
CONFERENCE ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Conversations that Shape AI Futures
By Harish and Bina Shah School of AI & Computer Science
Plaksha University
October 30 - November 1 | Mohali, Punjab
For more details: confai@plaksha.edu.in
5+
Keynote Speakers
20+
Oral Presentations
20+
Poster Presentations
600+
Students
100+
Visitors
The three day academic conference aims to highlight the potential of AI in exploring effective solutions to
societal challenges. The talks and discussions aim to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing,
and innovative discussions. It will bring together students, researchers, and practitioners across
diverse AI domains to shape the future of research, development, and impactful applications in
the Indian AI landscape.
About ConfAI
Call For Abstracts
Deadline: August 10
Notification of acceptance
August 31
Conference Dates
October 30 - November 1
ConfAI 2026 Speakers
(The list is non exhaustive , more speakers coming soon...)
Discover the visionaries leading the Conversations that shape AI futures at ConfAI’s upcoming edition.
ConfAI 2026 Welcomes
Abstracts
01
AI in the Economy
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Alok Ranjan, Dr. Nikhil George, Dr. Divyanshu Jain
This track focuses on artificial intelligence as a transformative force across three interlocking pillars of modern economies: labor markets, financial systems, and governance structures.
03
AI in Sensors
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Anil Roy, Dr. Praveen Kumar
This session focuses on AI as a transformative force in sensor technology, highlighting the co-design of intelligent hardware, software, and real-time analytical systems across diverse application domains.
05
AI4Cities: Enhancing Resilience, Improving Liveability
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Anupam Sobti, Dr. Malini Balakrishnan, Dr. Prashanth Suresh Kumar, Dr. Pankaj Pansari
This session focuses on AI-driven solutions for rapidly expanding Indian cities, leveraging real-time, data-driven predictive management to optimize urban infrastructure, climate resilience, and local governance.
07
AI and Logic: Relations and Applications
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Deepak Khemani, Dr. Saeed Salehi, Dr. Tapas Pandit
This session focuses on the two-way synergy between logic and AI, highlighting how logic designs reliable AI systems while AI tools solve complex logical and mathematical problems.
02
AI in Healthcare
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Sunita Chauhan, Dr. Sandeep Manjanna, Dr. Monika Sharma, Dr. Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira, Dr. Appan Rakaraddi.
This session aims to explore how AI technologies can be designed and deployed to deliver tailored healthcare solutions while ensuring fair and inclusive access.
04
Reasoning in Vision Language Models
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Pankaj Pansari, Dr. Deepan Muthirayan
This session focuses on evaluating and advancing reasoning in Vision Language Models (VLMs), spanning benchmark evaluation, fine-tuning, inference-time scaling, and novel model architectures.
06
Responsible and Ethical AI
Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Rajesh Sharma, Dr. Sachindranath
This session focuses on the ethical, legal, and sociotechnical dimensions of responsible AI, translating foundational ethics into practical governance, algorithmic fairness, and cross-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks.
08
Recent Advances in AI
Submissions are not limited to the tracks given above. Work pertaining to the theme of the conference is welcome. It could include ongoing research and previously published work.
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