20 heads of states to attend India's AI Impact Summit

World leaders from twenty nations are scheduled to attend the India-AI Impact Summit being hosted by India from 16th to 20th of this month. They include President of France, Emmanuel Macron, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of Switzerland, Guy Parmelin, Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof, UAE’s Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister of Mauritius Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Disanayaka, Vice President of Seychelles, Sebastien Pillay and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. 
External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that leaders from Bolivia, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Serbia, and Slovakia, are also set to participate in the Summit. Ministerial delegations from over 45 countries would be participating in the Summit. The UN Secretary General and Senior Officials from several International Organizations will also join the deliberations. 
The Summit will host over 700 sessions covering AI safety, governance, ethical deployment, data protection and India’s vision of sovereign AI. It will also showcase national skilling initiatives such as Yuva AI for All, which is a free and accessible programme aimed at building foundational AI awareness among students and professionals.