AI Impact Summit 2026 To Be Held In New Delhi From February 16 To 20: New Delhi is set to host the AI Impact Summit 2026 at the Bharat Mandapam, bringing together some of the biggest names in artificial
intelligence and technology from across the world.
The five-day event, scheduled from February 16 to February 20, will mark the fourth global AI summit in an ongoing international series. Registration for the summit has already begun through the official website.
A Continuation Of The Global AI Summit Series
The AI Impact Summit follows three previous global gatherings focused on artificial intelligence. The first, the AI Safety Summit, was held in 2023 at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the AI Seoul Summit in South Korea and then the AI Action Summit in Paris in February last year.
The New Delhi edition is positioned as the next step in this evolving multilateral dialogue on AI governance, safety and development.
Focus On People, Planet And Progress
Organisers have described the AI Impact Summit 2026 as a “pivotal global platform” aimed at shaping an inclusive and impactful AI future. The summit will revolve around three core pillars — People, Planet and Progress.
Discussions are expected to centre on skilling, sustainable and energy-efficient AI systems, economic growth, and social development. Seven working groups, co-chaired by representatives from the Global North and Global South, will present deliverables including proposals for AI Commons, trusted AI tools, shared compute infrastructure and sector-specific AI use case compendiums.
More than 700 sessions are planned over the five days, covering AI safety, governance, ethical deployment, data protection and India’s approach to sovereign AI.
Global And Indian Tech Leaders To Attend
Several top AI executives have confirmed their participation. These include Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, however, has cancelled his visit at the last moment.
Among leading AI researchers, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell are expected to attend.
Indian industry leaders such as Mukesh Ambani, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Nandan Nilekani, Sunil Bharti Mittal, K. Krithivasan, Salil Parekh and Roshni Nadar Malhotra have also been confirmed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to formally open the summit on January 19, followed by a high-level CEO roundtable with global industry leaders.
