India AI Impact Summit 2026: A Data Deep-Dive
An analysis of 480+ sessions to uncover the themes, power players, and real-world actionability.
Feb
16–20, 2026
482
Sessions
Thematic Evolution
Volume of sessions per day.
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Intent: Theory vs. Action
Session focus areas.
Applied
Theory
Mixed
Top Knowledge Partners
Sessions hosted by org.
NVIDIA
18
J-PAL
15
Nasscom
14
FICCI
12
World Bank
11
Expertise Profile
Speaker backgrounds.
Researchers
(215)
(215)
Doctors
(142)
(142)
Govt.
(88)
(88)
“Key Takeaway”
Policy Dominance
Governance remains the bedrock, with 31% of all discussions centering on regulation and DPI frameworks.
Bureaucracy Meets AI
Significant IAS (Govt) presence suggests the summit is less about ‘hype’ and more about delivery.
Friday Pulse
The final day (Feb 20) is the most ‘Applied,’ focusing on Health and Agri use-cases.
India AI Impact Summit 2026
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🎤 Repeat Speakers
Abhishek Singh
13
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Making AI All Inclusive: Bridging AI Communities to India’s AI Future
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Building AI for Bharat: From Innovation to Outcomes
FICCI
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
AI & Arthik Shakti: A Blueprint for Women led Prosperity
AVPN
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
India-Japan AI for the World
UNESCO
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Societal Value: Responsible Innovation Across Healthcare and High-Impact
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
From AI Innovation to Nation-Building
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 2:45 PM
Social Empowerment via AI Accessibility
J-PAL
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
This session discusses the overarching vision, priorities, a
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18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Equipping the Judiciary to Harness the Power of AI
NCG–KCDO
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Governing Scientific AI at Scale: Safety, Evaluation, and Institutional Readines
Quantum Alliance
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Regulatory Pathway for AI-Driven Medical Devices: Bridging Training, Validation,
The Rockefeller Foundation and Kalpa Impact
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
From Research to Industry: Building Foundational Large Language Models for High-
Current AI
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Shankar Maruwada
7
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Multilingual AI in Universities – Advancing Inclusion Through UA and Stakeholder
KPMG
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artific
KPMG
17-Feb-26 · 1:45 PM
AI Masterclass in Public Services
J-PAL
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Economic Growth and Social Good | AI for All: Driving Economic Advancemen
500 Global
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
MahaAI: Building Safe, Secure and Smart Governance
Observer Research Foundation
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Smaller Footprint, Bigger Impact: Advancing Resilient and Efficient AI Models fo
EkStep Foundation
Amitabh Nag
7
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Unlocking AI’s Potential for Agricultural Innovation and DPI-Enabled Economic Gr
Karya
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Public Health Powered by AI: RailTel’s Collaborative Model for AI Enabled Inclus
Centre for Open Source Solutions (COSS)
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artific
KPMG
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Teacher-Led, Localised and Frugal AI for Equitable Education in the Commonwealth
PARIS21 (OECD)
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI for the Good of All – Brazilian Perspectives on the Future of AI
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Catalyzing Global Investment for Equitable and Responsible AI in Health
AI for Development Funders Collaborative
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
From Research to Industry: Building Foundational Large Language Models for High-
Current AI
Urvashi Aneja
7
16-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Women in AI: A South Asia Outlook on Representation, Equity and Empowerment
German Federal Foreign Office (FFO)
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Education: Future-Ready Universities and Schools
Karya
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI for Health Innovations
Digital Public Goods Alliance
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
From Volume to Value: Role of AI in Redefining Indian Pharma’s Leadership for Vi
Nasscom – Responsible AI Hub
18-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Shaping Secure, Ethical and Accountable AI Systems for a Shared Future
EkStep Foundation
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Realizing the Health Value of AI – Safely
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Sunil Gupta
6
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Reimagining Gender in Technology – Designing Safer Digital Futures and Advancing
Soket Labs Technology and Research Private Limited
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Trade and Industry, Japan, Building High-Quality AI Systems for Education: From
Ministry of Economy
17-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Advancing Rural AI Access and Ethical AI Governance
Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Reskilling for Tomorrow: AI, Sustainability, and India’s Jobs Transition
The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
18-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
From Evidence to Scale: Testing, Financing and Operationalizing Technology and A
Times Internet Limited
18-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Resilience and Customer Protection in the Age of AI
EkStep Foundation
Balaraman Ravindran
6
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
From Guardrails to Adaptive Governance in the Global South: Building a Joint Res
EY (Ernst & Young LLP)
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Women, Work, and the Future of AI
Primus Partners
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI for Weather and Climate Intelligence
NVIDIA
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI in Negotiations, Diplomacy, and Conflict Management
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Keynote Session : Cristiano Amon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcom
MLCommons
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Gabriela Ramos
6
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Standards and Policies for AI in Farmer-Centric Smart Agrifood Systems
IEEE
16-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI Innovators Exchange: Accelerating Innovation Through Startup and Industry Syn
Cognizant Technology Solutions
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
High-level discussion on APAC Centre for AI
Globethics
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
The Future of Work for the Global South: Skilling for Opportunity and Social Mob
Globethics
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
France India AI Initiative: A Shared Path to Ethical, Inclusive and Strategic In
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Harvard Kennedy School, Heterogeneous Compute for Democratizing Access to AI: Fr
The Move37 Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Sunil Kumar Barnwal
6
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Agentic Commerce: Trust, Tokens and ‘Know Your Agent’ for the AI Economy
RailTel Corporation of India Limited
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
AI and Media: Opportunities, Responsible Pathways, and the Road Ahead
Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science (ICMR – NIRDHDS)
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Global AI Assurance and Standards: From Principles to Proof
World Health Organization
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Building Trust in the Age of Synthetic Media
World Health Organization
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI/ML-Driven Virtual Immersive Personalized Training
FICCI
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Scaling Trusted AI for 8 Billion+
Academy of Digital Health Sciences
Gaurav Godhwani
6
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Enterprise Adoption of Responsible AI: Challenges, Frameworks and Solutions
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Policymakers’ Dialogue on AI, Policy Evolution, and the Rule of Law
Nasscom – Responsible AI Hub
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Teacher-Led, Localised and Frugal AI for Equitable Education in the Commonwealth
PARIS21 (OECD)
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Future of Fair Tech: Addressing Equity, Safety and Accountability in a Rapidly E
CivicDataLab
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Defence Perspective in AI
CivicDataLab
Maya Sherman
6
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
From AI User to Creator: The Next Leap of India’s AI Innovation
Dhirubhai Ambani University School of Law
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
AI-DPI Experimentation and the Role of Sandboxes
STPI & NSUT
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Responsible AI for Health: Governance, Implementation and Investment Considerati
STPI & NSUT
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Leveraging AI in Education: Human Capital, Inclusion, and Trust in the AI Era.
