India-AI Impact Summit 2026

• The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 is being held in New Delhi from February 16 to 20 as a major global technology event.

• The five-day summit will be the first global AI summit to be held in the Global South.

• World leaders from nearly 20 countries have confirmed their participation in the event.

• These include French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Swiss President Guy Parmelin, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, among others.

• The summit is being seen as an important platform to shape global cooperation on artificial intelligence.