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DESCRIPTION:# Working with data: what changes\, what endures\, and what be
 comes possible\n**The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition**\n\nExplore how 
 people investigate data\, test assumptions and turn findings into decision
 s. Discover approaches you can use\, and meet people whose work gives you 
 new ideas for your own.\n\n**4–5 December 2026**  \n**TERI\, Domlur\, Ba
 ngalore**  \n**Livestream exclusively for annual members**\n\n[Get your ti
 cket](https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/winter-2026/#tickets)\n\n![Interac
 tive photo](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/f7c91b9b8bb84e5c9242dcc1
 a3eb5fb6)\n\n*Participants discussing vector databases at a Birds of Feath
 er (BOF) session at The Fifth Elephant 2024 edition*\n\n## New possibiliti
 es. lasting analytical skills.\nAI is changing what we can attempt with da
 ta. Asking useful questions\, understanding the evidence and checking our 
 conclusions remain central to the work.\n\n_This edition brings together a
 nalysts\, data scientists\, statisticians\, researchers\, journalists\, an
 d people working with data in business\, public policy and non-profits. Ex
 pect concrete investigations\, surprising findings and work in progress—
 with lessons you can apply beyond the speaker’s domain._\n\n## What you
 ’ll take away\n**Fresh approaches to your work**  \nSee how practitioner
 s across fields tackle questions\, choose methods and investigate unexpect
 ed results.\n\n**Better ways to question a result**  \nLearn from measurem
 ent mistakes\, misleading metrics and the checks that changed someone’s 
 conclusion.\n\n**People to keep thinking with**  \nFind collaborators\, ex
 change experiences and bring your unresolved questions into the conversati
 on.\n\n![2024 audi](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/554ac7de95ea42a2
 83cfdfb1a1da93ef)\n\n*Attendees listening and taking notes during a talk a
 t a past edition of The Fifth Elephant.*\n\n## On the programme\n**Practit
 ioner talks**  \nSix investigations into data problems and methods. Each s
 ession includes a **25-minute presentation and 5 minutes of Q&A**.\n\n**Sh
 owcases**  \nSix focused\, **20-minute** explorations of applications\, an
 alyses and experiments.\n\n**Posters · Open both days**  \nExplore work b
 y researchers and practitioners applying data science and machine learning
  in engineering\, physical and social sciences\, policy and the social sec
 tor. The poster corridor stays open throughout both days\, with opportunit
 ies to discuss the work one-on-one with presenters. Work in progress is we
 lcome.\n\n**Conversations and participation**  \nJoin Birds of a Feather d
 iscussions and contribute ideas or expertise to the problem wall.\n\n## Co
 nfirmed talk\n### What breaks next?\n**Tracing a retail disruption and che
 cking AI recommendations**\n\n**Abhijith Neerkaje · Founder\, Beyond Vect
 ors**\n\nA supplier delay puts a seasonal collection at risk. Which produc
 ts\, stores and promotions are affected—and which responses are feasible
 ?\n\nAbhijith explores how connected data and explicit business rules help
  trace the consequences and check AI recommendations. The retail case offe
 rs lessons in structuring and interrogating data that apply across domains
 .\n\n![poster](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/4024e41393854e47b3f68
 1f6ba94f771)\n\n## Meet the editors\n**[Karthik Shashidhar](https://www.li
 nkedin.com/in/karthikshashidhar/)**  \nAI and data consultant\n\n**[S Anan
 d](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanand0/)**  \nLLM Psychologist\n\n**[Prasa
 nna Bhogale](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbhogale/)**  \nFounder at Romula
 n AI\; author\n\n![Fifthel 2024 interactions](https://images.hasgeek.com/e
 mbed/file/c88c51c31bdd446ca51a35008ee3c44a)\n\n*Conversations between sess
 ions at a past edition of The Fifth Elephant.*\n\n## Bring your curiosity 
 - and a problem you are working on (or getting worked up about!)\nJoin us 
 at **TERI\, Domlur\, Bangalore\, on 4–5 December 2026**.\n\n**Livestream
  exclusively for annual members.**\n\n[Get your ticket](https://hasgeek.co
 m/fifthelephant/winter-2026/#tickets)\n\n**Want to contribute?** [Submit a
  talk\, showcase\, poster\, discussion or problem](https://hasgeek.com/fif
 thelephant/fifthel-winter-call-for-problems-and-proposals/sub) by **11 Oct
 ober 2026**.\n\n**Interested in sponsoring?** [Explore sponsorship options
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