AI Impact Summit 2026, to be held on 17 and 18 February in New Delhi, seems to be not just a technology event, but a big platform for India’s growing global role. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Presidents, Prime Ministers and heads of international organizations from all over the world are reaching India to participate in this summit.
This summit is taking place at a time when Artificial Intelligence is changing the face of the global economy, security, governance and industry. In such a situation, India wants to establish itself at the center of AI policy, innovation and global cooperation through this platform.
Prominent leaders arriving on 17th February
Top leaders of many countries will reach Delhi on 17 February. These include:
Emmanuel Macron, President, France
Alar Karis, President, Estonia
Edmundo Novillo, Vice President, Bolivia
Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, Guyana
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President, Sri Lanka
Aleksandar Vučić, President, Serbia
The presence of these leaders shows that there is strong interest in AI cooperation with India from Europe, Latin America and South Asia.
Queue of VVIP leaders on 18th February
Many more big names will attend the summit on February 18:
Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister, Finland
Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister, Spain
Sebastien Pillay, Vice President, Seychelles
Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister, Mauritius
Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister, Croatia
Peter Pellegrini, President, Slovakia
Apart from this, many prominent faces of global and regional level will also reach Delhi, which include:
Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince, UAE
Kristalina Georgieva, Head, IMF
Dick Schoof, Prime Minister, Netherlands
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister, Armenia
Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan
Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister, Kazakhstan
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President, Brazil
Diplomatic power show ahead of tech event
India is presenting AI Impact Summit 2026 as a platform where the big powers of the world will come together to decide what will be the direction of Artificial Intelligence in the coming years. This summit is also an opportunity to strengthen India’s digital capability, role in policy making and technology diplomacy. The platform on which top leaders of so many countries are present together becomes not just a tech conference but a center of global strategic dialogue. It is clear that AI Impact Summit 2026 is going to be a big demonstration of India’s growing technology power and global influence.
