PM to host CEOs, inaugurate India AI Impact Summit; NVIDIA's Jensen Huang expected, China invited

Meity secretary S Krishnan and additional secretary Abhishek Singh addressing a press conference on the India AI Impact Summit on December 29

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India AI Impact Summit, meet and host a gala dinner for global technology leaders during the summit scheduled from February 15 to 20, an event that will see confirmed participation from top CEOs including Bill Gates, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and others.

Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff have also confirmed, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expected to attend, according to senior government officials.

India has also formally extended an invitation to China to participate in the summit, MeitY secretary S Krishnan told reporters on December 29.

The summit, being positioned as a platform to advance India’s push to "democratise AI", is expected to draw participation from over 100 countries, with invitations sent to 140 nations.

More than 100 AI leaders, including CEOs, CXOs and chief scientists, are expected to attend the main events.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the AI Impact Expo on February 16 before hosting a gala dinner on February 18 for visiting global leaders, Krishnan said.

Modi is also expected to inaugrate the formal opening ceremony of the summit on February 19, and also attend a leaders’ plenary and a CEO roundtable on the same day.

A ministerial meeting of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is planned for February 20.

Among other confirmed attendees are Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam, and several global technology founders and academics.

The government said over 50 CEOs and founders and more than 100 senior academics have already confirmed participation.

Ahead of the main summit, an innovation festival will be held from February 15 at Central Park, Connaught Place, as an open public event showcasing creative and societal applications of artificial intelligence. Alongside the summit week, nearly 800 parallel AI-related events are expected to be organised across the country.

The government expects more than 150,000 people to attend various events linked to the summit, including the expo. Officials said the summit process has already seen over 310 preparatory events held over the past 140 days.

Several global reports and deliverables are also expected to be unveiled. AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio is working on a scientific report to be presented at the summit, while the International Energy Agency and UN Women are preparing separate outputs focused on AI’s role in energy systems and gender empowerment, Krishnan said.