TechCamps

Young Pacific Leaders TechCamp

For Climate Action

Combatting Climate Change Education Media Literacy/Digital Literacy
Auckland, New Zealand View Map
October 29-31, 2022

Participants from

Australia; Fiji; Kiribati; Micronesia; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; United States; Vanuatu

Description

Fifty young leaders from more than 15 nations across the Pacific have been selected to participate in the 2022 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) TechCamp for Climate Action. The United States (U.S.) Department of State, in partnership with Cultural Vistas, will host the upcoming in-person workshop October 29-31, 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand in conjunction with the Auckland Climate Festival. During the TechCamp, participants will come together with regional and U.S. leaders in the field of climate science and science communication to identify innovative approaches to combat the climate crisis and drive environmental resilience.

Participating Regions:

  • American Samoa
  • Australia
  • The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Fiji
  • The Federated States of Micronesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Kiribati
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niue
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu

Trainer Bios

7 Bios View All

Agenda

Saturday 29 October 2022 | TechCamp Day 1 
8:30 - 9:00 AM Daily Check-in
9:00 - 9:30 AM Mihi Whakatau Welcome Remarks - New Zealand host country speeches, TechCamp team, Cultural Vistas staff and other visitor speeches
9:30 - 10:00 AM Participant Introductions
10:00 - 10:30 AM Design Thinking Plenary + Constructing Challenge Statements (Erika Diaz Gomez)
10:30 - 10:50 AM Coffee/Tea Break
10:50 - 11:50 AM Speedgeeking
11:50 - 1:00 PM Challenge Groups (what core areas are we focusing on here – post/survey feedback): Select one topic group

  • Responding to extreme weather events and managing disasters
  • Driving and managing coastal and marine ecosystems
  • Advancing agriculture and food systems technology
  • Designing and innovating clean energy and sustainable entrepreneurship
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 PM Interactive Training Session 1  Choose one topic from the table below
Topic Trainers
  • Ideating and Protoyping: Using Human Centered Design to test, fail, and learn from ideas faster
 Erika Diaz Gomez
  • How to use Photographs and Videos to invite people to support your cause
 K Ramnath Chandrasekhar 
  • Islands in the See: Using a Culturally Based Mixed-Media to Present Pacific Island Stories
 Kalewa Correa
  • Light Your Beacon, Lead Your Charge
 Raymond Chin
  • Impactful Instruction: STEAM Education for Pacific People
 Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka
  • Looking to the Past to Inform the Future: Weaving TEK, Tech and Culture to Build Resilient Communities
 Malia Kapuaonalani Evans
  • Leveraging Pro Bono Partnerships for Maximum Impact
 Erin Thomas
4:00 - 4:20 PM Coffee/Tea Break
4:20 - 4:30 PM Challenge Statement Brief - Sam and JB
4:30 - 4:55 PM Challenge Statement Development Participants will go back to their brainstorming groups and narrow down top challenges to develop an actionable/tangible challenge statement
4:55 PM End of Day Announcements // (Participants and trainer break)
19:30 - 21:00 Reception/Cultural Event (Cultural Attire + Open Mic/Karaoke)
Sunday 30 October 2022| TechCamp Day 2
8:30 - 9:00 AM Check-in
9:00 - 9:10 AM Morning Announcements
9:10 - 10:00 AM Challenge Statement Development Participants will go back to their brainstorming groups and finalize their challenge statement
10:00 - 10:30 AM Challenge Statement Read-out and Project Groups Form: One representative from each group will read their challenge statement
10:30 - 10:50 AM Coffee/Tea Break
10:50 - 1:00 PM Interactive Training Session 2 Choose one topic from the table on Day 1
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 PM Interactive Training Session 3 Choose one topic from the table on Day 1
4:00 - 4:20 PM Coffee/Tea Break
4:20 - 5:20 PM  Groups work on solutions and presentations
5:20 - 5:30 PM End of Day Announcements
Evening Dinner (Free Evening)
Monday 31 October 2022| TechCamp Day 3
8:30 - 9:00 AM Check-in
9:00 - 9:10 AM Morning Announcements
9:10 - 10:30 AM Groups finalize presentations Coffee/Tea served as groups work on finalizing their presentations
10:30 - 12:00 PM Presentations
12:00 - 12:15 PM Follow-on Announcement/Surveys -  Bertha McDuffie
12:15 - 12:30 PM Closing Remarks and Certificates
1:00 PM Lunch
Evening Dinner (Free Evening)
Optional Activities Post-TechCamp
Note - below are activities part of the Auckland Climate Festival. If you desire to attend please make your own arrangements
12:15-15:15 Fair food - food sorting volunteer opportunity, part of Auckland Climate Festival Volunteer opportunity to sort healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by donors to be redistributed to recipient charities to make up food parcels for clients. Volunteers are trained to determine food which is fit to eat, fit to cook, and fit to compost/animal feed 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale
TBD Pacific Climate Justice Exhibition, part of Auckland Climate Festival The Exhibition will showcase Pacific artists and youth across Auckland engaging in storytelling, mixed media expression and photography (sculpture, poetry, spoken word, weaving, music, dance, art, painting etc) Onehunga Community Recycling Centre
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