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What happens when 440+ leaders choose to navigate transformation?

The 4th Annual Hawaiʻi AI & Cloud Innovation Summit uncovered a declaration: Hawaiʻi is charting its own course, guided by service, resilience, and skills, and anchored in the values that have sustained the islands for generations.

Inside This Report, You’ll Discover:

• Where Hawaiʻi Really Stands: Pre-summit data revealed that 68% of organizations are in the “messy middle”—past pilots, but before full integration. Confidence is high, but execution lags. Learn what’s holding us back and what breakthrough insights emerged.
• From Voyaging Canoes to Cloud Infrastructure: State CIO Christine Sakuda reimagined AI through the lens of Hawaiian wayfinding, introducing “ALOHA Intelligence” and “Ancestral Intelligence”—proving that the most innovative path forward is rooted in where we’ve been.
• AI as Equalizer, Not Just Accelerator: See how local vendors are using AI to win government contracts, how state employees are “vibe coding” solutions that save hundreds of hours, and how disaster survivors will navigate recovery with dignity and transparency.
• Security Without Silos: From zero-trust quick wins to SIEM/SOAR deep dives, learn how Hawaiʻi’s institutions are building cyber resilience that’s practical, scalable, and centered on mission-critical outcomes.
• Career Pathways That Keep Talent Home: The University of Hawaiʻi unveiled new tools mapping education to opportunity—ensuring local residents, especially Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, have clear routes to family-sustaining tech careers.
• Lōkahi in Action: This wasn’t a government summit or a business summit—it was a community summit. When CEOs, CIOs, legislators, educators, small business owners, and technologists row in the same direction, transformation becomes inevitable.

The Numbers:

• 443 attendees from across public, private, education, and nonprofit sectors
• 62.5% already using AI tools—but only 18.5% have fully integrated solutions
• 65.5% want upskilling—and we’re delivering with cohort-based trainings, PPP pilots, and implementation playbooks
• 3 core principles driving every initiative: Service. Resilience. Skills.

The Roadmap:

Read the stories of state employees automating transcription with AI, transportation leaders using predictive analytics for infrastructure, cybersecurity experts protecting mission-critical systems, and educators mapping pathways so no one gets left behind.

Most importantly: Learn what comes next. The commitments we’re making. The pilots we’re launching. The playbooks we’re publishing. The 90-day challenges we’re issuing to every organization ready to move from ideas to impact.

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Because the best way to predict the future is to navigate it together.