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for All in South Asia: Leveraging India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for I
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Teaching and Learning AI Policy: Practice and Impact
Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Natasha Crampton
6
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Harnessing AI for Health Equity: Building Inclusive Human Capital and Strengthen
India Future Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Diplomacy: Asia Leads – Governing Artificial Intelligence in a Fragmented Wor
techUK
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Universities as Clty-Scale AI Catalysts: Delhi’s Path from Research to Public Im
techUK
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Scaling Trusted AI: How France and India Are Building Industrial & Innovation Br
The Alan Turing Institute
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
20-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Unpacking Openness and Trust in AI: Global Perspectives
Partnership on AI (PAI)
Chenai Chair
6
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Generation AI @ 2047
Aapti Institute
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI for Health Innovations
Digital Public Goods Alliance
18-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
AI for All: Role of Open Source Hardware and Software
Center for Democracy & Technology
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability
The World Bank
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Catalyzing Global Investment for Equitable and Responsible AI in Health
AI for Development Funders Collaborative
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Vilas Dhar
6
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Ahmedabad, Governing Autonomy: Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, and the Infrastr
MICA
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Decoded: How AI Is Reshaping Work for Women
Indiaspora
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Regulatory Pathway for AI-Driven Medical Devices: Bridging Training, Validation,
The Rockefeller Foundation and Kalpa Impact
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Beyond Proof of Concepts: Using 4D-AI to Build Sovereign, Sustainable and Respon
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Sanjay Jain
5
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Embedding Trust in Innovation: AI Governance and Quality Infrastructure for Grow
Coursera India Pvt Ltd
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Empowering the Human Edge: Building a Future-Ready Workforce in the Age of AI
Gates Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Economic Growth and Social Good | AI for All: Driving Economic Advancemen
500 Global
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability
The World Bank
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
NextGen AI: Skills, Safety, and Social Value — technical mastery aligned with et
Primus Partners
S. Krishnan
5
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Responsible AI for Bharat: Building Trust, Safety, and Global Leadership
Impact Academy
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
India-Japan AI for the World
UNESCO
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Safeguarding Children in India’s AI Future: Towards Child-Centric AI Policy and
J-PAL
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
AI in Climate and Agriculture: Building Resilient Communities
Peak XV Partners
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
This session discusses the overarching vision, priorities, a
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Kazim Rizvi
5
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
South-South Cooperation in AI Policymaking: Developing a Collaboration Roadmap
Elsevier
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
AI Horizons: Building Safe and Trusted AI
Zephara AI
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Local Voices First: Why Inclusive AI for Data Systems Must Start on the Ground
Global Center on AI Governance (GCG)
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Safe and Trusted AI, AI for Economic Growth and Social Good, Inclusion for Socia
Intel Technology India Pvt. ltd.
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Keynote Session: Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, India
The Dialogue
Rachel Adams
5
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Democratising Access to AI through Data Infrastructure | Models, Governance and
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Local Voices First: Why Inclusive AI for Data Systems Must Start on the Ground
Global Center on AI Governance (GCG)
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Innovating Together: Harnessing Open-Source AI for Inclusive Economic Developmen
Nasscom
18-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Safe AI: Building Shared Trust and Accountability Infrastructure
International Association of Privacy Professionals
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
The Agent Universe: From Automation to Autonomy
Access Partnership
Jitin Prasada
5
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Women, Work, and the Future of AI
Primus Partners
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress
Center of Policy Research and Governance
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Democratizing Predictive AI: From Big Enterprises to MSMEs and Public Systems
Tiesverse Foundation (TIES)
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI Compute beyond GPUs
OpenAI
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
MedTech and AI Innovations in Public Health Systems
UNESCO
Amandeep Singh Gill
5
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Social Good: Impact that Works
United Nations Foundation
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Beyond Proof of Concepts: Using 4D-AI to Build Sovereign, Sustainable and Respon
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Realizing the Health Value of AI – Safely
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Ganesh Ramakrishnan
5
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
TIH for IoT & IoE, IIT Bombay., From Algorithms to Outcomes: Building AI that Wo
BharatGen
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
TIH for IoT & IoE, IIT Bombay., The AI Infrastructure Story: Data Centres and Cl
BharatGen
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
France India AI Initiative: A Shared Path to Ethical, Inclusive and Strategic In
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Government of Maharashtra, AI at the Core, 6G at the Edge: Designing India’s Nex
DIT
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Making AI for everyone: The case for personal, local, multilingual AI
Nasscom
Jibu El
4
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
From Guardrails to Adaptive Governance in the Global South: Building a Joint Res
EY (Ernst & Young LLP)
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Advancing AI Safety Across Languages, Cultures and Contexts
International Science Council
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Reimagining Accessibility of Public Broadcasting Data in the AI Era: Creating Vi
International Science Council
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI for India’s Digital Public Infrastructure and Industrial Future
Association for Computing Machinery
Astha Kapoor
4
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Enterprise Adoption of Responsible AI: Challenges, Frameworks and Solutions
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
16-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Women in AI: A South Asia Outlook on Representation, Equity and Empowerment
German Federal Foreign Office (FFO)
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Generation AI @ 2047
Aapti Institute
20-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Protecting Global Citizens by Securing Communications with AI
AI Now
Ashish Tewari
4
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Whose Language, Whose Model? Public-Interest Multilingual LLMs
PrivaSapien
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Global Dialogue on AI Usage-Data for Labour Market Resilience
Bureau of Indian Standards
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Government of Maharashtra, AI at the Core, 6G at the Edge: Designing India’s Nex
DIT
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
International AI Safety Coordination: What Policymakers Need to Know
Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (CoRE-AI)
Vibhav Mithal
4
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Whose Language, Whose Model? Public-Interest Multilingual LLMs
PrivaSapien
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Leveraging AI in Education: Human Capital, Inclusion, and Trust in the AI Era.
