Point-Counterpoint Punctuates our Fall Season

Our next Point-Counterpoint program is a two-part special on Hawaii's Developing Relationships in Indo-Pacific. Part 1 will be live on ThinkTechHawaii.com, YouTube, and Facebook on Saturday, September 16 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm HST: https://youtu.be/0fGqgQPPGSw.


It will be moderated by former governor John Waihe’e.  The panelists for this part will be Chris Cottrell, Karla Cruz, James Moriarty and Srini Sitaraman, and they will cover Southeast Asia, the Philippines, China / Taiwan and India.  Tune in and send your questions and comments to questions@thinktechhawaii.com.  


Part 2 of the program will be on Saturday, October 14 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm HST.  Former Governor Waihe’e will moderate again. The panelists for this part will be Kristi Novella, Amanda Ellis, Harrison Kim and Suzy Vares-Lum, and they will cover Japan, Australia / New Zealand, Korea and the Pacific Islands.  We'll tell you more soon.


Hawaii needs to appreciate and expand its role in Indo-Pacific, so it’s important that we keep current on the relationships we have with the countries and regions there and how we can best develop and improve those relationships for our benefit, and for theirs.


These relationships are important to national security and defense, diplomacy and geopolitics, trade, tourism, investment, immigration, humanitarian outreach and military presence, and should we be actively trying to grow them in terms of trade, tourism, investment, immigration, and national deployment.


We need to ask what our state and county governments, officials and agencies can do, and what our businesses, professionals and individuals can do, to improve and expand these relationships, and what we want the federal government and the diplomatic community to do to help us achieve these things. 


CAN HAWAII BE THE BRIDGE TO INDO-PACIFIC?


The panel may want to examine how Hawaii's relationships with each of these countries and regions fit into the larger picture of our national relationships with them.  In an Indo-Pacific region of increasing complexity and economic power, our local awareness of these issues and places is increasingly important to Hawaii's relevance going forward.


ThinkTech, Reaching Out.  We’ll see you there.


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