The theme of the conference is “India’s AI Moment: Leveraging the Intelligent Economy.” IDS 2026 is the official pre-summit event of the AI Impact Summit 2026. Addressing the inaugural session of the conference, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Dr. Manjula. N said, “We have a Karnataka Innovation Act under which we are trying to frame a regulatory sandbox environment. The Chairman, Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMIA) and Co Founder, BillDesk, Srinivasu MN in his address said, “Today in India, digital technology has started an overlay into the economy. IDS 2026 is being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Make in India.