Developer Day Agenda - 2024

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9.30 - 10.00

Registration & Networking

Duration: 30mins

10:00 - 10:05

Welcome & Introduction

Machaiah Kalengada, IGDC

10:05 - 10:35

Emerging Trends in Gaming

Saikat Mondal, Nazara Technologies Limited

10:35 - 11:05

Pannel : Market Insights: User Acquisition- The Science behind acquiring Users and effective retention.

Mohul Mukherjee, Junglee Games
Nalin Dhupia, Octro Inc
Prabhanshu Pandey, Google

Moderator: Sridhar Muppidi, YesGnome

11:05 - 11:35

Building from India for the World

Siddharth Mehta, Google

11:35 - 11:50

Tea Break

11:50 - 12:05

Xsolla Forward Night - Game Solutions with Xsolla

Eric Lee, Xsolla

12:05- 12:20

Xsolla Forward Night - Maximizing your Revenue with Xsolla Web Shop

Pranab Punj ,Xsolla

12:20 - 12:35

Xsolla Forward Night - Beyond Play The Creative Universe of Com2uS

Jongmoon Kim, Com2us Platform

12:35 - 12:50

Xsolla Forward Night - Increase probability: Where should we focus

Seonho Shin, Com2us Platform

12:50 - 1:20

Panel: Regulatory Framework for Gaming Industry and The Role of PHDCCI

Jyotsna Chaturvedi, PHDCCI
Kamlesh Vijay, Sugal & Damani Group
Shalini S Sharma, PHDCCI

1:20- 2:05

Lunch

2:05 - 2:15

Intorduction to GDAI

GDAI Council

2:15 - 2:25

IGDC Women in Games Initiative

Taruna Arora, Keywords Studio

2:25 - 2:35

MOU- MESC & Lakshya Digital

Manvendra Shukul, Lakshya Digital

Mohit Soni, MESC

2:35 - 3:05

Pannel : Developing for the World from Delhi

Akhilesh Bhartia, Immersive Arts Studio
Dipender Kaushik, Dunali Games
Damini Pahwa, Appsoleut Games

Moderator: Kinshuk Sunil, Second Quest

3:05 - 3:45

Panel: Navigating the Trends: Honest Conversations Between Investors, Publishers, and Developers in Gaming Finance

Gaurav Agarwal, Gamezop
Kabir Punde, Invrse Cricket
Nitesh Jain, MPL
Paavan Nanda, Winzo

