India, Feb. 24 -- The 7th edition of the Asia Economic Dialogue (AED) 2026, an annual geo-economics conference jointly organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Pune International Centre (PIC), will be held in the city from February 26 to 28.

The three-day international conference, themed "Geoeconomics Beyond Globalisation: Tariffs, Technologies and Strategic Alignments," will feature 12 sessions and bring together more than 45 distinguished speakers from nine countries, including India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Singapore, Kenya, Australia, Israel, and Norway.

The event will open with remarks by Raghunath Mashelkar, president of PIC, followed by an address by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. A panel discussion...