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for All in South Asia: Leveraging India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for I
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
New Delhi, Empowering People in the Age of AI: German–Asian Partnerships for Tal
Indian Council of Medical Research Headquarters
Sunil Wadhwani
4
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
IIT Madras, National Launch Event: AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) Rep
Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI)
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Scaling impact from India’s Soverign AI and Data
Wadhwani AI
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Rightsizing Governance in an AI-Driven World
Google LLC
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Connectivity and Inclusive AI for Global Growth
Gates Foundation
Kavita Bhatia
4
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Trade and Industry, Japan, Building High-Quality AI Systems for Education: From
Ministry of Economy
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Global AI Assurance and Standards: From Principles to Proof
Datasphere Initiative Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Putting AI to Work: Solving the Productivity Challenge through Faster Adoption
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
The Role of Science in International AI Governance
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Abhishek Ranjan
4
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Publicly Accessible Data and AI Training: Safeguards for Responsible Reuse
REC Limited
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Agri AI: Advancing Responsible AI for Agriculture
Climate Collective Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
The AI–Energy–Finance Trifecta: Future-Proofing India’s Datacenters
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
18-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI Impact Forum: Democratising AI Resources
India Smart Grid Forum
Rishi Bal
4
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Towards Global Cooperation for Equitable Access to Healthcare AI
Nasscom
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Societal Value: Responsible Innovation Across Healthcare and High-Impact
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
From AI Innovation to Nation-Building
IBM
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Scaling Human Potential in the Age of AI
Dell Technologies
Vrushali Gaud
4
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Towards Global Cooperation for Equitable Access to Healthcare AI
Nasscom
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI-Powered Ports: Reimagining Efficiency and Operations
REC Limited
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI and the Future of Creativity: Power, Originality, and Public Imagination
Climate Collective Foundation
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Governing Scientific AI at Scale: Safety, Evaluation, and Institutional Readines
Quantum Alliance
Elizabeth Kelly
4
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Scaling impact from India’s Soverign AI and Data
J-PAL
17-Feb-26 · 1:45 PM
AI Masterclass in Public Services
J-PAL
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Economic Growth and Social Good | AI for All: Driving Economic Advancemen
500 Global
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
NVIDIA x Activate: Building AI Companies in India from Day Zero
NVIDIA
Amit Sheth
4
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Societal Value: Responsible Innovation Across Healthcare and High-Impact
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
From AI Innovation to Nation-Building
IBM
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
India Energy Stack (IES) and the AI-Ready Power Sector: Trust, Interoperability,
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA)
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
From Silicon to Society: Power Transitions in the AI Century
Indian AI Research Organisation
Amith Singhee
4
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Societal Value: Responsible Innovation Across Healthcare and High-Impact
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
From AI Innovation to Nation-Building
IBM
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
US-India Coordination on Cyber Security and Resilience
United States–India Business Council (USIBC)
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Societal Good: Global Nonprofit Innovations
The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
Ankit Bose
4
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
From Insights to Action for Resilient, High-Performance Data Centres
Sify Technologies Limited
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI and Workforce Transformation: India’s Roadmap to Global Competitiveness
Infosys Limited
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Trustworthy AI for All: Democratizing AI Resources Across the Stack
United Nations OHCHR B-Tech
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Making AI for everyone: The case for personal, local, multilingual AI
Nasscom
Alondra Nelson
4
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
World Café Cross-Border Applied AI Joint Research, Innovation and Startup Commun
AI Policy and Governance Working Group (AIPGWG)
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Welfare for All: Ensuring Equitable AI Growth Across the World’s Largest and Old
Center of Policy Research and Governance
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Beyond Moonshots: A Playbook for Many
UK AI Security Institute
20-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Protecting Global Citizens by Securing Communications with AI
AI Now
Karthik Adapa
4
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI, Innovation and Collaboration: Shaping Resilient Economies
The World Bank
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Countering Disinformation Warfare and Building Resilient Societies in an Era of
Blockchain For Impact
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Strengthening Data and AI Collaboratives for Economic Growth and Social Good
State Health Systems Resource Center
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Sovereign AI for India: Designing the Nation’s Future Compute, Data and Innovati
Eka Care
Carsten Maple
4
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Diplomacy: Asia Leads – Governing Artificial Intelligence in a Fragmented Wor
techUK
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Universities as Clty-Scale AI Catalysts: Delhi’s Path from Research to Public Im
techUK
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Putting AI to Work: Solving the Productivity Challenge through Faster Adoption
