Industry Net Zero
Innovation Summit 2026
Accelerating Industrial Decarbonisation through Innovation & Collaboration
- 26 February 2026
- New Delhi
A Flagship Event of
About
Industry Net Zero Innovation Summit (INZIS)
The Industry Net Zero Innovation Summit (INZIS) brings together industry leaders, climate-tech and deep-tech startups, academia, and ecosystem partners to accelerate industrial decarbonisation through deployable innovation.
Designed as a working summit, INZIS connects real industry transition needs with emerging technologies & research capabilities, enabling collaboration on technology validation, pilot deployment, and scale-up pathways across hard-to-abate sectors.
By strengthening industry–startup–academia linkages and promoting open innovation models, INZIS supports faster movement of solutions from development to deployment; advancing both emissions reduction and long-term industrial competitiveness.
Purpose of Industry Net Zero Innovation Summit
Turning Innovation
into Impact
Industrial sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals, and textiles are major sources of India’s emissions, and meeting the net-zero by 2070 goal will require new technologies and business models adoption beyond efficiency improvements.
While India’s innovation ecosystem includes many climate-tech startups addressing industrial decarbonisation challenges, Industries often face uncertainty in assessing technical readiness, reliability, and commercial viability particularly for deep-tech solutions with longer development cycles.
The summit aims to bring key stakeholders to discuss pathways in which industry can increasingly look at innovative startup solutions to tackle their decarbonisation challenges.
Speakers
Partners
Organised By
Anchor Partners
Knowledge Partners
Attendees
Diversified Manufacturing Companies
Industrial Decarbonisation-focused Startups
Academia and Research Institutions
Industry Bodies
Ecosystem Enablers
INZIS is bringing key stakeholders focused on industrial decarbonisation to discuss
Strengthening India’s long-term industrial competitiveness
through deep climate tech-led innovation, and effective core technology translation.
Accelerating the transition to net zero for industries
by building collaborative pathways between key stakeholders to deploy technologies in real-world settings, turning promising prototypes into proven solutions
Deepening India’s role in global supply chains
by identifying levers for industry and startups to integrate deeper with climate tech global value chains, and for increasing FDI into India.
Theme 1
Strengthening Industry - Academia Interface for New Solutions Development
- Mechanism to align research objectives of industry and academia around key challenges in industrial decarbonisation, with a focus on developing & validating core (deep) technologies from lab-to-market.
- Ensuring sustained collaboration between industry-guided researchers and entrepreneurs, supported by industry, to commercialise these technologies (via Technology Transfer Offices (TTO), Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programs).
Theme 2
Role of Open Innovation in Supporting Industrial Decarbonisation through Derisked Deployment
- How open innovation models can accelerate the adoption of startup solutions by reducing technical and commercial uncertainty.
- Building frameworks for pilot testing, validation, and scale-up that could be shared amongst industry partners.
Theme 3
AI Solutions to Accelerate Industrial Decarbonisation
- Exploring how artificial intelligence and data analytics can enhance process efficiency, asset monitoring, and emissions management.
- Sharing examples of AI-driven solutions that enable predictive control, process optimisation, and material efficiency.
Theme 4
Creating an Enabling Environment for Industry and Startups to integrate deeper with climate tech global value chains
- Identifying opportunities for industry and startups to participate as both suppliers and customers in global value chains for decarbonisation technologies.
- Identifying opportunities for greater FDI & FII into India for manufacturing of decarbonisation technologies.
Discussion Themes
Theme 1
Strengthening Industry - Academia Interface for New Solutions Development
- Mechanism to align research objectives of industry and academia around key challenges in industrial decarbonisation, with a focus on developing & validating core (deep) technologies from lab-to-market.
- Ensuring sustained collaboration between industry-guided researchers and entrepreneurs, supported by industry, to commercialise these technologies (via Technology Transfer Offices (TTO), Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programs).
Theme 2
Role of Open Innovation in Supporting Industrial Decarbonisation through Derisked Deployment
- How open innovation models can accelerate the adoption of startup solutions by reducing technical and commercial uncertainty.
- Building frameworks for pilot testing, validation, and scale-up that could be shared amongst industry partners.
Theme 3
Deep Tech Solutions to Accelerate Industrial Decarbonisation
- Exploring how deep tech innovations can enhance process efficiency, asset monitoring, and emissions management.
- Sharing examples of deep tech solutions that enable predictive control, process optimisation, and material efficiency.
Theme 4
Creating an Enabling Environment for Industry and Startups to Integrate Deeper with Climate Tech Global Value Chains
- Identifying opportunities for industry and startups to participate as both suppliers and customers in global value chains for decarbonisation technologies.
- Identifying opportunities for greater FDI & FII into India for manufacturing of decarbonisation technologies.
Expected Outcomes
Industry–Academia Action Framework
Align research, startups, and industry to co-create and validate deep-tech solutions for decarbonisation.
Open-Innovation Deployment Protocols
Standardised pilot and demonstration models to reduce deployment risk and accelerate scale-up.
Industrial AI Opportunity Mapping
Sector-wise identification of high-impact AI applications for process and emissions optimisation.
Global Value Chain Integration Pathways
Clear routes for Indian Climate Tech to integrate into global markets and attract FDI/FII.
FAQs
Who should attend INZIS 2026?
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What is the format of the summit?
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How can startups participate?
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How is INZIS connected to DCIW 2026?
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