Techcircle Digital Gaming Forum 2013
Speakers:-
.. and many more joining
AGENDA
8:30am - 9:30am
Tea & Registration
9:30am - 9:40am
Introduction Note
9:40am - 10:25am
Keynote Panel: Building Large Gaming Businesses In India: The Road Ahead
Gaming consumption opportunities in India are well known and much talked about today. As innovation is taking place across segments and users engage with these innovations and products, though still at a nascent stage, what will create large sustainable and scalable gaming businesses in the country? How do companies maximize revenue potential across all platforms? Where does the transformation lie? What is the future of gaming opportunities by both device OEM's and carriers in a diverse Indian market? Are there opportunities for M&A in this segment?
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
Manoj Gupta - Head VAS, Micromax Informatics Ltd
Prashant Ojha- Sales & Marketing Head – India, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan- Electronic Arts
Manish Agarwal - CEO, Reliance Entertainment (Moderator)
10:25am - 11:10am
Fireside Chat: Creating World Class Gaming Products
Taking advantage of new technology, real time strategy, what innovative strategies can keep gaming products at the top of the charts? What does it take to build high quality gaming products? What works (freemium/ premium) for pushing games into the hands of everyone? What games, with specific features, are required to turn infrequent gamers to hardcore gamers? What are the latest offerings in the gaming industry, which is much talked about?
Virat Singh Khutal - Co-Founder & CEO, Twist Mobile
Vishal Gondal - Founder & Ex-CEO, Indiagames.com
Bhavin Pandya – Founder & CEO, Rummycircle
Mohit Sureka- Founder & CEO, Spiel Studios Pvt Ltd
Alok Kejriwal - CEO & Co-Founder, Games2win (Moderator)
11:10am - 11:35am
Tea & Networking Break
11:35am - 11:45am
Presentation - "Mobile Gaming" - The Changing Landscape
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
11:45pm - 12:30pm
Panel I: Mobile Gaming In India
With the advent of smartphones, 3G services and world-class mobile game offering, what is it that is accelerating mobile gaming sector? What are the challenges to monetization, how can companies overcome them? What are the obstacles in converting free to play players to paying players? Are service providers losing out on their app stores? What are the distribution models leveraged by game developers to reach out directly to customers? Will Graphics and animation industry, 4G services, game outsourcing take mobile gaming sector to next level of upgraded version?
Binay Tiwari - Director: Global Marketing & Product, Vserv.mobi
Manish Malik - VP - Gaming, Hungama Digital Media
Hrishi Oberoi - Director, Games & Studios - Digital, Disney UTV
Rahul Chandra - MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd (Moderator)
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Techcircle Showcase
A special session, where 5 handpicked gaming apps/products/services will be showcased, presenting on their product, innovation and how they will disrupt existing gaming experience. Each presenter will be given a total of 5-min on stage.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lunch & Networking
2:30pm - 3:20pm
Panel II: Raising Angel & Venture Capital For Indian Gaming Companies
What are VC’s/Angel investors looking for in making investments in the gaming space? What are the challenges in investing in early stage gaming companies? What are the developments witnessed in VC backed gaming companies? How long does it take for gaming companies to monetize effectively post launch? What are the expected ROI in this category of business?
Shailesh Lakhani - Principal, Sequoia Capital
Rahul Chandra - MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd
Vikram Vaidyanathan - Director, Matrix Partners
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
Shrija Agrawal – Managing Editor, Techcircle & VCCircle (Moderator)
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Panel III: Gaming For Global Markets From India
How to create unique gaming products, which is well suited to the huge thriving international gaming market? Does India have right elements such as softwares, visuals, innovations to create exclusive global market driven games? How do game developers overcome the hassle of setting up infrastructure and recruiting personnel, which is to be created at par excellence for attracting global crowd? Is India ready to take up outsourcing jobs?
Anuj Tandon - Co-Founder & COO, Rolocule Games
Rohith Bhat - MD & CEO, Robosoft Technologies
M. G. Dayanidhi - MD - Asia Pacific, Digital Chocolate (Moderator)
4:10pm - 4:40pm
Tea & Networking Break
4:40pm - 5:30pm
Panel IV: Gaming For Consumer Brands
How are Indian consumer brands engaging with consumers via games and how will this market evolve? Is the gaming formula appealing to consumer brands to draw in younger shoppers? Consumer brands are increasingly using gaming features for their promotional activities, is the trend getting viral? Are consumer brand moving towards gamifying their products to get away from the dullness posed by adopting traditional marketing strategies? Is it proved to be a cost effective way to retain customers?
