Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the five-day gathering on February 16 at Bharat Mandapam, with sessions running through February 20.
- The Ministry of External Affairs confirms participation by leaders from 20 countries, ministerial delegations from over 45 nations, and UN Secretary‑General António Guterres.
- Tech attendees slated include Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and Dario Amodei, while Nvidia says CEO Jensen Huang will not attend and will be represented by a senior delegation led by Jay Puri.
- Seven co‑chaired working groups are expected to table proposals on an AI Commons, trusted AI tools, shared compute infrastructure and sector‑specific use cases, reflecting India’s sovereign AI push.
- Operational plans feature multi‑layered security with 10,000+ police, DigiYatra‑based entry, and UPI payments enabled for foreign cards, alongside a large expo footprint and more than 35,000 registered participants from over 100 countries.