On Friday, January 23, at 2:30 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council will host a conversation, an official pre-summit event of the AI Impact Summit 2026, to map out the next decade of AI skilling and examine how India’s experience can inform pathways to AI fluency across other emerging AI powers.

Global economic growth over the next ten years will be driven by emerging and developing economies, which are home to over 75 percent of the world’s population and an increasing share of global digital innovation. As these economies rapidly deploy AI across governance, healthcare, and industry, the central question is whether their talent ecosystems are prepared.

As New Delhi gears up to host the AI Impact Summit in February 2026, this event will explore whether India provides a model for economies build adaptive, future-proof workforces to shape the next era of global AI leadership.

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