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Scaling Trusted AI: How France and India Are Building Industrial & Innovation Br
The Alan Turing Institute
Alain Labrique
4
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Global AI Assurance and Standards: From Principles to Proof
World Health Organization
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Building Trust in the Age of Synthetic Media
World Health Organization
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Equipping the Judiciary to Harness the Power of AI
NCG–KCDO
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
High-level Panel Discussion on AI Bridges: India–Israel Innovation Dialogue
World Health Organization
Jason Oxman
4
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Safe and Trusted AI: Standardization in the age of LLMs, Generative and Agentic
Koan Advisory Group
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Diagnosing the Future: AI Transforming Healthcare Systems
Koan Advisory Group
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI and Open Networks: Creating Impact at Scale
Information Technology Industry Council
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI Competitiveness through Regional Collaboration
Information Technology Industry Council
Philip Thigo
4
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artific
Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Local Voices First: Why Inclusive AI for Data Systems Must Start on the Ground
Global Center on AI Governance (GCG)
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
AI for Economic Growth & Social Good: Industry Synergies for Inclusive Innovatio
AI Safety Asia
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, Security, Privacy, Et
Digital Futures Lab
Yoshua Bengio
4
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artific
Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI in Negotiations, Diplomacy, and Conflict Management
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Beyond Moonshots: A Playbook for Many
UK AI Security Institute
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Open Networks in the Global South
European Commission
Saurabh Garg
4
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Teacher-Led, Localised and Frugal AI for Equitable Education in the Commonwealth
PARIS21 (OECD)
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability
The World Bank
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Scaling Trusted AI: How France and India Are Building Industrial & Innovation Br
The Alan Turing Institute
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Regulatory Pathway for AI-Driven Medical Devices: Bridging Training, Validation,
The Rockefeller Foundation and Kalpa Impact
Nitish Kumar
4
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Model Context Protocol, Open Standards and Data in the Age of Agentic AI
IN-SPACe
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Building Sovereign Deep Tech for a Resilient Future
IN-SPACe
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Government of Andhra Pradesh, Where AI Innovation meets Impact in Cancer Care—CA
Department of Agriculture
18-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Implementing AI Standards for Global Prosperity in an Era of Agentic AI
Qualcomm
Sangbu Kim
4
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability
The World Bank
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Rightsizing Governance in an AI-Driven World
Google LLC
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Democratizing AI Resources Bridging the Global Infrastructure Divide – Leadershi
AI Safety Connect (AISC)
Mohit Jain
3
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Leadership Talk: Harnessing AI for the Future of Learning and Work
University of Pennsylvania
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Building Safe and Trusted AI Through Fair and Transparent AI Supply Chain Labour
Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA)
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
The University of Melbourne, From Guidelines to Ground: Institutional AI Safety
Centre for Digital Transformation of Health (CDTH)
Amanda Craig
3
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Belgium), From Vision to Action: Scaling Equitable AI Advisory Systems Through A
TIC Council (Headquarters- Brussels
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Operationalising Open Source AI: Pathways to Sovereignty
Frontier Model Forum
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Keynote Session : Cristiano Amon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcom
MLCommons
Sameer Gahlot
3
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Road Safety: Data-Driven Solutions for Enhancing Road Safety in India
National Internet Exchange of India
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Leveraging AI in Education: Human Capital, Inclusion, and Trust in the AI Era.
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
17-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for All in South Asia: Leveraging India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for I
Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)
Jagadish Babu
3
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Empowering the Human Edge: Building a Future-Ready Workforce in the Age of AI
Gates Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Women at the Frontline of AI: Reimagining Skilling for India’s Community Health
EkStep Foundation
17-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
AI for Resilient India: Driving Innovation and Efficiency at Scale
Frugal AI Hub at Cambridge Judge Business School
Sujith Nair
3
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Practical Aspects of Using AI in Daily Life
International Centre for Sustainability
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Agri AI: Advancing Responsible AI for Agriculture
Climate Collective Foundation
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI for Economic Growth and Social Good- Industry Synergies for Inclusive Innovat
Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Private Limited
Rohan Chhatwal
3
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Effective AI Assessments, V
NSRCEL
16-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI for Industries: Resilience, Innovation and Efficiency
Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Democratizing AI Resources in India
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Mona Duggal
3
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI for Bharat
HEALTH AI – THE GLOBAL AGENCY FOR RESPONSIBLE AI IN HEALTH
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Data Sharing Infrastructures for AI: Building for Trust, Purpose, and Public Val
NIMS University Rajasthan
