Fireside Chat: The Agentic Turn: Reimagining Governance for the AI Era

This session explores how AI agents could transform public services into personalised journeys for citizens, while tackling the realities of legacy systems and fragmented governance. We’ll discuss the urgent institutional reforms and data foundations needed to move beyond "broken processes" toward a truly AI-native government. 

Welcome and framing of the Agentic State Concept 

Presenter: Stefan Samse, Director Rule of Law Programme Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Germany  

  

The Systemic Transformation—How Agentic AI Reshapes the Architecture of Government 

Presenter: Manuel Kilian, Managing Director, Global GovTech Center, Germany 

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