Project Liberty Institute to Headline Four Sessions at India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi
On February 13, 2026, it was announced that the Project Liberty Institute (PLI) will play a pivotal role at the upcoming India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. This flagship event, organized by the Government of India, aims to enhance international cooperation to ensure that Artificial Intelligence (AI) serves broad public benefits.
A delegation led by PLI President Tomicah Tillemann is set to engage at the summit and through three invitation-only convenings, focusing on building support for a pro-human AI stack, responsible technology governance, digital public infrastructure, and democratic accountability.
Main Summit Session (February 16)
In collaboration with the Stanford Institute on Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the Global Solutions Initiative, PLI will anchor a main-stage session titled “Building Trust: Digital Infrastructure Fit for the AI Era.” This discussion aims to explore how AI is reshaping sovereignty for individuals, communities, and nations, while also addressing how governments can better align AI innovations with the public interest.
Featured speakers for this session include:
- Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, President, Project Liberty Institute
- Sarah Nicole, Policy and Research Manager, Project Liberty Institute
- Dr. Supheakmungkol Sarin, Co-Founder, AI Safety Asia
- Dr. Arvind Gupta, Co-Founder, Digital India Foundation
- Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer, United Nations Development Programme
- Vidisha Mishra, Director of Global Outreach and Policy, Global Solutions Initiative
Tillemann emphasizes, “Project Liberty Institute wants to ensure AI advances human flourishing and human agency. The India AI Impact Summit is an opportunity to forge coalitions capable of delivering that goal. No one country or company should dictate the future of AI alone; people deserve a seat at the table as we work to build a new generation of digital infrastructure that enhances human dignity and opportunity.”
Invitation-Only Side Convenings
Collective AI Governance: Multilateral Approaches for a Fragmented World (February 17)
In partnership with Chatham House, the Global Solutions Initiative, and Aapti Institute, PLI will convene governments, international organizations, and policy leaders to examine multilateral approaches to collective AI governance. Featured speakers include:
- Anna Tumadóttir, CEO, Creative Commons
- Joseph Carroll, Head of AI Unit, UK Foreign Office
- PeiChin Tay, Senior Policy Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Steering DPI & AI Innovation Towards Public Value Maximisation: The Role of Governments in Safeguarding Data Agency (February 18)
Co-hosted with IT for Change and the Australian Government of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this session will focus on the policy and institutional frameworks governments can use to ensure digital public infrastructure and AI deliver public value. Attendees will include senior officials from the Office of the President of Kenya, the State Secretary at the Austrian Federal Chancellery, and the Swiss Special Envoy AI.
Building a New Social Web: Protocols, People and the Promise of a Democratized AI-Data Economy (February 20)
In collaboration with the Social Web Foundation, Modal Foundation, Public AI, and Observer Research Foundation, PLI will launch the first workshop in a global series focused on how open social protocols can safeguard user sovereignty in an AI agent-mediated web. Lead discussants will include:
- Joshua Tan, Co-Founder, Public AI
- Ivan Sigal, Co-Founder, Modal Foundation and Interim Executive Director, Free Our Feeds
- Mallory Knodel, Executive Director, Social Web Foundation
PLI’s participation in the India AI Impact Summit underscores its commitment to advancing people-centered AI governance, building durable coalitions among strategic middle-power countries to shape the global digital future.
Summit Registration
All attendees must complete registration via the India AI Impact Summit website. Please note that invitation-only side convenings are separate and capacity-limited.
About Project Liberty Institute
The Project Liberty Institute (PLI) is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that collaborates with leading academic partners, including Georgetown University, Stanford University, and ETH Zurich, to advance research, policy engagement, and stewardship of open-source initiatives like the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP). PLI anchors Project Liberty’s research agenda, supports open standards, and protects the integrity of protocols that enable human-centered systems for the AI era.
Project Liberty is a global initiative aimed at restoring agency in the digital age by enabling individuals to own and control their personal data through AI-ready, rights-based digital infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and publicly launched in 2021 by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt, Project Liberty advances its mission through integrated work across technology development, policy engagement, and coalition-building.
The initiative encompasses Project Liberty Labs, which develops decentralized technologies that promote self-sovereign digital identity; the Project Liberty Institute; and the Project Liberty Alliance, a global network of over 175 partner organizations committed to creating an internet that serves people, not platforms.
