Bringing Global Visions to the Indian Stage: Unveiling the Global Speakers of the GCC Summit 2026

Joining from Europe’s policy corridors is Ozlem Buran, who heads the secretariat for the EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and co-leads its global program on digital transformation. A Master of Public Policy graduate from the University of Oxford, Buran has built her career at the intersection of digital governance and international cooperation, with earlier roles spanning GIZ’s ICT sector development work, a policy research fellowship with the UK Cabinet Office, and Berlin’s ReDI School of Digital Integration.

She’s a regular moderator at digital policy forums, known for steering conversations on turning AI regulation into workable governance. At the summit, Buran brings the EU’s data governance lens to a stage focused on how India’s GCCs can scale AI-led delivery responsibly, grounding the ambition of GCC 4.0 in the regulatory realities global enterprises must navigate.

Representing the French business ecosystem is Pierre Arnaud Cassin, managing director of Ultraconfidentiel Design Pvt. Ltd., based in New Delhi since January 2012. A French national and graduate of the European Business School, Paris, specializing in international relations and finance, Cassin has spent over a decade building bridges across business circles in India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

In July 2018, he was appointed Foreign Trade Adviser by the French Prime Minister for the New Delhi region, and since July 2019, he has served as Secretary General of the French Council for Foreign Trade (CCEF) in India. That dual vantage point, as a long-term India resident and an official voice of French trade interests, positions Cassin to speak on what French enterprises look for when evaluating India’s GCC and design ecosystem and where the two economies can deepen their partnership.

The throughline across every session at Global GCC Summit 2026 is scale, and AI is the engine behind it. India’s roughly 2,100 GCCs and 2.4 million professionals already generate significant per-capita value, and GCC 4.0 marks a shift from delivery to ownership, with centers expected to lead AI strategy rather than execute someone else’s roadmap.

The boldest projections for 2040 point to a workforce split roughly evenly between core employees, AI agents, and hybrid prosumers, alongside a sector-wide climb to 3,500 GCCs by 2030 and 9,000 by 2040. That trajectory is expected to push the sector’s GDP contribution from around 1.5 percent today toward 7.1 percent, with mid-market firms driving the bulk of that expansion, en route to the USD 450 billion valuation anchoring this year’s theme.

Seats at Global GCC Summit 2026 are limited by design: one day, one venue, and a delegate list built around decision-makers rather than headcount. If your organization is exploring India as a GCC destination, scaling an existing center, or simply wants a seat at the region-specific forums shaping GCC policy, registration is open now. Delegate passes include access to all region-specific forums, the awards program, and direct networking with speakers like Buran and Cassin.

From EU digital policy corridors to French trade circles, the speaker roster for Global GCC Summit 2026 reflects exactly what this edition promises: a more global, more specific, more action-oriented conversation about India’s GCC economy. Mark 25 September on your calendar. The Hyatt Regency in New Delhi will once again host a day built for anyone serious about where the GCC 4.0 revolution goes next.