KALINGA - LIVE : DAY 01
08:00 - 09.30
REGISTRATION
GAFX 2025 INAUGURATION
– Introduction by the MC
– Lamp Lighting and Felicitation of Guests and VIPs
– Photo Op of all guests on Dias
– Welcome Address by Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Dept. of Electronics,
IT, Bt and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka
– Curtain Raiser on Bengaluru GAFX 2025 by Biren Ghose, President, ABAI
– Address by INDUSTRY GUEST OF HONOR – Ms Kiran Mazumda | Mr. Nitish M
– – Address by Shri Sharath Bachegowda, Chairman, Keonics
– Address by Shri Priyank Kharge,
Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Information Technology & Biotechnology*
– Address by Shri D.K. Shivakumar, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka*
– Address by Shri Siddaramaiah, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka *
– Vote of Thanks by RK Chand, Secretary, ABAI
11:30 - 12:15
Govt Policy Keynote
12:15 - 13:00
EPISODE PREMIERE - SUPPANDI ANIMATED SHOW AND TRAILER RELEASE- WINGSTAR ANIMATED SHOW
Rana Dagubatti
Team Tinkle
Zebu animation studio
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:40
THE SOUND OF STORYTELLING – A DEEP DIVE INTO MUSIC AND ANIMATION
E Suresh
Rajat Dholakia
Nilima Eriyat
14:45 - 15:25
CRAFTING CONTRAST: THE ANIMATION AESTHETICS OF THE GARFIELD MOVIE AND THAT CHRISTMAS - DNEG ANIMATION
Anand Baid
Head of Animation, DNEG India
15:30 - 16:10
Crafting Epic Worlds Through VFX Expertise
Mohen Leo
ILM
16:15 - 16:55
Fury is Born: The VFX of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Payal Selvam
Head of Creative Operations, DNEG India
17:00 - 17:40
AI IN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Jehil Thakkar
(Moderator)
Partner and Media and Entertainment Sector Leader, Deloitte India
Biren Ghose
Technicolor Group
Vishal Dupar
NVIDIA
Gopichand Katragadda
Ricky Kej
17:45 - 18:30
TECH BEHIND THE MUFASA THE LION KING : VFX IN THE AGE OF INNOVATION BY MPC
Shajy Thomas
Technicolor