17-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Powering Quantum Technologies with AI: U.S.–India Collaboration
Center for Global Digital Health Innovation
🏢 Organisations
NVIDIA
16
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Global Capital, Local Advantage: India in the AI Race
👤 Calista Redmond, Jigar Halani, John Fanelli, Marc Hamilton
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI and Robotics: The Engine of India’s New Industrial Age
👤 Assaf Azrilevich, Benedict Macon Cooney, Raj Reddy, Tapan Sahoo
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Inaugural Session & Launch of WG Deliverables, Official
👤 Amit Goel, Raghu Dharmaraju, Shashank Reddy
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Building Sovereign Deep Tech for a Resilient Future
👤 Anshul Mishra, Jumbi Edulbehram, Mashal Dhawan, Ujjwal Kumar
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
👤 Amit Goel
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Empowering AI Startups: Democratizing Compute for Economic Growth
👤 Kamya Chandra (Moderator), Lipika Kapoor, Yogesh Agarwal
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Advancing LLM Training At Extreme Scale
👤 Arun Kumar, Tobias Halloran
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
From Opportunity to Impact: Sharing the Israeli Model of AI Innovation and Gover
👤 Bernard Nguyen
18-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Open AI Platforms: Building India’s Unified Public Goods
👤 Raghav Mani, Suhel Bidani
18-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI for Energy Systems/Utilities
👤 Keyzom Ngodup Massally, Nabiha Syed, Pradeep Gupta, Tanvi Lall
18-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Unleashing Impact: Building the Purpose-Driven Data and AI Workforce
👤 Srikanth Kodali
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
From Principles to Proof: Operationalizing Responsible AI for Global Impact
👤 Anne Robinson, Durga Malladi, Ipsita Dasgupta, Magnus Ewerbring
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI for Weather and Climate Intelligence
👤 Anand Kashyap, Balaraman Ravindran, Moderator: Tom David, Mohit Kapoor
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI for Everyone: Empowering People, Businesses, and Society
👤 Karthik Kashinath
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
NVIDIA x Activate: Building AI Companies in India from Day Zero
👤 Elizabeth Kelly, Shilpa Kolhatkar, Tulio Andrade
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Empowering Billions: AI, Health Records, and the Future of People-Powered Care
👤 Tobias Halloran
J-PAL
8
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Scaling impact from India’s Soverign AI and Data
👤 Aimee Barnes, Asra Khan, Audrey Lorvo, Azeez Gupta
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Safeguarding Children in India’s AI Future: Towards Child-Centric AI Policy and
👤 Iqbal Dhaliwal, Michael Kremer, S. Krishnan
17-Feb-26 · 10:20 AM
Data, People, and Pre-Empting Mass Exclusion: Building Ethical AI as Digital Pub
👤 Aimee Barnes, Rob Sherman, Senthil Kumar, Shahed Alam
17-Feb-26 · 11:40 AM
AI Masterclass in Financial Services
👤 Dean Karlan, Kapil Viswanathan, Mohammed Y. Safirulla, Utkarsh Saxena
17-Feb-26 · 1:45 PM
AI Masterclass in Public Services
👤 David Yanagizawa-Drott, Elizabeth Kelly, Murugan Vasudevan, Shankar Maruwada
17-Feb-26 · 2:45 PM
Social Empowerment via AI Accessibility
👤 Abhishek Singh, Iqbal Dhaliwal”, Maggie Johnson
17-Feb-26 · 3:40 PM
AI Masterclass in Enterprise Operations
👤 George Richards, Maulik Jagnani
17-Feb-26 · 4:40 PM
AI for All: Building India’s Future-Ready Human Capital from School to Workforce
👤 Azeez Gupta, Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Marguerite Clarke, Namya Mahajan
FICCI
7
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
From Implementers to Innovators: Shifting the Narrative Towards Women Entreprene
👤 Ajay Kumar Sood, Ajay Vij, Gokul V Subramaniam, Hector de Rivoire
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Building AI for Bharat: From Innovation to Outcomes
👤 Bhuvan Lodha, Manish Agarwal, Neeraj Aggarwal, Saurabh Mittal
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Innovation to Impact: AI as a Public Health Gamechanger
👤 Anna Roy, Annapurna Vishwanathan, Ivana Bartoletti, Roma Datta Chobey
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI/ML-Driven Virtual Immersive Personalized Training
👤 Krithika Rangarajan, Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Vidur Mahajan, Adarsh Srivastava
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Foster AI Adoption in the Global South
👤 Anand Chandra, Hemant Seth, Hemendra Mathur, Navneet Ravikar
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Sovereign AI Infrastructure for Bharat and Global South
👤 Brad Staples, Gokul V Subramaniam, Sandeep Saxena, Sharath Bulusu
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Leadership Dialogue on AI in Mobility: Accelerating the Future of Intelligent Tr
👤 Ulrike Till, Ameet Datta, Amit Kumar, Blaise Fernandes
Nasscom
7
16-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Towards Global Cooperation for Equitable Access to Healthcare AI
👤 Ashish Aggarwal, Nicole Foster, Rishi Bal, Ritu Mehrotra
17-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Navigating AI-DPI Geopolitics: An Autonomous and Strategic Approach for the Glob
👤 Ashish Aggarwal, Gail Kent, Ivana Bartoletti, Jules Polonetsky
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI for the SDGs
👤 Anne E. Robinson, Shardul S. Shroff, Jace Johnson
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Innovating Together: Harnessing Open-Source AI for Inclusive Economic Developmen
👤 Ajay Sehgal, Kautsarina Adam, Rachel Adams, Srikant Velmakani
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Blueprint to Accelerate India’s AI Success
👤 Radhakant Das, Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Sandeep Sharma, Sanjay Nekkanti
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Building Blocks for National AI Strategy and Implementation
👤 Ravi Aurora, Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan, Vishnu R Dusad, Sangeeta Gupta
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Making AI for everyone: The case for personal, local, multilingual AI
👤 Ankit Bose, Bhaskar Gorti, Breno Melo, Kalyan Kumar
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
6
17-Feb-26 · 9:00 AM
AI Masterclass in Robotics
👤 Srividhya Muralidharan
17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for India’s Next Billion: Intergenerational Insights for Inclusive and Future
👤 Laksh Parthasarthy, Naresh Mehta
17-Feb-26 · 12:00 PM
Democratizing AI Resources: Research Pathways to Open, Equitable Access
👤 Babu Unnikrishnan
17-Feb-26 · 2:00 PM
Tata Bharat YUVAi Hackathon
👤 Arun Ramchandran, Sankha Som
17-Feb-26 · 2:00 PM
