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Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

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... -- 17 Host Committee Chairman Peter Ho -- 20 Ideal Laboratory for Clean Power -- 24 Electric Vehicles -- 28 Firm But Renewable Energy -- 30 Building the Smart Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences...

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... APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI‘I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee 3 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS RESTO... ... · HAWAII BUSINESS HAWAI‘I: A PARADISE FOR INNOVATION BEST PLACE TO STUDY THE UNIVERSE ALGAE FOR FUEL WIND ENERGY UNDERWATER RESEARCH 2 APEC 2011 ·... ...COSYSTEM RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY & FOREST PRODUCTS “ The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now . ” ... ...L, SOPOGY, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SOEST, FIRST WIND, STATE OF HAWAI‘I ENERGY OFFICE, ISTOCK, (NANOTECHNOLOGY) SKAI ... ...ic Company and American Savings Bank Palapalai Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. First Hawaiian Bank Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Telcom Kamehameha Schools K... ... Tourism Authority Lockheed Martin Corporation Of fice of Hawaiian Affairs Time Warner Cable University of Hawai‘i System Hāpu‘u Kupukupu aio Ala Moa... ...System Hāpu‘u Kupukupu aio Ala Moana Center American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Hawaii Government Employees As... ...ost appealing of destinations. On behalf of the people of the City and County of Honolulu, best wishes for an enjoyable and productive stay. ... ...nd Head, the turquoise Pacific and tropical sunsets nightly. Where business meets pleasure. Award-winning Executive Chef Live entertainment nightly ...