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:2026/alumni-event-msc-bsc-econ@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260815T130243 LOCATION:Theatre 5 New University Building Boelelaan 1111 Amsterdam SUMMARY:Alumni Event MSc & BSc Econometrics and Operations Research X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We warmly invite alumni of the MSc and BSc programmes in Econometrics and Operations Researc h back to VU Amsterdam for an evening of keynote talks, an interactiv e quiz and networking drinks.

Join us for this opportunity to connect with former classmates and professors, meet industry peers, and reconnect with the Extrie board. MSc Programme Director Hande Kar abiyik will give you a warm welcome and MSc Programme Coordinator Ber nd Heidergott will moderate the evening.

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

Drawing on his experience as Head of Global Clients Scenarios & Asset Valuation at Ortec Finance, alumnus Pa trick Tuijp will take us through the promises and pitfalls of AI in o ur field. Including:

Effective prompting. Are you prompting your way through emails, or even orchestrating complex, mul ti-agent workflows? Either way it's an art to do it efficiently and e ffectively, while avoiding hallucinations and AI slop.
Keep ing agents in check. Anthropic (Mythos), Replit and OpenAI agents wen t rogue to achieve their goals, so how can we make sure AI doesn't go against our governance and morals?
Where will these techni ques go? Which avenues look most promising for general use, statistic s, and optimization? Which knowledge and skills do we need as econome tricians to make the most of it?

Keynote by a pr ofessor from the programmes

Ec onometrics quiz with Extrie board member Pieter Maarse

< p>Let's see how much VU actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your e conometrics knowledge to the test with an interactive quiz.

Networking drinks

We'll close the evening with a highlight: drinks 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 reconnect and hear where your careers have taken yo u so far! A light meal will be served with the drinks.

Fo r this event, we kindly request a participation fee of €19.50. ;

DESCRIPTION: Join us for this opportunity to connect with former class mates and professors, meet industry peers, and reconnect with the Ext rie board. MSc Programme Director Hande Karabiyik will give you a war m welcome and MSc Programme Coordinator Bernd Heidergott will moderat e the evening.

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

Drawi ng on his experience as Head of Global Clients Scenarios & Asset Valuation at Ortec Finance, alumnus Patrick Tuijp will take us throug h the promises and pitfalls of AI in our field. Including:

Effective prompting. Are you prompting your way through emails, or even orchestrating complex, multi-agent workflows? Either way it' s an art to do it efficiently and effectively, while avoiding halluci nations and AI slop.
Keeping agents in check. Anthropic (My thos), Replit and OpenAI agents went rogue to achieve their goals, so how can we make sure AI doesn't go against our governance and morals ?
Where will these techniques go? Which avenues look most p romising for general use, statistics, and optimization? Which knowled ge 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 faculty, connecting foundations you built as students with the questions our field is grappling with today. More details w ill follow soon.
Econometrics quiz with Extrie board memb er Pieter Maarse
Let's see how much VU actually stuck! Pieter Maarse will put your econometrics knowledge to the test with a n interactive quiz.
Networking drinks
We'll close the evening with a highlight: drinks 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 reconnect and hear where yo ur careers have taken you so far! A light meal will be served with th e drinks. For this event, we kindly request a participation fee of €19.50. We warmly invite alumni of the MSc and BSc progra mmes in Econometrics and Operations Research back to VU Amsterdam for an evening of keynote talks, an interactive quiz and networking drin ks. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR