

House to Brazil and Switzerland, and is the first poet in Hawai‘i’s history to perform at a governor’s inauguration. Kealoha represents Hawai‘i at the

National Poetry Slam, has been honored as a “National Slam Legend”, and featured on HBO’s Brave New Voices series. He is an MIT graduate with a degree

in Nuclear Physics, and celebrated for articulating his passion in a way that engages audiences around the world. Kealoha was a TEDxHonolulu speaker in

2011, and theTEDxHonolulu emcee in 2012 and 2013.

KealohaMaster of Ceremonies

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Hayden Atkins was born and raised in Puna on the Big Island. After graduating with a Journalism degree from the University of Oregon in 2010, he moved back home hoping to solve some of the problems facing these islands. His official job is a Project Coordinator for Kupu Hawai‘i where he works to inspire conservation and aloha aina in Hawai‘i’s high school students. Meanwhile, he’s also a documentarian, musician, event organizer and activist.

During his years in Oregon, Hayden met a friend who introduced him to bicycle power and Hayden soon launched Pedal Power Hawai‘i. He hopes to use these bicycle as a tool to educate people on our energy consumption, as well as promote a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. He believes that these bikes are the future of powering public events. The answer to our energy needs is not finding alternatives but instead cutting down on our consumption and realizing how little we truly need.

Hayden AtkinsBicycle Power RevolutionThe answer to our energy needs is not finding alternatives but instead cutting down on our consumption and realizing how little we truly need.

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Steven Chiang has contributed to almost 400 businesses from a wide range of industries across the U.S. in his career as a leader, mentor and management and

technology consultant. He has held a variety of managerial and executive positions at high technology and global consulting and outsourcing firms, and

currently serves at the University of Hawai‘i as the Director of the Agribusiness Incubator Program. Steven has helped the average client of the Agribusiness

Incubator Program more than double their profits each year. He has been an invited presenter on the topics of agribusiness and entrepreneurship in five

countries, but is most passionate about helping Hawai‘i’s agribusinesses contribute to Hawai‘i’s economy, employment and food security. In 2012, Steven

co-founded GoFarm Hawai‘i, which has become the premier beginning farmer training program in Hawai‘i and a role model for other programs due to its

innovative approach to turning the Ag-Curious into commercial farmers.

Steven ChiangTransforming The AgCurious Into The AgProducer

Turning the “agcurious” into “agproducers” requires commitment from aspiring farmers and support for their transition from students to farmers.

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Shane Robinson is the TEDxHonolulu 2015 Artist In Residence.

Shane was born in Puerto Rico in 1966, grew up on a working farm in Iowa and received a B.F.A. in Studio Ceramics, Sculpture, and Drawing from the University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History. He currently lives and works on Mau‘i’s north shore, near Haiku, Hawai‘i. Shane has exhibited widely and his work is in numerous private and public collections including the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Turtle Bay Resort Spa, among others.

Shane is an artist and digital creative, as comfortable in the code as he is behind (and in front of) the camera. He utilizes and creates tools of a 21st century artist. Shane says, “Living in Hawai‘i we are surrounded by beauty. The sunsets. The beaches. The flowers. The people. So much beauty everywhere. I am excited that I’ve found a way to capture the hidden beauty around us and present it in a fresh, new, contemporary way.”

Shane RobinsonParadigm Shifting One Aha Moment At A TimeThe Past is a story we tell ourselves. The Future doesn’t exist. Being Present in this moment unlocks creativity and allows transformational insights for every person willing to #dothework.

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Ian Monroe is a lecturer in the Earth Systems department at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on renewable energy and climate change. He’s also an

Echoing Green Climate Fellow and a participant in Hawai‘i’s Energy Excelerator program for his work founding Oroeco, a web and mobile platform

that rewards users for taking climate actions and gives the public a voice in creat-ing low-carbon investment products. Ian has been named one of the world’s top

8 leaders in cleantech by Tech Republic, and Oroeco has been named the best app to make your life more environmentally friendly by Mashable. Ian is

passionate about combining cleantech with information technology to empower solutions to climate change, drawing from his research at Stanford and his

experiences working on sustainable and appropriate technology adoption in 22 countries around the world.

Ian MonroeHow Your Phone Will Stop Climate Change

(& Save The World)Information technology is changing our culture of sustainability and empowering

all of us to scale our daily actions into societal changes.

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Andrea Anderson is a tall (6’2”), funny, outgoing, first born, Aries daughter of immigrants from Denmark who was raised with European values in the middle of ultra conservative Michigan and has been talking and teaching about human sexuality for most of her life.

She has a BS degree in Family Studies from Western Michigan University, has taught at several universities in the United States and internationally about ‘how to talk and teach about human sexuality’, and is currently the CEO for Planned Parenthood of Hawai‘i. Andrea has lived all over the planet and has been an advocate for human rights and in the forefront of the social justice movement for decades.

