When history looks back at this era, it will ask:
Who shaped AI? Who let AI shape them?

When history looks back at this era, it will ask: Who shaped AI? & Who let AI shape them?

Welcome to Z AI Prism, a space for leaders, creators, and innovators shaping the future of Media & Entertainment in the age of AI.

Scheduled for Friday, 18th July in Mumbai, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm This think tank series brings together proactive M&E leaders who see AI as a powerful force and are learning to use it with intent. Whether just starting or already applying it, they’re exploring where it fits, what it unlocks, and how to keep it under creative and strategic control.

Participation Format

In-Person (Curated Access):
By personal invitation — includes Key Opinion Makers, Featured Panelists, and Select Stakeholder Leaders contributing to the conversation.

Virtual (Livestream on Zoom for registered participants):
Available to professionals across the M&E ecosystem. 

If you’ve received an invitation — or found this through a colleague, community post, or public share — you’re welcome to request virtual access by filling and submitting the registration form at the link below.
*You will receive a confirmation acknowledgement within 24 working hours, followed by a personalized Zoom access link a couple of days before the session.

Welcome to Z AI Prism, a space for leaders, creators, and innovators shaping the future of Media & Entertainment in the age of AI.

Scheduled for Friday, 18th July in Mumbai, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm This think tank series brings together proactive M&E leaders who see AI as a powerful force and are learning to use it with intent. Whether just starting or already applying it, they’re exploring where it fits, what it unlocks, and how to keep it under creative and strategic control.

Participation Format

In-Person (Curated Access):
By personal invitation — includes Key Opinion Makers, Featured Panelists, and Select Stakeholder Leaders contributing to the conversation.

Virtual (Livestream on Zoom for registered participants):
Available to professionals across the M&E ecosystem. 

If you’ve received an invitation — or found this through a colleague, community post, or public share — you’re welcome to request virtual access by filling and submitting the registration form at the link below.
*You will receive a confirmation acknowledgement within 24 working hours, followed by a personalized Zoom access link a couple of days before the session.

Why this conversation matters?

AI is changing how Media & Entertainment works: from concept to screen to audience engagement. It is moving faster than most teams can respond. Those shaping it are already experimenting, integrating, and leading.

AI is now an active layer in the creative process, shaping how content is written, produced, distributed, and experienced. Writers, directors, and editors are using it to explore ideas, speed up workflows, and refine outputs. Audience engagement is shifting; trailers, ads, and formats adapt in real time, powered by behavior and sentiment.

Discovery, monetization, rights, and distribution systems are being rebuilt for agility and scale. Across film, OTT, music, gaming, and animation, AI is moving from test phase to pipeline: enabling faster localization, smart content tagging, intuitive dubbing, adaptive soundtracks, emotion-aware trailers, dynamic story branching, and new formats that respond to audience input and widen access across languages, platforms, and geographies.

AI Prism brings these perspectives together to align intent, capability, and direction across the creative industry

AI is inevitable. Alignment is not.
The more creators engage with AI, with those building it, and with each other, the more, this ‘all pervasive intelligence’ will evolve to support vision, not override it. This is the moment to shape how intelligence serves imagination, before it sets its own terms.

 

Agenda

2.00 P.M.

Industry Leaders Networking Lunch

By Exclusive Invitation*

3.00 P.M.

Opening and Welcome

A brief introduction to the AI Prism series and what this edition aims to uncover.

3.05 P.M.

The Moment of Vision: Directing the AI Opportunity

Featuring a Fireside Conversation with

KV Sridhar aka Pops

Chief Creative Officer Global, Nihilent Limited

Hall of Fame DMIA, Campaign Brief Asia’s 40 legends last forty years, Creative Achievement New York Festivals. Board Member ASCI, Trustee Population First. Best Selling Author “30 second Thrillers”

Deep diving with the Creative Alchemist, Master Storyteller, & Visionary Bridge between Strategy, Technology & Emotion, KV Sridhar aka Pops on exploring and shaping AI while maintaining creative control — in conversation with M&E and Technology Industry insider Anand Gurnani.