Engineering Digital Trust in the Age of AI – Blockchain as the Backbone of India
👤 Srividhya Muralidharan
17-Feb-26 · 4:00 PM
Global Capital, Local Advantage: India in the AI Race
👤 Vasant Srinivasan
EkStep Foundation
6
17-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Women at the Frontline of AI: Reimagining Skilling for India’s Community Health
👤 Benjamin Piper, Cem Mete, Jagadish Babu, Mitesh Khapra
18-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Safe and Trusted Agentic AI: Building Accountability and Inclusion for India and
👤 Gaurav Gupta, Abhinav Gopal, Madan Padaki, Virender Singh
18-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Shaping Secure, Ethical and Accountable AI Systems for a Shared Future
👤 Akash Kapur, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Nitarshan Rajkumar, Deepika Mogilishetty
18-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Resilience and Customer Protection in the Age of AI
👤 Ananth Nagaraj, Debdoot Mukherjee, Maitreya Wagh, Ramesh MC
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Enabling Global Enterprise AI Adoption for Impact
👤 Debabrata Das, V K Paul, Mitesh Khapra, Prem Ramaswami
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Smaller Footprint, Bigger Impact: Advancing Resilient and Efficient AI Models fo
👤 Dario Amodei, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Esther Dweck, Nandan Nilekani
Mastercard
4
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
From Buzzword to Blueprint: Engineering Sustainable AI at Scale
👤 Pankaj Jalote, Prakhar Mehrotra, Dr Subi Chaturvedi, Janet George
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI for Disability Inclusion: Global Lessons on Accessibility by Design
👤 Huzur Saran, Sanjay Bahl, Srikanta Bedathur, Gaurav Gupta MeITY
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI in Governance: Revolutionising Government Efficiency
👤 Huzur Saran, Sanjay Bahl, Srikanta Bedathur, Gaurav Gupta MeITY
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
AI as a Topic and a Tool: The Future of Foreign Policy in an Age of Algorithms
👤 Caroline Louveaux, Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi, Janet George, Aparna Gupta
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
4
18-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Beyond Earth: How AI is Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
👤 Amandeep Singh Gill, Kamal Kishore, Komal Sharma Talwar, Paula Bogantes Zamora
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI in Negotiations, Diplomacy, and Conflict Management
👤 Ajay Kumar Sood, Amandeep Gill, Anil Ananthaswamy, Anne Bouverot
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Beyond Proof of Concepts: Using 4D-AI to Build Sovereign, Sustainable and Respon
👤 Amandeep Singh Gill, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard, B. Ravindran, H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Realizing the Health Value of AI – Safely
👤 Amandeep Singh Gill, Chris Lehane, Joanna Shields, Maria Bielikova
KPMG
3
16-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Multilingual AI in Universities – Advancing Inclusion Through UA and Stakeholder
👤 Ashish Kulkarni, Manish Kumar, Narayanan Ramaswamy, Vijay Kumar
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Roundtable on AI for Decarbonisation and Circularity: Building India’s Low-Carbo
👤 Idashisha Nongrang, Martin Willcox, Pier Stefano, Brijesh Singh
17-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artific
👤 Amitabh Nag, Brijendra Kumar, Calista Redmond, Harsh Dhand
Gates Foundation
3
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Empowering the Human Edge: Building a Future-Ready Workforce in the Age of AI
👤 Fatema AlMulla, Jagadish Babu, Nidhi Bhasin, Niriksha Shetty
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI for Inclusive Societal Development
👤 Monika Sharma, Richard Rukwata, Trevor Mundel, Minister Paula Ingabire
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Connectivity and Inclusive AI for Global Growth
👤 Ankur Vora, Lacina Koné, Sunil Wadhwani, Shikoh Gitau
German Federal Foreign Office (FFO)
3
16-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Women in AI: A South Asia Outlook on Representation, Equity and Empowerment
👤 Astha Kapoor, Urvashi Aneja, Hans-Christian Mangelsdorf, Lars Radscheidt
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Genomics, AI, and the Future of Health: Data Visitation to Empower the Global So
👤 Iliya Nickelt, Gunda Ehmke (German National), Hans-Christian Mangelsdorf, Yannik Sassmann
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
India at the Centre of the Global AI and Semiconductor Power Shift
👤 Gunda Ehmke, Hans-Christian Mangelsdorf, Norman Schulz, Sharinee Jagtiani
Future Shift Labs Foundation
3
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI and the Future of Work: Employability, Skills, and Labour Market Transformati
👤 Lord Uday Nagaraju, Sarith Felber, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Sujeet Kumar
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building Sovereign AI Infrastructure: Empowering Citizens, Transforming Nations
👤 Damar Juniarto, Lipika Kapoor, Niki Iliadis, Pauline Charazac
18-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Boosting AI Adoption in the Global South: Critical Role of Trust Across the AI T
👤 Damar Juniarto, Lipika Kapoor, Niki Iliadis, Pauline Charazac
The Dialogue
3
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
From Promising Pilots to System Shifts: What It Really Takes to Scale Responsibl
👤 Markus Siewert, Sasmit Patra, Ivana Bartoletti, Krishna Lavu
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
AI and Intellectual Property: Building an Equitable Innovation Ecosystem
👤 Erez Naftali Askal, Sanjay Kadaveru, Shira Lev Ami, Yoel Ben Or
20-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Keynote Session: Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, India
👤 Kazim Rizvi, Priyanka Jain, Vikram Kishore Bhattacharya
UNESCO
3
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
India-Japan AI for the World
👤 Ajay Kumar Sood, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Abhishek Singh, S. Krishnan
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Balancing Sovereignty and Collaboration: AI Frameworks for Nations
👤 Tawfik Jelassi, Gilmar Mendes, Ma’aly Hazzaz, Jhalak Kakkar
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
MedTech and AI Innovations in Public Health Systems
👤 Brando Benifei, Debjani Ghosh, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Tawfik Jelassi
REC Limited
3
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Publicly Accessible Data and AI Training: Safeguards for Responsible Reuse
👤 Abhishek Ranjan, Ashish Khanna, Jeremy Oppenheim, Prince Dhawan
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI-Powered Ports: Reimagining Efficiency and Operations
