Agenda

THEME: ONLINE GAMING, THE NEXT BIG THING?
All timings are IST
Time Session Speaker(s)
9 am onwards REGISTRATION BEGINS
Session 1 9.45 am - 10:00 am WELCOME ADDRESS & PRESENTATION
GAMING: THE GROWTH CREATOR FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT , THE INTERSECTION OF LIFESTYLE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CREATIVITY
Dr.Annurag Batra Chairman & Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld & exchange4media group
Session 2 10:00 am – 10:15 am OPENING REMARKS & KEY INSIGHTS OF THE REPORT Prasanth Kumar, CEO - South Asia - GroupM
Session 3 10:15 am-10:30 am REPORT UNVEILING Dr.Annurag Batra Chairman & Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld & exchange4media group,
Nawal Ahuja, Co-founder, exchange4media
Prasanth Kumar, CEO - South Asia – GroupM
Vinit Karnik, Head - Sports, Esports and Entertainment, GroupM South Asia
Session 4 10:30 am-10:50 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
HOW ONLINE GAMING HAS EVOLVED IN INDIA & WHAT’S NEXT?
Nitish Mittersain, Founder & CEO of Nazara Tech
Session 5 10:50 am -11:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION
GAMING: DRIVING THE NEXT WAVE OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION
Gaming has been on the rise for years, with an estimated 215 million people playing games regularly. The pandemic also accelerated growth of the livestreaming category. This dramatic arc and widening popularity among young consumers have made the space ripe for brands. This panel will talk about how brands are leveraging online gaming and esports.
Sameer Pitalwalla, Head of gaming, APAC, Google cloud
Lalita Nayak, In-charge Marketing NPCI
Shristi Giri, Regional marketing head- south, Monster Energy
Suyash Dongare, Head of Digital Marketing, VIP
Pradeep Srinivas,GM – Marketing and Customer Experience, Mercedes-Benz India
Piyush Chhaperwal - Vice President- Sales- India and Emerging Market, POKKT- AnyMind Group
Session 6 11:30 am – 11:40 am SPOTLIGHT SESSION
The Winning Move: How First Games Can Amplify Your Branding Campaigns
Piara Singh Gambhir, Deputy General Manager, Paytm Ads
11:40 am-12: 10 pm MOBILE GAME TOURNAMENT - World Cricket Championship
Session 7 12:10 pm-12:50 pm PANEL DISCUSSION
Unleashing the Potential of India's Gaming Market
This session will explore and chart out the roadmap to put India Gaming business on global Map.
Jaya Chahar, Founder & ceo, TFG
Mohit Soni Chief Executive Officer Media and Entertainment Skills Council
Anurag Khurana, CEO & founder of Penta Esports
Ninad Chhaya, Sr.VP, Reliance Games
Utsav Umang founder, XO esports
Nimish Raut, Global Head Esports : Partnerships & Special Projects, Nodwin Gaming
Srikanth Rayaprolu. CEO & Co-Founder, Adscholars
12:50 pm - 1: 30 pm LUNCH BREAK
Session 8 1:30 pm- 1: 50 PM Experiential Session
Immersive Gaming- Virtual Realms Unleashed: Embark on a Metahuman Adventure.
This title emphasizes the combination of cutting-edge technology, such a mocap gear and unreal metahumans, with the immersive experience of stepping into virtual realms. It sparks curiosity and excitement among attendees, enticing them to explore the world of gamification in a whole new way.
Niraj Ruparel, Emerging Tech Lead India at WPP & Head Of Mobile and Emerging Tech, GroupM
Session 9 1:50 pm-2: 20 pm FIRESIDE CHAT
FUTURE OF ESPORTS IN INDIA
Esports has been one of the fastest-growing industries in recent years. The rise of the gaming industry has been fuelled by the growth of digital technology and the internet. In India, the esports industry is just starting to pick up steam. And the country has all the necessary ingredients to make this sector big in the global arena, the main one being we are home to the second-largest gamer base in the world, with roughly 400 million gamers. This session will shed more light on this topic.
Animesh Agarwal, founder, 8bit
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Dr.Annurag Batra Chairman & Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld & exchange4media(session chair )
2:20 pm-3: 00 pm MOBILE GAME TOURNAMENT
Session 10 3:00 pm-3:40 pm PANEL DISCUSSION
WHAT DOES GAMING MEAN TO GAMERS & BRANDS?
This panel is a candid session between the gamers who not only made a living out of gaming but have made esports a full time career with them earning in millions with theirs associations with brands and brands business side perspective on it. The gamers & brands will share their part of the success story.
Abhishek Agarwal, Co-founder and ceo, Trinity gaming (session chair)
Ankit Panth, Redbull athlete
Naman Sandeep Mathur AKA Mortal, Co-owner at S8ul
Aditya Sawant, Dynamo Gaming
Saloni Kandalgaonkar AKA mili kya mili, esports athlete
Prashant Sukhwani, VP- Marketing, Burger King
Rony Rawknee Dasgupta, Gamer