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:20260924T123606 LOCATION:NU-building, 1111, NU-02C51 Theatre 5, De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, 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 a keynote by Dr. Ilka van de Werve, a fellow VU alumnus who now conducts research and teaches in the Department of Econometrics and D ata Science. Her talk will reflect on how data and econometric method s contribute to our understanding of society, and how studying econom etrics has changed over time.

Econometrics quiz with E xtrie board member Pieter Maarse

Let's see how much V U actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your econometrics knowledge to the test with an interactive quiz.

Networking drinks

We'll close the evening with a highlight: dri nks with old classmates, possible new industry contacts, and faculty. This will be a moment to catch up properly and pick up conversations that may have been on pause since graduation. We are excited to reco nnect and hear where your careers have taken you so far! A light meal will be served with the drinks.

For this event, we kindl y 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 a keynote by Dr. Ilka van de Werve, a fellow VU alumnus w ho now conducts research and teaches in the Department of Econometric s and Data Science. Her talk will reflect on how data and econometric methods contribute to our understanding of society, and how studying econometrics has changed over time.

Econometrics quiz wit h Extrie board member Pieter Maarse

Let's see how much V U actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your econometrics knowledge to the test with an interactive quiz.

Networking dri nks

We'll close the evening with a highlight: drinks wit h old classmates, possible new industry contacts, and faculty. This w ill be a moment to catch up properly and pick up conversations that m ay have been on pause since graduation. We are excited to reconnect a nd hear where your careers have taken you so far! A light meal will b e served with the drinks. For this event, we kindly request a pa rticipation fee of €19.50. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR