Advancing Multilateral AI Partnerships Ahead of 2026 Summit

The Center for Data Innovation and The Dialogue are convening an official pre-summit event, sponsored by Google, in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2026.

• Event announcement and core details:

  • Date & Time: January 20, 2026, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST (doors open for registration at 11:30 AM; lunch served at 12:00 PM)
  • Location: 25 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20001
  • Organizer & Sponsor:Center for Data Innovation and The Dialogue, sponsored by Google
  • Agenda/Subject: Three panels on AI adoption & skills, Compute Equity and resilient data centers / secure supply chains, and shared roadmap for AI policy and innovation; this pre-summit will feed directly into the 2026 India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

• Background and session specifics:

  • The India AI Impact Summit aims to close the global AI divide with a people-centric approach anchored in the Sutras of People, Planet, and Progress and operationalized via seven Chakras (science, human capital, safe and trusted AI, democratizing AI resources, etc.).
  • Panel 2 will address the “Compute Corridor” and discuss heterogeneous compute access, resilient data centers, secure supply chains, and interoperable safety/security standards as models for global compute equity; named speakers include representatives from OpenAI, Google Cloud, the Embassy of India, and think tanks/industry groups.