NASSCOM Game Developer Conference kicks off today

We’re in Pune, where the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference gets underway in little over an hour.

Kicking things off today will be an opening keynote address from Glen Schofield, CEO of Sledgehammer Games.

That will be followed by a ‘State of the Industry’ panel discussion featuring Vishal Gondal (Disney UTV), Manvendra Shukul (Lakshya Digital), Atindriya Bose (Sony), Manish Agarwal (Reliance), Rajat Ojha (TAGS), and Rajesh Rao, Chair, NASSCOM Gaming Forum.

Post-lunch, industry legend and founder of EA and Digital Chocolate Trip Hawkins will take the stage for his keynote address titled ‘What’s Next with Games’.

There are plenty of other presentations, discussions, workshops and post-mortems lined up for today, and you can check out the entire line-up here.

If you are heading to the conference today and you’d like to manage your schedule better, there’s a very useful NGDC 2012 app for Android and Blackberry. More details here.

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