Speakers include global AI leaders from organisations like Meta, Microsoft, Micron, Darwinbox and E2E Networks
2000 participants are expected to participate
HYDERABAD, April 03 2025 – AI Days 2025, the second edition of the flagship AI conference to be held on April 12-13, 2025 for two days in Hyderabad.
It will be organised by Viswam.AI (IIIT Hyderabad and swecha.org). Viswam. AI is a joint initiative of Swecha and IIIT Hyderabad, formed and led by a group of opensource enthusiasts, community builders, technologists, and researchers working towards tech for social good.
- Sridhar Babu, Minister for IT, Electronics & Communications, Government of Telangana, to inaugurate AI Days 2025 conference, the largest gathering of AI innovators, leaders and enablers in the city
The conference will bring together about 2000 participants from across the AI spectrum: developers, architects, startups, tech leaders and policy makers. Day one focuses on building solutions through Masterclasses from senior AI leaders and workshops on the latest AI tools and technologies. Day two is focused on knowledge from industry leaders and policy makers.
AI innovation focuses on solving challenges specific to India and the Global South.
Prof. PJ Narayanan, Director IIIT Hyderabad, said, “AI is bringing an unusual situation where AI is still actively being worked on in research groups across the world. Industry is almost in parallel adopting much of the same technologies. Significantly bridging the time and space gap between research and industry. This AI Days conference will bring together thought leaders from both these worlds”.
The 2-day conference will include Round Tables that will have industry CXOs, policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders deliberating on the state of the art of research, the solution possibilities and challenges to the fore. Themes include India’s Own LLMs, Building Low-Cost AI, Community sourcing AI, and Data Privacy & Policy. The conference will also see the culmination of the two-month AI hack Days program, with 25+ organisations and around 250 teams at the finale Spark Camp.
Key conference speakers include: Soumith Chintala, Co-Founder of PyTorch; Srini raju, Chairman, iLabs Capital; Renata Avila, CEO, Open Knowledge Foundation; Rohit Chennamaneni, Co-Founder, Darwinbox; Chaitanya Chokkareddy, CTO, Ozontel; Tarun Dua, Founder E2E networks; Abhishek Upperwal, Founder & CEO – Soket AI Labs; Anoop Kunchukuttan, co-lead of AI4Bharath; Prof CV Jawahar, dean IIIT Hyderabad. Apart from several Technology Leaders from organizations such as Microsoft, Meta, Micron, Darwinbox and E2E Networks, and about 25+ CXOs.