NCTE's World Education Summit 2026 to bring global leaders together to discuss AI and school leadership

The 36th Elets World Education Summit 2026 will be conducted in New Delhi on October 12 and 13. Education leaders including international school leaders will share their thoughts on the future of education. “Creating a Future-Ready Global Education Ecosystem” is the theme for the summit to be hosted at Hyatt Regency Delhi.

Speakers at the event include Dr Tim Hughes Dr Brian Irving and Orin Stephney. Their participation will add perspectives from education institutions in the United Arab Emirates and international schools in India to conversations on school leadership, learning quality and educational change.

The closed-door, invite-only summit, organised by Elets Technomedia, will bring together school and university leaders, policymakers and education innovators. The information released by the organisers indicates that the program will focus on artificial intelligence in teaching, individualised learning, multidisciplinary education, skills and institutional leadership.

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Global school leaders

Tim Hughes, director of academic quality assurance and school improvement at Bloom Education in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is one of the speakers in the summit. His focus is on academic quality and school improvement, and he brings a UAE-based education organisation’s perspective to the summit.

Brian Irving, head of school at Trio World Academy in Bengaluru, Karnataka, will also be part of the discussions. Orin Stephney, senior school principal at Lancers International School, Gurugram, Haryana, is another recognised speaker.

The speakers will bring insights from international school leadership, with discussions expected to focus on how schools can respond to artificial intelligence-driven change while strengthening creativity, critical thinking, emotional intelligence and values-based learning.

The summit will provide a forum for education leaders to share ideas across institutional settings and educational traditions. It claims to connect school level priorities to wider questions of leadership, quality of learning and young people's development.

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AI and future learning

The two-day program will focus on school and higher education, and cover topics such as artificial intelligence in teaching, individualised learning approaches, multidisciplinary education and skill development. 

A post on the National Council for Teacher Education’s (NCTE) official X account announced the World Education Summit India 2026, highlighting the theme “Building a Future-Ready Global Education Ecosystem” and the event’s focus on government leadership and education policy. The post identifies the summit as the 35th edition, which differs from the 36th-edition reference in the event information supplied for this article.

Interested education leaders can request an invitation and learn more about the program at the official summit website. Participation is subject to review and confirmation by the organising team. The event is happening on October 12-13 at Hyatt Regency Delhi.