Across four purposefully designed days, FAIR moves from plenary exchange to industry forums, curated experiences and closed-door strategic dialogue—building depth, trust and momentum at every stage.
Invitation-only roundtables are structured to enable candid, high-trust dialogue and alignment among senior leaders — providing a trusted setting for strategic discussion and decision-making.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 1
Future-Ready Health and Biotechnology
Translating fast-moving AI, robotics and regulated MedTech into decision-grade deployment pathways, including life sciences translation and neurotechnology implications. Addressing safety and evidence, assurance and accountability, privacy and consent, procurement realities, and the practical conditions for trusted scale.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 2
Resilient Smart Cities and Infrastructure
Designing AI-enabled and robotic city operations across mobility, utilities, ports and logistics—tightening OT cyber resilience, interoperability and procurement, accountable automation, privacy and public trust, and investment models that shift pilots into reliable, day-to-day services across the corridor.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 3
Secure Energy, Water, Resources and Industrial Supply Chains
Advancing water security, clean energy and critical minerals priorities—applying robotics and industrial AI to lift productivity, monitoring and safety—while addressing OT cyber risk, traceability and assurance, geopolitics, and financing structures that accelerate cross-border scale.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 4
Trusted Cross-Border Digital Platforms and Digital Infrastructure
Advancing AI-enabled cross-border services and digital assets (tokenisation, settlement and custody), underpinned by privacy-by-design, cyber resilience, identity and fraud controls, regulatory alignment and interoperability with digital public infrastructure—enabling trusted Australia–India financial and commercial connectivity.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 5
Workforce Readiness for Intelligent Systems
Strengthening skills mobility and capability as AI, robotics and emerging neurotechnology reshape work—bringing universities and industry together on leadership readiness for governance and risk, cyber and data literacy, ethical safeguards, research-to-industry pathways, and talent systems that protect competitiveness.
Time
11.30am - 2.30pm
* Invitation-only
Roundtable 6
Agritech and Climate Resilience Pathways
Scaling agritech, agri-robotics and AI decision systems—solving for adoption economics, fragmented data and trust, climate volatility, cyber risks in connected operations, investment incentives, and translation pathways that move frontier tech from pilots into scalable production.
Inclusions
Outcomes
An optional off-site experience connecting participants with Bengaluru’s innovation ecosystem through curated access to leading technology environments.
Time
TBC
Innovation Nexus Technology Hub Tours
A hosted immersion across leading technology, startup and research environments, giving participants first-hand exposure to applied AI, robotics and intelligent systems in real-world settings.
Hosts and locations to be announced soon.
Inclusions
Outcomes
A curated evening of film, dialogue and cultural exchange exploring the societal, ethical and human implications of artificial intelligence.
OMNI International AI Film Festival brings together filmmakers, technologists, policymakers and cultural leaders to examine how AI is reshaping creativity, identity, power and public trust. Cinematic narrative is positioned as a serious lens through which to interrogate emerging technologies and their cultural and social impact.
Inclusions
FAIR convenes leaders to advance dialogue, direction and outcomes across AI, robotics and intelligent systems within the Australia-India corridor.
