Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister of Data Know-how Ashwini Vaishnaw throughout the India AI Affect Summit, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 18, 2026. Picture: PMO by way of PTI Picture
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with the AI Affect Summit on Thursday (February 19, 2026), joined by fellow world leaders and senior tech executives. Mr. Modi’s deal with shall be adopted by keynote shows by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Dennis Hassabis, and Reliance Industries Restricted, chairman and managing director, Mukesh Ambani. The keynote audio system embrace Gates Basis Chair Invoice Gates, and Microsoft president Brad Smith.
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The occasion has drawn robust crowds, and has been positioned for months as India’s flagship AI occasion by the federal government. It follows related multilateral summits within the U.Ok., France, and South Korea. President of France Emmanuel Macron shall be in attendance, as will Spanish President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Expo prolonged
The AI Affect Summit’s expo has been prolonged by at some point, to Saturday (February 21, 2026), in order that attendees can go to with extra versatile safety preparations after all of the multilateral occasions on the venue wind up, IT Secretary S. Krishnan stated in a press convention on Wednesday (February 18, 2026). College students and professionals, who haven’t been capable of attend on the weekdays, would be capable to come simply, Mr. Krishnan stated.
Over 400 exhibitors, from startups, giant company corporations and authorities entities to researchers, have their very own cubicles on the summit.
The summit has attracted large crowds over the primary three days, which led to acute inconvenience on Monday (February 16, 2026), when giant components of the venue have been closed for public entry. Three days in, attendance stays robust, resulting in this extension. It’s unclear if all exhibitors will be capable to keep again by way of Saturday (February 21, 2026).
The expo shall be closed on Thursday (February 19, 2026) in view of the plenary session with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different world leaders. It’s going to reopen on Friday (February 20, 2026).
Printed – February 18, 2026 09:50 pm IST
