Vikas Vij, Managing Director, IDEX Events & GamingCon India

A BIG-PICTURE LOOK AT WHERE INDIA'S GAMING INDUSTRY IS TODAY, WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT DECADE

MODERATOR: Narinder Kapur, Senior Analyst & Global Business Development, NIKO Partners

SPEAKERS:

Manva Hunswadkar, Lead PR, KRAFTON India

Syed Abbas, Managing Director, Ubisoft India

Ashutosh Sharma, General Manager & Head of Publishing - India & South East Asia, Electronic Arts

INDIAN STORIES, MYTHOLOGY, ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. CAN INDIA CREATE ITS OWN ELDEN RING, GENSHIN OR BLACK MYTH?

MODERATOR: Chaitanya Chinchilikar, VP, CTO & Emerging Media Head, Whistling Woods

SPEAKERS:

Shantanu Tonpe, Founder & Game Director, Uniplay Digital 

Vaibhav Chavan, Founder & CEO, Underdogs Studio

Frank Harmon, Founder & Creative Director, Warp-Spasm

CONDUCTED BY:

Aayushman Pandey, Fimmaker & New Media Artist

Siddharth Rathore, Founder, First Principles

Utsav Sinha, Founder, First Principles

THE JOBS STUDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR NOW. TOPICS LIKE GAME DESIGN, PRODUCTION, MARKETING, PUBLISHING, LIVE OPS, QA, ESPORTS, CREATORS, LEGAL AND POLICY

MODERATOR: Akash Menon, Head of Gaming Partnerships, Tulsea

SPEAKERS:

Ajay Kumar,  Head of Esports, Gaming & XR, IICT

Chaitanya Chinchilikar, VP, CTO & Emerging Media Head, Whistling Woods

Abhimit Mishra, Founder, FatCatPlay Studio

HOW TOOLS, COMMUNITIES, SELF-PUBLISHING AND DISCOVERABILITY WILL SHAPE THE INDIE GAMING SCENE IN 2027 AND BEYOND

MODERATOR: Vaibhav Chavan, Founder & CEO, Underdogs Studio

SPEAKERS:

Kartheek Raj, Game Director & Studio Lead, MonoTusk Studios

Siddharth Gupta, Founder, Impulse Mechanics

Karan Hiranandani, CEO, Funwave Studios

Ashish Daga, CEO, Pyspher Interactive

LEADING INVESTORS HIGHLIGHT EMERGING BUSINESSES IN THE GAMING INDUSTRY

SAFETY BY DESIGN, PARENTAL CONTROLS, AGE ASSURANCE, MODERATION, CYBERBULLYING, HEALTHY PLAY, DATA PROTECTION

MODERATOR: Frank Harmon, Founder & Creative Director, Warp-Spasm

SPEAKERS:

Angad Singh Malik, Chapter Lead, Games for Change

Chitra Iyer, Co-Founder & CEO, Space 2 Grow

Mansi Zaveri, Founder & CEO, Kidsstoppress

GAMING CREATORS, UGC, STREAMERS, SHORT-FORM CONTENT, BRANDS, COMMUNITY BUILDING, MONETISATION, TAMING THE ALGORITHM

MODERATOR: Sumit Batheja, Founder, Ginger Games

SPEAKERS:

Karan Rao, Head Of Madison Loop | VP - Content & Advocacy, Madison Loop

Sidhartha Arora, Country Head - India, Tencent

Randall Fernandez, Country Head, Ampverse

Harish Iyengaar, Senior Corporate Communications Manager, Ubisoft India

Medha Shrivastava, Concept Artist, Illustrator, Cosplay Artist

CV, REVIEWS, PORTFOLIO ADVICE, INTERVIEW TIPS FROM INDIA'S LEADING GAMES INDUSTRY HEADHUNTING FIRM

CONDUCTED BY: Joseph Cairns, CEO, Adventure Recruiting

HOW DO WE GROW THE INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLY? PUBLISHERS, PLATFORMS, INVESTORS, GOVERNMENT, PAYMENT COMPANIES, CLOUD GAMING

MODERATOR: Narinder Kapur, Senior Analyst & Global Business Development, NIKO Partners

SPEAKERS:

Vishal Parekh, COO, CyberPower PC

Antriksh Pandita, Associate Producer, Ubisoft

Shagun Shah, Head of Gaming, Mythik

BUILDING THE GRASSROOTS ESPORTS ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA

MODERATOR: Deepak Ojha, Founder, Talk Esport

SPEAKERS:

Charlie Cowdrey, CEO,  JioBlast

Jai Shah,  Co-Founder, Orangutan