Badri Sanjeevi - CEO, Mauj Mobile
Srinivas Chilakalapudi - VP - Strategy, Associations & Digital Business, Green Gold Animation
Chirag Desai - Associate Director, Digital Media, Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd
Anila Andrade - Producer, 99 Games (Moderator)
5:30pm -5:40pm
Concluding Remarks
8:30am - 9:30am
Tea & Registration
9:30am - 9:40am
Introduction Note
9:40am - 10:25am
Keynote Panel: Building Large Gaming Businesses In India: The Road Ahead
Gaming consumption opportunities in India are well known and much talked about today. As innovation is taking place across segments and users engage with these innovations and products, though still at a nascent stage, what will create large sustainable and scalable gaming businesses in the country? How do companies maximize revenue potential across all platforms? Where does the transformation lie? What is the future of gaming opportunities by both device OEM's and carriers in a diverse Indian market? Are there opportunities for M&A in this segment?
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
Manoj Gupta - Head VAS, Micromax Informatics Ltd
Prashant Ojha- Sales & Marketing Head – India, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan- Electronic Arts
Manish Agarwal - CEO, Reliance Entertainment (Moderator)
10:25am - 11:10am
Fireside Chat: Creating World Class Gaming Products
Taking advantage of new technology, real time strategy, what innovative strategies can keep gaming products at the top of the charts? What does it take to build high quality gaming products? What works (freemium/ premium) for pushing games into the hands of everyone? What games, with specific features, are required to turn infrequent gamers to hardcore gamers? What are the latest offerings in the gaming industry, which is much talked about?
Virat Singh Khutal - Co-Founder & CEO, Twist Mobile
Vishal Gondal - Founder & Ex-CEO, Indiagames.com
Bhavin Pandya – Founder & CEO, Rummycircle
Mohit Sureka- Founder & CEO, Spiel Studios Pvt Ltd
Alok Kejriwal - CEO & Co-Founder, Games2win (Moderator)
11:10am - 11:35am
Tea & Networking Break
11:35am - 11:45am
Presentation - "Mobile Gaming" - The Changing Landscape
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
11:45pm - 12:30pm
Panel I: Mobile Gaming In India
With the advent of smartphones, 3G services and world-class mobile game offering, what is it that is accelerating mobile gaming sector? What are the challenges to monetization, how can companies overcome them? What are the obstacles in converting free to play players to paying players? Are service providers losing out on their app stores? What are the distribution models leveraged by game developers to reach out directly to customers? Will Graphics and animation industry, 4G services, game outsourcing take mobile gaming sector to next level of upgraded version?
Binay Tiwari - Director: Global Marketing & Product, Vserv.mobi
Manish Malik - VP - Gaming, Hungama Digital Media
Hrishi Oberoi - Director, Games & Studios - Digital, Disney UTV
Rahul Chandra - MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd (Moderator)
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Techcircle Showcase
A special session, where 5 handpicked gaming apps/products/services will be showcased, presenting on their product, innovation and how they will disrupt existing gaming experience. Each presenter will be given a total of 5-min on stage.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lunch & Networking
2:30pm - 3:20pm
Panel II: Raising Angel & Venture Capital For Indian Gaming Companies
What are VC’s/Angel investors looking for in making investments in the gaming space? What are the challenges in investing in early stage gaming companies? What are the developments witnessed in VC backed gaming companies? How long does it take for gaming companies to monetize effectively post launch? What are the expected ROI in this category of business?
Shailesh Lakhani - Principal, Sequoia Capital
Rahul Chandra - MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd
Vikram Vaidyanathan - Director, Matrix Partners
Nitish Mittersain - CEO & Founder, Nazara Group
Shrija Agrawal – Managing Editor, Techcircle & VCCircle (Moderator)
3:20pm - 4:10pm
Panel III: Gaming For Global Markets From India
How to create unique gaming products, which is well suited to the huge thriving international gaming market? Does India have right elements such as softwares, visuals, innovations to create exclusive global market driven games? How do game developers overcome the hassle of setting up infrastructure and recruiting personnel, which is to be created at par excellence for attracting global crowd? Is India ready to take up outsourcing jobs?
Anuj Tandon - Co-Founder & COO, Rolocule Games
Rohith Bhat - MD & CEO, Robosoft Technologies
M. G. Dayanidhi - MD - Asia Pacific, Digital Chocolate (Moderator)
4:10pm - 4:40pm
Tea & Networking Break
4:40pm - 5:30pm
Panel IV: Gaming For Consumer Brands
How are Indian consumer brands engaging with consumers via games and how will this market evolve? Is the gaming formula appealing to consumer brands to draw in younger shoppers? Consumer brands are increasingly using gaming features for their promotional activities, is the trend getting viral? Are consumer brand moving towards gamifying their products to get away from the dullness posed by adopting traditional marketing strategies? Is it proved to be a cost effective way to retain customers?
Badri Sanjeevi - CEO, Mauj Mobile
Srinivas Chilakalapudi - VP - Strategy, Associations & Digital Business, Green Gold Animation
Chirag Desai - Associate Director, Digital Media, Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd
Anila Andrade - Producer, 99 Games (Moderator)
5:30pm -5:40pm
Concluding Remarks
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