IGS 2020 - India Gaming Summit

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THE INDIAN GAMING STORY

Listen from the best on how the online gaming industry has evolved and continues to grow

A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | 28-30, July 2020

India Gaming Summit (IGS) 2020 - Overview

India Gaming Summit, hosted by financialexpress.com - the business platform from The Indian Express Online Media looks to gather stakeholders of the online gaming industry and explore the concepts of content, monetisation, gamers, etc., in the world of online gaming. According to FICCI-Ernst & Young, the online gaming segment in 2019 grew 40% to reach Rs 6,500 crores. Furthermore, the industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 43% to touch Rs 18,700 crore by 2022. On the back of fantasy cricket, the number of online fantasy gamers grew over 100% since 2018. With an additional incentive to win money in transaction-based games coupled with a more pervasive mobile payments ecosystem, the industry is seeing a steady upswing as the number of online gamers grew nearly 100% from 183 million in 2017 to 365 million in 2019.

The virtual conference consists of three webinars featuring nine sessions. Each session will feature some of the top gaming firms, platform owners, publishers, besides brand owners as well as gamers/influencers. What’s more, you will get a chance to interact with some of the sharpest minds from the gaming, and brand and marketing industries. The event will be attended by popular brands, gamers, game developers from India and across the globe.

India Gaming Summit is a part of a business ecosystem powered by the Indian Express Online Media.

Why Attend?

Connect with the Indian gaming industry

Listen to publishers, gaming firms, gamers throw light on important issues

Gain insights about Indian gamers and games

Who Should Attend?

Gaming Companies

Find out some of the top gaming companies in India which will be part of the virtual conference. The experience of creating games to running a business will be shared by industry stalwarts.

Gamers/Influencers

Discover what gamers/influencers have to say about their journey. How did it all start and how the paradigm has changed?

Brands/Marketers

Games have transformed into a new channel for brands to invest as it ensures direct conversations with its consumers. Find out why more and more brands are investing in online gaming leagues.

Infrastructure providers

We all need the right infrastructure to play games. Find out what are these and how in India the price still rules the roost.

Speakers

Shalu Jhunjhunwala

Head of Industry, Gaming, Foodtech & Classifieds - Google

Alok Kejriwal

Co- Founder & CEO, Games2win

Sandeep Verma

Country Head - India, Consumer Health, Bayer Group

Sudhanshu Gupta

COO – Paytm First Games

Raj Nayak

Founder & Managing Director, House Of Cheer

Roma Datta Chobey

Director - Travel, BFSI, Classifieds, Gaming, Telco & Payments- Google

Chirag Chopra

Lead Game Designer & Founder, Lucid Labs

Piyush Kumar

Founder & CEO, Rooter

Kiran Noojibail

Director, Esports And Broadcasting, LXG

Kashyap Reddy

CEO & Co- Founder, Hitwicket

Manish Agarwal

CEO, Nazara Technologies

Siddharth Banerjee

Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer, Games24X7

Anand Subramanya

Director Product Marketing, Dell

Pawan Awasthi

Head Consumer Marketing - India, Nvidia

Jaganathan Chelliah

Director Marketing - Western Digital, India

Mohit Hira

Independent Brand & Marketing Strategy Consultant

Keerti Singh

Co-founder & VP-Growth, Hitwicket Games

Vedang Chavan

PUBG Mobile Head Coach, BlitzkriegXP

Satya Raghavan

Director, YouTube Content Partnerships, India

Ronnie Screwvala

Co-founder and Executive Chairman, upGrad

Manasvi Dalvi

Content Creator, Manasvivi

Afsar Ahmad

Co-Founder, Gameberry Labs

Vimal Sathish

Lead Game Designer, Zynga

Sunita Thapa Magar

Paritosh Gupta

Associate Director Marketing - Perfetti Van Melle

Sreedhar Prasad

Former Partner - KPMG & Internet Business Expert

Roland Landers

CEO, All India Gaming Federation

Rahul Nagar

Associate Vice President, Paytm First Games

Yash Pariani

CEO & Founder, Indian Gaming League (IGL)

Sai Srinivas Kiran G

Co-Founder & CEO, Mobile Premier League

Ng Chong Geng

President, Singapore Esports Association

Paul J. Foster

Chief Operating Officer – Global Esports Federation

Tushaar Garg

Executive Vice President, Twenty First Century Media (TCM)

