Representatives of Czech brain research and Czech AI will visit India: INDRC and CIIRC CTU will jointly promote Czech science at AI Impact Expo 2026 in New Delhi, India
From February 16, 2026, the Indian capital New Delhi, will be in the global spotlight on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). Up to 200,000 visitors are expected to attend the India AI Impact Expo, which will feature exhibitors from around the world, and the associated two-day India AI Impact Summit conference. The 70,000 m2 exhibition area will offer space not only for companies but also for AI-related scientific innovations.
The organizers of this year's largest AI event expect government representatives, executives from global technology and industrial companies, and research institutions to attend. Thanks to the globally-resonating topic of Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative disorders and the prestigious reputation of Czech science, long-term partners INDRC and CIIRC CTU have succeeded in the strong competition and will represent Czech research related to AI technologies at the India AI Impact Expo 2026. The exhibition will thus be diverse in content.
The International Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center (INDRC) and the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics at the Czech Technical University (CIIRC CTU) have jointly named their exhibition "Czech AI Innovations from the Heart of Europe." They will not be alone, as the Czech startup Neurona Lab, the Zlín Region with the ZRIA agency, and VSB – Technical University of Ostrava will also join with their presentations. The importance of Czech science and research in the field of AI is also underlined by the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček. The Czech scientific exhibition at AI Impact Expo 2026 is also supported by Česká spořitelna.
The exhibition will offer selected examples of solutions based on artificial intelligence, research results, technological applications, and cutting-edge infrastructure. Its goal is to showcase Czech capabilities and open up new opportunities for international cooperation in the rapidly growing Indian market, which is currently going through a fundamental transformation that creates unprecedented opportunities for Czech science and industry. A key milestone is the recent signing of a historic trade agreement between the EU and India, which significantly facilitates mutual trade for a market of two billion people.
The beginning of a new intensive Czech – Indian cooperation will be sealed by the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
The India AI Impact Expo is held under the patronage of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, and is one of the most important global trade fairs focused on artificial intelligence in Asia. Together with the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which is linked to the India AI Impact Expo, it brings together representatives of states, their government officials, research institutions, and technology leaders. The Indian AI Impact Summit follows on from last year's event, which was held in Paris under the auspices of French President Emmanuel Macron and was also attended by the Czech President Petr Pavel and representatives of the International Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center, z.ú.
“Participating in the India AI Impact Expo is an opportunity for us to show that Czech innovations in artificial intelligence not only go hand in hand with technological excellence, but also emphasize ethics, trustworthiness, and compliance,” adds Dr. Vít Dočkal, Director of INDRC. "We believe that it is precisely the combination of cutting-edge research and a responsible approach to AI that paves the way for international cooperation and applications that have a real impact on society."
"As the CLARA project Director, I consider the deepening of strategic cooperation with INDRC and partners in India to be a key step towards translating European and American excellence in personalized medicine into measurable global impact. CLARA provides a cutting-edge interdisciplinary framework for systems-based brain research and the development of clinically applicable approaches, while India has extraordinary potential in the fields of artificial intelligence and digital health, as well as the ability to rapidly scale innovations into practice. CLARA is an important partner due to its expertise in neurodegenerative disorder research and advanced complex data analysis, which are crucial for validating biomarkers and clinical hypotheses. Cooperation with India also opens up access to large, population-diverse data sets and unique technological talent, which will significantly accelerate the development, training, and clinical validation of AI models for early and more accurate diagnosis. Our common goal is to build trustworthy, ethical, and interoperable solutions. I believe that CLARA - INDRC's newly established scientific and commercial partnerships in India can become a reference model for international partnerships that will accelerate the path from data to decision-making and from decision-making to more effective treatment procedures," says Prof. RNDr. Václav Snášel, director of the CLARA project.
"Artificial intelligence brings many challenges for humanity, and I consider its use in supporting healthcare to be the most important," emphasizes Prof. Vladimír Mařík, one of the founders and members of the INDRC Board of Directors. "In the context of deepening cooperation between the European Union and India, I consider it important to join forces with Indian experts in artificial intelligence applications aimed at improving the quality of life and health. Participation in the India AI Impact Expo and Summit allows us to present Czech, but also partly European, AI research for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. We want to establish new professional contacts and join forces in AI research to combat globally devastating diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. We are interested in specific and effective interdisciplinary cooperation.“
"Czechia-India cooperation is extremely important for INDRC activities, and we are very pleased with the high level of cooperation with the Indian Embassy. Many thanks to the Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Raveesh Kumar, and his team," adds Dr. Vít Dočkal, Director of INDRC.
