The National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM), the premier chamber of commerce for the IT industry in India, and the Government of Andhra Pradesh will be holding ‘Animation India 2005’, on January 12-13, 2005 at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad.
Around 150 industry professionals are expected to attend this high profile summit.
“The worldwide animation market is very large, and growing. We see tremendous prospects for India to be a major player in this space, in view of our strong entertainment and computer software industries. The competitive advantage, and the delivery of good international standards of animation by studios in India has encouraged foreign production houses to look towards India as the future destination to outsource their assignments. ‘Animation India 2005′ has been specifically structured to address emerging global opportunities and strategies for the animation and gaming industry in India,” said Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM.
In addition to the opportunities that exist for Indian companies in the global animation industry, the gaming industry, which is worth US$ 10 billion in USA, also offers huge prospects for Indian companies. The Indian gaming market is expected to reach US$50 million by 2005, with a console and PC gaming break up of $35 million and $15 million respectively.
“Globally, the gaming industry is under increasing pressure to reduce development time and lower the cost of production. Due to the criticality of time, major publishers and studios are looking at outsourcing development work, provided the development partner fulfills quality and reliability considerations. This, therefore, has a great potential for Indian game developers,” added Karnik.
Amongst those expected to speak at the event include Animation Bridge’s Biren Ghose, Reliance Entertainment’s Amit Khanna, Lall Entertainment’s Bhuvan Lall, Escotoonz’ A D Mehta, UTV Toons’ Jyotirmoy Saha, Jadooworks’ Ashish Kulkarni, Toonz Animation India’s P Jayakumar, 2nz’s Kireet Khurana, Color Chips’ Suryanarayana Yellapanthula, MPC’s Ramesh Sharma, Pentamedia’s Riyaz Babu, Srini Raju, Dream Team’s Sanjiv Waeerkar, Paradox Studios’ Anurag Khanna and Ninad Chaya, Frame Flow’s Krishnakant Mishra, Dhruva’s Rajesh Rao and Indiagames’ Vishal Gondal.
Following is the schedule for the summit
Day 1
12 January 2005
| Time | Event |
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| Session 1: Keynote Address | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 hrs | Amit Khanna – Reliance Entertainment |
| Session 2: “The gaming challenges in India” Gaming | |
| 10:00 – 11:30 Rajesh Rao – Dhruva Interactive
Vishal Gondal – India Games Anurag Khurana – Paradox Studios Sachin Naik – Milestone Interactive Software 11:30 -11:45 hrs Tea / Coffee Break |
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| Session 3: Master Class: Games development and requirements | |
| 11:45 – 01:15 hrs
Ninad Chhaya – Paradox Studios 01:15 -02:15 hrs Lunch |
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| Session 4: Master Class: Post Production | |
| 02:15 – 03:45 hrs
Krishnakant Mishra – FrameFlow India Namit Malhotra – Prime Focus 03.45 – 04.00 hrs Tea / Coffee Break |
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| Session 5: ” Animated Feature films & Funding Challanges “ | |
| 4:00 ” 5:30 hrs
Riyaz Babu ” Pentamedia Sanjiv Waeerkar – Dream Forest Films Tapaas Chakravarti – Dataquest Management & Communications Srini Raju-i-Labs |
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Day 2 13 January 2005 |
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| Session 1: Keynote Address
09:30 – 10:00 hrs Amit Khanna – Reliance Entertainment Session 2: “The gaming challenges in India” Gaming 10:00 – 11:30 Rajesh Rao – Dhruva Interactive Vishal Gondal – India Games Anurag Khurana – Paradox Studios Sachin Naik – Milestone Interactive Software
11:30 -11:45 hrs Tea / Coffee Break
Session 3: Master Class: Games development and requirements 11:45 – 01:15 hrs Ninad Chhaya – Paradox Studios 01:15 -02:15 hrs Lunch Session 4: Master Class: Post Production 02:15 – 03:45 hrs Krishnakant Mishra – FrameFlow India Namit Malhotra – Prime Focus 03.45 – 04.00 hrs Tea / Coffee Break Session 5: ” Animated Feature films & Funding Challanges ” 4:00 – 5:30 hrs Riyaz Babu Pentamedia Sanjiv Waeerkar – Dream Forest Films Tapaas Chakravarti – Dataquest Management & Communications Srini Raju-i-Labs |
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