About The Summit
It is time we address the elephant in the room — India’s thriving gaming industry and its runaway growth. If a report by Deloitte India is to be believed, the industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 40 per cent and reach around $2.8 billion by 2022, up from $1.1 billion in 2019. A KPMG report paints an equally bullish picture — it expects the elephant to grow 113 per cent from $1.83 billion this fiscal year to $3.91 billion in FY2025.
BW Gaming Summit 2021 brings under the scanner how gaming industry flared in the toughest year the modern world has seen – becoming investor community’s newfound interest. The summit targets to bring together the best and most influential of the online gaming industry on a single platform to discuss the growth drivers, challenges and career opportunities, trends, technology and more. From stakeholders to gaming firms, industry experts to league owners, publishers to investors, team owners to brands, everyone will share their wealth of knowledge at the inaugural edition of the conference.
BW GAMING WORLD SUMMIT - JULY 30, 2021
The Reality Of The $2.8Bn Indian Gaming Dream
10.00 AM
The Golden Intersection of Gaming
Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld
Keynote Address: The Decade of the Gaming Sector
Nitish Mittersain, Founder & MD, Nazara Technologies
Special Address 1: Skills, Gaming & The Economic Rebound: The Big Picture
Dr. Subi Chaturvedi, Chief Corporate Affairs & Policy Officer, Zupee
Status of Indian Gaming Sector: What Will Drive Growth
External & Internal dynamics that are pushing the Indian gaming sector to the $3.91 Bn by 2025
Anand Subramanya, Director of Product Marketing, Dell Technologies
Girish Menon, Partner & Head, - Media & Entertainment, KPMG
Arnold Su, Business Head – Consumer and Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India
Manav Sethi, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Octro Inc
Roland Landers, CEO, All India Gaming Federation
Paavan Nanda, Co-Founder & CEO, WinZO
Session Chair: Ojasvi Nath, Assistant Editor, BW Businessworld
What Is Making Gaming Investor's Favourite Choice
Gaming in India has attracted much more than comparative peer sectors in the last year. Why current stats matter & where is this trend headed?
Salone Sehgal, General Partner, Lumikai
Sajan Raj Kuroop, Investor, Revenant Esports & Founder, Creativeland Asia
Milan Ganatra, Investor and Co-Founder at 1SilverBullet
Sreeram Vanga, Founder at InnoPark Group of Companies & Hustle Partners
Prashanth Joshua, CEO, Mobius
Saurabh Pandey, Founder, Eloelo
Session Chair: Prasar Sharma, Head – Finance, Strategic Partnerships & Innovation, BW Businessworld
Keynote Address 2: When Gaming Meet Economic Revival
Generating revenue, creating employment, attracting foreign investments… Gaming has opened many new doors for India's growth story
Rajan Navani, Founder & CEO, JetSynthesys
Government & Gaming: Legalities, Frameworks & Regulations
Government of India increased its focus on Gaming once it was included in metal sports. Looking towards the current steps & future expectations to fortify the gaming ecosystem
Sameer Barde, CEO, The Online Rummy Federation
Puneet Singh, Co-Founder & COO, Baazi Games
Shivanandan Pare, CEO, Gaussian Networks
Sarthak Doshi, Associate, Ikigai Law
L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys
Ajit Mishra, Partner - International Team, Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited
Session Chair: Sudhir Mishra, Managing Partner - Trust Legal
Brand Building Gamified
Gaming tops the list of innovative, engaging & immersive ways in which companies connect with consumers. Some examples & incremental success
Fireside chat
Tom Simpson, SVP, Apac Adcolony
Itamar Benedy, Co-founder & CEO of Anzu
Session Chair: Noor Fathima Warsia, Group Editorial Director, BW Businessworld
Fireside chat
Nishant Malsisaria, VP – Product Strategy, dentsu Data Sciences
Amin Rozani, Group CEO of Quadrific Media
Sooraj Balakrishnan, Head of Marketing, Acer India
Jaganathan Chelliah, Director – Marketing, India, Western Digital
Anish Kapoor, CEO, Infinix Mobile
Session Chair: Soumya Sehgal, Editorial Lead, BW Marketing World
Esports: The Energy Filled Future
The recent rise of the decades old industry; how online leagues turning into big business opportunities; and factors paving the way to esports in India
John Davidson, CEO, DLC
Nimish Raut, Esports Consultant
Lokesh Suji, Director - Esports Federation of India | VP - Asian Esports Federation
Akshat Rathee, Founder, Nodwin Gaming
Anurag Khurana, CEO & Cofounder, Newgen Gaming
Session Chair: Ruhail Amin, Sr. Editor, BW Businessworld
Special Address 1: Reskilling For Gaming
What training a new generation of professionals means at a time when design, engagement, immersion are centrestage to any sector & company
Yan Garin, Country Head, Ecole Intuit Lab
Creating the Workforce for a Sunshine Sector
Gaming is seeing rapid growth but it still needs the right skillsets, minds & strategists to make the most of the sector's potential
Tarun Gupta, Founder, Ultimate Battle
Abhishek Aggarwal, Co-Founder & CEO, Trinity
Rohit Jagasia, Founder & CEO, Revenant Esports
Piyush Kumar, Founder & CEO, Rooter
Pranav Panpalia, Founder, OpraahFX
Parineeta Rajgarhia, Founder, Zero Latency India
Session Chair: Danish Sinha, Founder, Gamestacy
The Pearls & Perils of Fantasy Sports
A promising sub-sector in its right, Fantasy Gaming is overcoming challenges to become a steady contributor to the rise in the sector
Amit Purohit - Founder - Fantasy Akhada
Sunil Yadav, CEO, Playerzpot
Ankit Anand, Business Head of FantasyDangal
Suhail Chandhok, Co-Founder, Kabaddi Adda
Madhur Singhal, Managing Partner and CEO, Praxis Global Alliance
Sidharth Pisharoti, Regional Vice President at Akamai Technologies - India, South East Asia and APJ Carrier
Session Chair: Rameesh Kailasam, CEO & President, IndiaTech Org
Cloud Gaming: Taking Gaming To The Next Billion
Cloud gaming is expected to make the real 'gaming' experience accessible to a mass audience that still relies on lower-end technology for its entertainment, thereby unlocking the true potential of gaming
Mohan Ram, Head of Go-to-Market, APAC, DigitalOcean
Storage Boost To Gaming
Importance of storage solutions in the gaming sector and the future of high-speed data storage in the cloud, mobile, console, and PC gaming segments
Sameer Bhatia, Director of Asia Pacific Consumer Business Group, and Country Manager for India & SAARC, Seagate Technology
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