TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS
UH kicks off research series
Advertiser Staff and News Services
University Connections will kick off a monthly lunch-hour speaker series — Meet the Researchers — featuring UH research projects with commercial potential.
The series — which begins tomorrow, and each month will feature an investor, business executive or industry scientist familiar with the research area and its applications — is geared toward the business community and anyone looking to deepen their knowledge about how UH research can stimulate economic development in Hawai'i.
This week, Dr. Song Choi of UH's Department of Mechanical Engineering will talk about his team's development of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Robot for deep ocean repair, reconnaissance and intervention missions. Todd Peltzer from Navatek Ltd. will comment on some of the potential commercialization opportunities for this technology.
Meet the Researchers will be a free, informal, brown-bag event. Tomorrow's program is from noon to 1 p.m., in Room 20-B, Ali'i Place, 1099 Alakea St. To register, e-mail connects@hawaii.edu or call 547-5644.
TechNet meet opens Nov. 19
The 17th annual Asia-Pacific TechNet Conference, sponsored by Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association, Hawai'i chapter, will be Nov. 19-21 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
Pacific Armed Forces commanders will speak on "Uniting and Securing the Pacific Through Technology."
The Technology Exhibition features more than 100 Hawai'i, national and international technology companies and is open to the public at no charge (however on-site registration is required).
The conference and social activities are available at a fee. For information and registration for the conference, call (703) 449-6418, e-mail hawaiiregistration@jspargo.com or see www.afceahi.org.
Conference on global broadband
Japanese telecom pioneer Sachio Semmoto — founder, chairman and CEO of eAccess Ltd., Japan, and the co-founder of Japan's first private telephone company, Personal Handy-Phone System and DDI Corp. — will be one of the speakers at the annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference in January.
PTC2003 is scheduled Jan. 19-23 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and will focus on the theme "Global Broadband/ Global Challenges."
The conference is expected to draw more than 1,700 attendees.
For information on the conference, visit www.ptc.org/PTC2003.
