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SUMMARY:AI4 Infrastructure Workforce Forum
DESCRIPTION:  \nAI 4 Infrastructure (AI4I) Workforce Forum\nWhere Colorado’s infrastructure leaders\, innovators\, and next-generation workforce meet AI head-on.\nSeptember 16\, 2026 | Jake Jabs Event Center\, CU Denver \nThe Infrastructure Workforce Is Changing. Be in the Room Where It’s Being Shaped.\nAI is already reshaping how infrastructure gets planned\, built\, and maintained — and it’s rewriting what the workforce behind it needs to look like. The AI4I Workforce Forum brings together 100+ leaders from industry\, government\, and academia for one day of candid conversation\, real solutions\, and direct access to the people building what’s next. \nThis isn’t a vendor showcase or an academic exercise. It’s a working session for the people who have to actually solve this: infrastructure owners staring down workforce gaps\, contractors and technology companies building the tools\, and the students who will be our future workforce. \nSponsored by CU Denver\, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and WSB with partners Colorado State University\, Trimble\, and HDR.  \nWhy Industry and Government Leaders Should Be There\nYou’re facing the workforce question from both ends — recruiting and retaining skilled talent while figuring out where AI actually fits into your infrastructure strategy. AI4I is built around that exact tension: \n\nHear directly from infrastructure owners on the workforce challenges they’re navigating right now\, and where they see the biggest opportunities ahead.\n\nSocialize your AI 4 Infrastructure ideas by applying to present in our Lightning Talks before August 14th!\n\nSee winning AI4I solutions built by student teams as part of a statewide competition\nCompare notes with peer agencies and infrastructure owners on what’s actually working and what’s not\n\nHear how industry partners are thinking about AI-driven workforce strategy — and what that means for public-sector partnerships\n\nConnect with the emerging talent pipeline coming out of Colorado’s universities\n\nFor Students: Your Work\, In Front of the People Who Hire\nSix finalist teams from the AI4I Challenge Student Competition will pitch AI-driven infrastructure solutions they’ve built — to real industry problems\, in front of the people who could hire them next. Interested? Sign up here by September 3rd to compete.  \n  \nAgenda at a Glance\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM\nArrival & Coffee\n\n\n9:30 AM\nWelcoming Remarks — CU Denver + CSCA\n\n\n9:40 AM\nFuture Workforce Keynote — Jon Chiglo\, COO\, WSB\n\n\n10:00 AM\nOwner Perspective Panel — Infrastructure owners on workforce challenges and opportunities\n\n\n10:45 AM\nBreak\n\n\n11:00 AM\nAI4I Challenge Student Competition — 6 finalist teams pitch AI infrastructure solutions\n\n\n12:15 PM\nLunch & Tabletop Discussion\n\n\n1:00 PM\nSolution Lightning Talks — 5-minute talks from infrastructure owners\, academia\, and industry\n\n\n2:00 PM\nIndustry Perspective Panel — Contractors and technology companies on current and future workforce needs\n\n\n2:45 PM\nNetworking Reception\n\n\n4:00 PM\nClosing\n\n\n\n  \nReserve Your Seat\nSpots are limited to keep the conversation working-session sized\, not conference sized. \n  \nRegister now → \n  \n📍 Jake Jabs Event Center\, CU Denver 📅 September 16\, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM \n 
URL:https://coloradosmart.city/event/ai4-infrastructure-workforce-forum/
LOCATION:Jake Jabs Center at CU Denver\, 1475 Lawrence Street\, Denver\, CO\, 80202\, United States
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