Building Bridges through AI

Online event – Wednesday, 28 January 2026 (morning) – Open to all

The AFD Group and its partners invite you to join a conversation on an issue that concerns us all:
How can artificial intelligence contribute to more sustainable, fair, and inclusive development?

This event prepares the way for the AI Impact Summit 2026 to be held in New Delhi, and follows the AI Action Summit (Paris 2025).

Programme highlights:
• AI for Progress: High-level discussion on the conditions for inclusive and sovereign AI
• IA4Dev Pitches: Start-ups and inspiring innovations from India, Africa, and France
• AI for People: Roundtable on making AI more accessible to everyone

What you will discover:
• Start-ups presenting their innovations live
• High-level speakers from Africa, India, and France
• Exchanges on key challenges: political considerations, green transition, social, cultural, and linguistic inclusion…
• Partners committed to more ethical and responsible AI
• Major companies presenting technological solutions

We would be delighted to welcome you and work together on putting AI at the service of sustainable economic growth and social progress.