Members of the Global Partnership network are actively shaping conversations at the India AI Summit in New Delhi this week, advancing practical approaches to data governance, participatory AI, Global South leadership, and responsible implementation. As highlighted in our accompanying blog, partners are helping move discussions from principle to practice across sessions at the Summit and PAIRS 2026. Below is a snapshot of partner-led events taking place throughout the week.
Unless otherwise noted detailed descriptions of events are available on the India AI Impact Summit’s sessions website.
Feb. 16: In-person events in New Delhi
- AI and the public: Literacy, attitudes and engagement
- University of Sheffield, Connected by Data, Ada Lovelace Institute
- 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, British Council Stand in Expo area
- South-South Cooperation in AI Policymaking: Developing a Collaboration Roadmap
- Global Center on AI Governance, FAIRForward initiative of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Human Sciences Research Council
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 9
- The AI-DPI Nexus: The Future of Public Interest Technology
- Digital Impact Alliance
- 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room No. 6
- From Pilots to Impact: Evidence on Scaling AI for Farmers in LMICs
- Athena Infonomics
- 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 19
- Publicly Accessible Data and AI Training: Safeguards for Responsible Reuse
- Open Data Charter
- 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room No. 6
- AI as an Opportunity for More Impactful Open Data
- PARIS21
- 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 15
- Data Sharing Infrastructures for AI: Building for Trust, Purpose, and Public Values
- Aapti Institute
- 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 10
Feb. 17: The full agenda of PAIRS events online is available on their website.
Feb. 17: In-person events in New Delhi
- AI for India's Next Billion: Intergenerational Insights for Inclusive and Future-Ready Growth
- United Nations Foundation and Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
- 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 9
- Roundtable on Transparency, Law & Participatory AI
- PAIRS, Connected by Data, Cyril Shroff Centre for AI, Law, and Regulation at Jindal Global Law School
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hotel Taj Mahal
- AI-DPI Experimentation and the Role of Sandboxes
- The Datasphere Initiative Foundation
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 8
- PAIRS Hub - Watching opening of PAIRS Online
- PAIRS
- 2:30 - 5:45 Hotel Taj Mahal
- Future of Work in the age of AI: Setting a Global Majority Agenda
- Aapti Institute, Jan Sahas, Robert Bosch Foundation
- 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Le Meridien
- Local Voices First: Why Inclusive AI for Data Systems Must Start on the Ground
- PARIS21
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 15
- Collective Governance of AI: Multilateral Approaches for a Fragmented World
- Aapti Institute, Chatham House, Global Solutions Initiative, Project Liberty Institute
- 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. India International Center
- Flipping the Script: How the Global Majority Can Recode the AI Economy
- Global Center on AI Governance (GCG), SAS
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 6
- Widening Civic Participation in AI Governance: Perspectives from the Global Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy
- PAIRS, UNESCO Academic and CSO Network on AI Ethics and Policy
- 5:45 - 7:30 p.m. Hotel Taj Mahal
Feb. 18: In-person events in New Delhi
- Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium
- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. India International Center
- Towards Multilateral Agreement on Enforcing Red Lines
- Ada Lovelace Institute
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room 4A
- Scaling Climate Solutions: Data, AI, and India's Energy Transformation
- Data.org
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room 4A
- Unleashing Impact: Building the Purpose-Driven Data and AI Workforce
- Data.org
- 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, Shakuntalam Banquet
- Powering the Public Good: Aligning Industry, Philanthropy, and Government from India to Africa
- Digital Impact Alliance
- 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 18
Feb. 19: India AI Impact Summit in-person events
Feb. 20: In-person events in New Delhi
- Scaling Climate Solutions: Data, AI, and India's Energy Transformation
- Data.org
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room 4 A
- AI for Many: Going Beyond Moonshots – Launch of the Global South AI Diffusion Playbook
- Access Partnership, Global Center on AI Governance
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, West Wing Room 4A
- Towards a Safer South: Launch of the Global South Network on AI Safety and Evaluation
- Global Center on AI Governance, Digital Futures Lab, Centre for Responsible AI India, Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade, International Innovation Corps
- 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Bharat Mandapam, L1 Meeting Room No. 18
