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Burt Lum

Host, Bytemarks Café

Burt Lum hosts Bytemarks Café on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on HPR-1.

Lum is the strategy officer for the Hawaiʻi Broadband Initiative at the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Before that, he was the executive director of Hawaiʻi Open Data, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the principles of open data. He has more than 30 years of experience in Hawaiʻi's technology and communications sector.

  • Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we'll catch up with EV charging company Volta and find out what it was like to issue an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. With so few Hawaii companies getting listed on Wall Strett, we'll find out about Volta's pathway to initial public offering and what this means for the future.
  • Today On Bytemarks Cafe, we'll catch up with Iolani School's data driven process called Aina Informatics. As a recent GEER funding recipient, we'll find out how Iolani is taking this place-based curriculum and building a community of practice with other schools.
  • Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we'll find out the latest in virtual reality or VR and find out if during the pandemic it's gained any traction. We'll also learn about the Metaverse, a term coined in Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash, and find out how Mark Zuckerberg sees it as Facebook's future.
  • Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we’ll catch up with Hawaii Pacific University to find out the latest in their esports program. On the heels of the recent Overwatch Tournament held in Hawaii, we’ll find out what opportunities Hawaii can take advantage of being located between Asia and the US.
  • In spite of the pandemic, development of artificial intelligence systems globally has not slowed. Today, we'll explore how one East West Center scholar resolves to forge a new ethical relationship with artificial intelligence in his book Buddhism and Intelligent Technology.
  • Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we’ll find out how the libraries are expanding their functionality to include telehealth services. We’ll learn how an idea turned into a collaboration between the Department of Health and the Public Libraries to bring health services into rural communities.
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    On this edition of Bytemarks Café, a look at the TRUE (Technology Readiness User Evaluation) Initiative. Listen to a discussion about its key purposes by…
  • HPR-Produced Talk Shows
    On this edition of Bytemarks Café, Burt will talk to the organizers of the HART Sustainability Mobility Lab. Also known as the SuMo Lab, this project is a…
  • HPR-Produced Talk Shows
    Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will talk about Behavior Design and the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. He'll talk to BJ Fogg and unpack…
  • HPR-Produced Talk Shows
    Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt and Ryan will talk to Elemental Excelerator about a report they commissioned called Transcending Oil. The guys will find out…