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

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

Harshita Raj

Gaming Partnerships Lead

PhonePe

Bharat Sabnani

Lead Product Manager

Gameberry Labs

Abhaas Shah

Co-Founder

Studio Sirah

Megha Gupta

Co-Founder, Game producer

Wala Interactive

Neeladri Bhattacharjee

Senior reporter/Senior sub-editor

Sportstar - The Hindu

Haritha Mellacheruvu

Senior Producer // Production Consultant

Game Production Consultant

Martin Macmillan

Partner

Pollen Capital

Geenie Woo

Asia Region app partnership manager

Harman International (Harman Automotive)

Anand Gandhi

Author, Filmmaker, Co-Founder of Department of Lore

Department of Lore Inc.

Ivo van Roij

Technical Artist

Game Foundry Studio

Nakul Verma

Game Director

Hitwicket

Sanjay Soni

GM, Technology

Nazara Technologies Limited

Poornima Nayak

VP Investments

Ventana Ventures

Angad Singh Malik

Chapter Lead

Games for Change India

Vijayasarathi Rajasekaran

Founder / Director

Artizensehub Private Limited

Nijo Lawrance

Executive Producer

WarForge Studio

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