India is set to host a landmark gathering of global technology leadership as the India AI Impact Summit 2026 takes place from 16–20 February in New Delhi. The summit is expected to convene a diverse mix of innovators, policymakers, researchers, and industry pioneers who are collectively shaping the trajectory of artificial intelligence across the world.
The event stands out for bringing together those building cutting-edge AI systems, those deploying them at scale, and those designing governance frameworks to guide responsible adoption. By uniting voices from industry, academia, government, and civil society, the summit reflects the growing recognition that AI’s future must be collaborative, inclusive, and ethically grounded.
The speaker line-up reflects the summit’s global ambition and cross-sector reach.
Frontline Leaders of Artificial Intelligence
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Sundar Pichai — CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc., leading major AI advancements including large-scale model deployment
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Jensen Huang — Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, central to global AI computing infrastructure
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Demis Hassabis — Co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, advancing frontier AI research
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Brad Smith — President and Vice Chair of Microsoft, shaping international AI policy dialogue
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Nandan Nilekani — Co-founder of Infosys, advocate for public-scale digital infrastructure
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Fei-Fei Li — Renowned academic promoting human-centred AI
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Mukesh Ambani — Chairman of Reliance Industries, expanding AI-driven digital ecosystems
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Sunil Bharti Mittal — Founder of Bharti Enterprises, driving AI-enabled connectivity
Worldwide Technology and Infrastructure Experts
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Cristiano Amon — CEO of Qualcomm
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Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic
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Matthew Prince — Co-founder of Cloudflare
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Borje Ekholm and Erik Ekudden — Leadership from Ericsson
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Lars Reger — CTO at NXP Semiconductors
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Jay Chaudhry — Founder of Zscaler
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Nikesh Arora — CEO of Palo Alto Networks
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Olivier Blum — CEO of Schneider Electric
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Ana Paula Assis — Senior VP at IBM
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Amit Zavery — President at ServiceNow
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Jeetu Patel — Executive at Cisco
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Alexandr Wang — AI leadership at Meta
India’s Business and Technology Trailblazers
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Salil Parekh — CEO of Infosys
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C Vijayakumar — CEO of HCLTech
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Santhosh Viswanathan — Managing Director at Intel
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Prativa Mohapatra — India head of Adobe
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Harshil Mathur — Co-founder of Razorpay
Global Policy Makers and Institutional Leaders
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Børge Brende — President of the World Economic Forum
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Bill Gates — Chairman of the Gates Foundation
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Victoria Espinel — CEO of the Business Software Alliance
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Amanda Brock — CEO of OpenUK
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Anna Tumadóttir — CEO of Creative Commons
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Trevor Hughes — President of the IAPP
With representation spanning research labs, global enterprises, startups, and governance bodies, the summit highlights how AI development is no longer confined to a single domain. The event is expected to foster new partnerships, shape international AI norms, and strengthen India’s role as a major hub for responsible and inclusive AI innovation.
