Chandigarh, Oct. 13 -- Chitkara University hosted the two-day WECON 2026, the 9th World Engineering Conference on contemporary Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, bringing together distinguished experts from academia, research and industry to deliberate on the transformative potential of AI. Held on the theme "AI Technologies for Societal and Industrial Transformation," the conference explored how emerging AI technologies can address real-world challenges and create meaningful impact across industry, society, research, education and emerging technology ecosystems.

WECON 2026 was supported by the DST-sponsored technology enabling centre at Chitkara University (CU-TEC), reinforcing the conference's focus on translating emerging tech...