Agenda

DAY 1

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

• 9:00-12:00pm Arrival and Check-In, Populus Hotel

• 12:00pm Optional Lunch at Populus hotel

• 12:45-1:00pm ​Welcome remarks by Gerrit Nicholas, OIC Co-founder and CIO

• 1:00-2:00pm United States Senator John Hickenlooper. “Colorado and the Age of Infrastructure.”

• 2:00-2:15pm Short Break

• 2:15-3:30pm What is Infrastructure Now? How technological innovations are expanding our definitions of infrastructure—and why that matters.

• 3:30-4:00pm Coffee and “Speed Networking”

• 4:00-5:30pm Agriculture as Infrastructure: The Next Frontier Beyond Energy Transition What if the next infrastructure boom isn't in electrons but in calories?

• 5:30-6:00pm Pre-dinner break

• 6:00-6:15pm An introduction to Populus, the country’s first carbon-negative hotel

• 6:15-7:00pm Cocktails at Stellar Jay, on the roof of the Populus hotel

• 7:00-9:00pm Dinner at Stellar Jay Remarks from Nazar Massouh, OIC Co-founder and CE0

DAY 2

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025

• 7:00-9:00am Optional breakfast at Pasque in the Populus hotel

• 9:00-9:30am Drive to Forge Nano Campus

• 9:30-10:30am Tour Forge Nano An up-close look at innovation in this rising materials science company

• 10:30-11:30am Forge Ahead What Forge Nano’s journey from start-up to success can teach entrepreneurs and investors

• 11:30am-12pm Drive to Denver Art Museum (DAM)

• 12:00-1:00pm ​​​Lunch in the Prow Garden at DAM

• 1:00-2:00pm Tour and Discussion with Denver Art Museum

• 2:00-3:15pm The Funding Challenge In a divided country, there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on: America needs more infrastructure than ever before. But who’s going to pay for it?

• 3:15-4:30pm The Entrepreneurs’ Dilemma In the current environment, how do entrepreneurs know when to hold and when to sell?

• 4:30-4:45pm Short break

• 4:45-6:00pm Opportunities for Innovation in Trump 2.0 What is the path ahead for infrastructure and renewable energy following the passage of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”?

• 6:00-7:15pm Energy and AI the Texas Way: A Conversation with Rick Perry, co-founder, Fermi America; former United States Secretary of Energy; former governor of Texas

• 7:15-10:00pm Al Fresco Cocktails and Dinner in the Kemper Courtyard at DAM Entertainment by local bluegrass band: High Lonesome

• 9:30-10:00pm ​​Bus or group walk back to the Populus Hotel

• 10:30-12:00am Optional Drinks at Stellar Jay on Populus’ Rooftop

DAY 3

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

• 7:00-9:00am Breakfast and Concluding Remarks (Nazar Massouh and Gerrit Nicholas)

• 9:00-11am Departures