NASSCOM GDC 2011

High Profile Lineup for NASSCOM GDC 2011 announced 2011-11-03 13:28 by Gaming Xpress Team Tags: Event NASSCOM Gaming Forum has announced the program agenda for the NASSCOM game Developer Conference 2011, to be held next week in Pune on 11th and 12th of Nov. This year's lineup features a number of high profile speakers from all around the world: - Mark Skaggs, SVP, Product Development, Zynga, designer of FarmVille. - Pauline Jacquey, Managing Director, Ubisoft India. - Ian Livingstone OBE, Life President, Eidos, creator of Lara Croft Tomb Raider series. Also participating in the event is Yasuhiro Fukushima, Chairman, Square Enix, Japan. He will interact with leaders of the Indian Game Industry at the CXO Roundtable on 11th evening (By Invitation Only) Sessions and Panels on a wide range of topics by Indian and international speakers from Adobe, ChaYoWo, Dhruva, Glu Mobile, ibibo, Indiagames, Gamiana, Jump Games, Lakshya Digital, Microsoft, Sony, Sumo, Trine and Zynga. There will be workshops on Building Social Games, 3D Art, Scrum and Game Design. This year’s event will also have a Closed Door HR Roundtable - For the very first time, HR Managers of leading games companies will meet and discuss the challenges of hiring and retaining talent in the fast growing Industry. (Contact Shruti Verma @ Nasscom if you want to nominate your HR Manager for this roundtable) Other highlights include Game Designer Challenge - Leading Indian game designers in a one hour game design shoot-out and Build Your Own Game - In support of the indie game developer community