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From Assistants to Agents: Scaling AI in Government on Secure Foundations
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Thursday 14 May (1:30pm-4:40pm) | Church House, Westminster
Government has proven the value of AI coding assistants. But the technology is moving fast. The shift from AI assistants to AI agents - capable of handling entire workflows autonomously - creates a step change in both capability and governance.
Building on the GDS AI coding assistant trial and the AI Playbook, this workshop brings together senior leaders to explore the next frontier: agentic AI.
We'll examine how government can move from AI-assisted to AI-driven workflows with the governance to match the ambition - and what this means for workforce, quality, and service delivery across government.
Senior Civil Service and AI industry experts will define what responsible agentic AI adoption looks like in government — starting with software development, where AI is most mature, and mapping the lessons to policy, operations, and citizen services.
🔧 What government attendees will leave with:
- A working governance model for agentic AI adoption.
- Cross-government view of AI maturity, grounded in GDS trial experience and peer insight.
- Clarity on what agentic AI means for their teams, in terms of roles, skills and accountability.
Facilitators:
- Aidan Grace, Chief AI Officer, Cloudscaler
- Chris Hayman, Head of Public Sector, Anthropic
- Andrea Bureca, Head of AI - UKI, AWS
- Aran Uppal, Principal Technologist, Government Digital Service
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