Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi today. The three-day AI summit (Dec 12-14) starts at 5pm today.
Bharat Mandapam was recently the venue for the very successful G20 Summit, hosted by India as part of its G20 presidency.
GPAI is a multi-stakeholder initiative with 29 member countries that aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on Artificial Intelligence. It works on this by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities, as per a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
India is the lead chair of GPAI in 2024. The PMO statement said that Modi would inaugurate the GPAI Summit around 5pm.
As one of the founding members of GPAI in 2020, the current incoming support chair of GPAI, and the lead chair of GPAI in 2024, India was hosting the annual GPAI Summit from December 12-14, said the statement.
Programme of the GPAI Summit
Multiple sessions on diverse topics like AI and global health; education and skilling; AI and data governance; and a Machine Learning workshop, among others, will be organised during the summit.
Other attractions of the summit include Research Symposium, AI Game Changers Award, and India AI Expo.
The summit will witness the participation of more than 50 GPAI experts and over 150 speakers from across countries, the statement said.
Further, top AI game-changers from across the world will participate in different events, including Intel, Reliance Jio, Google, Meta, AWS, Yotta, Netweb, Paytm, Microsoft, Mastercard, NIC, STPI, Immerse, Jio Haptik, and Bhashini.
Students who are winners under the YUVA AI initiative and start-ups would showcase their AI models and solutions, the statement said.