A high-resolution conversation on how AI is reshaping the creative, collaborative, and commercial contours of Media & Entertainment. From immediate impact to emerging paradigms, we explore what it truly means to direct the AI opportunity with intent.

FOCUS AREAS

Current Impact
Key ways AI is already making an impact within the Media & Entertainment domain from workflows to decision-making.
 
New Paradigms
Emerging areas where AI is poised to disrupt the status quo and enable entirely new models of creation, collaboration, and distribution.
 
AI Convergence
Opportunities for deeper alignment between creative minds and technology enablers — including use cases where AI sharpens both vision and value.
 
Creative Edge
How AI is reshaping roles across the creative process? And which human capabilities are becoming even more vital in this intelligent, integrated era.

Deep diving with the Creative Alchemist, Master Storyteller, & Visionary Bridge between Strategy, Technology & Emotion, KV Sridhar aka Pops on exploring and shaping AI while maintaining creative control — in conversation with M&E and Technology Industry insider Anand Gurnani.

A high-resolution conversation on how AI is reshaping the creative, collaborative, and commercial contours of Media & Entertainment. From immediate impact to emerging paradigms, we explore what it truly means to direct the AI opportunity with intent.

FOCUS AREAS

Current Impact
Key ways AI is already making an impact within the Media & Entertainment domain from workflows to decision-making.
 
New Paradigms
Emerging areas where AI is poised to disrupt the status quo and enable entirely new models of creation, collaboration, and distribution.
 
AI Convergence
Opportunities for deeper alignment between creative minds and technology enablers — including use cases where AI sharpens both vision and value.
 
Creative Edge
How AI is reshaping roles across the creative process? And which human capabilities are becoming even more vital in this intelligent, integrated era.

3.45 P.M.

Panel Session

Rewriting the Playbook: AI’s Role in M&E’s Next Act

This panel is illuminated by laser focused insights from leaders, disruptors, and enablers who are shaping the real-world use of AI in Media & Entertainment. A multi-dimensional lens on how intelligence is reshaping creation, collaboration, and personalization, at scale!

From interpreting nuanced emotion to scene-level video intelligence, from scalable creative exploration to creator-empowering tools and infrastructure, the leaders share experience and wisdom from the frontlines of applied intelligence.

KV Sridhar

Chief Creative Officer, Global

Nihilent Limited

Dr. Bharat Mohan

Founder & CEO

SENSARA TV

A. R. Seshaprasad

Head of Studio

DNEG India

Vedant Saxena

VP - Technology & Innovation

Ogilvy

Anand Gurnani

Founder

VAMRR

(Moderator)

KV Sridhar

Chief Creative Officer, Global

Nihilent Limited

A. R. Seshaprasad

Head of Studio

DNEG India

Vedant Saxena

VP - Technology & Innovation

Ogilvy

Dr. Bharat Mohan

Founder & CEO

SENSARA TV

Anand Gurnani

Founder

VAMRR

(Moderator)

DISCUSSION TOPICS

Workflow Acceleration
Meaningful examples of how AI has compressed or accelerated parts of the workflow without compromising quality, creativity, or privacy.

Audience Pulse
The evolution of audience expectations in the AI age, and how AI is helping the industry respond more intelligently and responsively.

Next-Gen Studio
A look at what the next-gen creative studio or team environment might look like;  including emerging roles, new tools, and evolved collaboration models.

Creative Uprising
How AI is reshaping creative access, participation, and scale? And what “democratizing creativity” means for the future of content creation.

4.30 P.M.

HP Perspective on Architecting the AI-Enabled M&E Ecosystem

Kaushik Shaw
Market Development Manager – Workstations
HP India Sales Pvt Ltd

Kaushik Shaw
Market Development Manager – Workstations
HP India Sales Pvt Ltd

4.45 P.M.

Stakeholder Lens | Reflections from the Ecosystem

This closing think tank session features reflections on AI in M&E from participating stakeholders — including creative studio leaders, M&E-tech founders, and decision-makers from across the content & technology ecosystem.

