Programs and Events
Kauaʻi Creative Technology Center
The Kaua‘i Creative Technology Center (KCTC) stimulates innovation and economic growth within the Creative Industries sector in Hawai‘i to establish and/or grow businesses that create or apply technologies that will increase their competitiveness in the Local, State-wide and/or Global economy, thereby creating jobs and generating economic wealth within the Creative Industries sector.
Academies of Kaua`i
The Academies of Kaua‘i will be the first Hawaii DOE complex area to bring together public schools, industry, and postsecondary education partners to ensure every student has equitable access to becoming a life-long learner prepared for success in college, career, and life. The Academies of Kaua‘i will work together with their intermediary, the Kaua‘i Economic Development Board to promote college and career readiness for every student on the island. This will ensure every public school student on Kaua‘i has access to college and career opportunities that will allow them to live and contribute to the local economy and enhance our unique, rural community.
Past Programs and Events
Creative Lab Hawai'i
Writers Immersive Workshop
A track for writers in all genres to develop new content for motion pictures, and television. Participants receive coaching on script writing and taking projects to market. The Writers Immersive is a five-day program for writers in motion pictures, and television. The yearlong program includes five days of intensive work in Hawai‘i, followed with a one-year coaching program that supports participants in executing their material as individuals, and as a group.
Creative Lab Hawai'i
Producers Immersive Workshop
A track for producers in all genres to develop new content for motion pictures, and television. Participants receive coaching in developing their script, financing their script, distributing and marketing. The Producers Immersive is a five-day program for producers in motion pictures, and television. The yearlong program includes five days of intensive work in Hawaii, followed with a one-year coaching program that supports participants in executing their material as individuals, and as a group.
H.K. Castle Work-based Learning (WBL)
Kaua‘i’s long-term vision is to create an integrated employer-education system that offers progressive work-based learning opportunities, from freshmen to senior. To realize this vision, KEDB proposed to 1) Conduct an initial review and develop strategies; 2) Build the employer side of the partnership; 3) Build the school side of the partnership; 4) align Kaua’i complex area resources, and 5) Review progress and measure success.
Data Collection & Retrofit
Kaua‘i County Grant
Funded through the County of Kaua‘i, this project supports the re-opening of Kaua‘i’s economy, including system wide data collection analysis and tracking of key recovery metrics, marketing support to reopen the creative industries sector, and support for households to offset expenses made more difficult through job loss and underemployment.
Aloha Connects Innovation
Economic Development Alliance of Hawai‘i
"Now more than ever, Hawaii needs to address the major economic downturn, massive unemployment, and high rate of business failures resulting from the ongoing suffering created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse of the State’s tourism economy. The Aloha Connects Innovation (ACI) is a new initiative led by the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii (EDAH) to nurture and grow knowledge-based work opportunities in Hawaii and fuel our emerging industries and innovation sectors. Originally envisioned by Omar Sultan of Sultan Ventures, the program is designed to help convert the loss of jobs due to COVID-19 into a potential new career opportunity for our residents."
-Economic Development Alliance of Hawai‘i