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Global leaders across business, government and innovation converge in New Delhi for Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026

  • Prime Minister Modi to address inaugural session
  • 6 senior Indian government ministers among over 50 speakers including current and former government leaders from 9 nations
  • More than 500 global leaders including CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies
  • Follow the conversation at https://www.bloomberg.com/live/asia_stream

NEW DELHI, October 12, 2026 – Bloomberg New Economy today announced its final speaker list and program updates ahead of the first ever Bloomberg New Economy Forum (the “Forum”) to be held in New Delhi, India, on 13-15 October.

Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, will address the summit and a delegation of senior Indian government representatives, as well as some of India’s foremost business and technology leaders, taking part in a dynamic editorial program under the guiding theme of “A World in Play: Defining the New Levers of Power.” They will be joined by over 500 international private and public sector leaders, including former and current senior government representatives from Australia, Canada, Italy, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States, amongst others.

Across three days, the Forum will create a platform for participants to consider and discuss some of the world’s most urgent challenges and most immediate opportunities – set against the backdrop of a turbulent global economy, a flourishing period of technological innovation and a highly nuanced geopolitical landscape.

“India’s position as one of the world’s fastest growing economies and a global center of innovation makes it the perfect location for this year’s New Economy Forum,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. “We’re bringing business and government leaders together to discuss the rapidly changing geo-economic issues and growth opportunities – and find new ways to act on them. The conversations in New Delhi over the next three days can help shape the world in the months and years to come.”

Session highlights include: “The End of Predictability,” “Economic Policy in the Age of AI,” “Technological Sovereignty: Building Independence Without Buying Dependence,” “The Self-Sufficiency Scramble,” “Is This the Middle Power Moment?” “ROI (Return on India)” and “The Final Frontier: Who’ll Control Space?”

Speakers include: Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Republic of India; Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies; Noubar Afeyan, Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna; Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Sanjiv Ahuja, Chairman and CEO, Tillman Global Holdings; H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry, State of Qatar; T.H. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada; Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group; Amy Brachio, CEO, Carbon Measures; T.H. Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary, Swiss Confederation; Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons; H.E. Mario Draghi, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Italy; Former President, European Central Bank; Abhijit Dubey, President and CEO, NTT DATA, Inc.; Alain Ebobissé, CEO, Africa50; Kirsty Gogan, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Terra Praxis; Managing Partner, LucidCatalyst; Robert Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock; Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of India; Jonathan Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer, Blackstone; Lila Ibrahim, Chief AI Readiness Officer, Google DeepMind; Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Union Minister of External Affairs, Republic of India; Mohamed Kande, Global Chairman, PwC; T.H. Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Republic of Singapore; Uday Kotak, Founder and Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Kai-Fu Lee, Founder and CEO, 01.AI, Chairman, Sinovation Ventures; Gary Marcus, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson, Biocon; Rory McIlroy, Six-Time Major Champion and Career Grand Slam Winner; Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises; Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, Deputy Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company; José Muñoz, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company; Nandan Nilekani, Chairman and Co-Founder, Infosys; Yuvraj Narayan, Group CEO, DP World; Masayuki Omoto, President and CEO, Marubeni Corporation; Salil Parekh, CEO and Managing Director, Infosys; Kamal Quadir, Founder and CEO, bKash; T.H. Gina Raimondo, Former Secretary of Commerce, United States; Raj Rao, President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners; Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO, Cisco; John Romeo, Managing Partner and CEO, Oliver Wyman Forum; Surendra Rosha, Co-CEO, Asia and Middle East, HSBC; T.H. Kevin Rudd, Global President and CEO, Asia Society; Noboru Saito, President and CEO, TDK Corporation; Anjali Sardana, Founder and CEO, Pronto; Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO, Hitachi Energy; T.H. Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, Canada; Sumant Sinha, Founder, Chairman and CEO, ReNew; Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Republic of India; Dan Smoot, CEO, Vantor; Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak, Former Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, United Kingdom; Connor Teskey, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management; Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology, Republic of India; and T.H. Christopher Waller, Member, Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.

The full program for the 2026 Forum can be found here with the speaker lineup available here. The Forum’s breakout program is detailed here.

The 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum’s Founding Partners include DP World, Hitachi Energy, HSBC, Hyundai Motor Company and Tata Sons. Marsh is the exclusive Knowledge Partner. Infosys, Mubadala Investment Company, PwC and Suzlon are this year’s Presenting Partners. They are joined by Coalition Partners Schneider Electric and AstraZeneca.

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