👤 Ashish Kumar Goel, Jitendra Srivastava, Mani Khurana, MoeZ Cherif
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Data for Development: Building AI in the Global South
👤 Swetha Ravi Kumar, Sh Jitendra Srivastava, Sh Pankaj Agarwal, Sh. Nandan Nilekani
Primus Partners
3
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Women, Work, and the Future of AI
👤 Balaraman Ravindran, Navrina Singh, Pratyush Kumar, Santhosh Viswanathan
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
NextGen AI: Skills, Safety, and Social Value — technical mastery aligned with et
👤 Raj Kumar, Prateek Aggarwal, Sanjay Jain, Narendra Bhooshan (IAS)
20-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
Leveraging AI4All: Pathways to Inclusion
👤 Anupam Chattopadhyay, Babak Hodjat, Balaji Thiagarajan, Hari Menon
Center of Policy Research and Governance
3
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress
👤 Chetan Aggarwal, Ramanand, Johan Harvard, Noopur Jhunjhunwala
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Healthcare for All: Inclusive AI Solutions at Population Scale
👤 Alok Kumar Rai, Anne Neuberger, Ashish Chahuan, Madan Mohan Tripathi
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Welfare for All: Ensuring Equitable AI Growth Across the World’s Largest and Old
👤 Alondra Nelson, Anand Rao Patil, Pankaj Arora, Pranav Gupta
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
3
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress
👤 Iliya Peter Nickelt-Czycykowski, Gaurav Godhwani, Karolin Erdman, Navya Alam
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Responsible AI in Action: How Global Enterprises Are Building Trust at Scale
👤 Bärbel Kofler, Nakul Jain, Robert Opp, Srini Tallapragada
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Solutions for Climate Resilience: Scaling Innovation and Efficiency
👤 Arthur Rapp, Kusumita Arora, Baerbel Kofler, Augustus Azariah
STPI
3
17-Feb-26 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
ESDS & Yotta, AI in Health: Saving Lives at Scale
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17-Feb-26 · 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
SAU & BFPF, Investing in Bharat: Regional AI Hubs and Inclusive Growth
👤 Shiv Sharma, BFPF, Satya.N.Gupta, SAU
20-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Fireside Chat
👤 Prof.(Dr.) Alok Pandey, Dean, O.P. Jindal Global University, Jawar Singh
The World Bank
3
17-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI, Innovation and Collaboration: Shaping Resilient Economies
👤 Aparnaa Somanathan, Geetha Manjunath, Kalavathi GV, Karthik Adapa
20-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
Building AI Readiness: From Compute to Capability
👤 Chenai Chair, Faith Waithaka, Ronnie Chatterji, Sangbu Kim
20-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Mobilizing AI for the Collective Good
👤 Anu Bradford, Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, Jeanette Rodrigues, Johannes Zutt
techUK
3
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
AI Diplomacy: Asia Leads – Governing Artificial Intelligence in a Fragmented Wor
👤 Bindya S RaJ, Carsten Maple, Natasha Crampton, Raj Bharat Patel
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Universities as Clty-Scale AI Catalysts: Delhi’s Path from Research to Public Im
👤 Bindya S RaJ, Carsten Maple, Natasha Crampton, Raj Bharat Patel
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Scaling Climate Solutions: Data, AI, and India’s Energy Transformation
👤 Isabella Wilkinson, Melika Carroll, Navrina Singh, Raffi Krikorian
World Health Organization
3
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Global AI Assurance and Standards: From Principles to Proof
👤 Alain Labrique, Andreas Reis, Divleen Jeji, Emily Muller
17-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Building Trust in the Age of Synthetic Media
👤 Alain Labrique, Andreas Reis, Divleen Jeji, Emily Muller
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
High-level Panel Discussion on AI Bridges: India–Israel Innovation Dialogue
👤 Alain Labrique, Catharina Boehma, Haitham Ali Ahmed El‑Noush, Prathiba M. Singh
T-Hub Foundation
3
20-Feb-26 · 12:30 PM
Peace, Power and Perspectives: A Value-Based Approach to Trustworthy AI
👤 Archana, Angela Lusigi, Priyanka Ravala, Rekha Srinivasan
20-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Building Trustworthy AI: Foundations and Practical Pathways
👤 Archana, Angela Lusigi, Rekha Srinivasan, Yosuke Sato
20-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
Applying AI: How AI Innovators and Governments Reshape the Public Sector
👤 Angela Lusigi, Himanshu Nivsarkar, Janet Joseph, Priyanka Ravala
Karya
2
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Unlocking AI’s Potential for Agricultural Innovation and DPI-Enabled Economic Gr
👤 Amitabh Nag, Divya Siddarth, Dr. Sunayana Sitaram, Manu Chopra
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
AI for Education: Future-Ready Universities and Schools
👤 Aranya Sahay, Arjun Venkatraman, Kalika Bali, Shikoh Gitau
Japan International Cooperation Agency
2
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Harnessing AI for Water Resilience and Sustainable Growth
👤 Idris A. Rai, Jay Krishnan, Phani Nagarjuna, Roma Datta Chobey
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
The Role of Science in International AI Governance
👤 Atsushi Yamanka, Hoda Baraka, Kavita Bhatia, Laura Gilbert
Apna.co
2
16-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
Sovereign AI for National Security : India’s Path to digital Sovereignty
👤 Dr.Preet Deep Singh, Shiva Kakkar, Prof.Vaibhav Chaudhary, Shri.Nirmit Parikh
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Public Audit for greater Transparency and
👤 Dhanya M. B., Ajoy Sharma, Kartik Narayan, Ritesh Hada
Mozilla
2
16-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
Unlocking Health Equity through Responsible AI
👤 Amba Kak, Augustine Peter, Kush Amlani, Pallavi Shroff
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Unlocking the Future: A Pact Between Tech Giants and the Next Generation
👤 Calista Redmond, Joelle Pineau, Lavu Devaraylu, Mark Latonero
HCL GUVI (GUVI Geek Network)
2
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
The AI-DPI Nexus: The Future of Public Interest Technology
👤 Abhinav Ghosh, Chandrasekhar Buddha, Madhumit Singh Dixit, Ankit Kakkar
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Power, Protection, and Progress: Legislators and the AI Era
👤 Abhinav Ghosh, Chandrasekhar Buddha, Madhumit Singh Dixit, Ankit Kakkar
Digital Impact Alliance
2
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
Trustworthy AI: Balancing Innovation and Regulation
👤 Antonio Zaballos, Olubayo Adekanmbi, Howard Lakougna, Kamya Chandra
18-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
