INDIA – The ET NOW Global Business Summit will return to New Delhi on February 13 and 14, 2026, marking this edition of one of South Asia’s most closely followed business and policy gatherings. Held under the theme A Decade of Disruption, A Century of Change, the summit comes as shifting geopolitics, changing capital flows, accelerating climate risks and rapid technological advances continue to reshape economies and corporate decision-making. Artificial intelligence, climate-driven policy responses, the Covid-19 pandemic and repeated financial and trade realignments have unsettled long-established business models, turning disruption into a constant.
Reflecting this reality, the 2026 agenda will focus on the forces redefining global business and policymaking, including economic disruption, Industry 5.0, the future of globalisation, workforce transitions, energy security and the need for business diversification in volatile markets. More than 2,000 senior delegates from India and overseas, are expected to attend, reinforcing the summit’s position as a key platform for dialogue between governments, industry leaders and the global business community.
Together, these developments have pushed leaders to look beyond short-term recovery and towards deeper structural change. The summit will examine how ideas around leadership, economic expansion and governance need to evolve in an environment where uncertainty is no longer temporary, while keeping resilience, inclusion and responsible innovation at the centre of future growth strategies.
India’s role as host lends added significance to the summit, with the country now the world’s fourth-largest economy and an increasingly influential voice in global economic affairs. Over the years, the Global Business Summit has earned a reputation for attracting senior decision-makers from across the world, including Nobel laureates, heads of state, cabinet ministers, technology pioneers and leading corporate executives such as Guyana Prime Minister Mark Anthony Phillips, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC, Paul Krugman, Bill Gates, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Steve Wozniak, Brian Chesky, Reed Hastings, Bill Winters and Jenny Johnson, with its discussions often shaping broader policy and business thinking.
The Times Group presents ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026 as a distinguished platform that has in the past hosted an illustrious array of personalities, both from India and around the world. This distinguished list includes luminaries such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the visionary Bill Gates from Microsoft, Brian Chesky of Airbnb, Arianna Huffington from Huffington Post Media Group, Dara Khosrowshahi, the leader of Uber, Reed Hastings representing Netflix, the innovative Steve Wozniak from Apple, renowned venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, Anshula Kant from the World Bank Group, iconic actor Shah Rukh Khan, and the esteemed Economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, among other influential figures. The summit continues to be a nexus of unparalleled insights and global perspectives, bringing together the brightest minds to shape the future of business and innovation.
