Overview

Nasscom, in collaboration with the Future of Privacy Forum, is hosting a high-level dialogue on “Building Safe Spaces for AI Impact: Regulatory and Private Sandboxes” on 20 January 2026 in New Delhi, as an Official Pre-Summit Event leading up to the AI Impact Summit 2026. The event aims to facilitate discussions on how regulatory and organisational sandbox frameworks, informed by Indian and global best practices, can enable safe, scalable, and innovation-first AI governance while supporting responsible AI adoption across sectors.

Bringing together senior government leaders, regulators, global industry representatives and experts, the event will enable focused dialogue on regulatory preparedness, institutional capacity-building, and the practical operationalisation of sandbox frameworks for responsible AI governance.

The programme is structured around two focused panel discussions:

• Regulatory Sandboxes: Enabling Safe, Scalable, and Adaptive AI Governance
  A discussion on the role of regulatory sandboxes in providing controlled environments for testing AI systems, enabling regulators to assess real-world risks, strengthen safeguards, and adapt regulatory frameworks without constraining innovation. The session will draw on Indian and global experiences to examine how sandboxing supports evidence-based policymaking, cross-sectoral coordination, and adaptive AI governance.

• Private and Organisational Sandboxes: Operationalising Responsible AI at Scale
  A session examining how organisations are deploying private and micro-sandboxes to test, validate, and govern AI systems across the development and deployment lifecycle. The discussion will highlight how organisational sandboxing complements regulatory efforts, embeds responsible AI practices within enterprises, and supports scalable, trustworthy AI adoption across sectors.

The evening will conclude with a high-level fireside conversation reflecting on India’s evolving AI governance landscape, global regulatory trends, and the path forward for collaborative, innovation-first AI oversight.