Workshops

THE HACC IS WHERE INNOVATION STARTS!

 

#HACC 2024 Workshops

Pre-event Workshops

Resume & Interview Workshop

Join this Verizon workshop to learn a few tips on how to craft your resume and how to best perform during an interview. The workshop will cover the basics of crafting resumes as well as discussing what the interview process typically looks like.  They will also have breakout sessions for you to work on your interview skills.

 

Lead Presenter – Malia Jou
Recruiter – Talent Acquisition

 

 

Workshop Slides

 

Google’s Generative AI Workshop

Thursday, September 19th, 4:00-6:00 PM – In Person Event – University of Hawaii | Information Technology Center (ITC) — 2520 Correa Road ITC Rooms 105AB

This workshop explores Gemini’s capabilities for image analysis, prompt design, and conversation generation. Additionally, it covers prompt engineering techniques in Vertex AI Studio to refine AI-generated outputs, and the use of Jupyter Notebooks to modify and test generative AI code implementations.white background fill color

Instructors:

 

Sandeep V. Togrikar, Customer Engineer
20+ years of experience in all things Data, Analytics & Machine Learning. Last 3+ years at Google as a Customer Engineer specializing in Data & ML.  Prior to Google, I worked at Intel for ~15 years and led the Supply Chain Analytics transformation.

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Daniel Liu, Head of Customer Engineering
Daniel Liu is the Head of Customer Engineering for Google Public Sector West. His team is helping state and local governments develop and implement compelling technical and functional strategies.  Daniel is a trusted advisor for the state of Hawaii developed many projects including Hawaii Safe Travel Application, Climate Resilient and Safety Analytics. A published author, a recognized database expert and a frequent speaker at various global IT conferences, and many state and local government sponsored technology events including Hawaii HACC,  Hawaii TRUE, Hawaii Public Radio, and LA County Women in Technologies.

 

 

Don’t DIY Your AI. How the Salesforce Einstein 1 Platform Enables Humans with Autonomous AI Agents to Drive Customer Success Together.

Thursday, October 3rd, 3:30 – 4:450 PM – Virtual Event, details will be sent to registered guests

In this one hour session you will receive an overview of the world’s leading AI CRM platform, Salesforce Einstein 1. Salesforce Einstein 1 allows businesses and government agencies to quickly build enterprise-class business applications with clicks, not code. In addition, we will introduce the latest innovation from Salesforce’s AI research and product development organization, Agentforce!

An Agentforce Agent is a proactive, autonomous application that provides specialized, always-on support to employees or customers. They’re equipped with the necessary business knowledge to execute tasks according to their specific role using trusted CRM data + generative AI.

In this session we will also demonstrate how Agentforce Agents are created and deployed to support a business use case.  For a preview how Agentforce brings together Humans + AI + Data + Actions, watch the following three videos: https://www.salesforce.com/form/conf/agentforce-demos/

Instructor: Brian Murphy

 

 

 

Short Term Success & Long Term Relationships

Thursday, October 3rd, 5:00 – 6:30 PM – Virtual Event, details will be sent to registered guests

Join Tyler Technologies  in this virtual workshop on how to gather requirements to develop a successful project.  This program is designed to teach you about:

  • Asking the right questions
  • How and why small wins make sense
  • Grow relationships via iterative cycles of collaboration and development

Important skills for a successful HACC project and your future IT career!

 

 

Instructor: Burt Ramos, General Manager, Tyler Technologies, Hawaii

 

 

 

 

Unleashing the Power of Serverless Web Applications

Saturday, October 5th, 9:30 – 10:30 AM – Virtual Event, details will be sent to registered guests

Join us for an insightful webinar on “Unleashing the Power of Serverless Web Applications,” where we explore the transformative potential of serverless architecture. This session will delve into how serverless technology can revolutionize your web applications by enhancing scalability, optimizing costs, and boosting developer productivity.
Key Topics:
    • Introduction to Serverless
    • Cost Optimization
    • Effortless Scalability & High Availability
    • Faster Development & Deployment
    • Serverless in Action
    • Choosing the Right Serverless Platform

Instructor: Cary Ho

Interim Workshops

WS #1 – Saturday, October 19th – Virtual 

Session 1 – Understanding the Product BEFORE You Code (Agile Planning)

How do programmers know exactly what to build? What process do they employ before coding starts? Movies show programmers pounding at a keyboard until the work is done, but this is not reality. The reality is that some of the most difficult work of building software happens before typing out code, such as thinking about what to build, how the user interactions should feel, what real problem the software is addressing. Some uniquely talented programmers can start coding without planning but for the rest of us, planning before coding is key. In this workshop, we’ll introduce you to a general application building process that you can tweak over time to fit your taste. This workshop is for those new to building applications or those who have never heard of terms like user stories, personas, or wireframes.

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Instructor: Chris Lee
Chris is a seasoned technologist with over 20 years of software engineering, consulting, startup, and various leadership experience. He has a special passion for education and has spent the last 10 years working on at the cross section of software and education. In his spare time, he helps organize events at PyHawaii.

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WS#2 – Saturday, October 26th – Virtual

Session 1 – Security & Privacy Considerations in Application Development

In this security workshop, Rich Antonow, Sr. Technology Specialist of Microsoft will discuss and demonstrate how to securely develop and deploy applications on the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform. Rich will introduce how Generative AI and the latest tools in Microsoft are helping with all aspects of application development and learn how threat actors can leverage AI against applications and what you can do about it.
Topics covered include: What are the threats today?  Best security practices and guidelines for developing Cloud Native applications.  How you can thrive in a “no-code, Low-code world, using DevOps for automation and what is this “AI thing” everyone is talking about?
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Instructor: Richard Antonow, Principal Identity & Security Specialist
Rich is in a Technical Specialist role for Security and Identity. He supports accounts with “all things” security as it relates to Cloud and on-premises identities, user synchronization, identity protection, data/application/device threat protection and advanced EDR-XDR solutions.   Rich has been with Microsoft for 7 years, primarily covering the Western region including the states of Alaska and Hawaiʻi. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Session 2 – Pitching Your Solution

How to present your technology solutions with confidence and success.  What you need to know to convince your audience and how to convey the value of your technical offering.
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Instructor: Natalie Novick, Global Programs Operations, FoundersBoost

Lots of Great Workshop Recordings & Decks from 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020

#HACC 2023 Workshops

#HACC2022 Workshops

#HACC2021 Workshops 

#HACC2020 Workshops 

Enjoy!