New Delhi: The 8th edition of the Global Technology Summit (GTS) will be held from 04-06 December 2023 in New Delhi. 

The theme for this year's Summit is "Geopolitics of Technology."

The Global Technology Summit (GTS) is India’s flagship event on geo-technology, co-hosted by the Policy Planning & Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Carnegie India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on December 1 in the statement.

The inaugural session of the Summit would begin with an address by External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar.

"Over the course of three days, GTS-2023 will have over 40 public sessions, keynote addresses, ministerial addresses, panel discussions, book launches, and other related events", the MEA said.

GTS-2023 will convene about a hundred speakers and thousands of participants including policymakers, industry experts, academics, technocrats and innovators from India and across the world. 

Ministers and senior government officials from several countries including the India, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Lithuania, Brazil and the European Union will also participate in the Summit. 

The Summit will also see participation from students and young professionals (GTS Young Ambassadors) from India and the South Asian region.

The MEA said that GTS-2023 will discuss vital questions related to technology, its impact on geopolitics and policy issues related to new, critical and emerging technologies, digital public infrastructure, export controls, data protection, as well as cross-cutting policy issues related to innovation and national security.