Leaders Forum: Agents of Change

Leaders Forum: Agents of Change

The Intelligence Horizon: Navigating the AI Era with Google Cloud

Join us for an exclusive session with Nobel Laureate & the CEO of Google DeepMind Sir Demis Hassabis

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February 20, 2026 (Friday)

9:30 AM–1:00 PM IST

Phase V, Udyog Vihar, Sector 19

Gurugram, Haryana, 122016

We are living through an epoch-defining shift. While the world gathers in India to discuss the adoption of AI, we invite you to an intimate, closed-door session with the mind who architected it.


The Architect of Intelligence Fresh from receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold—the AI system that solved a 50-year-old "grand challenge" in biology—Sir Demis Hassabis is coming to India.

  • As documented in The Thinking Game, Sir Demis’s journey has never been about building chatbots; it has been about "solving intelligence to advance science and humanity." From the halls of the Nobel ceremony to the stage at Davos—where he recently championed AI as the accelerator that will "compress decades of scientific discovery into years"—his vision is reshaping the very fabric of reality.
  • Why This Matters Now: While others discuss the hype of Generative AI, Sir Demis will discuss the horizon. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the visionary often regarded as the preeminent mind in artificial intelligence on how deep tech is transitioning from scientific breakthroughs to Scaling Impact Driven Business Models.

We are standing at a pivotal moment in history where Artificial Intelligence is transitioning from experimental potential to tangible economic impact. And we are delighted to invite you to this super exclusive “by invitation only” event to Witness History, Not Just Technology. In the crowded noise of the AI revolution, come listen to the signal.

Featured Speaker

Sir Demis Hassabis is widely regarded as the "Chief Architect" of the AGI era. Sir Demis approaches AI through the lens of deep science and humanity's grandest challenges. Under his leadership, Google DeepMind has produced AlphaGo (the first AI to beat a human champion at Go) and AlphaFold (which predicted the structure of 200 million proteins—nearly all known to science). As profiled in The Thinking Game, Sir Demis is not merely participating in the AI revolution; he is defining its scientific soul. He joins us in India to share a vision that goes beyond chatbots and automation, offering a glimpse into a future where "Digital Science" becomes the ultimate competitive advantage for nations and businesses alike.

Sir Demis Hassabis
Sir Demis Hassabis

Co-founder & CEO, Google DeepMind | 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry


Speakers

Sashi Sreedharan
Sashi Sreedharan

Managing Director, Google Cloud India

 Parthasarathy Ranganathan
Parthasarathy Ranganathan

VP, Engineering Fellow, Google Cloud

Naren Kachroo
Naren Kachroo

Head GTM, AI at Google Cloud India



Manish Gupta
Manish Gupta

Senior Director, Google DeepMind

Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra

Author, Journalist & Entrepreneur

Speaker Tarun Pant, Director, Customer Engineering, India, Google Cloud
Tarun Pant

Director, Customer Engineering, India,

Google Cloud

Agenda

9:30 AM–10:00 AM

Registrations

10:00 AM–10:05 AM

Welcome Note


Manish Gupta, Senior Director, Google DeepMind

10:05 AM–10:45 AM

The Nobel Fireside: Sir Demis Hassabis on The Intelligence Horizon

Understand the profound shift as we move from coding software to solving intelligence. Featuring insights on how AlphaFold and Gemini are changing the course of innovation - positioning India at the center of the global AI transformation.


Sir Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind

Sashi Sreedharan, Managing Director, Google Cloud (India)


Moderated by - Pankaj Mishra, Author, Journalist & Entrepreneur

10:45 AM–11:00 AM

Keynote Address: Navigating the AI era in India

A deep dive into how AI can solve unique challenges in India’s industries.


Parthasarathy Ranganathan, VP, Engineering Fellow, Google Cloud

11:00 AM–11:45 AM

Workshop: The Art of the Impossible

Witness how the science of DeepMind meets the scale of Google Cloud’s Vertex AI to solve your industry’s hardest problems.


Tarun Pant, Director, Customer Engineering, India, Google Cloud

Naren Kachroo, Head GTM, AI at Google Cloud India

11:45 AM–12:00 PM

Closing Note

12:00 PM–1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Kindly note: Timings are subject to slight changes. We will keep you apprised of the same through follow up communications.


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