Nandagopal Rajan

Editor - New Media, Indian Express Online

Ankit Panth

Professional Esports Athlete

Shruti Sarraf

Co-founder, BlackLight Studio Works

Ashish Pherwani

Partner, Media & Entertainment Advisory Services, E&Y

Chester King

CEO, British Esports Association & GEF Board Member

Anupam Dhanuka

Co-founder & CEO - Paper Boat Apps

Agenda

Theme - UNDERSTANDING THE USER & THE ECOSYSTEM: INDIA & BEYOND
10:00 am – 10:03 am	Welcome note by Anant Goenka, executive director,The Indian Express Group
10:03 am – 10:07 am	Keynote by Ronnie Screwvala, co-founder and executive chairman, upGrad
10:15 am – 10:40 am	Topic - What do we know about a Gamer? Insights by Shalu Jhunjhunwala, Head of Industry- Gaming, Foodtech & Classifieds, Google
10:45 am- 11:10 am	Topic - How to maximise revenue per user Fire-side Chat featuring Alok Kejriwal, Co-Founder & CEO, Games2win Manish Agarwal, CEO, Nazara Technologies (moderator) Siddharth Banerjee, Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer, Games24x7
11:15 am – 11:45 am	Topic - Consumption of Gaming on YouTube Presentation along with Fire-side Chat featuring Satya Raghavan, director, YouTube Content Partnerships, India Naman Mathur aka Mortal

Theme: BUSINESS & MARKETING IN THE GAMING ECOSYSTEM
10: am – 10:25 am	Topic - Esports in India \| Attracting global attention Panel Discussion featuring Nandagopal Rajan, Editor – New Media, Indian Express Online Paul J. Foster, COO, Global Esports Federation Ng Chong Geng, President, Singapore Esports Association (SGEA) Chester King, CEO, British Esports Association & GEF Board Member Tushar Garg, EVP, Twenty First Century Media (TCM)
10:30 am – 11:am	Topic - Monetization in Gaming \| In app purchases Panel Discussion featuring Ashish Pherwani, Leader - Media & Entertainment, EY India (Moderator) Vimal Sathish, Lead Game Designer, Zynga Afsar Ahmad, Co-Founder, Gameberry Labs Anupam Dhanuka, Co-Founder and CEO, PaperBoat Apps
11:05 am- 11:30 am	Topic - Marketing, Sponsorship & ROI in Esports Panel Discussion featuring Roma Datta Chobey, Director - Travel, BFSI, Classifieds, Gaming, Telco & Payments, Google (Moderator) Sai Srinivas, Co-Founder & CEO, Mobile Premier League Sudhanshu Gupta, COO, Paytm First Games Sandeep Verma, Country Head - India, Consumer Health, Bayer Group Paritosh Gupta, Associate Director, Marketing, Perfetti Van Melle India Roland Landers, CEO, All India Gaming Federation
11:35 am- 12:05 am	Topic - Gaming Infrastructure for India Panel Discussion featuring Mohit Hira, Independent Brand & Marketing Strategy Consultant Anand Subramanya, Director – Product Marketing, Consumer and Small Business, Dell Technologies Jaganathan Chelliah, Director Marketing, Western Digital India Pawan Awasthi, Head Consumer Marketing - India, Nvidia

THE INDIA THAT GAMES
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Topic - Future is Female \| Changing the Gaming Narrative Panel Discussion featuring Raj Nayak, Founder & MD, House of Cheer (Moderator) Satya Raghavan, Director, YouTube Content Partnerships, India Keerti Singh, Co-Founder & VP-Growth, Hitwicket Games Manasvii, Streamer Sooneeta, Gamer Shruti Sarraf Co-Founder, BlackLight Studio Works
10:35 am – 11:00 am	Topic - Contextualization & Personalisation in Gaming Panel Discussion featuring Sreedhar Prasad, former partner - KPMG & Internet Business Expert (Moderator) Piyush Kumar, Founder & CEO, Rooter Kashyap Reddy, CEO & Co-founder, Hitwicket Yash Pariani, Director, India Gaming League Chirag Chopra, Lead Game Designer & Founder, Lucid Labs Rahul Nagar, AVP, Paytm First Games
11:05 am – 11:35 am	Topic - What lies Ahead \| The Gaming World Fire-side Chat featuring Ankit Panth aka 'V3nom', Professional Gamer, Part of Team Brutality (Moderator) Vedang Chavan, PUBG Mobile Head Coach, BlitzkriegXP Kiran Noojibail, Director, Esports & Broadcasting, LXG
11:40 am – 12:10 pm	Topic - Fantasy Games 2.0 Vinit Karnik, Business Head, ESP Global (Moderator) Harsh Jain, Co-Founder, Dream 11