What if Fairness started at the Dataset Level? Need for a Fair Human-Centric Ima
👤 Cina Lawson, Diana Sang, Lacina Kone, Nandan Nilekani
Infosys Limited
2
16-Feb-26 · 1:30 PM
AI in Biology – Impact on Biomanufacturing
👤 Caitlin Searle, Inderpreet Sawhney, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Syed Ahmed
20-Feb-26 · 10:30 AM
AI and Workforce Transformation: India’s Roadmap to Global Competitiveness
👤 Ankit Bose, Manish Gupta, Sunil Abraham, Syed Ahmed
Nasscom – Responsible AI Hub
2
16-Feb-26 · 2:30 PM
Policymakers’ Dialogue on AI, Policy Evolution, and the Rule of Law
👤 Amba Kak, Amit Kumar, Gabi Leibowitz, Gaurav Godhwani
18-Feb-26 · 11:30 AM
From Volume to Value: Role of AI in Redefining Indian Pharma’s Leadership for Vi
👤 Bärbel Kofler, Urvashi Aneja, M Chockalingam, Amanda Brock
Globethics
2
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
High-level discussion on APAC Centre for AI
👤 Chinmay Pandya, Gabriela Ramos, Marine Collins Ragnet, Paola Galvez
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
The Future of Work for the Global South: Skilling for Opportunity and Social Mob
👤 Chinmay Pandya, Gabriela Ramos, Marine Collins Ragnet, Paola Galvez
Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI)
2
16-Feb-26 · 3:30 PM
IIT Madras, National Launch Event: AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) Rep
👤 Anil Ananthaswamy, Krishnan Narayanan, Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja, Srinivasan Parthasarathy
17-Feb-26 · 5:30 PM
IIT Madras, Stacked for Scale: The Future of AI Compute, Semiconductors, and Fou
👤 Aisha Walcott-Bryant, Dame Wendy Hall, Vukosi Marivate
PARIS21 (OECD)
2
16-Feb-26 · 4:30 PM
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Reimagining Accessibility of Public Broadcasting Data in the AI Era: Creating Vi
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Agri AI: Advancing Responsible AI for Agriculture
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AI and the Future of Creativity: Power, Originality, and Public Imagination
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IBM
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AI for Societal Value: Responsible Innovation Across Healthcare and High-Impact
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From AI Innovation to Nation-Building
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BharatGen
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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17-Feb-26 · 9:30 AM
AI for Impact – Global South Forum: Shared Solutions, Shared Futures
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The AI–Energy–Finance Trifecta: Future-Proofing India’s Datacenters
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Frontier Model Forum
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Globethics
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UNESCO
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Karya
Balaraman Ravindran
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Primus Partners
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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Dhirubhai Ambani University School of Law
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Primus Partners
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Center of Policy Research and Governance
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International Science Council
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REC Limited
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India Future Foundation
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Climate Collective Foundation
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NIMS University Rajasthan
17-Feb-26
9:30 AM
Abhishek Singh
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IBM
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IBM
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IBM
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IBM
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IBM
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IBM
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Sify Technologies Limited
10:30 AM
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— The AI–Energy–Finance Trifecta: Future-Proofing India’s Data…
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Vrushali Gaud
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REC Limited
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11:30 AM
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— Building Trust in the Age of Synthetic Media…
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techUK
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techUK
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techUK
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techUK
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Alain Labrique
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Blockchain For Impact
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
18-Feb-26
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Abhishek Singh
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NVIDIA
3:30 PM
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Kazim Rizvi
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Intel Technology India Pvt. ltd.
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Access Partnership
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United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
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Indian Council of Medical Research Headquarters
Alondra Nelson
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UK AI Security Institute
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EkStep Foundation
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Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (CoRE-AI)
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Indian AI Research Organisation
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Digital Futures Lab
Chenai Chair
— Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, S…
Digital Futures Lab
Vilas Dhar
— Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, S…
Digital Futures Lab
Kazim Rizvi
— Keynote Session: Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, I…
The Dialogue
Amandeep Singh Gill
— Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, S…
Digital Futures Lab
Philip Thigo
— Artificial General Intelligence: A New Paradigm of Safety, S…
Digital Futures Lab
5:30 PM
Natasha Crampton
— Unpacking Openness and Trust in AI: Global Perspectives…
Partnership on AI (PAI)
Astha Kapoor
— Protecting Global Citizens by Securing Communications with A…
AI Now
Alondra Nelson
— Protecting Global Citizens by Securing Communications with A…
AI Now
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