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NAME:Your Cycle, Your Data & AI: Demystifying the world of period trac
 king apps
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DTSTART:20261029T163000
DTEND:20261029T183000
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UID:your-cycle-your-data-ai-demyst@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573
CREATED:20261005T173838
LOCATION:VU Campus, OZW Building, 1109, De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, Amsterdam
SUMMARY:Your Cycle, Your Data & AI: Demystifying the world of period trac
 king apps
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <html> <body> <p><p>Period apps make big
  promises. Come and learn how to navigate their claims, what AI can a
 nd cannot really do when it offers predictions and insights, and how 
 to weigh the risks and benefits of cycle tracking apps. Join us for a
 n evening of inspiring speakers and good conversation.&nbsp;</p></p> 
 <p>Around 50 million women worldwide use apps to track their menstrua
 l cycle, logging periods, symptoms, ovulation and fertile windows. Be
 hind the sleek interfaces lies a black box: most users have little id
 ea how their data is processed or how predictions are actually genera
 ted.&nbsp;</p><p>As wearables and AI reshape how we understand our bo
 dies, and as shifting reproductive rights legislation makes this data
  more sensitive than ever, transparency, privacy and accountability i
 n FemTech can no longer be an afterthought.&nbsp;</p><p>Join us for a
 n evening that goes beyond the hype. We bring together researchers st
 udying the role of AI in the FemTech market, the founder of a privacy
 -first period tracking app and a gynaecologist who built his own app.
  Yoni, a menstrual health social enterprise that has been breaking ta
 boos for over a decade, hosts the evening.&nbsp;</p><p>Together we un
 pack what AI can and cannot really do when it offers predictions and 
 insights, where the ethical dilemmas lie, and what responsible practi
 ce looks like in a booming, high-stakes industry.&nbsp;</p><h3>Speake
 rs&nbsp;</h3><ul>  <li>Deniz Er Wiedhaup, CEO of Yoni and host of the
  evening&nbsp;</li>  <li>Maria Carmen Punzi and Tamara Thuis, researc
 hers and project leads, KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije Univ
 ersiteit Amsterdam&nbsp;</li>  <li>Amber Vodegel, CEO and co-founder 
 of 28X&nbsp;</li>  <li>Robert de Leeuw, gynaecologist, Amsterdam UMC&
 nbsp;</li></ul><h3>Practical information&nbsp;</h3><ul>  <li>Date: Th
 ursday 29 October 2026&nbsp;</li>  <li>Time: 16:30 to 18:30, walk-in 
 from 16:00, drinks from 18:30&nbsp;</li>  <li>Location: OZW building,
  room OZW-1A01, De Boelelaan 1109, 1081 HV Amsterdam&nbsp;</li>  <li>
 Language: English&nbsp;</li>  <li>Admission: free, registration requi
 red via <a href="https://luma.com/bp0s9sox">https://luma.com/bp0s9sox
 </a> (maximum 100 attendees, registration closes Monday 26 October)&n
 bsp;</li>  <li>Questions: <a href="mailto:m.c.punzi@vu.nl">m.c.punzi@
 vu.nl</a> or <a href="mailto:t.a.t.thuis@vu.nl">t.a.t.thuis@vu.nl</a>
 &nbsp;</li></ul><p>This event is part of the research project Respons
 ible AI in FemTech, funded by SIDN Fonds and Digital Holland.&nbsp;</
 p> </body> </html>
DESCRIPTION: Period apps make big promises. Come and learn how to navi
 gate their claims, what AI can and cannot really do when it offers pr
 edictions and insights, and how to weigh the risks and benefits of cy
 cle tracking apps. Join us for an evening of inspiring speakers and g
 ood conversation.&nbsp; Around 50 million women worldwide use apps to
  track their menstrual cycle, logging periods, symptoms, ovulation an
 d fertile windows. Behind the sleek interfaces lies a black box: most
  users have little idea how their data is processed or how prediction
 s are actually generated.&nbsp;As wearables and AI reshape how we und
 erstand our bodies, and as shifting reproductive rights legislation m
 akes this data more sensitive than ever, transparency, privacy and ac
 countability in FemTech can no longer be an afterthought.&nbsp;Join u
 s for an evening that goes beyond the hype. We bring together researc
 hers studying the role of AI in the FemTech market, the founder of a 
 privacy-first period tracking app and a gynaecologist who built his o
 wn app. Yoni, a menstrual health social enterprise that has been brea
 king taboos for over a decade, hosts the evening.&nbsp;Together we un
 pack what AI can and cannot really do when it offers predictions and 
 insights, where the ethical dilemmas lie, and what responsible practi
 ce looks like in a booming, high-stakes industry.&nbsp;<h3>Speakers&n
 bsp;</h3><ul>  <li>Deniz Er Wiedhaup, CEO of Yoni and host of the eve
 ning&nbsp;</li>  <li>Maria Carmen Punzi and Tamara Thuis, researchers
  and project leads, KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije Universi
 teit Amsterdam&nbsp;</li>  <li>Amber Vodegel, CEO and co-founder of 2
 8X&nbsp;</li>  <li>Robert de Leeuw, gynaecologist, Amsterdam UMC&nbsp
 ;</li></ul><h3>Practical information&nbsp;</h3><ul>  <li>Date: Thursd
 ay 29 October 2026&nbsp;</li>  <li>Time: 16:30 to 18:30, walk-in from
  16:00, drinks from 18:30&nbsp;</li>  <li>Location: OZW building, roo
 m OZW-1A01, De Boelelaan 1109, 1081 HV Amsterdam&nbsp;</li>  <li>Lang
 uage: English&nbsp;</li>  <li>Admission: free, registration required 
 via <a href="https://luma.com/bp0s9sox">https://luma.com/bp0s9sox</a>
  (maximum 100 attendees, registration closes Monday 26 October)&nbsp;
 </li>  <li>Questions: <a href="mailto:m.c.punzi@vu.nl">m.c.punzi@vu.n
 l</a> or <a href="mailto:t.a.t.thuis@vu.nl">t.a.t.thuis@vu.nl</a>&nbs
 p;</li></ul>This event is part of the research project Responsible AI
  in FemTech, funded by SIDN Fonds and Digital Holland.&nbsp;
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