BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Alumni Event MSc & BSc Econometrics and Operations Research METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20261001T180000 DTEND:20261001T200000 DTSTAMP:20261001T180000 UID:alumni-event-msc-bsc-econometr@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260825T211434 LOCATION:New University Building, 1111, Theatre 5, Boelelaan, Amsterdam SUMMARY:Alumni Event MSc & BSc Econometrics and Operations Research X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We warmly invite alu mni of the MSc and BSc programmes in Econometrics and Operations Rese arch back to VU Amsterdam for an evening of keynote talks, an interac tive quiz and networking drinks.

Join us for this opportun ity to connect with former classmates and professors, meet industry p eers, and reconnect with the Extrie board. MSc Programme Director Han de Karabiyik will give you a warm welcome and MSc Programme Coordinat or Bernd Heidergott will moderate the evening.

Keynote 'The future of our field: promises and pitfalls of the AI-augmented econometrician'

Drawing on his experience as Head of Global Clients Scenarios & Asset Valuation at Ortec Finance, alum nus Patrick Tuijp will take us through the promises and pitfalls of A I in our field. Including:

Effective prompting. Ar e you prompting your way through emails, or even orchestrating comple x, multi-agent workflows? Either way it's an art to do it efficiently and effectively, while avoiding hallucinations and AI slop.

Keeping agents in check. Anthropic (Mythos), Replit and OpenAI agen ts went rogue to achieve their goals, so how can we make sure AI does n't go against our governance and morals?

Where will these techniques go? Which avenues look most promising for general use, sta tistics, and optimization? Which knowledge and skills do we need as e conometricians to make the most of it?

Keynote b y a professor from the programmes

We also look forwar d to featuring a keynote from a familiar face within our faculty, con necting foundations you built as students with the questions our fiel d is grappling with today. More details will follow soon.

Econometrics quiz with Extrie board member Pieter Maarse

Let's see how much VU actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your econometrics knowledge to the test with an interactive quiz.&nbs p;

Networking drinks

We'll close the e vening with a highlight: drinks with old classmates, possible new ind ustry contacts, and faculty. This will be a moment to catch up proper ly and pick up conversations that may have been on pause since gradua tion. We are excited to reconnect and hear where your careers have ta ken you so far! A light meal will be served with the drinks.

For this event, we kindly request a participation fee of €19.50 .

DESCRIPTION: We warmly invite alumni of the MSc and BSc programmes in Econometrics and Operations Research back to VU Amsterdam for an even ing of keynote talks, an interactive quiz and networking drinks. Join us for this opportunity to connect with former classmates and profes sors, meet industry peers, and reconnect with the Extrie board. MSc P rogramme Director Hande Karabiyik will give you a warm welcome and MS c Programme Coordinator Bernd Heidergott will moderate the evening.Keynote 'The future of our field: promises and pitfalls of the AI-augmented econometrician'Drawing on his experien ce as Head of Global Clients Scenarios & Asset Valuation at Ortec Finance, alumnus Patrick Tuijp will take us through the promises and pitfalls of AI in our field. Including:

Effective pro mpting. Are you prompting your way through emails, or even orchestrat ing complex, multi-agent workflows? Either way it's an art to do it e fficiently and effectively, while avoiding hallucinations and AI slop .
Keeping agents in check. Anthropic (Mythos), Replit and O penAI agents went rogue to achieve their goals, so how can we make su re AI doesn't go against our governance and morals?
Where w ill these techniques go? Which avenues look most promising for genera l use, statistics, and optimization? Which knowledge and skills do we need as econometricians to make the most of it?

Keynote by a professor from the programmes

We also look forward to featuring a keynote from a familiar face within our facul ty, connecting foundations you built as students with the questions o ur field is grappling with today. More details will follow soon.

< strong>Econometrics quiz with Extrie board member Pieter Maarse

Let's see how much VU actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your econometrics knowledge to the test with an interactive quiz.&nbs p;

Networking drinks

We'll close the evening with a highlight: drinks with old classmates, possible new industry c ontacts, and faculty. This will be a moment to catch up properly and pick up conversations that may have been on pause since graduation. W e are excited to reconnect and hear where your careers have taken you so far! A light meal will be served with the drinks. For this e vent, we kindly request a participation fee of €19.50. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR