COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Thursday, January 20, 2005
1:00 p.m.
Conference Room 224; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing , in collaboration with the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, is to receive presentations from the Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Hawaii's electrical utilities, and energy consultants on the current status of Hawaii's energy situation and assessing and addressing Hawaii's energy future. Presentations on reducing Hawaii's imported oil dependency through transportation efficiency and alternative fuels will also be discussed.
COMMITTEE ON MEDIA, ARTS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE
Thursday, January 20, 2005
1:15 p.m.
Conference Room 225; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The University of Hawaii’s Academy for Creative Media, headed by Chris Lee, concentrates on exposing students to new and growing media industries, including digital media and games, with an emphasis on creating new businesses in these fields in Hawaii. For example, the worldwide video game industry has grown to $25 billion a year, surpassing the U.S. film industry estimated to be about $20 billion. The purpose of this informational briefing is to highlight ACM programs and emerging industry niches such as the video game segment.
The following has been added to the list of participants (DBEDT will Testify on 1/27/05):
Tom Brislin, Associate Chairman, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaii
ACM 2005 Update
Participants in this briefing will include:
Digital Game Panel, moderated by Kaveh Kardan, Chief Technologist, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaii
Mohsen Agsen, President, Mobicore
Mark Loughridge, President, Backbone Entertainment
Henk Rogers, President & CEO, Blue Planet Software
Roy Sato, Senior Animator, Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Friday, January 21, 2005
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Friday, January 21, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 016; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of the informational briefing is to discuss and solicit input regarding public school teacher shortage in the State of Hawaii. Representatives of the following organizations are requested to make a presentation not to exceed 20 minutes of their findings, issues, and recommendations to the committees:
BOE (Breene Y. Harimoto)
DOE (Pat Hamamoto)
NCTAF (Carl Takamura)
HSTA (Roger Takabayashi)
HGEA (Principals)
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Friday, January 21, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m. |
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism The purpose of this informational briefing is to be informed of efforts by the Department to increase international market participation. Department of Defense (State of Hawaii) The purpose of this informational briefing is to be informed of efforts by the Department to abate and prepare for disasters caused by terrorist acts. |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Friday, January 21, 2005
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss with the Department of Transportation their plans for the 2005 biennium for the airports, harbors and highways division.