The foundation told Fortune that it will be represented by Ankur Vora, President of its Africa and India Offices, at the summit, and said it “remains fully committed to our work in India to advance our shared health and development goals.”
The event, which has been billed as the first major AI forum in the Global South, was also criticized by delegates and speakers for organizational chaos and poor communication. The Delhi traffic has also been difficult to navigate, causing side events around the city to start late and, at least in one case, a main speaker to miss an event entirely.
The city itself has been thrown into chaos by the scores of high-profile politicians and business leaders in town. Roads have been shut for “VIP movement,” leaving many delegates and locals stranded—some attendees described walking miles through Delhi to get out of the conference, with no taxis available and no shuttle services in place.
The Summit also made headlines on Wednesday for ejecting Indian university Galgotias after a staff member presented a commercially available Chinese-made robot dog as its own creation. Government sources confirmed to Fortune that they had asked the university to leave the premises.
