Name: Eindhoven Data Community Women in Data - bol
Start: 2025-11-18T16:00:00.000Z
Location: Microlab

**AI in Practice: Search Innovation & Building Analyst Agents**

AI innovation is moving faster than ever: it’s reshaping how we search, analyze and make sense of data. In this meetup, we will bring together two experts that will share practical stored and hands-on lessons that cut through the buzz and show how AI is being applied in the real world.

This event is a special collaboration between the Xebia Data Engineering meetup and [AI Native Amsterdam meetup](https://www.meetup.com/ai-native-amsterdam/events/311421137/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2).

**Agenda:**
17:30 — 🍕 Pizza
18:30 — 🎤 Talk \#1 \| Arno van de Velde
19:00 — Short break
19:15 — 🎤 Talk \#2 \| Daniel Herrera
19:45 — 🥤 Open conversation, networking & more drinks

**Speaker 1: [Arno van de Velde](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnovandevelde/) (Principal Solution Architect, Elasticsearch B.V)**
Arno van de Velde is a Principal Solution Architect at [Elastic](https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastic-co/). He helps customers turn Elastic’s Search, Observability, and Security capabilities into real use cases. With a background in software testing, QA, CI/CD, and DevOps, Arno works with major financial services and large enterprises. He speaks candidly about where AI adds value, and where its limits and trade-offs show up in practice.

**Talk:** Arno will explore the evolution of search technology in the age of AI. From large language models and “LLM Wars” to enterprise-scale challenges in observability and security, he’ll share practical insights on how Elastic customers are experimenting with AI, what works today, and why the answer often depends on context.

**Speaker 2: [Daniel Herrera](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-herrera/) (Analytics Engineer & Developer Advocate, Teradata)**
Daniel Herrera is a Principal Developer Advocate at [Teradata](https://www.linkedin.com/company/teradata/), where he helps developers and data teams connect modern data engineering with AI innovation. He works across open-source tools like dbt, Airbyte, and Airflow, and explores how generative AI and data lifecycle automation can create real business impact. With a background in software and blockchain development, Daniel is passionate about open collaboration and making complex technology accessible through practical examples.

**Talk:** Daniel will take a hands-on journey into building AI analyst agents from scratch. Using dbt metadata to provide large language models with the right context, he’ll show how to connect LLMs to your data effectively. Expect a deep dive into the challenges of query generation, practical frameworks for success, and lessons learned from real-world implementations.

Together, the event will cover:

* How search innovation is evolving with AI
* What it really takes to build functional data agents
* Practical examples, pitfalls, and geeky fun along the way

Join us for an evening of practical AI in action, connecting search, agents, and the future of data-driven work with the Analytics Engineering meetup community.

Analytics Engineering

Larisse Pinto

Ricardo Granados Lopez

Yonatan

Sebastian Atkinson

Sinan Çalışır

Lorenzo

Phoebe Li

Roser

Ali Sadr

Zi Wang

Sana 

Maksim Shevchenko

imaneadnn

Iggy Krikštaponis

Shihab masri

Inno

Hilde Huo

Abhiram

Linda Lehto

Ed Wijk

Analytics Engineering and AI Native Amsterdam Co-Op Meetup

Xebia Office 

The special edition of*Women in Data Meetup* for the Eindhoven Data Community aims to foster a space for meaningful conversations, networking, and shared learning among data professionals. While the event spotlights women’s voices and experiences, it warmly welcomes everyone to join the conversations. Join us to connect, exchange ideas, and get inspired by the journeys of others in the data community.

**Program**

* 17:00 – 18:00 🍕 Food
* 18:00 – 18:10 🎤 Welcome
* 18:10 – 19:00 🎤 Mariam Halfhide \| Balancing the spectrum and finding your truth
* 19:00 – 19:15 ⏸️ Break
* 19:15 – 20:00 🎤 Christianne Wisse \| No guts No glory: How we Replaced a Legacy Model in Six Months
* 20:00-21:00 🥤 Drinks

**Mariam Halfhide \| Principal consultant Data & AI strategy**
Mariam Halfhide is a Data Strategy expert dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical AI. She believes technology and ethics shape each other. AI doesn’t just fit into our moral frameworks, it challenges and evolves them. Mariam promotes a holistic approach to AI adoption, integrating ethics, regulation, education, and governance beyond data and algorithms. With a background in econometrics and data strategy, she helps organizations build sustainable, data-driven maturity, empowering them to use AI responsibly while addressing the societal fragilities technology can reveal.

🎤 *Balancing the spectrum and finding your truth*
Technology thrives when diverse qualities are valued — Mariam will share how to balance the spectrum by embracing both sides of yourself to find your truth.

**Christianne Wisse \| Lead Data Scientist / Engineer**
Christianne Wisse is a Lead Engineer and Data Scientist with a passion for turning complex operational challenges into scalable, data-driven solutions that empower organizations to make smarter decisions. With 6 years of experience in optimising logistical processes at Bol., she thrives at the intersection of analytics, engineering, and data science.

🎤 *No guts No glory: How we Replaced a Legacy Model in Six Months*
Imagine planning our warehouse capacity with a static, one-size-fits-none model that made even the simplest change feel like open-heart surgery. With peak season just 6 months away and our static, legacy model straining under pressure to increase peak capacity, we had a choice: tweak around the edges again or rethink the whole thing.

No guts no glory, right? We finally rethought the whole thing! In this talk, you’ll get a look at how we tackled challenges spanning various business processes, diverse stakeholder needs, technical design, and data complexity. We’ll walk you through the messy, high-stakes reality and how we made it work by keeping an MVP mindset.Expect honest lessons, concrete insights, and maybe a few laughs at our own expense.

**• Important to know**
Everyone is invited to this event. So it's not a women-only event.

Eindhoven Data Community

Koen Graat

Max 

Sander van Donkelaar

Pankaj Kumar

Keira Ziyue Yang 

Annemijn Nijsen

Sjoerd Lutters

Felicity Fan

kiran Nreddy

Xebia Data

Yeshwanth

Marta Nowakowicz

Sander Dommers

Elnara

Vatsa Molano Castro

Avinash Ramachandruni

doruk.soypacaci

Alyssa Domenie

Leo Timmermans

Salvo Estok

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