India AI Impact Summit 2026: How to register, key dates, venue and full speaker list
India AI Impact Summit 2026 is scheduled to take place in New Delhi next week. The summit is expected to include high-profile tech leaders from Silicon Valley as well as several heads of government and state. The event will start from February 16 and will continue till February 20.
New Delhi is preparing to host one of the world’s most important AI gatherings, the India AI Impact Summit 2026, next week. The India AI Impact Summit is scheduled for February 16-20. It will be hosted at the Bharat Mandapam in the national capital. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
Who is participating in India AI Impact Summit 2026?
The event promises unprecedented participation, with over 100 countries sending delegations. Expected attendees include 15-20 heads of government, over 50 ministers and over 50 CEOs of leading global and Indian companies. The summit will also see nearly 500 leading figures from the AI ecosystem including innovators, researchers and chief technology officers.
When it comes to tech leaders, from Google’s Sundar Pichai to Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, almost everyone has been there. Here is a short list of tech leaders who are expected to attend the AI summit: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon. And the list goes on.
How you can register for India AI Impact Summit 2026
Registration for the summit is now open through the official website “impact.indiaai.gov.in”. Once you reach the home page you will get the option “Register Now” on the homepage. Click “Register as a Delegate”. The delegate registration process requires applicants to submit personal details including contact information, followed by professional credentials. Once you complete both sections, your registration is final.
You can attend the five-day summit which will feature over 700 sessions focused on critical topics including AI safety, governance, ethical frameworks, data protection and India’s sovereign AI strategy.
Inside AI Impact Summit 2026
Along with the summit, the India AI Impact Expo will feature over 300 exhibitors from 30 countries, arranged in thematic pavilions across a vast space of 70,000 square metres. Pinnacle is built around three fundamental pillars, called ‘Sutras’: People, Planet and Progress. Each pillar articulates core principles for global cooperation on artificial intelligence.
These three pillars are expanded into seven ‘chakras’ or working groups, each of which focuses on a specific domain: human capital, inclusion for social empowerment, safe and reliable AI, science, resilience innovation and efficiency, democratization of AI resources, and AI for economic growth and social well-being.
The event at the Bharat Mandapam will also highlight national AI skill initiatives such as AI for All, AI by HER, YuvaAI and India AI Tinkerpreneur. These programs are designed to build foundational AI literacy among students and young professionals across the country.
Through this framework, India aims to shape global AI governance while addressing regional challenges. It is expected that the outcomes of the summit will guide policymakers, investors and industry leaders in developing AI strategies for the years to come.