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Good bye 2008!
What a year it was, for Indian animation and for me personally as well. A roller-coaster year one may call it. Ups and downs, highs and lows. Memorable moments and some, unfortunately, ‘trying-hard-to-forget’ ones. A year that saw the launch of many new animation training institutes and studios, the formation of strategic partnerships, major acquisitions and tie-ups, a couple of announcements about new animated features/series and also the scrapping of highly-publicised, prestigious ones. A year whose first half saw more jobs than people but ended with the equation reversed - layoffs and yet more layoffs!
India Gaming Summit on 21st Nov. 2008 in Mumbai
India Gaming Summit 2008 this year is going to be held against the backdrop of the Intel & Zapak India Gaming Expo 2008 on 21st Nov. in Mumbai, creating a public showcase for the Gaming Industry in India.
The summit would cover the following topics:
· Gaming on the road to 2011: An overview on how the India Gaming industry plans to gear up to reach the estimated target ofUs$200 mn.
· Driving the Gaming Eco System – Opportunities an Challenges: This session provides a unique opportunity to look at what drives Gaming in India.
· Infrastructure and Technology – Opportunities and Challenges: The backbone of gaming is based on technology – what do the tech guys have to say about this industry.
· Distribution and Access - Opportunities and Challenges: Distribution and access form the core of gaming. How is India taking gaming to the masses.
· Marketing and Advertising: Understanding of media structure, media potential, consumption habits, etc. Case studies on successful brand partnerships, insights & learning.
The Gaming Summit will have leading industry stalwarts coming from the varied fields namely, gaming, media, advertising fraternity, addressing important dynamics of the industry. There will be panel discussions addressing different topics which will involve industry players from diverse fraternities.
Some of the speakers are:
Mr. Rajesh Sawhney, President Reliance Entertainment Ltd.
Mr. Rohit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd.
Mr. Prakash Bagri, Director Marketing, Intel (South Asia)
Mr. Quentin Poulet, Chief Executive Officer, Kreeda
Mr. Nishant Goyal, Manager-Sales, South East Asia, NVIDIA
Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, Regional Director - Entertainment and Devices, Microsoft India.
Mr. Madan Sanglikar, Partner, Inventions - Mindshare
ABAI Fest 2008 - a 2 day celebration of animation
Bangalore, the IT Hub of India also has a large animation and gaming community, ‘officially’ brought together under the name of ABAI - Association of Bangalore Animation Industry. Studios and Institutes have come together to form this association and they celebrate the creative trinity of Animation+Gaming+VFX every year with the ABAI Fest. This year also studios, institutes, professionals, students and animation enthusiasts are converging at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on the 5th and 6th of Sep. for the third edition of the ABAI Fest and AllAboutAnimation is a proud Supporter of the event 
The first day went of well with the auditorium packed to full capacity and I’m looking forward to the second day today with some very interesting presentations announced.
India gets its First Ever Professionally Managed Gaming Team
Just received a press release announcing the formation of India’s first ‘Gaming Team’ - “INDIAN INFERNO”
Indiagames, India’s benchmark online and mobile games company and a leading global developer and publisher of mobile games and the E-Sports Council of India announced the formation of India’s first professional gaming team – Indian Inferno.
Event Overload!
Lots of stuff happening in Mumbai this week and its keeping me from blogging!
Last evening I attended a Book Signing by Lord Jeffrey Archer at the Landmark Book Store in Andheri, Mumbai. It was one of the most beautiful and inspiring evenings of my life and I will soon blog about the experience and why I have chosen to include him, a story-teller par excellence, in this Animation related blog.
Today and tomorrow (21st and 22nd May) is the IAI - Industry Academia Interface organized by Animation Xpress. I went for the session today and was stunned by the abysmally low turnout. Either people weren’t informed or they weren’t interested Either way, it doesn’t bode well for the future of Animation, Gaming and VFX of India. There were more speakers than audience, though the line up of topics was very good. Sad!
This weekend - 24th and 25th May - is the CGTExpo 2008, CGTantra’s brand new attempt at reaching out to more people. All About Animation will be there with a stall so anyone who wants to meet me can drop by and find out more about AAA.
See you at CGTExpo!!!
CGTExpo 2008 (Update) : Masterclass Details online
CGTExpo Masterclasses will enable participants to make the most of an indepth learning environment under the guidance of experts from the diverse backgrounds - artistic, technical or conceptual. If you are interested, do register soon:
http://www.cgtexpo.com/masterclasses.html
See the details of the sessions and speakers.
CG Tantra presents Free Seminar : Behind The Games
Date - 5th march 2008
Venue - KC College Auditorium, Churchgate, Mumbai
Time - 2.30 pm onwards ( Registration Desk opens at 1.30 pm)
For Registration - Click here
Indiagames’ study reveals interesting gaming trends.
Online gaming seems to be getting very popular in India, if the report released by Indiagames is anything to go by. A study was conducted on more than 10,000 paid subscribers of the Indiagames Games on Demand (GoD) subscription service and the results are pretty encouraging for the gaming industry.
Cutting across age groups and income segments, there has been a phenomenal increase in the consumption of gaming in the year 2007. In Mobile gaming, the surge came from smaller towns and at lower price points, while over 3 million gamers took to the Online gaming segment. Adding to that, the launch of gaming consoles like XBOX 360 and Sony PS3 piqued consumer interest as well.
