Who is attending AI Impact Summit 2026? Macron, Lula and more among key leaders in Delhi | Full list

French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are among the key leaders who will be attending the AI Summit.

Updated on: Feb 16, 2026, 17:44:48 IST

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India is all set to host the 2026 AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Monday. The summit will be one of the largest artificial intelligence conclaves held in the Global South. Several world leaders and delegations from key AI and tech companies will be in the national capital for the summit.

Top leaders to attend AI summit (REUTERS)

French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are among the key leaders who will be attending the AI Summit.

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AI Impact Summit 2026 | Who is attending?

As per the Ministry of External Affairs, the following world leaders will be present at the AI Summit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi --

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

Along with these heads of states, ministerial delegations from over 45 countries, UN Secretary General and senior officials from several international organisations will also participate in the summit.

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Google, Microsoft and other delegations to attend

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Reliance Industries chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are among some of the key people attending the summit.

Over 500 sessions are planned over five days, with a focus on AI safety, governance, ethical use, data protection and India’s approach to sovereign AI.

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