France's Macron, OpenAI's Altman, Google's Pichai and more: Who's attending AI Impact Summit in India

Described as the largest edition so far, it will be the fourth annual global meeting focused on examining the risks and opportunities linked to growth of AI.

Updated on: Feb 14, 2026, 14:57:31 IST

Edited by Aryan Mudgal

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Leaders from at least 20 countries and the United Nations chief are expected to attend the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Several tech leaders are also scheduled to attend the event, which will begin on Monday (February 16) and continue until Friday (February 20).

It will be the fourth annual global meeting focused on examining the risks and opportunities linked to the rapid growth of AI. (AFP/Reuters/File Photo)

Described as the largest edition so far, it will be the fourth annual global meeting focused on examining the risks and opportunities linked to the rapid growth of artificial intelligence technology.

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The summit "will bring together global leaders, policymakers, innovators, and experts from across the world to deliberate on the way forward for AI", the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.

Who’s attending the summit?

World leaders invited to AI Impact Summit

Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister - Bhutan
Edmand Lara Montano, Vice President - Bolivia
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President - Brazil
Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister - Croatia
Alar Karis, President - Estonia
Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister - Finland
Emmanuel Macron, President - France
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister - Greece
Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President - Guyana
Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister - Kazakhstan
Hereditary Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein
Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam GCSK, FRCP, Prime Minister - Mauritius
Aleksandar Vucic, President - Serbia
Peter Pellegrini, President - Slovakia
Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon, President - Spain
Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President - Sri Lanka
Sebastien Pillay, Vice President - Seychelles
Guy Parmelin, President - Switzerland
Dick Schoof, Prime Minister - The Netherlands
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi - UAE

Apart from these global leaders, ministerial teams from more than 45 countries are set to take part in the summit.

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UN chief, other officials to attend summit

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres, along with other senior UN officials, is also expected to be present at the key summit in New Delhi.

The UN chief will be accompanied by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO); Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Kamal Kishore, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Senior representatives from UNDP, UN Women, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNFPA, FAO, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will also attend.

Tech leaders attending AI Impact Summit

Several tech leaders, including Google’s Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman of OpenAI, are expected to attend the summit.

Here’s a list of some of the key tech leaders attending the summit:

Aarthi Subramanian - Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services
Alexandr Wang - Chief AI Officer, Meta
Aparna Bawa - Chief Operating Officer (COO), Zoom
Bill Gates - Chair, Gates Foundation, and co-founder of Microsoft
Brad Smith - President & Vice Chair, Microsoft
Cristiano Amon - President & Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated
Dario Amodei - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anthropic
Demis Hassabis - Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Google DeepMind
Jensen Huang - Founder & CEO, NVIDIA
Julie Sweet - Chair & CEO, Accenture
Sam Altman - CEO, OpenAI
Sundar Pichai - CEO, Google and Alphabet
Shantanu Narayen - Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adobe
Sridhar Vembu - Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Zoho Corporation
Yann LeCun - Chief AI Scientist, Meta

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Aryan Mudgal
Aryan Mudgal is a Content Producer at Hindustan Times with nearly three years of experience. He is part of the digital news team at HT and enjoys covering day-to-day news and writing long, detailed explainers on key national and global affairs. He takes particular interest in reading and writing about Indian politics, crime, civic issues, as well as global affairs. He goes berserk when covering elections, especially Lok Sabha and assembly polls, and always looks out for fresh stories that could intrigue readers. At Hindustan Times, Aryan has covered various major events, including the Bihar assembly elections, Maharashtra civic polls, the US' military action in Venezuela, Union Budget, and Bangladesh elections. He has previously worked with the explainers team at Firstpost and the news desk at Times Network, covering a range of events including the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Israel–Hamas war, Russia-Ukraine war, Bangladesh’s student protests and Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, Delhi assembly elections, and more. He completed his bachelor’s degree in CEP (Communications & Media, English, and Psychology) from Christ University, Bengaluru, and later pursued a postgraduate diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). He hails from Siliguri in West Bengal and enjoys reading about politics and day-to-day issues concerning the state. Outside of work, Aryan loves listening to music and enjoys rewatching his favourite comfort shows.Read More

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