India-Spain Seminar: "AI and Engineering Driving Responsible Innovation"

As artificial intelligence becomes a decisive force in modern engineering, organizations increasingly face the challenge of balancing innovation, scalability, and accountability. AI is not only transforming engineering processes—improving efficiency, quality, and speed—but is also shaping broader social, ethical, and regulatory landscapes. This event, organized by Casa Asia HCL Tech, in collaboration with the Consulate of India in Barcelona, ​​Acció, Tech Barcelona, ​​CaixaBank and the Spain India Council Foundation, is part of the Dual Year India–Spain 2026, which celebrates bilateral collaboration in technology and innovation.

The event will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology experts to explore how AI can drive excellence in engineering and other fields, while remaining reliable, transparent, and socially responsible.

The event has the following objectives:

• Highlighting the importance of responsible AI in building trust and long-term value
• Exploring the role of public policy, regulation, and cross-sector collaboration within the technology alliance between India and Spain
• Sharing business perspectives on how to align innovation with social impact
• Analyzing how AI is redefining engineering excellence across different sectors

By integrating the objectives of the Dual Year India-Spain, this event positions AI not only as a technological enabler, but as a strategic force guided by responsibility, collaboration and purpose, ensuring that engineering excellence contributes positively to businesses, society and international technological leadership.

Program

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Record

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Welcome remarks
José Pintor Aguilar, managing Director, Casa Asia
Inbasekar Sundaramurthi, Consul General of India in Barcelona
Joan RosasDirector of International Relations, CaixaBank

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | AI for everyone: Building global collaborations for local challenges in the healthcare sector
Karthik AdapaExpert in digital health and health systems transformation; Regional Advisor for Digital Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Southeast Asia, New Delhi, India

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Driving AI-based engineering and modernization for international companies
Rohit sharma, Global AI Transformation Leader, HCL Tech

11:55 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Ethics and regulation of AI

Presented by:
Miguel GómezDirector of Communication and Public Relations at Barcelona Tech

Speaker:
Nayana Prakashindependent researcher

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Driving business processes with AI

Moderated by:
Shreyashee Nag, Senior Director, Business Development, HCLTech

Speakers:
Suvish ViswanathanResponsible for Marketing – Europe and Regional Director – DACH, Zoho Corporation
Xabi EsplugasVP ITS Group Functions SolSolutions, Planning and Digitalization, DHL
Carles Gomara, Department of Innovation and Technological Transformation, ACCIÓ
Cristina Vazquez, Director of Artificial Intelligence, CaixaBank

13:15 h – 13:20 h | Closing Remarks
José Eugenio Salarich (Acciona), Spain-India Council Foundation

13:20 h – 14:45 h | Networking Lunch

The event will take place in English without simultaneous translation.