The shared mission of INDRC and CIIRC CTU will also be to promote two projects, CLARA and RICAIP, which illustrate a wide range of areas from basic research to industrial applications. The CLARA project, Center for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing in Systems Brain Research, is dedicated to advanced research into neurodegeneration using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing. It connects interdisciplinary sciences with powerful computing technologies and enables the development of advanced solutions in biomedicine and medical AI. RICAIP's research and innovation infrastructure focuses on building a network of industrial testbeds. These provide solutions in the field of Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of manufacturing, in particular through the testing and implementation of advanced technologies, including AI, and their verification in real-world conditions.
The exhibition will also feature the innovative startup Neurona Lab, which focuses on medical technologies for fast and accurate diagnosis of cognitive disorders using artificial intelligence. For example, it uses AI algorithms for voice analysis to recognize early signs of disease or to analyze data from imaging methods, particularly magnetic resonance imaging and PET. This serves to localize pathological changes in the brain or to more accurately determine brain edema or microbleeds, which may occur in specific cases during the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Another partner of the exhibition will be the Zlín Region and its agency, the ZRIA regional development agency.
India AI Impact Expo 2026 will take place in New Delhi from February 16 to 22, 2026. The joint exhibition of INDRC and CIIRC CTU will offer space for establishing international cooperation in a number of areas related to artificial intelligence.
The International Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center (INDRC), is a private, non-for-profit, global research institute founded in 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic, to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to identify and validate therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. INDRC was established to address the challenges faced in identifying and validating novel interventions for neurodegenerative diseases. INDRC uses a transparent governance model that includes committed international partners from the European Union, North America, and around the world, including universities, research institutes, clinical centres, and companies, as well as not-for-profit companies. The Institute applies AI and ML to develop novel integrated analytical methods using an interdisciplinary approach to study the function and information processing of the healthy and diseased human brain. For more information, visit www.indrc.cz.
The Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC CTU) is a modern research institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague, which brings together excellent research teams, young talent and unique know-how with the aim of pushing technological boundaries and building on the best traditions of Czech technical education. The focus of CIIRC CTU's research work is on four main pillars: industry, energy, smart cities, and healthy society, in both basic and applied research. Currently, there are nearly 300 employees in 8 research departments, which are complemented by the RICAIP Testbed Prague for Industry 4.0. The area of expertise of CIIRC CTU is broad: it includes artificial intelligence, robotics, automatic control and optimization, computer graphics, computer vision and machine learning, automatic decision-making, design of software systems and computing resources, design of decision-making and diagnostic systems and their applications in medicine, bioinformatics, biomedicine, or assistive technologies. CIIRC CTU promotes horizontal cooperation between all parts (faculties and institutes) of CTU and opens space for mutually beneficial cooperation with other universities, with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with industrial companies, and with international institutions. CIIRC CTU creates a unique ecosystem of academic-industrial cooperation, in which it uses diversified forms of project funding from national, European, and private sources. For more information, visit www.ciirc.cvut.cz.
The Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest and oldest technical universities in Europe. According to the 2017+ Methodology, it is the best Czech technical college in the group of ranked technical colleges. Currently, the CTU has eight faculties (civil, mechanical, electrical, nuclear and physical engineering, architecture, transport, biomedical engineering, information technology). It has over 19,000 students. In the academic year 2024/2025, CTU in Prague has a total of 341 accredited study programmes, of which 145 are in English. In addition to the faculties, CTU in Prague also comprises six institutes (Klokner Institute, Masaryk Institute of Higher Studies, Institute of Physical Education and Sport, University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, and Institute of Technical and Experimental Physics). CTU educates technical experts, scientists, and managers with knowledge of foreign languages who are dynamic, flexible, and able to adapt quickly to market requirements. According to the results of the 2017+ Methodology, CTU was ranked in a group of five technical universities and received the highest rating of A. CTU is ranked 420th in the QS World University Rankings. www.cvut.cz.
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