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Eighth US-India Conference to explore dynamic and evolving relationship with a focus on AI, global dynamics, and biomedical breakthroughs
This year’s conference, US India: Normalization or Reset?, examines how the two countries can review their priorities and either restore normalcy or redefine the relationship for a multipolar world.
Amid a rapidly changing geopolitical and technological landscape, the eighth annual US-India Conference will explore one of the world’s most consequential relationships at a moment of reassessment.
The US–India relationship stands at a crossroads, balancing strategic pragmatism with shared democratic values. Recent tensions over trade, tariffs, and technology have raised questions about whether the partnership is being recalibrated or simply cooling. This year’s conference, US India: Normalization or Reset?, examines how the two countries can review their priorities and either restore normalcy or redefine the relationship for a multipolar world. Sessions will cover themes including artificial intelligence governance, global conflict dynamics, and biomedical breakthroughs.
Co-hosted by the All India Management Association (AIMA) and the University of California, Santa Cruz, the conference will be held at UC Santa Cruz’s Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara on Tuesday, Oct. 7, beginning at 2:30 p.m. This year’s conference will address key areas of mutual interest, including AI, innovations that could revolutionize human health, and the role India and the U.S. can play in rebalancing global cooperation.
“The need for strong U.S.–India collaboration has never been greater,” said Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman International, AIMA and Chairman Hero Enterprise. “This gathering offers an opportunity to examine how our two nations can join forces to tackle pressing global issues and contribute to the benefit of our two nations and our people.”
The conference will bring together corporate executives, professionals, members of U.S.-India trade and economic bodies, researchers, scholars and students to engage in thought-provoking discussions about the future of U.S.-India relations.
“UC Santa Cruz is proud to once again partner with AIMA to convene this global gathering,” said UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive. “Looking ahead, collaboration in technology, innovation, and other emerging fields will be essential to advancing prosperity for both nations. This conference helps shape the conversation and shows possible paths to a positive and sustainable future.”
Sessions will explore
- recent shifts in US–India ties and the roots of friction. With global alliances in flux, the discussion will focus on how leaders might reframe priorities, manage divergence, and steer the relationship toward strategic coherence;
- the emerging competition over AI standards, access to critical technologies, and regulatory influence;
- the fragility of global order, the risks of escalating conflict, and the role India and the US can play in rebalancing global cooperation; and
- how AI, genomics, and metabolic science are converging to personalise and revolutionise human wellbeing.
Panelists include influential leaders from Google, Tata Steel, Hero Group, Triveni Turbine Ltd, Trivium, Tata Chemicals Ltd, UC Santa Cruz, and more. Following the panels, attendees will have the opportunity to network with Silicon Valley executives and the visiting delegation of CEOs.
Register to attend the conference and find more information on the event.