Third Party AI Openness Events – Thanks to Mozilla for instigating this list
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻, 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀16 Feb 2026, 9:30 Room 14, Bharat Mandapam Discussion will surface practical models, governance choices, and collaboration pathways for building open and inclusive AI ecosystems across diverse economic contexts. |
𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀16 Feb 2026, 10:30 Room 8, Bharat Mandapam Session will examine ethical data pipelines that place marginalized communities at the center of data creation, evaluation and model development. Discussion will outline practical pathways for embedding inclusion, representation, and benefit sharing into public AI infrastructure, positioning community-centered AI as a scalable model. |
🦊 (𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘄/ Linda Griffin) 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻16 Feb 2026, 11:30 Room 6, Bharat Mandapam West Wing Panel will examine how competition and openness can shape a more equitable global AI ecosystem. It will explore risks of concentration, barriers facing innovators in the Global South, and pathways to balance open access with incentives for innovation. |
𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆16 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam L2 Audi 1 Session will present a practical AI stack for public services designed to advance economic development and social good. Discussion will explore implementation challenges, collaboration models and design principles. |
🦊 (𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘄/ Mark Surman) 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 – 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆16 Feb 2026, 14:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Room 7 Session will examine how open source AI can enable countries to operationalize AI sovereignty. Discussion will translate these ideas into practical pathways, highlighting procurement, governance, and collaboration models that support inclusive AI ecosystems. |
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻17 Feb 2026, 09:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Room 8 Session will bring together Global South partners to examine how responsible and inclusive AI can be advanced through South South collaboration, using language technologies to explore broader issues of data, evaluation, and governance. Aims to identify concrete pathways to strengthen inclusive AI ecosystems and inform donor coordination. |
𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆17 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam L2 Auditorium 1 Roundtable will explore how Digital Public Goods for AI can help bridge global divides in access to data, models, tools, and compute. It will examine open and shared approaches that support equitable, context-sensitive, and rights-respecting AI development in the Global South. |
🦊 (𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮!) 𝗔𝗜 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜17 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam West Wing Rm. 4 B Session will explore why predictive intelligence remains concentrated, the barriers faced by smaller organisations, and how emerging approaches such as open infrastructure can lower adoption thresholds. Discussion will focus on policy choices, collaboration models, and practical pathways to scale predictive AI as a shared public capability. |
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 : 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝘄/ 𝗠𝗼)17 Feb 2026, 13:30 Bharat Mandapam Main Auditorium High-level panel explores how investment decisions by venture capital firms, sovereign wealth funds, and philanthropic institutions are fast becoming a powerful lever for AI governance. |
𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝘄/ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗚)17 Feb 2026, 14:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 8 Session explores how democratic access to high end computing infrastructure can reshape participation in AI development. It will examine policy approaches to shared and transparently governed compute models that enable broader regional collaboration and capacity building. |
𝗔𝗜-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 @𝟮𝟬𝟰𝟳: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻17 Feb 2026, 15:30 Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, Auditorium, Nalanda Banquet Session will explore how AI infrastructure can be made accessible. It will examine shared repositories of cross-sector AI use cases, open and reusable model platforms, and approaches to ethical and inclusive design. |
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 & 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱18 Feb 2026, 09:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 6 Session examines how shared, interoperable, and ethically governed data ecosystems can unlock AI for public good. It will explore Data and AI Collaboratives as foundational infrastructure that enables AI solutions to move from pilots to scale. |
𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲18 Feb 2026, 11:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm.18 Session examines how robust evaluation, open methodologies, and shared tools can strengthen risk mitigation while supporting innovation. Discussion will cover best practices in AI evaluation, and open source approaches that enable wider participation. Session will also highlight global collaboration to build common standards and capabilities for responsible AI deployment. |
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀18 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 19 Session examines how open AI frameworks enable interoperability across digital public infrastructure. Discussion will explore how open standards allow nations to integrate AI capabilities without vendor lock-in. Panelists will discuss federated analytics and maintaining data sovereignty while enabling innovation. |
𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 & 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀18 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam Auditorium West Wing Rm. 4B Session examines how openness across the AI stack can support collaboration, accountability, and innovation. It will explore where openness is constrained by commercial and security interests and what practical approaches to open AI can enable inclusive participation and shared benefit. |
𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀18 Feb 2026, 14:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 6 Session examines how nations balance sovereignty with international cooperation. Panelists will explore frameworks for responsible AI deployment at national scale. Discussion will tackle why shared AI development remains essential for transnational challenges. |
𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜20 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 15 AI will hold significant promise for socio-economic transformation yet access to data, compute, and models will remain uneven. Session explores how a collaborative research and innovation network can bridge Global South and Global North capabilities. |
𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀20 Feb 2026, 11:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 10 Session explores how multilingual AI can expand access to knowledge, services, and innovation across diverse linguistic communities. Discussion will highlight open and collaborative approaches to building language models and applied solutions. |
𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸20 Feb 2026, 11:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 14 Session launches a global charter to coordinate AI capacity development across countries, with a focus on shared infrastructure, open knowledge, and cooperative skill building. |
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵20 Feb 2026, 12:30 Bharat Mandapam West Wing Rm. 4B Open networks will play a defining role in shaping digital economies across the Global South. This session will explore how interoperable digital infrastructure, strengthened by AI, can enable inclusive payments, commerce, and innovation. It will examine how open architectures can scale participation, competition, and financial inclusion. |
𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜: 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲20 Feb 2026, 15:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 7 Session explores how linguistic diversity can be strengthened through open source AI. It will examine approaches to expanding AI language capabilities for under represented languages, spanning data creation, model development, and real world applications. |
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵: 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱20 Feb 2026, 14:30 Bharat Mandapam L1 Rm. 19 Session will showcase youth led, OSAI innovations designed for social good in India and scalable across the Global South. |
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁20 Feb 2026, 16:30 Bharat Mandapam Auditorium No. 6 Examines how distributed networks, open approaches, and consent-driven data ecosystems can reduce reliance on centralized compute and lower barriers to innovation. Discussion will focus on sovereignty, affordable access to compute and data, and enabling startup-led growth. |