BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//HasGeek//NONSGML Funnel//EN DESCRIPTION:Call for Data Problems and Proposals X-WR-CALDESC:Call for Data Problems and Proposals NAME:The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition X-WR-CALNAME:The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H SUMMARY:The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition TIMEZONE-ID:Asia/Kolkata X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition DTSTART:20260907T023000Z DTEND:20261011T182900Z DTSTAMP:20260928T231439Z UID:session/Cj24RgBCYbi87AANw3hnRA@hasgeek.com SEQUENCE:18 CREATED:20260907T094937Z DESCRIPTION:# The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition: Call for Data Proble ms and Proposals\n**4-5 December 2026** \n**A conference for data practit ioners across industry\, non-profits\, society\, economy\, psephology\, st atistics\, analytics\, and more. No engineering talks.**\n\n**Registration s open at http://has.gy/-fQi**\n\nTimelessness and the shape of data are a t the core of conversations at The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition.\n\n This edition is for data practitioners across domains. Whether you work in industry\, the non-profit sector\, public policy\, economic data\, psepho logy\, statistics\, analytics\, or other data-facing worlds\, you are welc ome to participate and share what you are working on.\n\nWe are looking fo r new ideas\, classical problems\, unfinished work\, failed attempts\, une xplained results\, and datasets looking for questions. Your work may invol ve linear regression\, noisy neighbours\, statistical methods\, analytical frameworks\, data interpretation\, or newer techniques.\n\n**This is not a call for engineering talks.** The Fifth Elephant Winter Edition is not a bout data pipelines\, infrastructure\, tooling\, or implementation stories for their own sake. It is about the practice of working with data: the qu estions\, methods\, uncertainties\, findings\, failures\, and judgments th at shape data work.\n\nThe science has not gone away\, but the techniques have changed. We are not here for preservation or lament. We are here to c ollectively rediscover what is getting formed as data science\, and what m ay emerge over the next three years.\n\nThe Winter Edition is also a platf orm for collaboration: a place to discover people\, ideas\, support\, and resources for your journey and problems.\n\n## Key takeaways for attendees \n- Discover new ideas that may inspire you or bring fresh creativity into your own work.\n- Meet people and build networks\, because there is a wor ld of humans beyond Claude and ChatGPT. Find friends\, collaborators\, and co-conspirators.\n\n## Meet the Editors\n* Karthik Shashidhar — AI and data consultant\; founder \n https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikshashid har/\n\n* S Anand — LLM Psychologist \n https://www.linkedin.com/in/s anand0/\n\n* Prasanna Bhogale — Founder at Romulan AI\; author \n htt ps://www.linkedin.com/in/pbhogale/\n\n## Session Types\n\n1. **Classical d ata talks that used to happen at The Fifth Elephant conferences** \n Sh are what you learned\, what failed\, and what you are still trying to unde rstand. We are looking for introspections filled with techniques and fewer jargons. We explicitly seek unfinished work: failures\, WIP\, unexplained results\, and datasets looking for questions.\n\n2. **Showcase** \n Sh ow an innovative idea you are working on. Your idea need not be in product ion. Use the stage to tell us why it is cool. Toot the horn\, maccha\, in 20 minutes only.\n\n3. **Problem wall** \n Reverse-engineer your submis sion and tell us about a problem you are working on\, along with the ideas \, expertise\, or collaborators you seek. If the Three Musketeers like it\ , your problem may go up on the wall and find more humans and their should ers.\n\n4. **Birds of a Feather sessions** \n Facilitate a BOF session. Say it in more than words. We’ll get you a whiteboard\, flipchart\, or anything else you need. Heck\, even a spaceship\, if that can land at the venue.\n\n5. **Poster sessions** \n Show your WIP or project visually i n the alleyways. We are looking for applications of concepts to problems a nd scenarios in industry\, society\, economy\, and even the Silo world.\n\ n## Not Sure Which Session Fits Your Work?\n\nDon’t hesitate. Submit you r idea here: https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/fifthel-winter-call-for-pro blems-and-proposals/sub\nYou will receive suggestions\, feedback\, and per haps even more questions.\n\nYou can also join the weekly sounding board c alls on Fridays\, 12:00-12:40 PM: https://meet.google.com/jqd-fvvp-tho Cal ls start on 11 September and end on 9 October. Get in the queue\, or as AI calls it\, *'the room'*. \n\n## Deadline\nEarlier is always better. Class ical talks and showcase sessions have seven slots each. Send in your propo sal by **11 October 2026** at the latest.\n\n## Questions?\nWrite to info@ hasgeek.com or call/text 7676332020. 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