New Delhi is all-set to witness the AI Impact Summit for the very first time at the Bharat Mandapam. The event will be hosting some of the biggest names in the tech and AI world such as Sundar Pichai and Bill Gates.
There have been three global AI Summits so far around the globe, beginning with the AI Safety Summit in 2023 at Bletchley Park, UK followed by the AI Seoul Summit in South Korea and the AI Action Summit in Paris in February last year. The AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India with be the fourth edition of the summit in this series.
AI Impact Summit Schedule
The AI Impact Summit will take place from 16th February 2026 to 20th February 2026 at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The registration for the summit has already started and people interested in the event can registered through official website www.impact.indiaai.gov.in
Agenda of AI Impact Summit
The event is planned to shape the future agenda for inclusive and impactful AI. The summit will revolve around three core pillars of People, Planet, and Progress. The discussions will be focused on skilling, sustainable, and energy-efficient AI with economic and social development.
Seven working groups, co-chaired by the Global North and Global South, will present concrete deliverables, for example proposals for AI Commons, trusted AI tools, shared compute infrastructure and sector-specific compendiums of AI use-cases.
More than 700 sessions have been planned for the five-day global event such as AI safety, governance, ethical use, data protection, and India’s approach to sovereign AI.
Big Names Participating in the AI Impact Summit
The CEOs of top AI firms have already confirmed their visit to the AI Impact Summit. The guest list consists of Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch.
Nividia CEO Jensen Huang will also be present at the summit whereas other tech leaders attending the event includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, and Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora
Here is the complete list of Leaders attending
1. Bhutan – H.E. Mr. Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister
2. Bolivia – H.E. Mr. Edmand Lara Montano, Vice President
3. Brazil – H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
4. Croatia – H.E. Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister
5. Estonia – H.E. Mr. Alar Karis, President
6. Finland – H.E. Mr. Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister
7. France – H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President
8. Greece – H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister
9. Guyana – H.E. Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President
10. Kazakhstan – H.E. Mr. Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister
11. Liechtenstein – H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein
12. Mauritius – H.E. Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam GCSK, FRCP, Prime Minister
13. Serbia – H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, President
14. Slovakia – H.E. Mr. Peter Pellegrini, President
15. Spain – H.E. Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President
16. Sri Lanka – H.E. Mr. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President
17. Seychelles – H.E. Mr. Sebastien Pillay, Vice President
18. Switzerland – H.E. Mr. Guy Parmelin, President
19. The Netherlands – H.E. Mr. Dick Schoof, Prime Minister
20. UAE – H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Speaking about Indian entrepreneurs, Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani, Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Bharati Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, TCS CEO K. Krithivasan, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh, and HCLTech Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra have all been confirmed to present in the mega tech event.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra D. Modi will lead the formal opening ceremony of the event followed by a high-level CEO roundtable with global industry leaders.
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