AI and Hawai'i's Workforce: Opportunities and Risks
About this Event
AI AND HAWAI’I WORKFORCE: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS
Join the Workforce Development Council at Honolulu Community College on June 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM (HST) for a symposium on Artificial Intelligence.
This event, in collaboration with Imua Onipa'a, will explore how AI is transforming Hawaii's key economic sectors. The sessions will also explore workforce risks, emerging skill needs, and the protections required to support workers as AI adoption expands.
Whether you're a tech newbie or an AI enthusiast, this in-person event is a great chance to learn, ask questions, and connect with others interested in the future of AI. Don’t miss out!
Note that this is the second part of a four-part series which will be held throughout 2026: The AI Transformation: Preparing Hawai‘i’s Workforce for the Future: A Symposium Series.
Agenda (June 25, 2026)
8:30 – 9:00 - Registration & Networking/Opening Exercises
9:00 – 10:00 - AI and Hawaiʻi's Economic Impacts This discussion examines how AI may impact Hawaiʻi’s workforce and economy, including its effects on jobs, industries, productivity, and future growth.
10:00 – 11:00 - Workforce Risks and Worker Protections What careers are at risk, what skills are growing, employer and policy responsibilities
11:00 – 12:00 - What Hawaiʻi's Education and Training Systems Need to Do Panel: community colleges, DOE, workforce boards, training providers
12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch (on own)
1:00 – 3:00 - Identifying Hawaiʻi's Priorities — Working Session Small groups surface top opportunities and risks; priorities feed directly into Event 3
3:00 – 4:00 - Synthesis and Preview of Event 3
4:00 - Adjourn
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM
AI and Hawaiʻi's Workforce: Opportunities and Risks
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration & Networking/Opening Exercises
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
AI and Hawaiʻi's Economic Impacts
Info: This discussion examines how AI may impact Hawaiʻi’s workforce and economy, including its effects on jobs, industries, productivity, and future growth.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Workforce Risks and Worker Protections
Info: What careers are at risk, what skills are growing, employer and policy responsibilities.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
What Hawaiʻi's Education and Training Systems Need to Do
Info: Panel: community colleges, DOE, workforce boards, training providers.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch (on own)
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Identifying Hawaiʻi's Priorities — Working Session
Info: Small groups surface top opportunities and risks; priorities feed directly into Event 3.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Synthesis and Preview of Event 3
🕑: 04:00 PM
Adjourn
Where is it happening?
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