Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), earlier known as Indian Federation of Sports Gaming, is hosting the 3rd edš ition of their Fantasy sports conference at theLe Meridien Hotel in New Delhi.
Gameplan 2020 is expected to be attended by 250+ senior industry delegates, including operators like Dream11, MyTeam11, and My11Circle. Other attendees at the event will include representatives of sports leagues, tech firms, financial išnstitutes and media and entertainment firms. FIFS has announced that NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, will be the keynote speaker and chief guest at the event.
At the event, FIFS will launch a report in association with KPMG on the āBusiness of Fantasy Sportsā industry in India. Last year, at GamePlan 2019, a report named āEvolving Landscape of Spoš§ørts Gaming in Indiaā was lšaunched, and in at GamePlan 2018, āThe Laws Relating to Fantasy Sports Games š in Indiaā report was launched.
The event organisers have also announcedš° that they would be presenting the inaugural edition of the FIFS Awards that will recognise excellent work done in the fantasy sportź§s industry as a debutant, in product innovation, in marketing campaigns, and in business.
Besides Kant, Gameplan will host speakers including Nari Gopala, Worldwide šTechnical Leader- Games, AWS, Navdeep Manaktala, Director & Head- Digital Native- AWS, Harsh Jaią± n, Co-founder & CEO, Dream Sports, Sanjit Sihag ā Co-founder & COO, MyTeam11, Amrit Mathur, FIFS Advisor and Former Executive Director with Commonwealth Games, Delhi and Ex-Chief Operating Officer, Delhi Daredevils, and and Former Director-General of Police of Maharashtra.
There will be two panel discussions at the eventāGrowth Partners at Scale ā How FS growth is getting fuelled by supporting businesses, and Fušelling Entrepreneurship & Creating Influencers ā How FS is creating a new economy around itselāf.
As per FIFS, GamePlan 2019, which was conducted in Mumbai, hosted 10+ speakers and 250+ delegates aą½§cross industries like application developers, internet companies, animation companies, technology providers, game developers, online sports gaming operators, financial institutions, payment gateway companies, consulting firms, media agencies, sports leagues, and legal advisory firms.