Srivatsan Jayasankar
Head of AR Partnerships, India
SNAP INC.

Mehul Hirani
Founder, Director
STUDIO V SYNC LLP

Chinmoy Roy
AVP & Head IT –
Business Applications
BENNETT COLEMAN AND CO. LTD.

Sid Jayakar
CEO/Founder
LABYRINTH

Ashish Limaye
CEO & Founder
CRAVING DIGITAL

Krupalu Mehta
Co Founder
PARALLAX LABS

Srivatsan Jayasankar
Head of AR Partnerships, India
SNAP INC.

Mehul Hirani
Founder, Director
STUDIO V SYNC LLP

Chinmoy Roy
AVP & Head IT –
Business Applications
BENNETT COLEMAN AND CO. LTD.

Sid Jayakar
CEO/Founder
LABYRINTH

Ashish Limaye
CEO & Founder
CRAVING DIGITAL

Krupalu Mehta
Co Founder
PARALLAX LABS

Rajeev Dwivedi
Chief Executive Officer
LIVEPIXEL TECHNOLOGIES

Satyajeet Kumar
VP & Executive Producer VFX
DIGIKORE

Gaurav Malhotra
CEO
ARTHA ANIMATION

Rakesh Gurav
Studio Head
E PLUS STUDIO

Parveez Nasyam
Founder & Director
IMMERSIONX TECHNOLOGIES LLP

Anand Jha
CEO
NILEE GAMES 

Rajeev Dwivedi
Chief Executive Officer
LIVEPIXEL TECHNOLOGIES

Satyajeet Kumar
VP & Executive Producer VFX
DIGIKORE

Gaurav Malhotra
CEO
ARTHA ANIMATION

Rakesh Gurav
Studio Head
E PLUS STUDIO

Parveez Nasyam
Founder & Director
IMMERSIONX TECHNOLOGIES LLP

Anand Jha
CEO
NILEE GAMES 

Anish Patel
Creative Producer
PROMOSHOP

Saketh Bhagavatula
Co-founder
LIMINAL TECH.
PVT. LTD.

Sumeet Chavan
Creative Head
IDENTICAL BRAINS

Yugshrestha Karpatne
Co-Founder & Producer
BOATHOUSE MEDIA PVT. LTD.

Anish Patel
Creative Producer
PROMOSHOP

Saketh Bhagavatula
Co-founder
LIMINAL TECH.
PVT. LTD.

Sumeet Chavan
Creative Head
IDENTICAL BRAINS

Yugshrestha Karpatne
Co-Founder & Producer
BOATHOUSE MEDIA PVT. LTD.

5.15 P.M.

Vote of Thanks

Event ends with summarization, vote of thanks and announcements about next edition.

Join the Conversation

We look forward to welcoming invited leaders to this focused, industry-led forum on the evolving role of AI in Media & Entertainment.

We also welcome radical creators, technologists, business professionals, and innovators from across the M&E ecosystem to join us virtually and contribute to the dialogue.

AI Prism is an initiative presented by HP.
The series is organized by Biz Anekdotes, with VAMRR as Ecosystem Knowledge Partner.

To attend the virtual session, please complete the registration form below. A VAMRR representative will get in touch to confirm your participation.

About VAMRR

VAMRR Technologies is a pioneering ecosystem enabler that curates and hosts high-impact, insight-driven forums at the intersection of enterprise, creativity, and emerging technologies. With a track record of over 140+ conferences, roundtables, and think tanks, VAMRR brings together decision-makers, practitioners, and innovators to engage in focused dialogue, exchange ideas, and drive meaningful collaborations.

As Knowledge Partner for the AI Prism series, VAMRR brings deep domain understanding, sharp moderation, and a commitment to shaping conversations that matter — grounded, inclusive, and future-focused.

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