Andrea AndersonChanging The Conversation: Normalizing How We Talk About SexOur sexual selves are just another facet of our health and well-being that we need to focus on pragmatically, openly, respectfully and honestly.

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“Transpired from a creative writing program at the Women’s Community Correctional Center, we have evolved into a group called ‘Voices From The

Inside.’ We deliver a dramatic presentation of our personal life stories through our writings, along with a skit and song. Our team consists of three women who

represent three hundred women behind us. Each of us carry a presence on stage that is unique in our own way. One brings humor, one has a tough exterior and

one has attitude. We have been through many challenges in finding forgiveness, compassion, humility and most of all integrity in our efforts to

change. Our purpose is to inspire our youth, motivate parents and captivate our leaders. The outcome of our calling is to bring folks to an understanding of

trauma, abuse and the meaning of joining forces to keep the community informed and aware of issues that we all face. We are a vehicle used for reconciling the

past and healing the present so we can embrace our future. As ex-inmates in this transformative process we are likely to instill value in our communities. Our

voices in Hawai‘i communities speak volumes to all walks of life. Each of us has a gift of hope in reminding people that we all have the same desire in aspiring to

the concept of striving together, working together and growing together. That would be one of our greatest achievements.”

Voices From The InsideVoices From The Inside

Our stories can be far reaching and life-changing — if we are brave enough to tell them.

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Gabriel Yanagihara is a videogame programming teacher at ‘Iolani School’s new Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership. There, he teaches students how to program their own videogames using Scratch, Minecraft, Game Salad and many other tools. He graduated from the Academy for Creative Media from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, then started his own company offering animation, design and visual effects services which has continued to serve Hawai‘i for the last half decade.

Gabriel YanagiharaSelf-Directed Learning Through Video Games We can use students’ love of video games to empower them to direct their own learning.

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Cheyne Gallarde is a self-taught photographer who was born and raised in Hawai‘i. He has an affinity for the midcentury, and an insatiable curiosity. He

combines his theatre and graphic design experience to craft unique photos, using very simple equipment to bring sophisticated ideas to life. Cheyne’s thought-

provoking exhibit “Wat School You Wen Go?” just finished its run at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Spalding House Museum. He is currently finishing up

his second book and preparing for his third crowdfunded publication.

Cheyne GallardeThe Power Of Nostalgia

The “Power of Nostalgia” comforts us during scary times of dread and doubt.

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Dawn Lippert is the co-founder and director of the Energy Excelerator, an accelerator formed to help solve the world’s energy problems – starting in Hawai‘i. She has raised over $30 million of public and private funding for this effort. Before the Energy Excelerator, Dawn was a management consultant with Booz Allen’s alternative energy team, and worked in Washington D.C., India, Africa and Latin America. Dawn also founded and is president of WiRE (Women in Renewable Energy), a Hawai‘i not-for-profit organization that builds technical expertise, trust and relationships that advance clean energy. She chairs the State of Hawai‘i’s Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative, serves on the board of Entrepreneurship Foundation of Hawai‘i, and is a member of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) Advisory Board at University of Hawai‘i. Dawn is a LEED Accredited Professional, a member of the 2012 Class of Pacific Century Fellows, and a Hawai‘i Business Magazine “20 for the Next 20: People to Watch in 2012.” She graduated cum laude from Yale University, and received her Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management.

Dawn LippertWhat To Do When There’s No Silver BulletHawai‘i is a unique place. Can our uniqueness help solve the world’s biggest energy problems?

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Patrick Sullivan founded Oceanit in 1985, a self-funded ”Mind to Market” company that produces home-grown research, development and engineering

providing innovative solutions in aerospace, engineering, information technology and life sciences. Oceanit has created cutting-edge innovations in the fields of aerospace, oil & gas, bio-photonics, neurotoxin detection, nanotechnology and

optics, as well as technology for missile defense, advanced manufacturing, managing space debris and environmental applications that are the subject of

numerous reports, patents and research programs. Patrick has also enabled numerous spin-outs, including Hoana Medical, IBiS Networks and NanoPoint.

Patrick has extensive experience on boards and commissions and has successfully developed nationally focused research programs, such as the National Defense

Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS), and the National Electric Vehicle Demonstration program, both collaborations with DARPA. He

has served as the honorary consul to the Republic of Indonesia in Hawai‘i from 2001-2013. Patrick received his PhD in Engineering from the University of Hawai‘i

and his BS in Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Patrick SullivanIntellectual Anarchy: The Art Of Disruptive Innovation

Intellectual Anarchy is the art of disruptive innovation that enables navigation of the unknown, consistently finding the edges of thinking.

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Vicki Johnson was born in Indiana and she has two siblings (one older brother and one younger brother). She graduated high school in 1975 and moved to Chicago where she attended the training school Chicago Light House for the Blind and took medical transcription courses and then worked for awhile in medical transcription. Vicki also met her current husband Kenny in Chicago; they were married in 2001 and lived in Las Vegas. In 2007, Vicki and Kenny moved to Hawai‘i and made their home in Pearl City. Vicki has three children and four grandkids.

