Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister of Info Expertise Ashwini Vaishnaw in the course of the India AI Impression Summit, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 18, 2026. Picture: PMO through PTI Picture
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with the AI Impression Summit on Thursday (February 19, 2026), joined by fellow world leaders and senior tech executives. Mr. Modi’s deal with can be adopted by keynote displays 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 sturdy 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 can be in attendance, as will Spanish President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Expo prolonged
The AI Impression Summit’s expo has been prolonged by in the future, 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 mentioned in a press convention on Wednesday (February 18, 2026). College students and professionals, who haven’t been capable of attend on the weekdays, would have the ability to come simply, Mr. Krishnan mentioned.
Over 400 exhibitors, from startups, massive company companies and authorities entities to researchers, have their very own cubicles on the summit.
The summit has attracted huge crowds over the primary three days, which led to acute inconvenience on Monday (February 16, 2026), when massive components of the venue had been closed for public entry. Three days in, attendance stays sturdy, resulting in this extension. It’s unclear if all exhibitors will have the ability to keep again by Saturday (February 21, 2026).
The expo can be closed on Thursday (February 19, 2026) in view of the plenary session with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different world leaders. It is going to reopen on Friday (February 20, 2026).
Revealed – February 18, 2026 09:50 pm IST