Moderator: Saikat Mondal, Nazara Technologies Limited

3:45 - 3:55

Tea Break

3:55 - 4:25

MetaHuman and Head Creation in Games

Lokendra Singh Shekhawat, Lakshya Digital

4:25 - 4:55

Epic Games Creator Ecosystem In Sports and Entertainment

Shruti Verma, Unreal Engine

4:55 - 5:25

Games Production 101

Yogesh Gaikwad,  Nazara

5:25- 5:30

Vote of Thanks

2:30 - 3:00

Registration & Networking

3:00 - 3:05

Welcome & Introduction

Machaiah Kalengada, IGDC

3:05 - 3:20

Xsolla Forward Night - Game Solutions with Xsolla

Eric Lee, Xsolla

3:20 - 3:35

Xsolla Forward Night - Maximizing your Revenue with Xsolla Web Shop

Pranab Punj, Xsolla

3:35 - 3:50

Xsolla Forward Night - Beyond Play: The Creative Universe of Com2us

Jongmoon Kim, Com2us Platform

3:50 - 4:05

Xsolla Forward Night - Increase probability: Where should we focus

Seonho Shin, Com2us Platform

4:05 - 4:25

Emerging Trends in Gaming

Saikar Mondal, Nazara

4:25 - 4:35

GDAI

GDAI Council

4:35 - 4:45

IGDC Women in Games Initiative

City Chapter Leads

4:45 - 4:50

Vote of Thanks

Machaiah Kalengada, IGDC

9:30 - 10:30

Registration & Networking

10:30 - 10:35

Welcome & Introduction

Machaiah Kalengada, IGDC

10:35 - 11:05

Emerging Trends in Gaming

Parag Pandav, Nazara

11:05 - 11:35

Indus Appstore: The Need for Alternative Appstore

Ritij Khurana, Indus App Store

11:35 - 11:50

Xsolla Forward Night: Game Solutions with Xsolla

Eric Lee, Xsolla

11:50

Xsolla Forward Night: Maximizing your Revenue with Xsolla Web Shop

Pranab Punj, Xsolla

12:05 - 12:20

Xsolla Forward Night: Beyond Play: The Creative Universe of Com2uS

Jongmoon Kim,Com2us Platform

12:20 - 12:35

Two Decades of Mobile Game Development: Technological Evolution and Learnings

Sanjay Soni, Nazara

1:05 - 1:50

Lunch

1:50 - 2:00

Introduction to GDAI

GDAI Council

2:00 - 2:30

Epic Games Creator Ecosystem In Sports and Entertainment

Arvind Neelankantan, Epic Games

2:30 - 3:15

Designing Engaging Content With Players

George Zacharias & Raaghava S, Ubisoft

3:15 - 3:45

The Road to Unity 6

Aniruddha Haridkar, Unity

3:45 - 4:00

Tea/ Coffee

4:00 - 4:45

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The challenges to creating a more Diverse and Inclusive Game Developer Ecosystem

Laxmi Khanolkar, Apar Games

4:45 - 4:55

IGDC Women in Games Initiative

GDAI City Chapter Leads

4:55 - 5:40

Panel: Navigating the Trends: Honest Conversations Between Investors, Publishers, and Developers in Gaming Finance

Parag Pandav, Nazara
Ninad Chhaya, Reliance Games
Aditya Deshpande, Lumikai
Alok Samtaney, Centre Court Capital
Tejraj Parab, Ice Spice

Moderator: Vaibhav Chavan, UnderDOGS

5:40 - 5:55

Game Development & Education

Dr. Mangesh Vilas Bedekar, MIT-WPU, Pune

5:55 - 6:00

Vote of Thanks

Nitish SK, IGDC

9:30 - 10:30

Registration & Networking

10:30 - 10:35

Welcome & Introduction

Machaiah Kalengada, IGDC

10:35 - 10:40

Inaugural Address

Hiranmay Mahanta, Gujarat Student Start-up and Innovation Hub (i-Hub)

10:40 - 10:45

Welcome Address

Bharath Patel, Yudiz Solutions

10:45 - 11:00

Envisioning the future of Immersive Learning - Animation & Gaming at UID

Col. Surojit Bose, UID

11:00 - 11:30

Publishing with Nazara

Shreyas Mohankumar, Nazara

11:30 - 12:00

Measurement - The devil is in the Details

Shravan Palayam Srinivas, Datawrkz

12:00 - 12:30

Building from India for the World - The power of Internationalisation

Prashast Gupta , Google

12:30- 1:00

Telling Our Stories

Shalin Shodhan, Masala Games

1:00 - 2:00

Lunch

2:00 - 2:30

Indus Appstore: The Need for Alternative Appstore

Ritij Khurana, Indus App Store

2:30 - 3:00

Panel: Building from Gujarat for the World

Yuvraj Zala, App Guruz
Jemish Lakhani, X Squads
Aabhas Agarwal, Ultragames Entertainment
Sani Trivedi, Artoon Solutions

Moderator: Nitish SK, IGDC

3:00 - 3:30

Purposeful Play - Harnessing the Power of Applied Games

Manisha Mohan, UID

3:30- 4:15

Panel: Navigating the Trends: Honest Conversations Between Investors, Publishers, and Developers in Gaming Finance

Kapil Kulkarni, Nazara
Kislay Shashwat, Lumikai
NItesh Jain, M- League
Dakshil Mehta, UMX
Bharat Patel, Yudiz Solutions

Moderator: Machaiah Kalengada

4:15 - 4:25

GDAI

GDAI Council

4:25 - 4:30

Vote of Thanks

Nitish SK, IGDC

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