Workshop 1: Enabling AI for all, By all
Room No.: MR 19

Workshop Proposer: Surbhi Arul, International Innovation Corps

Moderator: Gaurav Sharma, International AI Policy and Advocacy Advisor

Panelists
● Ajai Garg, Advisor, Koan Advisory and Director, Digital Tech & Law Group, Anand & Anand Associates
● Aparajita Bharti, Partner, The Quantum Hub
● B. Shadrach, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (Online)
● Charu Chadha, Tech Policy Expert
● Kirti Seth, Ex-CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM
● Sonia Dosanjh, Associate Director, Head of AI & Analytics, C-DAC Mohali (Online)

Workshop 2: Report Launch and Discussion- ICT for Empowering Accessibility/Inclusion: The Impact of Digital Integration on the Lives of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
Room No.: MR 15

Panelists

• ⁠Pradeep Anirudhan, CSS, Director, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
• ⁠Dr. Praveen Misra, Chair, ISOC Accessibility Standing Group
• ⁠Nipun Malhotra, Co-Founder, Nipman Foundation
• ⁠Rohit Kumar, Head, Public Policy Government Affairs, Zoom
• Dr. Arpita Kanjilal, Manager, Digital Empowerment Foundation

Workshop 3: Regulating Digital Media: Navigating Content Governance in India – Shiksha Dahiya, Chase India

Room No.: MR 15

Moderator: Shiksha Dahiya , Manager, Public Policy, Chase-India

Panelists

• Dr Satyanarayanan, Director HRD & Digital Economy Division
• Ms. Aditi Aggarwal, Technology Journalist, Hindustan Times
• Mr. Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director – Data Economy and Emerging Tech at Meta, India 
• ⁠Dr. Vagheshwari Deswal, Professor, Faculty of Law, Delhi University

Workshop 4: Intersection of Competition Law and Artificial Intelligence – Saksham Malik, The Dialogue
Room No.: MR 19

Moderator: Saksham Malik, The Dialogue

Panelists: 

• Ms. Modhulika Bose, Partner,Chandhiok & Mahajan, 
• Mr. Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue
• Dr. Sachin Kumar, Asst. Prof, University of Delhi
• Mr. Sandeep Aurora, Group Director & Head Public Policy and Government Affairs

09:30 AM -10:30 AM

Workshop 5: The Evolution of Harm in the Digital Age: Blurring Lines Between Online and Offline Harms and Violence
Room No.: MR 19

Workshop Proposer: Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, The Dialogue

Moderator: Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, Senior Programme Manager, Platform Regulation and Gender & Tech, The Dialogue, Secretariat, ACTS

Panelists

• Allan Asher (Virtual Speaker) – Vice President, Competition & Consumer Policy, Australian Risk Policy Institute
• ⁠Jyoti Vadehra, Lead, Digital Safety & Online Wellbeing, Centre for Social Research India Secretariat, ACTS
• ⁠Vakasha Sachdev, Senior Manager (India), Government Affairs & Communications, Logically
• ⁠Preethi Rao, Director, Partnerships & Outreach, LEAD at Krea University

Workshop 6: Enabling Open-Source AI Access for the Global South – Meghna Bal, Esya Centre
Room No.: MR 15

Moderator: Ms. Meghna Bal, Director & Head of Research, Esya Center

Panelists:

• Aalekh Sharan, Head Enterprise AI & Strategy, Sarvam Al
• Sunil Abraham, Director Public Policy, Meta
• Swapna Sen, DGM Data Science, AreeteAl
• Shivaramakrishnan R Guruvayur, Research Advisor, CERAI,
• Sanket Kashyap, Lead ML Engineer, Level AI

Workshop 09 : Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Digital Inclusion
Workshop Proposer: Saksham Malik, The Dialogue
Room No.: MR 19

• Maya Sherman,  Expert & Project Co-Lead OCED-GPAI
• ISha Suri, Research Manager, CIS
• Abhishek Venkateswaran, National Project Officer, UNESCO. 

Workshop 10: Open Source AI: Powering India’s Ethical and Inclusive Digital Future
Workshop Proposer: Dhruv Garg, Indian Governance &Policy Project
Room No.: MR 15

• Major General (Dr.) Pawan Anand, AVSM, (Retd.)
• NIsh Perera, First Secretary, Australian High Commission
• Prof. (Dr.) Chetan Arora, IIT Delhi
• Sunil Abraham, Director Public Policy, Meta
• Dr. Aparajita Bhatt, Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Cyber Laws, National Law University Delhi