18th edition - India’s biggest and oldest game developer conference

28 to 31 October 2026, Chennai Trade Centre

B2B Conference - 28 & 29 October 2026
B2C - IGDC Playground - 30 & 31 October

4 days • 10,000+ attendees • Sessions, awards, and networking

IGDC Playground

India Game Awards

I/P Connect

Expo

Indie

BYOG

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2026 Speakers

Mario Royston

Co-Founder & Studio Head

Weloadin

Savitha Anantharam

Instructional Design

Emerald Box

Jani Joenniemi

Founder & Programme Director

Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions (EARS)

Mike Lamb

Senior Producer (Publishing)

Headup GmbH

Mohd Hamzah Kirmani

CEO @ 2Tellers Studio

2Tellers Studio Pvt Ltd

Alice Liu

Studios Management Lead, APAC

Lion Studios

Karthik Bala

Chief of Business

iXie

Kazim Rizvi

Founding Director

The Dialogue

Bobby Wertheim

Founder

Kando Factory

Aparajita Chattopadhayay

Associate Vice President - Product

JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd.

Shruti Verma

CEO

Game Developer Association of India (GDAI)

Subir Agrawal

Managing Director

Nukebox Studios

Ahmed Alaa

Creative Director

Warforge Studio

Ann Tran

Business Development Manager

Mintegral

Ketan Singhal

CEO

Phiesi Networks

Swati Sudhakaran

Director - Government Affairs and Incubation

Game Developer Association of India

Roger Garcia

Associate Outsource Director

Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

Karan Hiranandani

Founder, CEO

Funwave Studio

Lynn Nguyen

Director of Business Development

Mintegral

Avadh Shah

Country Director, India

Chess.com

Manvendra Shukul

Founder and Chairman

Lakshya Digital

Akshat Rathee

Co-Founder & Managing Director

NODWIN Gaming

Anuj Tandon

Partner

BITKRAFT

Siddharth Naithani

Senior Advisor, South Asia

Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Girish Menon

Chief Strategy Officer

JetSynthesys

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