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Agenda 2025

GAFX - 2025 Agenda

LALIT 3-4 - LIVE : DAY 02

10:00 - 13:00

Startups - Investor Connect

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

10:00 - 13:00

Startups - Investor Connect

18:00 - Onwards

ANIMATION XPRESS GEM AWARDS - GAMING, META & ESPORTS

KALINGA 2 - LIVE : DAY 02

10:00 - 10:40

Growing Indie Development in Karnataka: Opportunities and Support

Prashanth DG

Rhea Gupte

GoK representative

Arunabh Hazarika

Burhanuddin Beawerwala

10:45 - 11:25

FREE

11:30 - 12:10

Building Esports Ecosystems: Opportunities for Karnataka

Abhijeet (Ghatak) Andhare

Ashwin Haryani

Tanaya Nag

Rohit Potphode

eSports Influencer

12:15 - 13:00

FREE

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:40

Creating Opportunities for Students in Gaming

Rahul Sehgal

Vaibhav Chavan

Mohammed Ali Shaik

Sameer Ahmed

14:45 - 15:25

Introduction into Technicolor Games Dragon Age Veilguard VFX work

By Animationxpress

16:00 - 17:00

88 Pictures game Launch*

Milind Shinde

16:15 - 17:40

FREE

18:00 - Onwards

ANIMATION XPRESS GEM AWARDS - GAMING, META & ESPORTS

LALIT 1-2 - LIVE : DAY 02

10:00 - 10:40

Story board Masterclass : by Julia Briemle

Moderated by

Aditi Kiran

Zebu

10:45 - 11:25

The Writers Room The art and science of writing for comics

Gayathri

Moderator

Vishwajyoti Ghosh.

Sanjana Kapur

Rachita Taneja

Alok Sharma

11:30 - 12:10

KARNATAKA AVGC POLICY WORKSHOP

Ms. Archana

GM KITS Department

12:15 - 13:00

Visual Development Masterclass

Akshay Sanjeev Chavan

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:40

Kids Content - Youtube Champions

Bharat GG

Moderator

Chuchu tv

Powerkids

Videogyan

14:45 - 15:25

Esports Industry Roundtable

By Animationxpress

15:30 - 16:10

Pushing Boundaries in Concept and DMP using AI

Gowri Velusamy D

The Mill

16:15 - 16:55

NINTH DIMENSION MAsterclass

Anurita Das

17:00 - 17:40

Comic Creation Masterclass with the Art Director & Editor-in-Chief of Tinkle Learn the nuances of Comic Book Creation from the creative chiefs of Tinkle

Savio

Gayathri

18:00 - Onwards

ANIMATION XPRESS GEM AWARDS - GAMING, META & ESPORTS

GBR - LIVE : DAY 02

10:00 - 10:40

Heads of Production - The Future of VFX Production

A.R. Seshaprasad

Moderator 

Elayaraja

Virendra Chauhan

Deepak Bhatia

Sameer Talwalkar

10:45 - 11:25

From Concept to Screen: The Role of Tech in M&E

Burny

Sudhakar Reddy

Indivar

Netapp

Anurita Das

11:30 - 12:10

Create in India for the world and its challenge

Munjal

Moderator 

Jayakumar

A.R. Seshaprasad

Veerendra Patil

Milind

Arjun Madhavan

12:15 - 13:00

GBR-Session 4 : Illuminating Stories: The Art of Lighting in The Garfield Movie & That Christmas

By

Arun PA

Lighting Supervisor, DNEG India

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:40

Immersive Reality Panel Discussion on Immersive Experiences in Medical, Education etc"

Moderated by

Rajendra Praveen

Speaker from Avatar.AI*
Speaker from Metadome*

14:45 - 15:25

Intelligent Tools for Smarter Production: The Role of AI

Veerendra Patil

Moderator

Guru

Samit Shetty

Pradnya K

Nikhil

15:30 - 16:10

The Rise of VFX Influencers

Moderator by

Samit Shetty

Ruturaj Phadke

16:15 - 16:55

The Rise of Real - Time Production: What It Means for Talent :

Kranti Sharma to moderate

GRIBB (FolksVFX)

Moderator

BEJOY

PhantomFX

Mike (Madhava Reddy)

Yatham

Manish

88 pictures

Kumar

Saffronic

17:00 - 17:40

Skilling India: Centre & State-Level Efforts in AVGC Talent Development

B.S.Srinivas

Moderator

Sri Atul Kumar

Keynote Speaker

Tiwari

Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Mr. Mohit Soni

CEO

Mr. Shrikanth Sinha

CEO

Mr. Sanjay Khimesara

President

KALINGA - LIVE : DAY 02

10:00 - 10:40

Croakology- A Jugalbandi from Eeksaurus and Toonz

E Suresh

Nilima

Jay Kumar

10:45 - 11:25

Orion & The Dark – Process breakdown

Vinodh Prasanna

LRC Senior Supervisor

Parthiban S

LRC Supervisor

Dhiraj Prasad

FX Supervisor

Murali

11:30 - 12:10

Making of animated movie PIECE BY PIECE

Veerendra patil

Moderator

Howard Baker

Animation Director*

Sanjee Gupta

Executive Producer*

Venky

Zebu Studios – Art Director

Peter Anderson

Producer * 

Arvind

Neelakantan

12:15 - 13:00

JAI JAGANNATH - Small town success Story session

Durga Prasad Dalai

Founder / CEO – Ele Animation

Uttam Pal Singh

Warner Bros

P. Jayakumar

Toonz Animation

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:40

Making of Kalki by Firefly & Dneg

14:45 - 15:25

Showcase of the Gladiator 2 - ILM

Louise hussey

Executive Producer, ILM

15:30 - 16:10

MAX & The Midknights - Behind the Scenes

By

Ushma

Xentrix

Abhsihek

Xentrix

Tharuna

Xentrix

16:15 - 16:55

IP Creation & Monetization

By

Rajiv Chilaka

Creator of Chhota Bheem, Greengold Animation

17:00 - 17:40

Making of Netflix show - IC 814

Anish Sreedhar

Mr. Chandrasekar Thanvi

PhantomFX

18:00 - Onwards

ANIMATION XPRESS GEM AWARDS - GAMING, META & ESPORTS

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