Agenda 2025
Day - 1, Nov - 1
Keynote (Hall - 1)
9:30 am - 11:00 am
90 Min
Inauguration
90 Min
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
60 Min
Cinematic- Directors Roundtable
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
60 Min
AI and AMD’s Vision as an Industry Leader
Andrej Zdravkovic, Senior Vice President, GPU Technologies and Engineering Software and Chief Software Officer
Moderator - Mr Shajy Thomas, CTO, Astra Studios
Co-Panelists :
Mr CV Rao, CTO, Annapurna Studios
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Keynote (Hall - 2)
2:15pm - 3:15 pm
45 Min
The ‘V’ in AVGC: Where Vision meets Virtual Worlds
Mr Biren Ghose, Founder, Astra Studios
3:15pm - 5:00 pm
(MRG 0.4 - 0.6)
90 Min
Procedural Thinking: The Houdini Way
NPR Styles in Houdini 21 (Live Demo)
Houdini 21 — Power of Procedural and Customisation
Mr. Hijaz Ahamed, Technical Consultant, SideFX
Mr. Rohan Dalvi, Houdini Trainer
Mr. Biswajit Tarafder, FX Supervisor, Astra Studios
4:15pm - 5:00 pm
45 Min
South Stories, Global Strokes: The Future of Regional Originals
Ms Padma Kasturirangan, Head of South, India
Originals, Prime Video
Moderator: Bharath Laxmipati, Chief Marketing
Officer, Green Gold Animation
5:15pm - 7:00 pm
105 Min
Reimagining Filmmaking in the Age of AI
Moderator: Mr. Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Vice President, Business Head, CTO & Emerging Media Head, Whistling Woods International
Mr. Subhabrata Debnath, Co-founder & CTO, NeuralGarage
Mr. Vishal Yoman, Founder & CEO, Kalpanik Films
Mr. Vipul Agrawal, Founder & CEO , Mugafi
7:00pm - 7:30 pm
30 Min
VFX Creators challenge
7:30pm - 9:00 pm
90 Min
Creators street Awards and Ramayana launch
Day - 2, Nov - 2
Keynote-02 - Conference HALL 2
10:00 am - 10:30 am
30 Min
TBA
10:30 am - 11:15 am
45 Min
Cinematic Intelligence: Where Artificial
Intelligence Meets Artistic Vision
Mr Mike Yatham, Founder, Rotomaker, General
Secretary, TVAGA
Mr Christopher Hebert - Senior Director, Global
Marketing, SideFX Houdini
Mr Pramod Patel-Head of Production Technology,
Assemblage Entertainment
Mr Mehul Hirani, Founder and Director, Studio
V-Sync
Moderator - Mr Shajy Thomas, CTO, Astra Studios
11:15am - 12:00 pm
45 Min
How to make your Dragon
Mr Akhauri Sinha, MD, Framestore India
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
45 Min
Showcase of Jurassic World – Rebirth
Mr Arnab Sanyal, AVFX Supervisor, ILM India
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Keynote (Hall - 2)
2:15pm - 3:00 pm
45 Min
Crafting The World Of Wicked
Mr Jonathan Fawkner, Creative Director and VFX Supervisor, Framestore London
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
45 Min
Women who build worlds: The powerhouses behind the Pixels
Asmita Bharati, Sr VFX Producer, Independent
Chandrika Gorrepati -production designer / art director , Yellow Design Studio
Nivedita Southekal-Creative Head , EastFx Media Communication India Private Limited
Nikita Sinha - Studio Production Manager ; ILM
Meghana Tirumalasetty ; Co-Founder/ Business Operations Manager; Little Black star visual Effects (LBS)
Moderator - Harshita Sharma, Educator/Creative Mentor; WIA
4:00pm - 5:00 pm
60 Min
Bringing the Maratha legend to life: VFX behind Chhaava
Mr Arjun Madhavan, CEO, Assemblage
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
45 Min
TBA
