Join us online or in-person in New Delhi for the 2nd edition of the International Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS): a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI and to build stronger connections across the field.
Updates:
PAIRS 2026 will take place concurrent with the India AI Impact Summit. Like the first edition, which was an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025, and PAIRSx Africa, held online concurrent to the Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali we are co-locating with a policy summit to support connections between research, policy and practice.
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The India AI Impact Summit (19th - 20th February, 2026, New Delhi) is the next in a summit series following the AI Action Summit in Paris (Feb 2025), AI Seoul Summit (May 2024) and Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit (November 2023). Hosted by the Government of India, and the first of the series to be hosted in the majority world, the main Summit will invite high-level delegates to discussions around three cross-cutting themes: People, Planet, Progress, and seven issue areas: Human Capital; Inclusion; Safe and Trusted AI; Resilience; Science; Democratizing AI Resources and Social good.
As well as the main Summit, many fringe events are likely to take place in the run up to, and around, the Summit.
The Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) is an unofficial fringe event, seeking to provide space for research and practitioner communities to come together and share learning on the participatory involvement of affected communities in shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence.
At our first edition in Paris we had over 250 participants in person, and many more online, representing academia, students, industry, government, civil society and social enterprise.
Please submit an abstract through the open call.
We will confirm with accepted presenters whether you want to present in-person in New Delhi or via the online zoom sessions of the symposium.
We have secured limited travel funding and will advise selected presenters of how to apply for this.
We welcome sponsorship to support PAIRS. Please get in touch with [email protected] to explore.
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