Econometric Game 2025

🚨 For the first time since years, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University) joined the Econometric Game — and what a debut it was!

📊 Last week, I, Mark Vergouwen, had the incredible honor of representing our Department of Economics at the 26th edition of the Econometric Game in Amsterdam. This world-class event brought together 31 top universities from around the globe to tackle a highly complex and relevant case: predicting grid congestion in the German electricity transmission grid using machine learning and time series techniques.

🎉 And the best part? We made it all the way to the grand finals, where we competed against the top 10 teams!

🔥 This wouldn’t have been possible without the brilliant minds and team spirit of my amazing teammates — Sisi Zhang, Jietse Roose, and Safa Ayva. Thank you for your insights, energy, and the laughs along the way.

🎓 A big shoutout to Study Association VSAE and the Econometric Game board for organizing such an inspiring and challenging event. And huge congrats to the podium winners: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and Uniwersytet Warszawski! Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what econometrics can do. #Econometrics #MachineLearning #EconometricGame #Teamwork #GridCongestion #Transmission #Prediction #GhentUniversity