About The Fifth Elephant Conference; previous editions
- India’s most prestigious big data, ML and data science conference since 2012.
- A platform for practitioners to share real-life case studies of working with data, ML systems and data science - across advertising, e-commerce, OEMs, automobile industry, and platforms.
- Relevant themes and topics each year, which helps practitioners to gain practical insights from The Fifth Elephant Conference.
The Fifth Elephant 2023 editions
The Fifth Elephant Monsoon
The Fifth Elephant Winter
Themes for 2024 edition
- Data engineering and data science - managing, running and optimizing data pipelines; feature engineering; open source alternatives to vendor lock-in; recommendation systems; fraud processing.
- Best practices for LLM training, inference and deployment; implementing security while incorporating LLMs and SLMS in organizations; working with Open Source LLM models; security, bias and risk mitigation.
- GenAI - Generative AI based use-cases; GenAI and hardware.
The Conference will also host workshops, tutorials, round tables and Birds of Feather (BOF) sessions for interactive participation and networking.
Speaking at The Fifth Elephant 2024
The conference follows the peer process of reviewing submissions, and followed by rehearsals with selected speakers. If you want to speak at the conference, submit your abstract and slides at https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/2024/sub.
Attendance
The 2024 edition will be held in-person. Attendance is open to The Fifth Elephant members only. Pick a membership to attend the in-person conference.
Who will benefit from participating in the conference and The Fifth Elephant community
- AI/ML/Data Science/Ops engineers who want to learn about state-of-the-art tools and techniques, especially from domains such as health care, e-commerce, automobile, agri-tech and industrial verticals
- Data scientists who want a deeper understanding of model deployment/governance.
- Architects who are building ML workflows that scale.
- Tech founders and CTOs who are building products and platforms that leverage data, ML and LLMs.
- Product managers, who want to learn about the process of building AI/ML products.
- Directors, VPs and senior tech leadership who are building AI/ML teams.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship slots are open for:
- Employer branding and visibility
- Infrastructure (GPU, CPU and cloud providers) and developer productivity tool makers who want to evangelise their offering to developers and decision-makers.
- Companies who want to do tech branding among AI and ML developers.
- Venture Capital (VC) firms and investors who want to scan the landscape of innovations and innovators in AI and who want to source leads for investment in the AI and ML space.
If you are interested in sponsoring The Fifth Elephant, contact sales@hasgeek.com.
Testimonials
“The Fifth Elephant has been a community of passionate and talented people in tech and is for me one of the most valuable sources of practical insights into ML and AI and related aspects” — said Manu Hegde, a member of The Fifth Elephant.
“I have been a regular attendee at Fifth Elephant events since 2016 and I always take away a lot of applied wisdom from the speakers and other practitioners I meet. Often this is about common problem but many times it’s also about topics that I was not even aware of and it definitely broadens my view. The talks are on-point and derive from real world experience with very little to no marketing fluff. The Fifth Elephant community is welcoming of feedback and very supportive to all members.” - said Sidharth Ramachandran, a member of The Fifth Elephant.
Contact information
Join The Fifth Elephant Telegram group on https://t.me/fifthel or WhatsApp group. Follow @fifthel on Twitter.
For inquiries, call The Fifth Elephant on +91-7676332020 or leave a comment here.
Accepting submissions till 15 May 2024, 11:59 PM
Not accepting submissions
Submission guidelines and selection criteria
If you are interested in speaking at The Fifth Elephant 2024 edition, note the following guidelines:
- Submit a description of your talk, explaining the problem that your talk covers, and one concrete takeaway for audience. Talks have to give at least one practical insight to the audience.
- Preference will be given to talk experiential talks such as case studies, journeyman stories and implementation stories.
- Editors will comment on the submissions, asking for details and slides, based on the contents provided in the submission.
- If your submission is included in the shortlist, you will have to prepare slides, and go through a rehearsal prior to the conference.
Here’s a guide for speakers to draft their presentations.
You can view talks held at previous editions of The Fifth Elephant 2024 for reference:
- Winter edition 2023 - http://has.gy/z_vu
- Monsoon edition 2023 - http://has.gy/1ZAa
- MLOps conference 2021 - http://has.gy/uefR
The call for submissions will be close on 15 May 2024. Talks will be selected on a rolling basis as submissions are made.
Topics for submitting talks
- AI engineering and research - product, platforms, solidified use-cases in engineering and upcoming research in this arena, DSPY, RAG and future trends.
- Data engineering and MLOps - data pipelines and dataset creation for AI; LLM ops; managing NLP pipelines and feature engineering.
- AI and Hardware - AMD/Intel/Open GPU stack/PEFT/LORA/QLoRA and other hardware-based optimizations for AI software and engineering.
- Best practices for LLM training, inference, deployment.
- LLM and security - best practices on security while incorporating LLMs and SLMS in organizations; working with Open Source LLM models; security, bias and risk mitigation.
- GenAI - Generative AI based use-cases, products, platforms and research such as multi-lingual models, use-cases where GenAI is being used.
Types of submissions
You can submit a session for:
- 30 mins talk
- 15 mins talk
- Demo and startup showcases
- Birds of Feather (BOF) sessions
- Hands-on workshops for three hours duration
- Panel discussions
Make a submission
Accepting submissions till 15 May 2024, 11:59 PM
Siddhant Agarwal GraphRAG: Powering Up LLMs with Knowledge GraphsFeeling lost in the sea of information with large language models (LLMs)? Want your LLMs to be factual ninjas and context champions? Then dive into GraphRAG! This innovative technique harnesses the power of knowledge graphs to supercharge LLMs. more
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Anuj Gupta AI-GOLD: Identifying Billion-Dollar AI Use CasesIt is a well-known fact that most (Gen)AI projects fail to deliver any return on investment (ROI) [1]. The reasons behind this are multifaceted. One fundamental reason is the pursuit of suboptimal, and at times entirely inappropriate, use cases. more
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Anuj Gupta Product Management for AI-first products** In depth & exclusive content to help seasoned product managers transition into AI first world with tons of case studies and examples** more
Session type: Workshop
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Anuj Gupta AI Product management: paradigm shift or old wine in new bottle?In this talk, we discuss why Traditional Software Product Management skills fall drastically short when building (Gen)AI Products. Why Product Management for (Gen)AI Products Requires Major Upgrade more
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Rishav Kumar Samvaadini - a telecalling voice bot for blue-collar hiring in IndiaIn this talk, we introduce ‘Samvaadini’, a telecalling voice bot built for hiring blue-collar workers in India. It uses state-of-the-art AI to capture human responses adeptly, autonomously determine the next action, and seamlessly respond in a voice (indistinguishable from a human). more
Session type: Demo - showcase of your work
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