Jennifer Li Dotson was made in Vietnam, born in Hawai‘i and graduated from Punahou School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and her master’s degree from the London School of Economics. Jennifer is CEO of Network Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit organization established in 1985 to provide personalized employment services to people who need help finding the right jobs suited to their needs. Jennifer was featured in Pacific Business News as a recipient of the “40 Under 40” award and as a “Nonprofit Business-woman of the Year,” and Hawai‘i Business Magazine as a recipient of the “20 for the Next 20”. Jennifer is an active athlete and enjoys competing in marathons, triathlons and softball. She climbed Mt. Everest in 2001 and is a hula dancer with Ka Pa Hula O Kauanoe O Wa‘ahila.

Vicki Johnson & Jennifer Dotson See Me: Re-Visioning The Way We View Each OtherWe all benefit by making the job market more open to people with diverse abilities and skills.

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Brandon is an islander by chance and choice – born and raised in Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu, he lived, studied, worked and played on islands in Asia, Europe and the

Pacific for more than six years. These experiences have informed his approach in life, and awakened him to the challenges that many islands face such as disruptive climate patterns, continued fossil fuel reliance and limited economic diversity. His passions revolve around empowering his two young sons to discover the wonder,

beauty and variety of life around the world, while also creating a future in which they will be able to do so in a sustainable manner.

In addition to being the former president of the Rebuild Hawai‘i Consortium, past co-chair for the energy efficiency working group at the Hawai‘i Energy Policy

Forum and previous board member at Kanu Hawai‘i – where he co-chaired the inaugural Kanu Energy Challenge – Brandon was also a member of Pacific

Business News’ 2013 “Forty Under 40” class. He is his sons’ soccer coach, as well as the Strategic Alliances Manager for OpTerra Energy Services where he’s a

part of a collaborative team implementing solutions using proven and innovative technologies for the Hawai‘i Department of Education’s 256 public

schools addressing their energy and water issues.

Brandon HayashiLight Side Of Dark

Electric light has the power to transform the performance of our brains and bodies, as well as connect today’s science with traditional Hawaiian knowledge.

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VolunteersTEDxHonolulu is an all-volunteer ‘ohana that seeks to foster Hawai‘i’s next generation of thought leaders and innovators. We produce TED-like events to celebrate the cultural diversity of Hawai‘i and to share “Ideas Worth Spreading” with the global community. Mahalo to everyone who made this event possible!

TEDxHonolulu License Holder Genesis Leong Registration Team Tara Buckley, Anthony Olegario, Daisy Hartsfield, Jasmine Healy, Lina Lombardo, Ashlyn Chang, Sylvia Flores, Hue Oldham, Martha Guinan Interactive Team Joseph Heaukulani, Alan Tamayose, Jennifer Killinger, Ross Mukai Sustainability Team Justine Espiritu, Elliot Van Wie, Ian Tierney, Doorae Shin, Rachel Goldberg, , Michael Brady, Nate Hunter Productions Team Rachael Yergan, Valerie Rivera, Joe Cardiello Scholarship Team Tehani Diaz, Justin Pequeno Design & Digital Media Sariah Howard, Marshall Bennet, Trey Takahashi Partnership Team Quincy Solano, Inah Golez, Shannon Hines, Samantha Hudson, Sherry Campagna Communications Team Patrick Williams, Nathan Leo Artist in Residence Team Mariko Chang Speaker Team Valerie Rivera, Joe Cardiello, Neenz Faleafine, Kealoha

Thanks also to: Vance Morimoto, Ivan Lui, Paul Klink, Marissa Villegas, Dhevhan Keith, Karen Tanigawa, Max Abe, Ruby Menon

Day of Event Volunteers: Chelsea Mihm, Lisa Marquez, Kapono Kobylanski, Christy-Charity Kobylanski, Natalie Kalafatis, Michael Liu, Daniela Gonzalez Quezada, Kapono Kobylanski, Pardis Niknejadi, Camisha Shevchenko, Scarlet Ribellia, Michael Harvey, Brenton Pitt, Kevin Reese, Winona Farias, Maya-Rose Pelekai, Dustin Kealoha, Malachias Hibbard, Hailey Park,Quito Olegario, Corie Tanida, Zoey Xu, Trevor Atkins Nicole Chatterson, Lianna Fitzpatrick, Chris Hox, Sophia Hox, Danielle Jones, Jeff Hawe, Jessica King, Lauren Seaman, Christopher Timko, Wayon Cheong, Samay Vixayvong, Christine Hill, Taquavh Copeland, Max Landy, LaShawn Lily Parker, Jason Tom, David Grady, Erin Moubry, Devon Moubry, Greg Schuster

Cover artwork: Tower #15 (Kawele series), 2010 © Shane RobinsonPhotos: Justin R. Dotson, Kuulei Akina, Tehani Diaz, Ronen Zilberman,Tracy Write Corvo

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