India AI Impact Summit 2026
Session reports
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09:45 - 10:00 Keynote-N Chandrasekaran
09:45 - 10:00 Welcome Address
10:00 - 10:15 Keynote-Dario Amodei
10:00 - 10:15 Keynote-Sundar Pichai
10:00 - 10:30 Panel Discussion: 01
10:15 - 10:30 Announcement of New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments
10:15 - 10:30 Keynote-António Guterres
10:15 - 10:30 Keynote-HE Emmanuel Macron
10:30 - 11:15 Conversation: 01
11:00 - 11:15 Keynote-Ankur Vora
11:00 - 11:15 Keynote-Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
11:15 - 11:30 Conversation: 02
11:15 - 11:30 Fireside Conversation: 01
12:00 - 12:15 Keynote-Vishal Sikka
12:00 - 12:30 Fireside Conversation: 02
12:30 - 12:45 Keynote-Rishad Premji
12:45 - 13:00 Keynote-Sam Altman
13:15 - 13:30 Keynote-Brad Smith
13:30 - 13:45 Keynote-Demis Hassabis
13:45 - 14:00 Keynote-Julie Sweet
14:00 - 14:15 Keynote-Alexandr Wang
14:00 - 14:15 Keynote-Roy Jakobs
14:15 - 14:30 Keynote-Martin Schroeter
14:30 - 14:45 Keynote-Jeet Adani
14:45 - 15:00 Keynote-Olivier Blum
15:15 - 15:30 Keynote-Rajesh Subramanian
15:30 - 15:45 Keynote-Vinod Khosla
16:00 - 16:15 Keynote-Rishi Sunak
16:15 - 16:30 Keynote-Bejul Somaia
16:30 - 16:45 Keynote-Surya Ganguli
16:45 - 17:00 Keynote-Lars Reger
10:00 - 11:00 AI 2.0 Reimagining Indian education system
10:00 - 11:00 AI 2.0 The Future of Learning in India
10:00 - 11:00 AI Automation in Telecom_ Ensuring Accountability and Public Trust India AI Impact Summit 2026
10:00 - 11:00 AI for Good Technology That Empowers People
10:00 - 11:00 AI for Good Technology That Empowers People
10:00 - 11:00 AI Innovation in India
11:00 - 12:00 Agentic AI in Focus Opportunities Risks and Governance
11:00 - 12:00 AI Algorithms and the Future of Global Diplomacy
11:00 - 12:00 AI for Safer Workplaces & Smarter Industries Transforming Risk into Real-Time Intelligence
11:00 - 12:00 AI for Social Empowerment_ Driving Change and Inclusion
11:00 - 12:00 Building Climate-Resilient Systems with AI
11:00 - 12:00 Building Inclusive Societies with AI
11:00 - 12:00 Building Indias Digital and Industrial Future with AI
11:00 - 12:00 Building Scalable AI Through Global South Partnerships
11:00 - 12:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale - Keynote Anne Bouverot
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Fireside Chat Moderator- Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Amb Thomas Schneider
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Ananya Birla Birla AI Labs
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Cristiano Amon
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Ebba Busch Deputy Prime Minister Sweden
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Giordano Albertazzi
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Hemant Taneja General Catalyst
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
12:00 - 13:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Lt Gen Vipul Shinghal
12:00 - 13:00 Driving Enterprise Impact Through Scalable AI Adoption
12:00 - 13:00 Driving Indias AI Future Growth Innovation and Impact
12:00 - 13:00 ElevenLabs Voice AI Session & NCRB/NPMFireside Chat
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Matthew Prince Cloudflare
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Takahito Tokita Fujitsu
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Vijay Shekar Sharma Paytm
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Keynote Vivek Raghavan Sarvam AI
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Panel Discussion Moderator Amitabh Kant NITI
13:00 - 14:00 Building Trusted AI at Scale Cities Startups & Digital Sovereignty - Panel Discussion Moderator Sidharth Madaan
13:00 - 14:00 Global Enterprises Show How to Scale Responsible AI
13:00 - 14:00 HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTE FOR DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO AI
13:00 - 14:00 How AI Drives Innovation and Economic Growth
13:00 - 14:00 How AI Is Transforming Diplomacy and Conflict Management
14:00 - 15:00 Building the Workforce_ AI for Viksit Bharat 2047
14:00 - 15:00 Capacity Building in Digital Health
