AI & Data Summit India 2026
Unlocking the Power of Data and AI
IDC AI & Data Summit India 2026 brings together the country’s most influential technology and business leaders to explore how AI and data are transforming the digital core of Indian enterprises. At the heart of India’s innovation ecosystem, the summit will equip you with the insights, strategies, and tools needed to navigate the next wave of AI-driven growth.
AI spending is set to grow 2.2× faster than overall digital tech investments, delivering more than US$115 billion in economic impact by 2027. The AI market is expanding at a 33.7% CAGR, and organizations are under pressure to scale automation, modernize data and cloud architectures, and measure ROI more effectively. By 2027, business leaders will expect at least a 70% success rate from GenAI initiatives, raising the bar for real, measurable outcomes.
Join us at IDC AI & Data Summit India 2026 to explore the latest trends, technologies, and use cases transforming the region. Experience thought-leading keynotes, expert panels, and strategic conversations that will help you architect trusted, high-performing AI and data ecosystems. Connect with peers and innovators shaping the next frontier of AI-powered growth in India.
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IDC Keynote: Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier
Indian enterprises are rapidly moving from experimentation to value realization with Generative and Agentic AI. This keynote will explore how organizations can harness intelligent agents, autonomous workflows, multimodal AI, and advanced automation to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and accelerate business outcomes. Attendees will gain insights into the strategies, technologies, and governance frameworks required to scale AI initiatives and build a competitive advantage in India’s evolving digital economy.
Bob Parker | IDC
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications, Data Intelligence, Services, and Industry Research
Bob Parker
Bob Parker is a Senior Vice President responsible for several areas of research at IDC. Bob leads the global industry research teams which includes coverage of healthcare, government, retail, energy, manufacturing, and financial services as well as a cross industry group looking at emerging topics such as blockchain and robotics. Additionally, Bob leads our teams in the enterprise applications space, services, and the IDC coverage of data intelligence which includes coverage of artificial intelligence.
Bob has been conducting industry research for over twenty years including five years at AMR Research before joining IDC. Prior to entering the research field, Bob spent over fifteen years in various Information Technology and Operational management roles in the manufacturing industry including serving as the Chief Information Officer at Eastern Technologies, a defense contractor.
Event Sessions
Day 1 8:40 am
IDC Keynote: Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier
Indian enterprises are rapidly moving from experimentation to value realization with Generative and Agentic AI. This keynote will explore how organizations can harness intelligent agents, autonomous workflows, multimodal AI, and advanced automation to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and accelerate business outcomes. Attendees will gain insights into the strategies, technologies, and governance frameworks required to scale AI initiatives and build a competitive advantage in India’s evolving digital economy.
Meet Our Valued Partners
Exotel
Exotel is a leading provider of AI-driven customer engagement solutions, enabling enterprises to deliver secure, intelligent, and personalized customer interactions across voice, messaging, and AI-powered agents. The platform facilitates 25+ billion conversations annually and is trusted by 7,000+ enterprises globally across industries, including BFSI, logistics, ecommerce, healthcare, and mobility. With a growing footprint across the Middle East, including the UAE, alongside a strong presence in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa, Exotel supports large and midmarket enterprises with cloud-native, compliant, and scalable customer engagement platforms. Its AI copilots and automation capabilities help organizations enhance CX, improve agent productivity, and optimize operational costs. Strengthened through the Ameyo merger and Cogno AI acquisition, Exotel brings together CPaaS, CCaaS, and conversational AI into one integrated platform — enabling enterprises to modernize customer engagement, manage high-volume interactions, and scale AI-led experiences with confidence.
Boomi
Boomi, the data activation company, brings data to life by integrating and governing it to power everything from AI to BI. The Boomi Enterprise Platform puts data in motion, uniting data readiness, integration and automation, and agent management in one comprehensive solution. Trusted by more than 30,000 customers and supported by a global network of 800+ partners, Boomi is driving agentic transformation — helping organizations of all sizes move faster, operate smarter, and innovate at scale. Discover more at boomi.com.
Barco
For 90 years, innovation has been running through our veins, with creativity as our heartbeat. It’s more than a legacy, it’s our reason of existence.
At Barco, we believe truly great engineering starts with a clear vision. A vision of a better, smarter, healthier world. We use technology to transform the quality of life: from improving health outcomes to changing the way people work and creating compelling experiences.
Join us on our journey into the future, where innovating is not a choice, but a commitment to push the world forward.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is the leader in agentic application security, delivering enterprise-grade protection while helping organizations lower engineering costs and accelerate development velocity. The Checkmarx One platform scans trillions of lines of code each year, enabling companies to cut vulnerability density by more than half. Autonomous security agents continuously detect and counter AI-driven threats across the software development lifecycle, delivering prevention-first protection for legacy, modern, and AI-generated code at enterprise scale.
Hitachi Vantara
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