Dates: Thursday June 4 and Friday June 5, 2026
Location: Ala Moana Hotel
Audience: HIDOE teachers and educational specialists, UH professors and IT staff, Industry partners
The PCATT Summit 2026: Al for Action and Impact is a gathering of Hawai’i technology educators plus local and national industry partners for extended conversations and learnings about the impact of artificial intelligence on workforce development. The summit is structured to promote action steps to engage in this topic while considering the mercurial aspects of Al. To reach this end, the summit will focus on the following four tracks:
Trust in AI
- Scientific Consensus
- Safety and Security
- Standards
- Impact of Al on Cybersecurity and Identifying and Controlling Risks
- Impact of Al on the integrity of information
AI & The Future of Work
- Impact of Al in Workforce Sectors
- Healthcare
- Education
- Human Resources (employment and policies)
- Creative Industries and Copyright
- Long term impact of Al on the workforce
- National and state perspectives of impact of Al on workforce
Public/Social Interest in AI
- Inequalities between those who design Al and those who use Al
- Use of Al to impact social and cultural issues
- Incubators using Al to serve the public interest
- Al Policies
The Mechanics of Al
- Building new Al
- How Al works
- Product Demos