14:00 - 15:00 Empowering India & the Global South Through AI Literacy
14:00 - 15:00 How Multilingual AI Bridges the Gap to Inclusive Access
14:00 - 15:00 How the EU’s GPAI Code Shapes Safe and Trustworthy AI Governance India AI Impact Summit 2026
14:00 - 15:00 Inclusive AI Starts with People Not Just Algorithms
14:00 - 15:00 Indias AI Leap Policy to Practice with AIP2
14:00 - 15:00 Indias Roadmap to an AGI-Enabled Future
15:00 - 16:00 From Innovation to Impact_ Bringing AI to the Public
15:00 - 16:00 Global Perspectives on Openness and Trust in AI
15:00 - 16:00 How AI Drives Innovation and Economic Growth
15:00 - 16:00 How Small AI Solutions Are Creating Big Social Change
15:00 - 16:00 Inclusive AI_ Why Linguistic Diversity Matters
15:00 - 16:00 Keynote Address_Revanth Reddy_Chief Minister Telangana
15:00 - 16:00 Keynote Adresses at India AI Impact Summit 2026
15:00 - 16:00 Keynote by Uday Shankar Vice Chairman_JioStar India
15:00 - 16:00 MahaAI Building Safe Secure & Smart Governance
15:00 - 16:00 Multistakeholder Partnerships for Thriving AI Ecosystems
15:00 - 16:00 National Disaster Management Authority
15:00 - 16:00 NextGen AI Skills Safety and Social Value - technical mastery aligned with ethical standards
16:00 - 17:00 Invest India Fireside Chat
16:00 - 17:00 Keynote by Marcus Wallenberg Chairman SEB & Saab
16:00 - 17:00 Keynote by Sangita Reddy Joint Managing Director Apollo Hospitals India AI Impact Summit
16:00 - 17:00 Leveraging AI4All_ Pathways to Inclusion
16:00 - 17:00 MedTech and AI Innovations in Public Health Systems
16:00 - 17:00 Open Internet Inclusive AI Unlocking Innovation for All
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion AI and the Creative Economy
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion Data Sovereignty India AI Impact Summit
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion Inclusion Innovation & the Future of AI
16:00 - 17:00 Responsible AI for Shared Prosperity
16:00 - 17:00 Safe and Responsible AI at Scale Practical Pathways
17:00 - 18:00 Nepal Engagement Session
17:00 - 18:00 Panel Discussion AI in Healthcare India AI Impact Summit
17:00 - 18:00 Regional Leaders Discuss AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure
17:00 - 18:00 Skilling and Education in AI
18:00 - 19:00 Safeguarding Children with Responsible AI
18:00 - 19:00 Trusted Connections_ Ethical AI in Telecom & 6G Networks
18:00 - 19:00 Who Watches the Watchers Building Trust in AI Governance
18:00 - 19:00 Why science metters in global AI governance
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The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is a global convening on AI scheduled for 19–20 February 2026 in New Delhi, India. Hosted under the auspices of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Summit brings together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, civil society representatives, and international organisations to explore how AI can be developed and deployed to generate positive societal, economic, and environmental outcomes.
Structured around guiding principles of People, Planet, and Progress, the Summit’s programme focuses on thematic areas such as human capital and inclusion, safe and trusted AI, innovation and resilience, democratising AI resources, and AI for economic growth and social good. It is intended to foster actionable insights, multistakeholder dialogue, and global cooperation on priority issues related to the impact of responsible AI.
The Summit will feature high-level plenaries, panel discussions, research symposia, innovation challenges, and an AI Expo, serving as a platform to showcase cutting-edge AI solutions and facilitate partnerships among diverse actors across government, academia, civil society, and the private sector. Pre-Summit events and affiliated activities have been organised in the months leading up to the main event to engage global participants and expand discourse on AI’s potential.
The Summit is positioned within a broader international context of AI governance and collaboration, building on earlier global AI dialogues and aiming to complement ongoing efforts to ensure AI contributes to inclusive development and the global public good.