Encode Club X Women in Data : Tech Forward

Encode Club X Women in Data
Encode Club and Women in Data are joining forces for an evening of talks and conversation exploring what it really takes to build production-grade AI systems. Whether you're an engineer shipping agents, a researcher thinking about evaluation, or someone curious about a career in AI and data, this event brings together practitioners sharing hard-won lessons from the field.
Join us for three sessions covering agent harness design, career journeys in AI and data, and the craft of turning raw signal into meaningful insight.

Agenda
6:00 PM — Doors Open Arrive early to network with fellow builders, researchers, and the Encode Club and Women in Data communities over drinks and refreshments.
6:30 PM — Beyond Building Agents: Why Harness Design and Optimisation Matter Renuka Kelkar( Google Developer Expert)
Most conversations about agents focus on the model. Renuka makes the case that the harness ,the scaffolding around the model ,is where real performance is won or lost, and shares practical approaches to designing and optimising it.
7:10 PM — Fireside Chat: Career Journey & Skills Janhvi Vyas (Business Development Manager @ TCS) and Shubhangi Goyal (Microsoft MVP)
A candid conversation about navigating a career in AI and data: the pivots, the lessons, and what it looks like to build a path in a field that's reshaping itself in real time.
7:50 PM — From Noise to Narrative Taha Undre (Data Analytics Lead)
How do you move from messy, ambiguous data to a story that drives decisions? Taha walks through the craft of extracting signal from noise and turning it into something teams can actually act on.